The Mahomet American Legion Post 1015 will observe Pearl Harbor Day with a special program at 7:00 PM on December 7, 2021. Barb Oehlschlaeger-Garvey from the Museum of the Grand Prairie will discuss the reactions of local citizens to the attack, including recorded interviews with those who remembered that day. The […]
By Fred Kroner Eighth-Grade Night was a major success for the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High girls’ basketball teams on Monday (Nov. 15). Playing in their regular-season home finale, the eighth-graders took care of Champaign St. Matthew, 31-10, to reach the 20-win mark for the season. Ava Yeakel tallied a game-high 17 […]
By Fred Kroner The seventh-grade Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team has posted wins in two of its last three games, including a 37-35 triumph on Tuesday (Nov. 16) at home over Charleston. Three Bulldogs reached double figures in scoring against Charleston. Paxson O’Malley netted 13 points, Bryson Tiefenthaler tossed in 12 […]
By Fred Kroner Sophie Zerrouki’s dream of playing college volleyball started at the same time she began learning the sport. She was in fourth grade. In the eight years that followed, Zerrouki switched club programs and underwent a transition with a new head coach at Mahomet-Seymour High School. She also […]
By Fred Kroner In the final analysis, two factors were the key contributors to Mahomet-Seymour playing its final football game of a record-setting season on Saturday (Nov. 13) at Morton. The Bulldogs’ offense did some good things. But, just not enough. The Bulldogs’ defense kept the turnover battle even and […]
By Isabella Zarate A group of students from Mahomet-Seymour Lincoln Trail Elementary has teamed up to selflessly serve members of their community. The Youth Leadership Club (YLC) along with students from Dana Martin’s 5th-grade class set a goal to raise $6,000 for people in need. Collected funds “would be used […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Haylie Orton – who signed a letter-of-intent on Wednesday to play volleyball at Illinois College – has discovered that it is possible for two negatives to equal one positive. The Mahomet-Seymour senior learned that is especially true if the negatives happen to occur in sequence. As […]
With an undefeated record, the Mahomet-Seymour football team heads into the Elite 8 of the Class 5A playoffs. The Bulldogs will face Morton, who defeated No. 2 seed Morris, on the Potter’s field at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Mahomet-Seymour, led by head coach Jon Adkins, was the only squad in […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Fifty-five years ago, the leading receiver on the Southeast Missouri football team was Chuck Koerner. His 699 receiving yards that season (1966) was the second-best total at the university between 1962 and 1987. Koerner played his home games for the Redhawks at Houck Stadium, an 11,015-seat […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team raised its winning streak to 16 games after rolling up four road victories in a six-day span. On Tuesday (Nov. 9), M-S topped Prairie Central, 33-16. On Monday (Nov. 8), the Bulldogs overpowered Monticello, 36-9. Lily Bosworth put up 10 points against […]
