By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – A House revenue committee on Thursday heard projections of an Illinois economy that is steadily moving back toward a level of pre-pandemic normalcy, which means revenue spikes realized due to temporary changes in consumer spending habits and federal stimulus packages are expected to […]
The Village of Mahomet approved an altered development plan with Unlimited Holdings LLC for the remainder of Harvest Edge on Feb. 22. The 18.9 acres of the 42.25 acres property located along 425E and South Mahomet Road was rezoned to R1c from R-1b. Unlimited Holdings requested the change in zoning […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Joseph Scheele was the lone winner for Mahomet-Seymour on Saturday (Feb. 26th) in the 28-school Normal West Indoor Boys’ Track and Field Invitational at The Shirk Center, in Bloomington. Scheele’s time of 4 minutes, 32.76 seconds gave him a margin of victory of 1.32 seconds. No […]
By Fred Kroner Against an opponent it had lost to twice in the regular season, Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ basketball team staged a furious late-game rally at home on Friday to annex a Class 3A regional championship trophy against Lincoln, 31-28. The visiting Railsplitters – who owned a 14-point win over M-S […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Max Katz placed 44th in the state diving competition on Friday (Feb. 25) at FMC Natatorium in Westmont. He finished with a score of 153.30. There were 48 qualifiers. Katz was the first member of the M-S swimming and diving team to advance to state. At […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s wrestling team bounced back from a semifinal loss on Saturday (Feb. 26) to win the third-place match in the IHSA Class 2A dual-team state tournament later in the day at Bloomington’s at Grossinger Motors Arena. M-S reached the semifinals by virtue of a 49-25 quarterfinal-round triumph […]
By Fred Kroner The firsts keep on coming for the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team. Coach Garret Risley’s second Bulldog team added two more marks on its season resume on Friday (Feb. 25). Playing at Lincoln, M-S secured a 52-43 win over the host school, securing the school’s first-ever sectional championship […]
Max Katz became Mahomet-Seymour’s first sectional champion Saturday when he posted a season-best score of 401.20 in the diving competition at Centennial High School. The senior placed first at Centennial twice and at Stanford Olympia in January, and was the runner-up at the Urbana Invitational (388.60 points), at the Illini […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Ariana Lingard and junior Grace Rodebaugh were individual winners for Mahomet-Seymour on Tuesday (Feb. 22) in a non-scored girls’ indoor track and field mini meet at Mount Zion. Lingard captured top honors in the 200 meters. Her winning time was 28.42 seconds. She also took third […]
By Fred Kroner Three Mahomet-Seymour athletes were individual winners on Tuesday (Feb. 22) in a non-scored boys’ track and field indoor mini meet at Mount Zion. Jonah Singer led a 1-2 Bulldog finish in the 800 meters. He was timed in 2 minutes, 4.90 seconds. Teammate Joseph Scheele was the […]
