By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s seventh-grade boys’ track and field team had winners in three events on Saturday (April 23) at the Tuscola East Prairie Invitational. Individually, Cody Moen earned top honors in the 1,600 meters (5:29.69) and teammate Brock Evans was victorious in the pole vault at 6 feet. The […]
Month: April 2022
M-S seventh-grade girls wins Tuscola Invitational
By Fred Kroner Ella Walk won three individual events on Saturday (April 23) as the Mahomet-Seymour eighth-grade girls’ track and field team copped top honors in an eight-school junior high meet at Tuscola East Prairie. Not to be outdone, the M-S seventh-grade girls’ squad also captured a team championship. Walk […]
Highway camera expansion covering 6,600 miles of road in 22 counties awaits Pritzker’s signature
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – A pair of bills on Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk would expand a state roadway camera monitoring program to 21 additional counties while also expanding the number of crimes the cameras can be used to investigate and the number of parties that can prosecute […]
Mahomet-Seymour wins four events at Metamora ABC meet
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ track and field team competed in the Metamora ABC meet on Friday (April 22). The 12-school meet has three categories in each event, a Class A division, a Class B division and a Class C division. In Class A events, M-S placed ninth with 38 […]
Bulldogs win at Champaign Central Invitational
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ track and field teams were triumphant on Saturday in both the varsity and junior varsity divisions of the Champaign Central Invitational. The varsity Bulldogs totaled 112 ½ points. The runner-up in the 11-team field was Cahokia with 96 points. In the JV segment, M-S ended […]
Balanced hitting puts Bulldogs over Taylorville
By Fred Kroner It was a hitter’s paradise on Saturday (April 23) when the Mahomet-Seymour softball team swept a doubleheader from Taylorville. In the two games, the Bulldogs accumulated 27 runs and 26 hits,12 of which landed for extra bases. M-S topped Taylorville 10-2 and 17-0. Karley Yergler led the […]
Three more wins for Mahomet-Seymour baseball
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball team made the most of its three hits on Thursday (April 21) and dispatched visiting St. Thomas More 4-2 in a non-conference baseball game. Bulldog pitchers Carter Johnson and Zach Courson teamed up on a five-hitter and didn’t walk a batter. Johnson picked up the […]
Mahomet-Seymour shuts down Mount Zion soccer
By Fred Kroner Cayla Koerner struck for one goal and two assists on Thursday (April 21) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team scored a 3-0 shutout at Mount Zion. Brea Benson and Emma Dallas also notched goals for the Bulldogs, who led 2-0 at halftime. Nadia Biegler had the team’s […]
Christie Clinic Photos: Mahomet-Seymour’s Fiddler on the Roof
This photo album of Mahomet-Seymour’s Fiddler on the Roof is brought to you by Christie Clinic. Photos were taken by Madelyn Grindley. To view the entire album visit https://mahometdaily.smugmug.com/2022-Mahomet-Seymour-Spring-Play/.
Commentary: There’s no shame in talking about frogs
When my daughter was in second grade, she brought home a bag of books at her reading level. The bag was in the shape of a manila envelope, but made of a durable fabric. Some nights the bag was yellow, other nights it was orange. Some nights she read the […]