By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Logan Schmit had two hits on Thursday (Aug. 11) as the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High baseball team opened its season with a 14-2 triumph at Normal Parkside. Winning pitcher Paxson O’Malley drove in two runs as did Marco Casillas and Pierce Douglas. Scoring twice apiece were […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It was at a club volleyball tournament that Mahomet-Seymour’s Grace Rodebaugh heard from a college recruiting coordinator earlier this year. The practice is commonplace. Club tournaments are multi-team exposure opportunities and often have as many college coaches in attendance as parents. The tournament was held in […]
*This story was updated on 8.16.2022 with new information regarding bus routes. See below. The Mahomet-Seymour School District will not transport high school students who live within 1.5 miles and do not qualify for “hazard transportation” of Mahomet-Seymour High School during the 2022-23 school year, according to an email sent […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Sophomore Reis Claybrooke tied for medalist honors on Thursday (Aug. 11) as the Mahomet-Seymour Boys’ golf team opened its season with a 157-165 dual-meet win over Rantoul/Paxton-Buckley-Loda at Willow Pond. Claybrooke fired a 37. Three Bulldogs carded 40s: Blake Harvey, Kelton Hennesy and Leif Olson. […]
By Isabella Zarate In preparation for an upcoming grant application the Champaign County Forest Preserve (CCFPD) sought the public’s input regarding potential improvements to Buffalo Trace. Buffalo Trace is both a hiking and natural area located at the Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve. According to Executive Director, Lorrie Pearson, […]
The Mahomet-Seymour Marching Band is ready to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind into a wondrous land of imagination, between reality and fantasy, beyond which is known to man. The 160 members of the Mahomet-Seymour Marching Band are ready to enter the […]
It may not be a question constituents hear from taxing bodies often. Is there a way to serve the public while saving taxpayers’ money? With a consistent and reliable funding source, such as property tax dollars, there is always money coming into any taxing district, so, outside of working within […]
This photo album of the 2022 Mahomet Run is brought to you by Christie Clinic. To view the entire album visit https://mahometdaily.smugmug.com/2022-Mahomet-Area-Youth-Club-Run/.
DeBorah Ault, a Robert F. Smith summer intern at the Museum of the Grand Prairie at Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve will present “A Community Conversation: Exploring Local African American Oral Histories from The Doris Hoskins Collection,” at the Champaign Public Library Douglass Branch, 504 E Grove St, Champaign, IL […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahomet.news.com Grant Kinkelaar fired a 68 on Saturday (Aug. 6) to win the Lake of the Woods golf club championship by one stroke. Tying for second place were Jason Troyer and Andrew Lawson, each with 69s. The first flight leaders were Tom Carpenter (87), Michael Seiler (88) […]
