By Fred Kroner Both the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High girls’ cross-country team and the M-S boys’ cross-country teams emerged as Champaign County champions on Tuesday (Sept. 27) in a meet held at Tolono Unity. The Bulldog boys ran away from the field, compiling a team score of 30 points. Runner-up Champaign […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour pulled off two wins from its junior high girls’ basketball teams on Thursday (Sept. 22). The seventh-graders edged Bloomington, 21-20, and the eighth-graders posted a 30-8 triumph. The games were played in Bloomington. M-S seventh-grader Penelope Bird tallied six of her team’s eight fourth-quarter points as […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For as long as he can remember, Brayden Smith had one unchangeable goal. “I always wanted to compete in college sports,” Smith said. “It was always a goal for me.” He was a two-sport athlete – baseball and football – but needed to pick a favorite […]
By Isabella Zarate For years the Mahomet Area Youth Club (MAYC) has been hosting their annual fundraiser auction, and for about six years one of the biggest items has been a home cooked meal. Mahomet resident, Manon Lalonde, has been cooking at volunteer events for Mahomet-Seymour schools since her eldest […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Circumstances can change everything. No one knows this better than Jim Risley, who is chairman of the Hall of Fame committee for the Mahomet-Seymour Education Foundation. Risley arrived at Mahomet-Seymour High School on Friday afternoon (Sept. 23) intent on the four announced inductees who would be […]
By Fred Kroner Junior Nolan Wheeler recorded a hat trick on Saturday (Sept. 24) as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ soccer team produced an 8-0 non-conference victory at home over Danville. The Bulldogs led, 5-0, at intermission at Middletown Field. Isaac Warren netted two goals for M-S while teammate Nick Tjahjadi ended […]
By Fred Kroner Libby Bodine registered 16 digs on Thursday (Sept. 22) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team swept to victory at Charleston, 25-9, 25-15. Brianna DiFilippo added five assists, two service aces and one dig. Teammate Marin Minick landed two kills. M-S (15-3) is unbeaten in Apollo Conference action (6-0) […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour won five singles matches and swept the three doubles matches on Saturday (Sept. 24), claiming an 8-1 dual-meet win over Lincoln in girls’ tennis at the Illini Grove courts. Winning in straight sets for the Bulldogs in singles were Savannah Amatyleon at No. 1 over Marie […]
By Fred Kroner Led by Ava Boyd – the meet’s top junior runner – Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ cross-country team garnered a fifth-place finish on Saturday (Sept. 24) in the 13-school Dunlap Invitational. Overall, Boyd finished ninth with a time of 19 minutes, 29.60 seconds for a 2.95-mile course. Dunlap was the […]
By Fred Kroner Freshman Augustus Gaudio was the meet runner-up on Saturday (Sept. 24), helping Mahomet-Seymour to a fifth-place finish in the Dunlap boys’ cross-country invitational at Illinois Central College. Gaudio was timed in 16 minutes, 6.30 seconds for a 2.95-mile course. The next seven Bulldog runners entered the finish […]
