By Brett McMahon The 40th Annual Mahomet-Seymour High School Madrigal performances are set for December 9-11 and promise to incorporate the magic of the Christmas season. When the Madrigal dinner and performance was started back in 1977, no one would have predicted how long the tradition would run. The first handful […]
By Fred Kroner Returning to action on Tuesday (Nov. 29) after an eight-day layoff, both the seventh- and eighth-grade Mahomet-Seymour Junior High boys’ basketball teams emerged with victories at home. The eighth-graders used a balanced scoring attack to defeat visiting Champaign St. Matthew, 35-27. Parker Henry led the way with […]
By Fred Kroner The basketball season for the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High eighth-grade girls’ basketball team came to an end on Tuesday (Nov. 29) with a 31-29 loss at home to Champaign Edison in an IESA Class 4A regional semifinal game. The contest marked a rematch of the seventh-grade regional championship […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Savannah Orgeron has played AAU basketball since she was in sixth grade, and it has prepared her for the future. Just not in the way that many might expect. Many of her travel-team teammates are athletes the Mahomet-Seymour senior has seen on the opposing side of […]
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Durbin Thomas had a self-imposed time limit as she began to get consumed in her recruitment to play basketball in college. The Mahomet-Seymour senior point guard didn’t set restrictions on when she would commit. Instead, the list of programs she would consider had to be located […]
By Isabella Zarate Jenny Mills, wife, mom, and once employed in the field of medical devices has taken on a new title – entrepreneur. Post-pandemic, Mills spent her time at home raising her two boys. Though, as time passed, she found herself wanting more. “What am I going to do […]
Dec. 2 Christmas will kick-off in downtown Mahomet on Dec. 2. Village Christmas will include the arrival of Santa, performances from the Mahomet-Seymour Madrigals and a bounce house. Santa Arrives6pm-Downtown Mahomet Horse drawn carriage rides & trolley ridesRides will be available at a first come, first serve basis from 5:00pm-8:00pm […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s wrestling team opened the season on Saturday (Nov. 26) by winning 28 of 36 matches (22 by pin) and defeating three opponents at the O’Fallon Duals. The Bulldogs opened the season by dispatching Collinsville 69-12 and then overcame a 33-16 deficit to edge Edwardsville, 37-33, before […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Savannah Orgeron scored 20 points on Monday (Nov. 21) to help Mahomet-Seymour continue its unbeaten start to the season. Orgeron hit three three-point shots and was also 3-for-3 from the free throw line en route to her game-high performance in the Bulldogs’ 62-27 home-opening win over […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ basketball finished in fourth place in the eight-school Lincoln Eaton Tournament. The Bulldogs lost to the host Railsplitters, 51-30, in the third-place game on Saturday (Nov. 26). Sophomore Trey Peters generated a team-high nine points for M-S. Senior Dayten Eisenmann, who was 4-for-4 from the […]
