Month: November 2022

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Mahomet-Seymour wins Bulldog Invitational

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com After winning the championship of their own round-robin tournament, the unbeaten Mahomet-Seymour Junior High seventh-grade boys basketball team (4-0) followed up with a 45-16 win on Monday (Nov. 7) at Mattoon. Konner Fisher hit a game-high 17 points to spark the Bulldogs at Mattoon. Tristen Adams […]

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Mahomet-Seymour referendum election night count

With mail-in ballots left to count, the vote count on the $59.4 million Mahomet-Seymour referendum is 3,683 (59.55%) to 2,502 (40.45), according to the Champaign County Clerk site. Results posted on election night are not the final count. Mail-in ballots are counted within a 14-day window. More information to come […]

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Boyd finishes strong at state meet

By Fred Kroner For the second consecutive year, Mahomet-Seymour junior Ava Boyd placed among the upper one-third of runners in the IHSA Class 2A girls’ cross-country state meet. On Saturday (Nov. 5), Boyd covered the 3-mile course at Peoria’s Detweiller Park in 19 minutes, 40.68 seconds. She was 71st in […]

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Mahomet-Seymour Schools receive “commendable” rating on Illinois Report Card, publication awaits classroom numbers

By Dani Tietz All four Mahomet-Seymour Schools received a “commendable” rating on the 2022 Illinois Report Card, an annual report released by the Illinois State Board of Education. The highest ranking designation is “exemplary.”  This is the first time since 2019 that Illinois school districts have received a designation. The […]