By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ junior high cross-country team emerged victorious in the 15-school Saturday (Sept. 16) Tom Appenzeller Bulldog Invitational at Lake of the Woods. M-S’ composite point total in the varsity race was 69 points. Runner-up Normal Metcalf finished with 105 points. Following them were Clinton (112), Monticello […]
Month: September 2023
Bulldogs finish second at Tom Appenzeller Bulldog Invitational
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ junior high cross-country team ran a strong second on Saturday (Sept 16) in the 15-school Tom Appenzeller Bulldog Invitational at Lake of the Woods. Shelbyville was the meet champion in the varsity division with 51 points. M-S (69 points) was next, followed by Normal Metcalf […]
Dawson Freeman runner-up at IESA state meet, Makenna Peterka finishes 12th
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour eighth-grader Dawson Freeman finished in a three-way tie for second place in the IESA single-class boys’ junior high state golf tournament. Freeman fired rounds of 35 and 36 for a 71 on Friday (Sept. 15) at Metamora Fields, in Metamora. He produced seven pars, one […]
Mahomet-Seymour Homecoming Parade Information
The Mahomet community is invited to celebrate the Mahomet-Seymour Homecoming with a parade on Sept. 20. The parade will begin at the high school, go south on Division Street, east on Main Street, north of Jefferson and west on State Street. The parade begins at 5:30 p.m. MSSC girl’s U11 […]
Mahomet-Seymour Hall of Fame 2023: Judy Swiger
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Mahomet Daily will feature each of the four new selections for the Mahomet Education Foundation Hall of Fame in upcoming days. Today’s focus, Judy Swiger. By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Picking two words and only two words to describe the Mahomet-Seymour drama and theater departments from late 1973 […]
Mahomet-Seymour Hall of Fame 2023: Karl Welke
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Mahomet Daily will feature each of the four new selections for the Mahomet Education Foundation Hall of Fame in upcoming days. Today’s focus, Karl Welke. By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some of us – many of us? – have a tendency to look upon athletic events as life […]
Boyd records personal-best time at Richard Spring Invitational
By Fred Kroner For the second week in a row, Mahomet-Seymour senior Ava Boyd recorded a lifetime best in a major cross-country meet. Boyd dropped nearly 19 seconds from her previous best on Saturday (Sept. 16), finishing 23rd in a 500-runner field at the Richard Spring Invitational at Detweiller Park, […]
Augustus Gaudio leads M-S at Richard Spring Invitational
By Fred Kroner Augustus Gaudio was the top finisher for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ cross-country team on Saturday (Sept. 16) in the 62-school Richard Spring Invitational at Detweiller Park, in Peoria. Gaudio ran the 3-mile course in 15 minutes, 34.90 seconds and ended 91st in a field with 570 finishers. As […]
Martin and Bird win against Mattoon
By Fred Kroner Junior Holland Martin and sophomore Adella Bird teamed up for a win at No. 2 doubles for the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ tennis team on Friday (Sept. 15) in an 8-1 dual-meet loss at Mattoon. Martin and Bird, who are 5-0 for the season, were victorious 2-6, 7-6, 11-9. […]
M-S soccer posts 6th shutout of the 2023 season
By Fred Kroner Five different players scored goals as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ soccer team pitched its sixth shutout of the season on Saturday (Sept. 16) in a 5-0 win over Bloomington at Middletown Field. The goals were tallied by Nolan Wheeler, Isaac Warren, Cohen DiFilippo, Ethan Ramirez and Travis Hoffman. […]