By Fred Kroner Erin Dallas distributed 13 assists on Thursday (Oct. 3) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team swept to a 25-20, 25-18 Apollo Conference victory at Mattoon. Ellie Barker landed seven kills and one service ace. The Bulldogs’ junior varsity team registered a 25-18, 25-21 win. The M-S freshmen were […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Reis Claybrooke won medalist honors – in a playoff – on Thursday (Oct. 3) in the IHSA Class 2A boys’ golf regional tournament at Turtle Run, in Danville. Claybrook fired a 76. Teammate Kelton Hennesy carded a 77 and tied for third place. The Bulldogs placed […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour Football Mahomet-Seymour’s 38-14 football win on Friday night (Oct. 4) at Mount Zion was a case of the offense helping the defense and the special teams helping both units. The offense scored the game’s first 31 points and the defense kept the home team off […]
Mahomet-Seymour School District constituents may be stuck between a rock and a hard place. While it’s clear that every school is struggling with space limitations, projections show that the proposed new facilities from the 2024 $112.8 million referendum will be at capacity within 10 years. By 2045, one year after […]
*This article has been updated to reflect a mathmatical mistake in the Oct. 4 article. We apologize for any inconvience. We have recalcuated projections here. These projections still show that enrollment increases will outpace the district’s predictions. Here are the top points of the article: Enrollment trends in the Mahomet-Seymour […]
Here are the top points from the article: Capacity concerns within the Mahomet-Seymour School District have been on the table since 2014, when the Board of Education and then-Superintendent Rick Johnston approved a plan to adjust class sizes based on the district’s financial standing, which at the time were subpar. […]
Here are the top points from the article: For many families in the Mahomet-Seymour School District, the proposed $112.8 million referendum feels like a manageable cost when broken down into smaller increments—$22 a month for every $100,000 in home market value. But as residents begin to calculate the true impact, […]
Here are the top points of the article: Most property owners think about the market value of their property or the amount of property tax they owe each year. One thing property owners don’t really think about is the annual county assessment of their property. But to understand how the […]
In her first year of high school competition, Raegan O’Donnell is making a name for herself as one of Mahomet-Seymour High School’s standout athletes. Despite being a freshman, O’Donnell has already broken multiple school records and played a key role in leading the Bulldogs to several meet victories this season. […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ swimming team won a four-school meet on Tuesday (Oct. 1) at Urbana, breaking three individual school records in the process. Bulldog seniors Maddie Logsdon and Lydia Risser were honored. For the season, M-S has set school records in seven of 12 events and has broken […]
