It was a dream come true for Makenna Barnes. On March 11, the 10-year-old played in her first IHSA Wheelchair Basketball State Tournament with the Peoria Wildcats. Barnes was ready to play in 2022, but a late-scheduled surgery kept her from the court. Coordinator of the Adaptive Athletics Program at […]
This photo album of the Mahomet Polar Plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics of Illinois is brought to you by First State Bank of Forrest-Mahomet Branch. To view the entire album visit https://mahometdaily.smugmug.com/2023-Polar-Plunge-Mahomet/.
On a 12-game win streak, the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High seventh-grade volleyball team will face Channahon in the IESA Class 4A state finals Friday. The Bulldogs won their IESA Regional on March 2, defeating top-seeded Champaign Edison in two sets, 25-11, 25-22. They went on to come from behind over Taylorville, […]
The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High wrestling team will travel to Jacksonville Saturday to compete in the IESA Sectional match after winning a Regional Title at home last weekend. The Bulldogs wrestlers combined for 32 pins at the regional and finished with 26 of their 32 entries placing among the top four. Individually, Gideon […]
By: Laura Jacob, MS, RDN, CDCES, Christie Clinic Healthy nutrition plays a crucial role in our overall health and well-being, and can have significant impacts on our physical, mental, and emotional health. Here are some of the ways that healthy nutrition can impact our lives: Provides essential nutrients: A diet […]
With 32 dual meet wins under their belt, the Mahomet-Seymour wrestling team competes against Washington in the IHSA Elite 8 Friday. The Bulldogs reached the state quarterfinals by defeating Chatham Glenwood, 37-34, on Tuesday. Tallen Pawlak (152 pounds), Brennan Houser (182 pounds), Camden Harms (285 Donovan Lewis (138 pounds), Reese […]
as Prices and Inventory Soften Residential home sales in the Champaign County area retreated for the fourth consecutive month in January amid fluctuating interest rates, while prices softened from their record pace of growth, according to the Champaign County Association of REALTORS®. Champaign County area home sales totaled 127 units […]
The annual Lee Jessup Youth Leadership Scholarship established by the MAYC Foundation in 2018 to honor the memory and legacy of Lee Jessup will begin accepting applications beginning March 1st, 2023 through March 31st, 2023. Students who have participated in or have been impacted by Mahomet Area Youth Club (MAYC) […]
By Brett McMahon The 2022 Cornbelt Fire Protection District Firefighter of the Year is Jack Koller. Serving the community has a deep family tie for Koller, whose dad, John is the current chief and his great-grandfather also served the department. The honor is a special one for Koller, but he’s […]
By Fred Kroner The magic numbers for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ swimming team on Saturday (Feb. 18) in the 24-school Urbana Sectional were 14, five and one. Fourteen is the number of personal-bests set by Bulldog swimmers. Five is the number of school records which were shattered. One is the number […]
