By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Many high school football seasons produce the same basic elements: Wins, losses, spectacular plays and blah plays. Mahomet-Seymour’s 2025 football team checked the boxes in each area as well as in one other unexpected and unappreciated category. Injuries. And more injuries. “It’s the craziest thing I’ve […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ swimming and diving team left no doubt about who would win the sectional championship on Saturday (Nov. 8) at Centennial High School. The meet’s outcome came down to the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay. The two contenders for team honors were the host […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Emily Anand is now in a special group of Mahomet-Seymour cross-country runners. She is No. 1. En route to earning All-State recognition on Saturday (Nov. 8) at Peoria’s Detweiller Park, for placing 15th individually, she ran the fastest 3-mile time in the history of the M-S girls’ […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ cross-country team played follow-the-leader on Saturday and the outcome was a successful one for the Bulldogs. With senior Henry McMurry leading the way – and capturing All-State honors after two previous near-misses – M-S brought home the Class 2A state runner-up team trophy at […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Here are some numbers. They are not random: 8-9, 1-1, 1-5, 0-10. The four sets of numbers represent the final won-loss records at Mahomet-Seymour for the first year when girls began competing in various sports. The soccer team ended with 8 wins and 9 losses in […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews Sometimes we cross paths only briefly with memorable people. Other times, certain individuals remain in our small circle of acquaintances indefinitely. Andrea (Miller) Bennett met Michael Stevens shortly after her family and Stevens relocated to Mahomet. That was the summer of 1993. They arrived from separate […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com In a sporting world consumed by club teams and travel squads, Mahomet-Seymour seniors Adella Bird and Haley Reed are a throwback to a seemingly bygone era. They entered high school in 2022 ready to conquer a new challenge and try a sport they had never done before. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The trip from Chicago to Mahomet can be made in less than 2 ½ hours. The distance from Mahomet to Stillwater, Okla., is longer, more like a 9-hour commute. There is one destination in Stillwater – a college community of about 50,000 – that takes much […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It was a night for imagination and remembering. It was a night for action and drama, pomp and pageantry. It was a night for reunions and revelry. It was Homecoming 2025 – Mahomet-Seymour-style –and it was a classic example of going to a ball game and […]
M-S Schools Foundation 2025 Hall of Fame Class Kyle Kimme 1997Doug Parrett 1969Joe Sapp 2003Wendy Wagner Pierce 2001 Induction date: Friday, Sept.19, 2025 By FRED KRONER Fred@mahometnews.com Wendy Wagner Pierce began looking to her future while still in high school at Mahomet-Seymour. “I enlisted in the Army at 17 between […]
