By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Why things happen is one of life’s greatest unresolved mysteries. How they happen is another story. This is Tricia Schell’s story. It traces how a person with a bachelor’s degree in education wound up not teaching, but instead found a professional career in a field where […]
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Monticello sets course record in with over Mahomet-Seymour
By Fred Kronerfred@mahometnews.com Sophomore Ainsley Winters was the team medalist for the Bulldogs in a Tuesday meet against Monticello at Lake of the Woods. Her nine-hole tally was 47. Monticello won the dual meet 177-209 behind the women’s course record for a tournament round of 33 by Ashley Long. Other […]
Centennial edged out Mahomet-Seymour on University of Illinois course
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Zach Courson tied for second and Carter Selk placed fourth individually on Monday, but the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ golf team dropped a narrow decision to Centennial at the University of Illinois Orange course at Savoy. Courson fired a 42 and Selk carded a 43. Centennial won the […]
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Baseball remains unbeaten with win over PBL
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The unbeaten Bulldogs needed a walk-off hit by Henry Wagner in the bottom of the seventh on Thursday (Aug. 27) to earn a 6-5 win at home over Paxton-Buckley-Loda. Both schools entered the game with 3-0 season records. M-S tallied two runs in the bottom of […]
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High opens season with victory over St. Joseph
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high cross-country teams were victorious on Monday in their season-opening meets at 13 Acres Field. M-S defeated St. Joseph, 20-61, in the girls’ meet. The Bulldog boys earned a narrow triumph over St. Joseph, 24-31. The M-S girls had seven consecutive finishers, and they […]
Timothy Fan recieves 2020 Career Achievement Award in canine research
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Most of us would like to see our life’s work move forward by leaps and bounds. Mahomet resident Dr. Timothy Fan has been satisfied to see his progress inch along. A veterinarian, Fan has devoted much of the past 15 years to finding solutions and treatments […]
Courson and Selk in three-way tie for first at Lake of the Woods meet
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Zach Courson and Carter Selk finished in a three-way tie for first individually on Thursday (Aug. 27) at Lake of the Woods as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ golf team posted its third consecutive dual-meet triumph. Courson and Selk each carded 40s. Other Bulldog participants were C.J. Shoaf […]
Fried and Lee lead Bulldogs to win over GCMS
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Amalie Fried and Morgan Lee won their singles matches on Thursday (Aug.27) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ tennis team opened its season with a 3-2 win at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley. Fried beat her opponent at No. 1 singles, 8-0. In doubles, the No. 3 Bulldog duo of Savannah Amatyleon […]
Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross country captures win at first meet of 2020
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The location, date and time were all different, but the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross-country team opened its COVID-19-delayed 2020 season on Friday at Mount Zion. The revamped schedule originally called for the Bulldogs to open on Saturday in St. Thomas More’s Saber Corn Classic, but the host […]
Mahomet-Seymour girls’ golf captures first win over Blue Ridge
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Sophomore Ainsley Winters and junior Gaby Davis were the top two finishers overall on Tuesday as the Bulldogs won their first dual meet of the season, 202-238, over Blue Ridge at Lake of the Woods. Medalist Winters carded a 46. Davis was the runner-up with a 50. […]