By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Years after the fact, Steve Rinkel can chuckle at the memories associated with the purchase of a home in Mahomet. He and his wife, Jill, were married in November, 1984, and living in southeast Urbana. By the following spring, they decided a move would be a wise […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The concept is one that many people recognize, but few embrace. Practice makes perfect. Ella Tietz gets it. The Mahomet-Seymour junior understands the correlation between effort exerted and results received. She is not a musical prodigy, but is a product of practice, which helps to explain her […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Max Katz was a top-four placer in two events on Saturday, helping the M-S boys’ swimming and diving team to a fourth-place finish in the seven-school Urbana Invitational. Katz was the diving runner-up and placed fourth in the 100-yard backstroke. Three other Bulldogs were also top 10 […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs scored the most second-half points Friday at Lincoln, but could not recover from a huge first-half deficit and suffered a 66-36 loss to the Railsplitters. After intermission, M-S held a 23-20 edge in points scored. Lincoln limited the Bulldogs to six first-quarter points and carried […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour went scoreless in the first quarter of Thursday’s home game against Normal West and dropped a 63-40 non-conference girls’ basketball decision to the Wildcats. Normal West carried a 35-11 lead into halftime. Two freshmen led the Bulldogs in scoring. Savannah Orgeron tallied 12 points on the […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Nyah Biegler found herself at a crossroads before she found herself behind the wheel of an automobile. Entering Mahomet-Seymour High School as a freshman in the fall of 2017, Biegler was an accomplished soccer player who had competed in the sport for more than half of […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Even as he reached another milestone in his coaching career on Thursday, Mahomet-Seymour’s Rob Ledin was looking ahead. The person who is the longest-tenured wrestling head coach in the history of the storied Bulldog program (which has 29 individual state champions and 13 top-three state finishes […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com A 21-win season for the Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade boys’ basketball team came to an end on Wednesday with a 44-32 Class 4A IESA regional championship game loss to Danville North Ridge. M-S ends the season with a 21-4 record. Following an 0-2 start to the season, the […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman’s 29-point, nine-rebound performance sparked the Bulldogs to their second narrow win in four days on Tuesday, a 62-60 verdict over Bloomington. The Bulldogs built a 36-26 lead at halftime. “We played a great first half,” M-S coach Ryan Bosch said. “We were able to get […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Eight players scored points on Tuesday, but no one reached double figures as the Bulldogs recorded their third consecutive win, a 41-28 triumph at St. Thomas More. Savannah Orgeron led the balanced Bulldog attack with eight points. Makayla Rosenbery scored seven points, Durbin Thomas ended with seven […]
