BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs extended their winning streak to four games with consecutive Apollo Conference wins to end the week. M-S traveled to Mount Zion on Friday and returned home with a 71-58 victory. On Saturday at home, the Bulldogs reached their highest point total of the season, outscoring […]
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Orgeron’s 19 puts Mahomet-Seymour over Charleston
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Savannah Orgeron scored a team-high 19 points on Thursday as the Bulldogs topped Charleston 66-57 to snap a three-game losing streak and defeat a team they had lost to previously. Orgeron and Ashley Wheeler were the top M-S rebounders with seven apiece. The Bulldogs led 17-9 after […]
Oakwood’s Nick Monson wins Grammy for “A Star is Born”
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Grammy-winning producer and writer Nick Monson thought he had a pretty clear idea about his life’s path as a teen-ager. He would go to college, play basketball and – at some point – join the coaching ranks. “My identity when I was in Oakwood was very athletics-oriented,” […]
Mahomet-Seymour Wrestling to host IHSA 2A Regional
The Bulldogs will host a Class 2A regional tournament on Saturday. First-round matches will start at 9 a.m. The team favorite is Bloomington, which is ranked ninth in this week’s state poll by The Illinois Best Weekly. M-S is ranked 22nd. Also in the eight-school field is 19th-ranked Normal West. […]
Urbana tops Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour scored nearly half of its points in the fourth quarter on Monday, but lost a 63-48 non-conference girls’ basketball decision at home to Urbana. The Tigers led 49-25 after three quarters. Savannah Orgeron and Makayla Rosenbery were the Bulldogs’ top scorers, each finishing with nine points. […]
Free throws pull Bulldogs over Ironmen
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs didn’t let the first three quarters affect what transpired in the fourth period on Tuesday. After three quarters in a non-conference boys’ basketball game at Normal Community, M-S was 0-for-4 from the free throw line. During the last eight minutes the team sunk 9 of […]
Bao focused on sharing joy in final ILMEA Honors performance
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Annie Bao has a feel-good goal. Whether she is thinking about her current avocation or her future profession, happiness is what she envisions as the end result. “I want to put smiles on more people’s faces,” Bao said. She started with herself. Bao has been happily playing […]
The perks of living next door to Mom and Dad
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 […]
Ella Tietz knows practice makes perfect
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 […]
Katz top-four finisher at Urbana Invitational
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 […]