By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Makayla Rosenbery led the Bulldogs in scoring in two consecutive games and Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team completed the pre-Christmas portion of its schedule on a two-game winning streak. Playing back-to-back road games, M-S dispatched Rantoul 63-24 on Friday and then picked up an Apollo Conference victory over […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s seventh-grade boys’ basketball team extended its winning streak to 14 games by virtue of six more wins. The Bulldogs (14-2) topped Clinton 41-17, George Evans 34-24, Urbana 46-36, Prairie Central 45-36, St. Joseph 48-31 and Champaign Edison 40-22. Trey Peters was the top scorer with […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The unbeaten Bulldogs won their home-opener on Tuesday, decisioning Clinton 53-26. Posting pins for M-S were Peyton Myers (152 pounds), Gage Granadino (160 pounds) and Seth Buchanan (285 pounds). Granadino and Buchanan each had first-period falls. The other M-S athlete to win a non-forfeited match was Logan […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s Max Katz was the top diver on Tuesday in a three-school boys’ swimming meet in Champaign. The Bulldogs defeated Danville 149-93, but lost to the host Maroons, 169-117. Katz was also the third-place finisher in the 100-yard backstroke. Two other M-S swimmers were the runner-up in […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mara Pletcher is gaining knowledge about the Ripple Effect. Loosely defined, it’s a principal that means one thing can have a profound effect on another thing, even if the two seem totally unrelated. Pletcher gets this. As a sixth-grader, she had an event picked out that she […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com As in all plans, great and small, it started with one singular idea. Elizabeth VanHoutan McDermith and her husband Mike had a thought for expanding and enhancing their Main Street business, Yellow and Company. Meanwhile – and with no thoughts originally of collaborating – Brooke Didier Starks […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Linda Gyuran knows that honesty is the best policy. The Mahomet resident remembers her job interview – which took place in 1983 – for a position in the Mahomet-Seymour school district. At the time, she was a single mom with sons entering first and fifth grades. “I […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com M-S is still seeking its first Apollo Conference victory after suffering a 57-31 loss at home on Thursday to Mattoon. During what is now a four-game losing streak, the Bulldogs are averaging 36.5 points per game. Nichole Taylor led the Bulldogs with nine points and 10 rebounds. […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The unbeaten Bulldogs won six matches in a three-day span to end the week and improve to 8-0 in dual meets. On Thursday in Champaign, M-S handled Judah Christian 41-17 and St. Thomas More 42-10. Theo Ratliff (126 pounds) and Seth Buchanan (285 pounds) posted pins against […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs made 18 of 19 free throws on Friday at Taylorville and maintained their unbeaten record in Apollo Conference boys’ basketball games. Mahomet-Seymour decisioned the Tornadoes 71-50. Grant Coleman and Braden Finch each scored 19 points for M-S, which built a 20-8 lead after one quarter. […]
