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. […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs were held to a season-low 30 points on Monday and suffered their third consecutive loss, 41-30, to visiting St. Joseph-Ogden. M-S (4-4) led 7-4 after one quarter, but faced a double-digit deficit at halftime after managing only two second-quarter points. SJ-O’s lead was 22-9 at […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman’s double-double on Tuesday helped the Bulldogs remain unbeaten in Apollo Conference games. Coleman put up team-high totals of 26 points and 11 rebounds as M-S overpowered visiting Mount Zion 67-49. The Bulldogs are 3-3 for the season but 2-0 in Apollo Conference contests. M-S carried […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Peyton Myers registered first-period pins in both of his matches on Tuesday as Mahomet-Seymour’s wrestling team opened its dual-meet schedule with a pair of victories. The Bulldogs dispatched Centennial 42-34 and Chatham Glenwood 39-34 in Champaign. The 152-pound Myers posted pins in 1 minute, 20 seconds and […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour opened the boys’ swimming season on Saturday by placing second in a four-team meet. Charleston was first with 373 points, followed by the Bulldogs (345), Lincoln (312) and Mount Carmel (176). Senior co-captain Evan Herriott was a two-event placer for M-S. He took second in the […]
