BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Kadyn Jones scored on a first-half penalty kick and a Mahomet-Seymour Soccer squad with eight new starters salvaged a 1-1 tie with visiting Metamora in Tuesday’s season-opening match at Middletown Field. “I expected a lot of growing pains this week, so I am pretty content with […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Balance was the key Tuesday night in Mahomet-Seymour’s ability to bounce back from a first-set loss in its volleyball season-opener. Seven Bulldogs delivered kills in the second set against visiting Champaign Central, a set in which M-S never trailed, and the team finished strong in the […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Senior Hannah Cassel was the Mahomet-Seymour Girls’ Golf medalist on Tuesday as M-S topped Blue Ridge, 226-235, in a dual meet at Lake of the Woods. Cassel’s nine-hole score was 54. Ainsley Winters carded a 56. Teammates Cecilia Abramson and Emma Yates each shot 58s. The […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high baseball team has won two of its first three games. The team is averaging more than 10 hits per game. M-S decisioned Urbana, 17-5. Raymond Long had three hits and drove in three runs. Teammates with two hits apiece were Mason Orton, Braden […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com There’s something new – besides the head coach – within the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team this year. Captains. “We did not have a captain last year because our previous coach wanted everyone to learn how to be a leader/captain,” junior Ainsley Ranstead said. Ranstead and senior Amber […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Freshman Ainsley Winters carded the low score for Mahomet-Seymour in Thursday’s three-school girls’ golf meet at Lincolnshire Fields Country Club, in Champaign. She fired a 49 and ended in sixth individually. As a team, M-S was second with a composite of 221. Meet champion St. Thomas […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s Sam Mitchaner fired an 87 and was the second-place sophomore in Monday’s season-opening golf meet at Urbana Country Club. As a team, M-S placed eighth in the 16-team field. The Bulldogs’ composite was 371. Meet champion Champaign Central finished with a 323. Grant Harvey and […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Mahomet Music Festival will have a hometown flavor this weekend. When Onoleigh Pommier takes the stage on Saturday at 6:10 p.m., it will serve as a homecoming for the 2015 Mahomet-Seymour High School graduate. “Growing up in Mahomet, the River Festival was always a very […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour football program is on the move. There is no sauntering to reach the practice field. “That’s part of their conditioning,” first-year head coach Jon Adkins said. “As soon as their stuff is on, they jog out there.” Adkins is among the joggers. “I wouldn’t […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com After a year of reconstruction and renovation, the pond and waterfall area at Mabery Gelvin Botanical Garden is nearly ready to re-open. Tuesday was devoted to the laying of approximately 8,000 square feet of sod that will surround the one-half acre pond. A private re-dedication for […]
