By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team returned to the .500 mark by winning consecutive games to end the week. The Bulldogs (5-5) upended Rantoul on Thursday in a game on the Eagles’ court, 57-25, and followed that with a Saturday win at home over Apollo Conference foe Lincoln, […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Village of Mahomet is engaged in an episode of give and take. The bottom line is that the village is willing to give a concession in order to take advantage of an opportunity for expansion. More than two dozen community members received information and voiced […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Four Bulldogs won contested matches and four others picked up forfeit wins on Tuesday as M-S won a dual wrestling meet at Clinton, 38-28. Winners of contested matches were Owen Straub (113 pounds), Braeden Heinold (120 pounds), Peyton Myers (132 pounds) and Chance Decker (138 pounds). […]
*Former Mahomet resident Doug Berkman with James Lazzarre, who runs New Vision for a Better Life organization in Haiti. By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com In helping to build a school in another country, what Doug Berkman really built was relationships. The long-time Mahomet resident — who now lives in rural Champaign — […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The circle of life completed a circuit for Linda Cekander Miller in October. The Mahomet-Seymour graduate (Class of ‘76) found that some things which come around can come around again. This is more than a tale about a woman in need of a kidney transplant receiving […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Wrestlers Gage Granadino (160-pound sophomore) and Seth Buchanan (285-pound junior) won all four of their matches on Saturday to remain unbeaten for the season. Both Bulldogs had pins in three of their four outings at Bloomington and overall are 6-0 with five pins. In the latest […]
Lynn Schmit vividly recalls the family vacations from her childhood. She and her siblings — which eventually numbered seven — would pack for the trip. “Our suitcases were cardboard boxes,” Schmit said. “We’d put our clothes in, and then our library books.” From there, it was time for a camping […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman — who hasn’t scored fewer than 17 points in any of his first five games of the season — collected 23 points on Tuesday as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team registered a 56-44 Apollo Conference victory at Mount Zion. He was one of four […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Kate Williams Smith doesn’t want to age herself prematurely, yet she offers this view as she reflects on the lengthy Mahomet-Seymour Madrigals tradition. “The Modern Era,” Smith said, “began with Janet Watkins at Christmas 1983.” Watkins, the district’s long-time choral director, offered stability to a […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Tracing the origins of events steeped in history can be a bit nebulous. The starting point isn’t always clearly defined like a birthday, which can be verified by an official piece of paper. The beginnings of Janet Watkins’ interest in Madrigals and its arrival in Mahomet […]
