Mahomet Daily

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team continued its torrid late-season streak, winning matches on consecutive nights to start the week. The Bulldogs, 10-1-3 in their last 14 matches, edged Lincoln 3-2 in Monday’s rescheduled Senior Night match and then handled Effingham, 7-1 on Tuesday. Austin Carr and Kadyn […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com National trends in athletics are playing out in a similar pattern in east central Illinois. For more than a decade, participation in high school football has been declining. “I believe in the 2004 season we had 106 players,” M-S football head coach Keith Pogue said. “That’s […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com For many of us, the chance to learn about history comes through words that were chronicled by people at the time of the event. If the accounts are incomplete, then much of the background remains a mystery or is forever lost. Former Mahomet resident Keith Dawkins […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s state-ranked girls’ cross-country team had eight runners place among the top 50 in Saturday’s 224-runner invitational at Metamora. The Bulldogs, ranked fourth in Class 2A, won the 21-school meet with 96 points. The individual leaders were runner-up Elizabeth Sims, who covered the 2.94-mile course in […]

*photo by Matt Difanis By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com They come from different grade levels, with different interests, different backgrounds, different goals and different motivations. Individually, they are students at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School. Collectively, they are members of a boys’ cross-country program which is carrying on the school’s tradition for […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ryan Bosch is encountering obstacles in his first year as Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball head coach, and the team is still a month away from the start of preseason workouts. The varsity and junior varsity schedules — which had been finalized months ago — finds a series […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Three Mahomet-Seymour golfers were among the 10 individuals who advanced to sectionals following Wednesday’s Class 1A girls’ regional golf tournament at Brookhill Golf Course, in Rantoul. Sarah Amjad (95) placed 24th overall, Emma Yates (96) was 27th and Emma Amjad (98) ended in 30th place. Their […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Marching bands — obviously — have moving pieces as they produce their sounds of music. It’s clear to those in the bleachers as the group weaves and works its way through sometimes intricate movements while playing their instruments. For Mahomet-Seymour’s group, that means 213 students this […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Brendan McHale is no stranger to working with Parkland College athletics. His association with the school began in 1992 as an athletic trainer. This week, his duties changed. On Monday, McHale began his first day as Parkland’s athletic director. “I used to help in the training […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Once upon a time, in a land far, far away (from Mahomet), there was a catchy jingle that caught the attention of television viewers. “You deserve a break today.” The words were simple enough and the product of a McDonald’s media blitz that covered the country. […]