By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team started the week with wins on back-to-back nights. The Bulldogs (7-2-3) edged Lincoln 3-2 on Monday and matched a season-high for goals scored on Tuesday in a 6-1 triumph over visiting Effingham. In Apollo Conference matches, M-S is 3-0-2. Austin Carr and […]
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Troop 2066 creates Camp Kiwanis Playscape
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Scouting helps its participants build confidence and self-esteem while also learning values that will be beneficial later in life. Sometimes what is built can be seen in real time. Five teenagers in Mahomet’s Girl Scout Troop 2066 finished a hands-on project last weekend that completed requirements […]
MSJHS Baseball wins IESA Regional Championship
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Monday was a night of firsts for the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High baseball team. The important one: first place in their own Class 3A regional tournament. That outcome was secured when unbeaten and top-seeded M-S (13-0) defeated second-seeded Paxton-Buckley Loda 10-5 in the championship game on the […]
Busy weekend for MSHS sports
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The statistics sheet shows a 10-8 season record for Mahomet-Seymour’s volleyball team. What the numbers don’t show is how close the Bulldogs have been to much more success. In five of the losses, M-S has won one of the sets against their opposition. The latest was […]
MSHS volleyball, tennis and cross country pick up wins
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ tennis team captured its first dual-meet victory of the season on Tuesday, winning every match in a 9-0 decision at Gibson City -Melvin-Sibley. In singles play, Amalie Fried didn’t lose a game at No. 5. Both Annie Bao (at No. 1) and Mrinali Kesavadas […]
Commentary: The Things That Really Matter
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some things truly don’t matter. In the wake of another shooting in the United States, we should be prepared to hear a common refrain. “Guns kill people.” “People kill people.” There are arguments for both sides, but the bigger point is simple: It doesn’t make a […]
Some MSHS students take option of early graduation
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Years of planning and preparation paid off for Jordyn Tietz. She is one of 31 seniors (in a class of 240) at Mahomet-Seymour High School who will be graduating early. The group of early graduates will officially be done at the end of the first semester […]
First Baptist Church installs solar panels
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Renovations almost always come with an associated cost. Brian Romanowski, First Baptist pastor, believes the improvements completed at the church last week will come with an associated savings. Thirty solar panels were installed on the south side of the building’s metal roof. “There were significant costs, […]
MSHS boy’s golf holds off Monticello, tough nights for girls golf and volleyball
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour boys’ golf team handled Monticello 181-199, in a dual meet on Tuesday at Lake of the Woods. The Bulldogs had three of the top four individuals. Alek Strube shared medalist honors, firing a 43. Rick Bohlen was third (44), followed by Grant Harvey (45) in […]
The most popular sport at MSJHS? Cross Country.
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com It’s right there in the numbers. The most popular sport in the Mahomet-Seymour school district this fall is junior high cross-country. Across the three grades levels, there are 103 active participants, 54 of whom are boys. Coach Lisa Martin is accustomed to working with large groups. When […]
