By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Carla and Larry DuVall could be the poster images for a whirlwind romance. “We met on a Friday and were married on a Saturday,” Larry DuVall said. It was almost as quick as it sounds. The night they met in 1979, he proposed. A church wedding […]
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M-S Volleyball tops Lincoln, Soccer ties with Urbana, Golf at Apollo Conference
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour had a trio of volleyball players combine for nine service aces on Tuesday in a two-set home sweep over Lincoln. The Bulldogs (12-9) won the Apollo Conference match 25-10, 25-15. M-S is 5-2 in conference action. Ellie Beach, Kayin Garner and Ashley Wheeler each served […]
Powderpuff football extends homecoming fun
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some things go together, automatically and naturally. Peanut butter and jelly. Chocolate and chips. Baskets and balls. To the seemingly endless list is an annual rite of fall: Homecoming week and powderpuff football games. Those traditions will be renewed this week when high school girls at […]
Powell leads runners, Soccer, Volleyball and Tennis pick up wins
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour senior Mathias Powell was the individual winner in Saturday’s East Peoria Invitational at Illinois Central College. Powell covered the 3-mile course in 15 minutes, 5.8 seconds and had a margin of victory of 4.8 seconds in a race with 254 finishers. Mathias’ win was the […]
Bulldog soccer collects two wins/swimming, volleyball and golf updates
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 […]
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 […]