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 […]
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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 […]
MSHS Cross Country leads the pack/weekend sports recap
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ cross-country team opened its season on Saturday at Charleston with a double victory. The Bulldogs captured team honors, scoring 46 points, and had the individual winner in Mathias Powell. Powell covered the 3-mile course in 15 minute 30 seconds. One teammate also secured a top […]
Tough start to week for MSHS athletics
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s volleyball team started strong, but couldn’t continue the momentum in a Tuesday loss to unbeaten Tolono Unity. The Bulldogs (1-2) won the first set against the visiting Rockets, 25-21, but dropped each of the next two sets, 25-23, 25-18. The team returns to action tonight at […]
M-S bus challenges a work in progress
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com A new school. A new school year. A new set of problems. They don’t necessarily go hand-in-hand, but issues surrounding student busing and parental dropoff of students has been a constant during the first weeks of the 2018-19 school year in the Mahomet-Seymour district. Several frustrated parents […]
Commentary: A Look at Progress
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com In my childhood, a group of elders — mostly relatives — were people I referred to as “old and wise.” Now that I’m a member of one of those categories, I find that the more I learn, the less I actually know. Passion is a trait I […]
MSHS Girls’ Cross Country debuts victorious, MSHS Sports in full swing
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Kristin Allen enjoyed a triumphant debut as Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ cross-country coach on Saturday. The Bulldogs were victorious in St. Thomas More’s Saber Corn Classic. Olympia was the runner-up and Monticello placed third. Individually, M-S had three of the top five placers as well as a fourth […]
Seaman to be honored at MSHS football game
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com In early May, Jason Seaman was one of about 150 faculty members at Noblesville (Ind.) West Middle School. At a school with an enrollment of 1,400 students for the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grades, he is a seventh-grade science teacher and an eighth-grade football coach. By the […]
