By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Cross-country runners may not think of themselves as models, but Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high teams have been a model of consistency since the sport expanded from a single-class state tournament into a multiple-class system in 1997. In 20 of the following 22 years, at least one M-S […]
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Weight room to be named after Jim Risley
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some people find ways to turn a hobby into a money-making venture. Jim Risley found a way to turn his passion into a memory-making experience. Thirty-nine years ago, Risley arrived on the faculty at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School. Besides teaching sixth-grade history, Risley had an interest […]
Football breaks losing streak, volleyball places fourth at STM, Soccer gets shutout
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Jordan Veldman and Clay Hubble combined for 200 yards rushing while scoring one touchdown apiece on Friday as Mahomet-Seymour snapped a five-game losing streak with a 14-0 win at Lincoln. Veldman rushed for 104 yards on 21 carries. Hubble gained 96 yards on seven carries. Dylan […]
Commentary: Everything Changes, Even Words
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Words. They are with us every day, whether we are reading, writing, speaking or listening. There are nearly 172,500 currently in use, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, with another 47,000-plus considered obsolete. More words officially get added every year. In September, Merriam-Webster announced 840 new […]
A walk in their shoes: Seven women from East Central Illinois share stories of sexual violence
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com There is an idiom that encourages people to not pass judgment until they have walked in the other person’s shoes. The sentiment is as valid today as it was centuries ago. For more than a year, we have heard from women throughout the country coming forward […]
Bulldog girls’ cross country Apollo Conference Champs, soccer wins consecutive matches
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 […]
Declining high school football numbers cause pause at Mahomet-Seymour and St. Joseph-Ogden
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 […]
Corn Belt Fire Department began with nothing except a few committed individuals
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 […]
Bulldog cross country and volleyball on a roll, Band named Grand Champions
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 […]
MSJHS look to advance to State after winning County Championship
*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 […]
