Mahomet Daily

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Big things can come from small areas. There is no greater proof than Precision Shooting Equipment, which is now — and for decades has been — the world’s largest manufacturer of compound bows, target bows, crossbows and traditional recurve bows. The company got its start on […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Four Mahomet-Seymour athletes won individual events on Saturday as the Bulldogs captured team honors in the 30-school Eastern Illinois University Indoor Track and Field Invitational, in Charleston. M-S totaled 61 points. Runner-up Unity had 59 points. The Bulldogs’ best event was the 1,600 meters. Teammates Mathias […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com There are two main ways for youngsters to get involved with wrestling. The most common is to take up the sport in a kids’ club or as part of a youth program, some of which begin in first grade. The other way is to participate in […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Brooks Coetzee hit a solo home run in his first at-bat as a senior and Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball team posted a 6-0 shutout win over Oakwood in Wednesday’s opener. Starter Tanner Kirts, who struck out 11 batters in four innings, earned the win. He was followed to […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Maureen Scott Renaud graduated from Mahomet-Seymour High School in 2002. Melody Smith Fonner graduated in 2003. Jennifer Fall Peters graduated in 2006. Julie Jarrett Gregory graduated in 2008. Dani Bunch graduated in 2009. Sarah Iverson  Burgener graduated in 2011. Jessica Burke graduated in 2012. Twinkle Mehta […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The state’s second-ranked Class 3A boys’ basketball team ended Mahomet-Seymour’s season on Wednesday one win shy of earning a Sweet Sixteen berth. Springfield Southeast topped the Bulldogs 59-45 in a sectional semifinal game at Decatur Eisenhower High School. The teams were tied, 14-14, after one quarter […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com This is one of a continuing series the Mahomet Daily will publish about the ordinary men and women from the community who have done or accomplished extraordinary things in their lifetime. We encourage readers to submit nominations for other deserving individuals who warrant consideration. We are […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour athletic director Matt Hensley said Monday night a change in coaches had been made for one of the Bulldogs’ spring-sports teams. “Darren Tee was named interim coach (for girls’ track and field) today,” Hensley said. He had no comment on the reasons why Hall of […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Fifth-graders at Lincoln Trail Elementary are continuing to show that no project is too big to tackle. In January, the nine fifth-grade classes at the State Street school began to work independently on the design and creation of a machine that would be demonstrated and judged […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Three days after reaching a season-high for points scored, Mahomet-Seymour senior Cory Noe hit a career-high 36 points Friday night as the Bulldogs dispatched Urbana 72-61 to win a Class 3A regional championship on their own home court. For the week Noe scored 68 points as […]