By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s basketball and wrestling teams all finished the week on a winning note. Both the wrestling and boys’ basketball squads have remained unbeaten in Apollo Conference action. Wrestling The Bulldogs won four matches in two days, including Senior Night wins over Mount Zion (42-33) and Lincoln […]
Author: Fred Kroner
McIntosh, Pastor at Mahomet United Methodist Church, looks back on life of service
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com John McIntosh had an insistent side as a youngster. “I made people call me ‘Farmer John’ “ he said. “I had these toys and I’d farm the carpet.” His interest stemmed from having a grandfather (Earl W. McIntosh) who was a farmer. As John McIntosh got […]
Memories created at Women’s MSHS Alumni Game
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The uniforms with numbers were replaced by colored T-shirts, some orange and some blue. The scoreboard clock started with 12 minutes showing and didn’t stop — unless there was a timeout — until the total time had elapsed. The referees were not there as a courtesy. […]
Churm appointed to the Naval and Air Force Academies
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Joe Churm has grown accustomed to life on the move. He was born in New Hampshire and moved with his family to New Mexico as a fifth-grader. At the beginning of his eighth-grade year, the family relocated to the Mahomet-Seymour School District. During Winter Break, his […]
MSHS Girls’ Basketball and Wrestling come up with wins, Boys’ Basketball falls to Washington
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com In Tuesday night action, the Mahomet-Seymour wrestling and girls’ basketball teams were victorious while the boys’ basketball team lost a six-point decision. Wrestling Seven Bulldogs won matches as the team edged Mattoon 33-31. Two of the wins were due to pins. Three others came in matches […]
Commentary: Reflecting on Skate on Main
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com photo credit: Heather Wanniger at Sweet Lemonade Photography Start with a premise that virtually everyone can agree on: Anything can be improved. Who thinks Alexander Graham Bell would have first patented the telephone if his knowledge and the technology was sufficient to have created cell phones […]
Winter rural landscapes changes, need for snow fences diminishes
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The rural landscape on winter days has fewer of the idyllic elements than what existed in a previous generation. It has nothing to do with the amount of snowfall. It has everything to do with a decreased use of snow fences. In the 1960s, ‘70s and into the […]
Mahomet-Seymour Girls’ Basketball Alumni Reunion Game Jan. 20
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com An Alumni Reunion and basketball game is a fitting gathering for those who’ve been involved with the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball program over the years. Cindy Grammer Essex should know. She was part of the early tradition — as a player — and a part of the […]
MSHS Wrestlers place second at Marty Williams Invitational
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour had no individual champions, but nine top-six placers in Saturday’s 38th Marty Williams Invitational wrestling tournament. In all, 28 Bulldogs took to the mats during the day-long event — most receiving five matches — and 25 earned at least one win while 19 posted at east one […]
Mahomet-Seymour defeats Effingham in Apollo action Friday
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com A trio of double-figure scorers led Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ basketball team past visiting Effingham, 68-56, Friday night. The Bulldogs are 14-4 overall after improving to 7-0 in Apollo Conference action. Cory Noe nailed 10 of 17 shots and scored a team-high 26 points. Noah Benedict had 16 […]
