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 […]
Author: Fred Kroner
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 […]
Fate of fifty-year old Lincoln Trail Junior Olympic tradition is vulnerable
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com A longstanding tradition within the Mahomet-Seymour school district could be on its way out. After more than a half-century of holding a spring track and field Junior Olympics competition at Lincoln Trail Elementary School, the event is in limbo. Physical education teacher Lu Rippy — who […]
