By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The paid attendance at Monday’s national championship football game doesn’t include a former Mahomet-Seymour letterman who was paid to be at the overtime contest in Atlanta. Don Willard (Class of 1990) was part of the Big Ten Conference officiating crew assigned to the game, won by […]
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MSHS Boys’ Basketball remains unbeaten in Apollo Conference, Swim team competes in Charger Invite
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com MSHS Boys’ Basketball Noah Benedict made 8 of 10 shots from the field as Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ basketball team maintained its unbeaten record in Apollo Conference action. The Bulldogs recovered from a first-quarter deficit to post a 56-42 win at Mattoon. M-S is 13-4 overall and 6-0 […]
Hensley named to the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) Board of Directors
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Matt Hensley’s influence and impact on the high school sporting scene is extending from the local to the national level. The veteran Mahomet-Seymour athletic director was seated on the 15-member National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association last month to start a three-year term. He is appreciative of […]
Lenschow reaches 1,000 points, Boys’ basketball defeats Belleville Althoff, Wrestling places 11th in Sycamore Invitational
MSHS Boys’ Basketball Any coach of any sport can always find something that needs improvement after any contest. Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball coach Chad Benedict wasn’t about to rock the boat Saturday night. “We need to do a better job taking care of the ball,” Benedict said following the Bulldogs come-from-behind […]
Sixth ranked Bulldog wrestling tops Sterling
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com In a Friday night showdown between two state-ranked Class 2A wrestling programs, visiting Mahomet-Seymour overcame a forfeit loss at 113 pounds to decision Sterling 42-33. The Bulldogs (13-2) are ranked sixth in this week’s Illinois Best Weekly state poll. Sterling (10-6) is ranked 25th. Eight Bulldogs […]
Warren receives the 2018 Parkland Teaching Excellence Award
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Chris Warren started at Parkland College in the fall of 1990 as a student-athlete, but the Mahomet-Seymour graduate wasn’t sure he was cut out for college. More than a quarter of a century later, Warren is an award-winning member of the Parkland College faculty. He can’t imagine himself anywhere else. […]
As college tuition soars, higher education decisions become harder
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com High school seniors making college decisions have more on their minds than an intended major and picking a school a comfortable distance from home. As they contemplate a commitment that — in many cases — will encompass four years, they are also faced with choices such […]
Heroes from Home: Ferdie Williamson
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Heroes from Home 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 deserve […]
The bigger picture of drug addiction
By FRED KRONER For The Mahomet Daily Full disclosure: I don’t know Richard Stover, nor do I know the entire history of his troubled background. This much I do know. The tragedy that ended Friday with his arrest for the murder of a 60-year-old relative, Betty J. Stover, did not […]
Chase ends in arrest of Richard Stover
By FRED KRONER For Mahomet Daily A police chase that started in Champaign on Friday morning ended with the apprehension of a suspect with a knife in a west parking lot at Mahomet-Seymour High School. According to a Mahomet Police Department release, the suspect, 41-year-old Richard Stover, from Champaign, did […]
