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 […]
Author: Fred Kroner
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 […]
MSHS graduate Don Willard on officiating crew for NCAA national championship football game
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 […]
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 […]
