By FRED KRONER For the Mahometdaily Both Mahomet-Seymour varsity basketball teams concluded play in the State Farm Classic on Friday with 2-2 tournament records. The boys’ team placed sixth in its 16-team Large School bracket. The girls’ team won the fifth-place consolation bracket title. There were also 16 teams entered […]
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MSHS Boys’ Basketball falls to Wheaton Warrenville South, Girls’ Basketball splits two in holiday tournament
By FRED KRONER For Mahomet Daily MSHS Boys’ basketball Senior Cory Noe scored a game-high 17 points, but the Bulldogs dropped a 15-point decision to top-seeded Wheaton Warrenville South in quarterfinal action of the State Farm Classic on Thursday. Noe scored the majority of his points from the free throw […]
MSHS Boys’ Basketball wins first game in State Farm Classic, Girls’ Basketball falls to Springfield
By FRED KRONER For Mahometdaily.com MSHS Boys’ Basketball Cory Noe scored a game-high 23 points on Wednesday night as the boys’ basketball Bulldogs (10-2) extended their winning streak to seven games with a 59-45 decision over South Holland Thornwood in first-round action of the State Farm Classic at Normal West […]
Carey, Taylor and Lippold find value in Parkland College trade program
Kerry Lippold is a high school student who is getting used to the college routine. Just like Colton Carey and Grant Taylor before him. All are — or were — Mahomet-Seymour High School students with an interest in and an aptitude for the automotive repair industry. M-S, like many area […]
Zolt still giving back at age 90
In 1975, actress Lynda Carter first played Wonder Woman on television. In 2017, as Anne Zolt lives her daily life, she has picked up a nickname. “They call me ‘Wonder Woman’” Zolt said. She’s not acting. She volunteers one day a week at Carrie Busey Elementary School, where she works with kindergartners. She volunteers one […]
Bulldog wrestling takes Mascoutah Invitational, boys basketball over Dunlap, Franklin captures double-double
Heavyweight champion David Griffet was one of eight Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers to place on Saturday, helping the state-ranked Bulldogs win team honors in the 30-school Mascoutah Invitational. Griffet won in the finals by pin in 3 minutes, 44 seconds. M-S, ranked sixth in Class 2A, accumulated 200 1/2 points. Runner-up Collinsville finished […]
Bails qualifies for Boston Marathon through Dallas Marathon
By FRED KRONER Kelly Bails has had a history of slow starts in her running career. The Mahomet resident is now a veteran marathoner — having completed 19 races at the 26.2-mile distance — but running was not her primary activity as a teenager in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. “I wasn’t […]
Kaiser’s Mahomet roots run deep
LaDonna Kaiser has a more thorough knowledge of Mahomet than any current resident. She has the community covered from the historical perspective as well as from first-hand knowledge. Her background comes from being the sixth generation on her maternal side of what is now eight generations to have either been […]
Benedict nears triple-double in win, Bulldog wrestling over Maroons
MSHS Boys Basketball Noah Benedict was two assists shy of a triple-double Tuesday night as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team recovered from a first-quarter deficit to defeat visiting Normal University High School, 56-45. Benedict registered 11 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists. Teammate Cory Noe scored a game-high 21 points. […]
Bulldogs to face tough bracket in State Farm Classic
Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ basketball team finds itself in a tough bracket for the State Farm Classic, which will start at multiple Bloomington-Normal gymnasiums on Dec. 27. Coach Chad Benedict’s Bulldogs open with Thornwood, from South Holland, at 8 p.m. on Dec. 27 at Normal West High School. With a win, the […]
