Mahomet Daily

By Fred Kroner Blake Wolters swatted two hits, Alex McHale scored two runs and Carter Selk drove in two runs on Monday (May 15), but the Mahomet-Seymour baseball team dropped a 9-3 non-conference decision at Normal Community. McHale had one hit as did teammates Tyson Finch, Selk and Cade Starrick. […]

By Fred Kroner Nine Mahomet-Seymour individuals and two of the school’s relays will be headed to the Class 2A boys’ track and field state meet next week at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston. The Bulldogs’ qualifiers secured their advancement on Wednesday (May 17) by virtue of their performances in the […]

By NIKA SCHOONOVER& ANDREW ADAMSnschoonover@capitolnewsillinois.comaadams@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Victims of “deepfake porn” and “doxing” would have a legal pathway to sue their perpetrators in Illinois under a pair of digital privacy measures that have so far received unanimous support in the General Assembly. House Bill 2954, which would allow victims of […]

By ANDREW ADAMS& HANNAH MEISELaadams@capitolnewsillinois.comhmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – As the General Assembly prepares to wrap up its spring legislative session this week, Democratic lawmakers are advancing a bill that would mandate job postings to include a salary range in a move they say would promote equity within the workplace. Meanwhile, a […]

By Fred Kroner It took three days, but the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High seventh-grade boys’ track and field team secured IESA state-meet berths in eight events. The 14-school Mount Zion Class 4A Sectional started on Saturday (May 13), but the meet was halted by weather conditions and concluded on Monday (May […]

By Dani Tietz The 2023 Mahomet Soda Fest is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on June 10. The event, hosted by the Mahomet Chamber of Commerce, will feature over 100 soda flavors along Main Street in downtown Mahomet. In its third year, the Mahomet Soda Fest will also […]

By Fred Kroner Junior Keaton Roberts was the top Mahomet-Seymour placer on Saturday (May 13) at the Apollo Conference boys’ tennis tournament in Mattoon. He finished fourth in No. 5 singles. Two teammates compiled 2-1 records at conference and finished fifth: junior Jacob Atteberry (No. 1) and sophomore Caleb Bushue […]

By Fred Kroner For just the second time in 19 matches this season, the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team was held scoreless on Thursday (May 11) in its regular-season home finale, a 7-0 loss to Morton. M-S (11-5-3) returns to action on Tuesday (May 16) in a Class 2A Regional which […]

By Fred Kroner Madisyn White stroked two hits and stole two bases on Thursday (May 11), but the Mahomet-Seymour softball team dropped a 5-1 decision at home to Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley. White scored the lone M-S run. Kenadi Granadino had two hits for the Bulldogs and drove in the team’s only […]

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ track and field squad won team honors on Saturday (May 13) in the 17-school El Paso/Gridley Last Chance Open. The Bulldogs amassed 161 points. Runner-up Ridgeview totaled 87 points. M-S had five individual winners to go with victories from two of its relays. Unlike traditional […]