Mahomet Daily

By Fred Kroner Ava Henderson pitched a three-hit shutout on Monday (April 10) as the Mahomet-Seymour softball team won at home over Centennial, 11-0. Henderson walked two and struck out five. She has won three of her last four decisions. Offensive catalysts were Kayla McKinney, Sydney Ward and Madisyn White, […]

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ tennis team opened its season on Tuesday (April 11) by winning every match in a dual meet at Danville. M-S prevailed 4-0, winning three matches in singles and the only doubles match. The singles winners were junior Jacob Atteberry (No. 1), junior Jack Louis (No. […]

By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Some Illinois lawmakers are calling for a review of one of the tests prospective teachers must pass in order to be licensed in Illinois. The test is known as the Teacher Performance Assessment, or “edTPA,” and it is intended to determine whether a […]

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour seventh-graders Jayvon Tompkins and Noah Snyder were double-event individual winners for the Bulldogs in their season-opening boys’ track and field meet at Mahomet against St. Joseph on Thursday (April 6). Snyder was triumphant in the high jump (4 feet, 10 inches) and the long jump (14 […]

By Dani Tietz East Central Illinois residents may not know that some of their favorite spots in Champaign County are all connected. But the Lake of the Woods Covered Bridge, Illinois’ first International Dark-Sky Park and the Homer Lake Forest Preserve Maple Grove all have one thing in common: they […]

By Dani Tietz The possibility of a new friendship is everywhere. Although Mahomet-Seymour Junior High seventh and eighth-grade students have hundreds of peers to choose friendships from, a group of 17 participating in the Community Action Program found some new friends at The Glenwood Assisted Living in Mahomet on March […]

By Fred Kroner Freshman Paislee Welge’s five-goal performance helped the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team register an 8-0 victory on Thursday (April 6) at Charleston. Emma Dallas hit a goal and added two assists. Other Bulldog goals were by Gwen Cambron and Taylor Dietz. Ella Walk also recorded two assists. Teammates […]

By Fred Kroner Scouts from all 30 major league baseball teams were in Mahomet on Saturday to see two of the state’s top pitchers battle in an Apollo Conference showdown. In the end, Effingham’s Josh McDevitt outdueled M-S senior Blake Wolters, 2-0, on a day Wolters’ pitches hit 99 mph […]

By Fred Kroner Madisyn White scored both runs for the Mahomet-Seymour softball team on Wednesday (April 5), but the Bulldogs dropped a 3-2 decision at Westville. Madelyn Logsdon, who was 3-for-3, and Kenadi Granadino drove in the M-S runs. White socked two hits. Adding one hit apiece, besides Granadino, were […]