Mahomet-Seymour Junior High eighth-graders Tate Bode and Taylor Mills left their mark on the program, capturing All-State honors at the IESA Class 3A State Meet on Oct. 15. Bode finished the 2-mile course in 11 minutes and five seconds. He ended in 17th place. Mills finished ninth, finishing the course […]
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Letter to the Editor: Support for Sam Limentato
By David Lemons Dear Editor, Judge Sam Limentato is an outstanding Circuit Court Judge in Champaign County. He was appointed to the circuit court in Champaign unanimously by the Illinois Supreme Court two years ago. The Illinois State Bar Association has given Judge Limentato 95% or higher in each of these categories: integrity (97.9%), impartiality, temperament, […]
Bohm and Rogers move up on state’s statistical leaders list
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour seniors Wyatt Bohm and Quenton Rogers moved higher on the list of the state’s football statistical leaders after their performance in Week 8. Bohm climbed from 14th to sixth in passing yards, with 1,718. He ranks second in touchdown passes (27), after throwing for 10 during […]
Bulldog volleyball wins Apollo Conference title
By Fred Kroner Avery Allen just missed a double-double on Tuesday (Oct. 18), turning in a 13-kill, nine-dig performance at home as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team swept Charleston , 25-17, 25-21, to complete an unbeaten Apollo Conference season. In the past four years, M-S has lost just three league matches […]
Mahomet-Seymour Soccer sets school win record, heads to Regional Championship game
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s second one-goal win over Centennial this season was a 2-1 triumph (in overtime) on Tuesday (Oct. 18) and pushed the Bulldogs’ season-win total to a school record 18. The victory occurred in the semifinal match of a Class 2A regional at Urbana over the fifth-seeded Chargers, […]
Citizens for Bulldog Blueprint PAC report released, board votes down motion to not meet with vendors at IASB Conference
By Dani Tietz Donations and expenditures of Citizens for Bulldog Blueprint from July 1 to Sept 30 were released recently by the Illinois Board of Elections. This political action committee was formed to support the June 28 Mahomet-Seymour School District referendum for $97.9 million. It does not appear that this […]
Commentary: Did Mahomet-Seymour really just change the numbers?
By Dani Tietz On Sunday night, I combed over an article about projections and capacity of enrollment at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School that would be published on Monday morning. I have been collecting data for years, looking at enrollment numbers, classroom sizes, the number of classrooms, and then following information […]
Mahomet-Seymour basketball tops Champaign Edison
By Fred Kroner Hannah Martin scored a career-high 19 points on Wednesday (Oct. 12) as the Mahomet-Seymour eighth-grade girls’ basketball team won, 32-17 at home over Champaign Edison. Breckyn Hess tallied seven points and Kenna Collins finished with six points. The Bulldogs scored the game’s first 16 points and never […]
Bode and Mills finish IESA meet at All-State runners, boys place fourth, girls ninth
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high cross-country squads produced two individual All-State runners and two top-10 team finishes on Saturday (Oct. 15) in the Class 3A IESA state meet at Normal’s Maxwell Park. The boys’ squad placed fourth in the 27-school event, led by All-Stater Tate Bode, an eighth-grader who […]
Mahomet Halloween Fun begins this weekend
It’s time for some Halloween fun in Mahomet! Beginning Friday, Oct. 21, there are some great Halloween events for young and old(er) alike! Friday, October 21: 2 TO 4 P.M. HALLOWEEN FUN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AT THE MUSEUM Museum of the Grand Prairie, Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve, 2-4 […]