Mahomet Daily

By Josh Jessup An Open Letter to the MS School Board, Dr. Lee, Community Members & Voters in the Mahomet-Seymour School District, As you’re likely aware, I’m a lifelong resident of Mahomet and a graduate of Mahomet-Seymour High School and a parent of three Mahomet-Seymour students. You may also be […]

By Dani Tietz In a little over three weeks, the decision on the Nov. 8 ballot for $59.4 million in the Mahomet-Seymour School District referendum will be tabulated.  The district is asking voters to approve a property tax increase for the next 20 years in order to construct a 135,000-140,000 […]

By Fred Kroner A hat trick by Nolan Wheeler and goalkeeper Zach Beyer’s 13th shutout of the season enabled the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ soccer team to tie the school-record for single-season wins with an 8-0 win on Saturday (Oct. 15) in the final regular-season match at Bloomington. M-S led, 5-0, at […]

By Fred Kroner Juniors Savannah Amatyleon and Emily Young became the first Mahomet-Seymour doubles team to qualify for the girls’ tennis state tournament by placing fourth at the Champaign Sectional on Saturday (Oct. 15) at the Lindsay courts. Amatyleon and Young ended the two-day event with a 2-2 record at […]

By Fred Kroner Tournament Most Valuable Player Avery Allen sparked the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team to the championship of the Freeburg Invitational on Saturday (Oct. 15). Allen pounded 40 kills and collected 40 digs and seven service aces in four matches as the Bulldogs dispatched Hillsboro (25-13, 25-15), Waterloo (22-25,25-20, 15-13) […]

By Fred Kroner Wyatt Bohm threw five touchdown passes for the second week in a row, leading Mahomet-Seymour to a 47-14 football victory at Mattoon, a win which clinched a repeat outright Apollo Conference championship for the Bulldogs. Bohm connected on 14 of 17 passes – without an interception – […]

By Fred Kroner Four Mahomet-Seymour football players rank among the state’s top 25 individuals in various statistical categories, according to Maxpreps. Senior kicker Kyle Walmer is second in extra points made with 43, third in scoring by a kicker with 46 and second in total yards for kickoffs with 2,622 […]

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour freshman Talynn O’Donnell re-broke two more of her school records on Wednesday (Oct. 12) in a four-school girls’ swimming meet at Urbana. She shattered the 200-yard individual medley for the third time this season, winning the event with a 2:17.96 mark. In the 500-yard freestyle, O’Donnell […]

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team opened its week with back-to-back road victories. On Monday (Oct. 10), the Bulldogs secured a 2-1 win at Normal Community. On Tuesday (Oct. 11), M-S handled Effingham, 9-0, to maintain their slender lead in the Apollo Conference. Against Normal, Nolan Wheeler’s team-best 23rd […]

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ cross-country team finished third in the seven-school Apollo Conference girls’ cross-country meet at Mattoon’s Lake Land College on Tuesday (Oct. 11). Meet champion Mount Zion totaled 32 points. Runner-up Effingham ended with 60 points and M-S was third with 70 points. The Bulldogs’ leaders in […]