Mahomet Daily

By Isabella Zarate “I didn’t set out to write novels.” Mahomet resident, Cherie Roberson, shares her thoughts as she anticipates the release of her debut novel, Man in the Mist. “People often ask if I dreamed of becoming an author. The short answer is ‘No,’ but the longer answer is […]

By Fred Kroner Both the seventh- and eighth-grade Mahomet-Seymour Junior High girls’ basketball teams opened their seasons on Tuesday (Sept. 13) with road victories. The seventh-graders started their junior high careers with a 34-11 triumph at Champaign Franklin. Katie Hunter scored 12 points and Audra Martin added six points. The […]

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high boys’ cross-country team swept to victory on Saturday (Sept. 10) in the 53-team Parkside Invitational, at Maxwell Park in Normal. M-S had a composite score of 87 points. Runner-up Glenwood ended with a score of 158 points. In a field of 369 runners, six […]

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high softball season came to an end on Tuesday (Sept. 13) with just its second shutout loss of the season in 18 games. Top-seeded Champaign Edison blanked the second-seeded Bulldogs, 10-0, in an IESA Class 3A regional championship game at Zahnd Park, in Champaign. Addison […]

By Fred Kroner Seventh-grader Marco Casillas fired a no-hitter for the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High baseball team on Wednesday (Sept. 7) as part of a 13-0 Bulldog victory at Champaign Franklin. He helped his own cause by driving in three runs and stealing two bases. In four innings, Casillas walked three […]

By Fred Kroner Eighth-grader Sophie Park placed second on Wednesday (Sept. 7) in the IESA sectional girls’ golf tournament at Wolf Creek, in Pontiac. Park carded a 90 to capture runner-up honors in a tournament that had participants from 25 schools. M-S seventh-grader Makenna Peterka finished in a tie for […]

By Fred Kroner Five Mahomet-Seymour runners finished among the top 20 on Saturday (Sept. 10), helping the Bulldogs to a runner-up finish in the 45th-annual Lee Halberg  boys’ cross-country invitational, in Springfield at Lincoln Park. Normal Community won team honors with 68 points. M-S was just behind, with 69 points. […]

By Fred Kroner In a field of 408 runners, Mahomet-Seymour’s Ava Boyd placed 20th on Saturday (Sept. 10) in the Class 2A division of First to Finish girls’ cross-country meet at Peoria’s  Detweiller Park. Boyd’s 3-mile time was 18 minutes, 51.6 seconds. Chole Bundren ran 83rd and posted a season […]

By Fred Kroner In its most decisive girls’ tennis victory of the season, Mahomet-Seymour bested Kankakee Bishop McNamara, 8-1, on Thursday (Sept. 8) at the Illini Grove courts. M-S won all six singles matches in straight sets. Two Bulldogs – Claire Johnson (No. 4) and Adella Bird (No. 6) did […]

By Fred Kroner Two Mahomet-Seymour golfers placed among the top 25 individuals in a two-day, 40-team boys’ golf tournament at Mattoon. Reis Claybrooke had 18-hole rounds of 70 and 79. His 149 earned him a fourth-place tie. Kelton Hennesy compiled rounds of 77 and 86. His 163 enabled him to […]