The Mahomet Daily provides government, school, fire protection and library news for Mahomet-Seymour readers.
By Fred Kroner Senior Olivia McMurry and junior Eden Oelze were each individual winners on Monday (Oct. 4) in a four-team girls’ swimming meet at Danville. McMurry captured top honors in the 100-yard backstroke to go with a runner-up performance in the 100-yard freestyle. Oelze was victorious in the 100-yard […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Savannah Amatyleon won the Apollo Conference girls’ tennis championship at No. 6 singles on Monday 9 (Oct. 4). The second-seeded Amatyleon posted a 6-0, 6-3 win in the semifinals and ousted the top-seeded player in her bracket, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 in the finals. She was the […]
Junior Ainsley Winters carded an 86 on Monday (Oct. 4) at the Auburn Class 1A girls’ golf sectional tournament and qualified for state. She placed ninth overall at the Edgewood Golf Course. As a team, the Bulldogs’ composite score was 403. They finished in sixth place. The top three teams […]
Due to forecasted rain, the Cornbelt Fire Department is postponing their annual Open House event to Oct. 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. The station, located at 506 E Main St., will be open to the public with free hot dogs and drinks available. The “Old 52” will stretch its […]
By Fred Kroner Titus Payne had a hat trick and Mahomet-Seymour soccer teammate Anthony Ramirez registered two goals and two assists on Tuesday (Oct. 5) as the Bulldogs dispatched Mattoon 7-1 in an Apollo Conference match at Middletown Field. The performance was a noteworthy one against a top opponent, M-S […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour senior Erik Christianson carded an 81 on Monday (Oct. 4), at the boys’ Class 2A sectional at Metamora Fields, but was four shots away from earning a berth at state. Christianson was one of four Bulldogs who had qualified for the sectional. The school’s other participants […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board discussed the Village of Mahomet’s proposal to exchange ownership of 13 Acres Park and Middletown Park for the development of tennis courts during Monday’s study session. After hearing what the Village had to say, board member Colleen Schultz came with her own, saying she was excited […]
The Mahomet-Seymour board of education discussed providing the Conway Farms POA (property owners association) with $26,000, or half the cost, to dredge the community’s retention basin on Monday night. Although the terms and bylaws of the POA were unknown to many of the board members, Board President Max McComb, who […]
By Fred Kroner Eighth-grader Auggie Gaudio set the pace in Mahomet-Seymour’s final boys’ cross-country regular-season meet on Saturday (Oct. 2) at Lodge Park, in Monticello. In a 19-school meet with 162 runners, Gaudio was the meet champion, covering the 2-mile layout in 11 minutes, 18.3 seconds. Three of his teammates […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour ran to team honors on Saturday (Oct. 2) in a 19-school girls’ junior high cross-country invitational at Monticello’s Lodge Park that marked the end of the regular season. The top five placers for M-S finished the course within 41.1 seconds of another. The school’s seven participants […]
