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MSHS Girls’ Basketball and Wrestling pick up home wins Saturday
Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team rallied for a non-conference win at home over Normal University High.
IHSA football districts approved
The IHSA changed the way high school football playoffs happened.
Alaska provides new opportunities for Smoes
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Forrest Smoes became accustomed to life on the run as a student at Mahomet-Seymour High School. A standout two-sport athlete, Smoes excelled in cross-country and track and field. That lifestyle is now part of his past. The former all-state runner hasn’t slowed down, however, just moved […]
Mahomet Aquifer Task Force concludes its work, issues recommendations
Springfield, IL – The Mahomet Aquifer Task Force released its final report to the Illinois General Assembly and Governor this week, outlining a plan to address the ongoing issue of maintaining clean drinking water from the Mahomet Aquifer. The report identifies potential and current contamination threats to the water quality, […]
MSHS Fieldhouse to get a facelift
The Mahomet-Seymour School District is ready to move forward with the renovation of the field house at the high school and the CAIR Center. Mahomet-Seymour Superintendent Lindsey Hall said the field house, which was built 20 years ago, has safety concerns. “The floor is very slippery, has lost its ‘tack’ […]
MSHS girls’ basketball on a roll
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Makayla Rosenbery hit a season-high for points scored for the third game in a row, helping the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team to its third consecutive win on Monday. The Bulldogs (6-5) upended visiting Centennial, 65-37, behind a 24-point outburst from Rosenbery. She hit three three-point shots. […]
Kelly to be inducted into Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association Hall of Fame
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mary Kelly is a modern-day Pioneer Woman. The original pioneers, who moved westward while homesteading with their families in the middle and late 1800s, were forging a new trail, doing what few — if any — had done before them. Kelly, a 2002 Mahomet-Seymour graduate, made […]
MSJHS names December Students of the Month
The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School Students of the Month for December are Avery Rosa, Benjamin Wallace, Grace Rodebaugh, Hannah Hofbauer, Jenna Wade, Aiden McNamara.
MSHS girls’ and boy’ basketball pick up late week wins, Wrestling places ninth
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team returned to the .500 mark by winning consecutive games to end the week. The Bulldogs (5-5) upended Rantoul on Thursday in a game on the Eagles’ court, 57-25, and followed that with a Saturday win at home over Apollo Conference foe Lincoln, […]
