The Mahomet Daily provides government, school, fire protection and library news for Mahomet-Seymour readers.
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Reese Gallier, who has made at least one three-pointer in every Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball game thus far, fired in 15 points on Monday (Dec. 18) as the Bulldogs ended their pre-Christmas schedule with a 46-30 win at home over Danville. Gallier bagged three three-pointers and has […]
By Fred Kroner The season-long winning streak continues for the Mahomet-Seymour eighth-grade boys’ basketball team, but it ended on Tuesday (Dec. 19) for the seventh-grade squad. The eighth-graders registered their 18th consecutive win of the season with a 50-26 victory at Bloomington, but the seventh-graders suffered a 57-36 loss. The […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team came home from Normal Parkside on Thursday (Dec. 14) with a fourth-place IESA state finish. The Bulldogs held an early lead against Bolingbrook Jane Addams, but wound up on the short end of a 38-22 score. M-S led 8-6 after one […]
*The Hodges and Dodges Extravaganza on Dec. 16 has been rescheduled for Dec. 22. For more information visit the Facebook page. The festive season in Mahomet is set to shine brighter as the much-anticipated “Hodges and Dodges MARVELous and SANTA Extravaganza” returns for its third year on Dec. 22. This […]
*The following was written in 2019. It has not been modified, but is reposted prior to Bellflower’s 100th annual Christmas Eve program. BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Maybe the gymnasium at Bellflower Elementary School should have been torn down years ago. The bleachers are shallow, the gym floor isn’t sticky, the small […]
By Fred Kroner Five Bulldogs earned top-eight finishes on Saturday (Dec. 16) in the 29-school Mascoutah Invitational. The top M-S finisher was junior Brock VanDeveer, who was 6-1 at 190 pounds and placed third. He posted two pins, one in 3:44. Gideon Hayter was fifth (106 pounds), Colton McClure was […]
By Fred Kroner Four days after winning the school’s first-ever dual meet in girls’ wrestling, Mahomet-Seymour’s program brought home its first hardware on Saturday (Dec 16) from the Joe Bee Girls’ Invitational, in Springfield. With five Bulldogs placing among the top five, the Bulldogs secured the third-place trophy. Team honors […]
By Fred Kroner Owen Kearns and Aron Varga each won an individual event and helped a Mahomet-Seymour relay to victory on Saturday (Dec. 16) in the 16-school Bloomington boys’ swimming invitational. Kearns won the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 50.79 seconds. Varga was victorious in the 200-yard individual medley (2:03.01). […]
By Fred Kroner Reese Gallier dropped in a season-high 22 points on Saturday (Dec. 16), but the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team came up just short in a 52-51 overtime loss to Eureka in the first St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ shootout. Gallier also bagged five three-pointers and made 5-of-6 free throw attempts. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour fell behind, 37-2, at halftime on Friday (Dec. 15) and suffered a 62-17 Apollo Conference loss in a boys’ basketball game at Lincoln. The Bulldogs committed 23 turnovers in the loss. The only M-S points before the third quarter came on a basket by Jackson […]
