Mahomet Daily

By Fred Kroner A balanced scoring attack enabled the Mahomet-Seymour eighth-grade girls’ basketball team to register their fifth straight victory on Tuesday (Oct. 17) at home against Clinton, 26-11. Marley Cloward, Lily Freiman, Katie Hunter and Audra Martin all tallied five points. Penelope Bird totaled three points, Charlotte Sinclair had […]

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ cross-country team produced its best-ever finish in a Class 4A IESA state meet, finishing sixth on Saturday (Oct. 14) at Normal Parkside. M-S finished two spots away from securing a trophy in the 24-team meet. The Bulldogs were led by seventh-grader Paige Jansen, who earned […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s Junior High boys’ cross-country team brought home the third-place IESA Class 4A team trophy from the Saturday (Oct. 14) state meet at Normal Parkside. Team leaders Adam Smigielski and Noah Crane earned all-state recognition for finishing among the top 25 in a meet with 222 […]

By Zainab Susi All around the world we have been watching and hearing about the terrible war in the Middle East. Recently in the Chicago area a 71 year-old man killed an innocent 6 year-old boy and wounded his mother in a hate crime. The family is Palestinian and Muslim. […]

The Farnsworth Group presented an ambitious plan for the heart of Mahomet: a complete overhaul of Main Street and its sidewalks at the Oct. 10 board of trustees meeting. The engineering group took the 2019 downtown renovation plans developed by the Smithgroup to bring street, sidewalk, and potential park designs […]

The Mahomet-Seymour Bulldogs Marching Band is hitting all the right notes this season as they clinched several remarkable victories in recent competitions, solidifying their reputation as one of the top high school marching bands in the state. The Bulldog’s musical journey began with a resounding crescendo on September 30th at […]

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team clinched its second straight Apollo Conference championship and the fourth in the past five years on Thursday (Oct. 12) with a 9-0 shutout over Taylorville at Middletown Field. Seniors accounted for eight of the goals and eight of the assists. Cohen DiFilippo and […]

By Fred Kroner All four Mahomet-Seymour seniors were contributors on Thursday (Oct. 12) as the Bulldogs avenged an early-season loss to Effingham with a two-set sweep at home, 25-15, 15-14, on Senior Night. Avery Allen recorded six kills, five digs and two service aces. Brianna DiFilippo contributed three assists and […]

By Fred Kroner Talynn O’Donnell won two individual events and Lainey Howard was the runner-up in one on Saturday (Oct. 14) in a 10-school girls’ swimming meet at the UI ARC pool. O’Donnell was victorious in the 100-yard freestyle (55.01 seconds) and the 100-yard backstroke (1:03.46). Howard placed second in […]

Mahomet-Seymour’s football team won its seventh straight game on Friday (Oct. 13) and matched a season’s high for points scored in a 49-6 Apollo Conference victory at Mattoon. For the third consecutive year, M-S completed Apollo play with an unbeaten conference record. The last time the school had teams unbeaten […]