By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Both of the Mahomet-Seymour entries in the doubles competition of the Danville Class 1A IHSA sectional – which concluded on Monday (Oct. 16) – finished with 3-1 records to start the postseason. The duo of Savannah Amatyleon and Emily Young placed second following a 6-2, 6-2 […]
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Jones, Warren, Wheeler and Litteken receive State/Sectional accolades
By Fred Kroner Four members of the Mahomet-Seymour soccer team have received recognition as either all-sectional or all-state players, based on their regular-season play. Senior Kai Jones (who has a school season record 30 assists in 2023) is the Bulldogs’ third-ever all-state selection. For his varsity career, Jones has 18 […]
Bulldogs to play for Regional Championship
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team secured a berth in a Class 2A regional championship match that it will host at Middletown Field based on an 8-0 victory over visiting Rantoul on Tuesday (Oct. 17) in a semifinal game. Travis Hoffman scored the only goal M-S would need in […]
M-S Volleyball wins Apollo Conference title
By Fred Kroner Avery Allen slammed 10 kills on Monday (Oct. 16) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team wrapped up an Apollo Conference championship with a 25-13, 25-11 victory at Charleston. Ellie Dallas handed out 10 assists to go with four digs. Ellie Barker finished with five digs, four kills and […]
Bulldogs on a five-game win streak
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 […]
MSJHS girls’ cross country finishes sixth at IESA state meet
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 […]
MSJHS boys’ cross country finishes third at IESA State meet
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 […]
Commentary: When there’s a war everyone loses Commentary:
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. […]
Mahomet’s Main Street to be renovated
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 […]
Bulldogs secure grand champion status at Illinois Marching Band Championships
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 […]