By Fred Kroner Augustus Gaudio was the top finisher for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ cross-country team on Saturday (Sept. 16) in the 62-school Richard Spring Invitational at Detweiller Park, in Peoria. Gaudio ran the 3-mile course in 15 minutes, 34.90 seconds and ended 91st in a field with 570 finishers. As […]
By Fred Kroner Junior Holland Martin and sophomore Adella Bird teamed up for a win at No. 2 doubles for the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ tennis team on Friday (Sept. 15) in an 8-1 dual-meet loss at Mattoon. Martin and Bird, who are 5-0 for the season, were victorious 2-6, 7-6, 11-9. […]
By Fred Kroner Five different players scored goals as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ soccer team pitched its sixth shutout of the season on Saturday (Sept. 16) in a 5-0 win over Bloomington at Middletown Field. The goals were tallied by Nolan Wheeler, Isaac Warren, Cohen DiFilippo, Ethan Ramirez and Travis Hoffman. […]
By Fred Kroner Talynn O’Donnell was the runner-up on Saturday (Sept. 16) in the 100-yard freestyle, helping Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ swimming team to a seventh-place finish in the 15-school Centennial Invitational in Champaign. O’Donnell’s time was 55.41 seconds. She also placed fourth in the 50-yard freestyle (35.43 seconds). Meet champion Buffalo […]
By Fred Kroner Reis Claybrooke fired a season-best 34 on Thursday (Sept. 14) in a three-school boys’ golf meet at the University of Illinois Course, in Savoy, to spark the undefeated Mahomet-Seymour squad to a team triumph. The Bulldogs had a team composite of 152 and edged runner-up St. Thomas […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Junior quarterback Lucas Dyer hit a career-high for passing yards for the second week in a row as Mahomet-Seymour’s football team went on the road and secured a running clock 31 minutes into the Apollo Conference contest at Charleston. Dyer threw for 318 yards and three […]
By Dani Tietz The Village of Mahomet celebrated Phase I completion of South Mahomet Road this week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The $8.78 million project included engineering, utility work, and roadway from Sunny Acres Road to Churchill Road. Phase II from Churchill Drive to Prairie View Road began in April […]
By Dani Tietz Just this week, the Mahomet Daily marked a decade of covering the Mahomet and Seymour communities, including the Village of Mahomet and the Mahomet-Seymour School District governments. Sometimes, that amount of time seems like forever. Other times, it seems like only a minute. As a reporter, I’ve […]
Heading into IESA Regional Semifinal play on Sept. 16, the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High baseball team is looking to capture the title after falling short in 2022. Just a year ago, seventh-grader Marco Casillas threw a no-hitter over Champaign Franklin. And throughout the 2023 season, Casillas’ presence on the mound and […]
By Dani Tietz As land on the west side of Champaign develops, so does the need for expanded emergency services. Cornbelt Fire Protection District Chief John Koller knows this. And so he, alongside the Cornbelt board, planned to move the volunteer-based fire district to one with three full-time shift captains. […]
