By Fred Kroner In his first pitching outing of the season, Carter Johnson threw five innings and earned the win as Mahomet-Seymour registered an 8-1 baseball win at Paxton-Buckley-Loda on Monday (April 17). Johnson allowed four hits, one unearned run and walked two. He struck out three batters and became […]
By Brett McMahon For their 2023 Spring Musical, the Mahomet-Seymour Drama Club will re-create the classic, Bye Bye Birdie. More than 80 students will have roles in the musical, which will stage three productions, April 21 & 22 at 7 p.m. and April 23 at 2 p.m. The musical has […]
By Dani Tietz The Sangamon Valley Public Water District Board on April 5 approved a contract with Veolia North America to manage operations of SVPWD water and wastewater systems that serve Mahomet residents north of I-74 and east of IL-47. The $1.358 million-per-year contract secures a licensed management and operations […]
By Fred Kroner Freshman Madalyn Marx continued her assault on the Mahomet-Seymour record books Friday (April 14) with her performance in the 22-school Bloomington girls’ track and field invitational. Marx ran away from the field in the 400 meters, posting a school-record time of 57.29 seconds. The previous M-S record […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour athletes swept the top four places in two running events on Wednesday (April 12) in a six-school freshman-sophomore boys’ track and field meet at Centennial. In the 800 meters, Blake Dillman sprinted to a finish of 2 minutes, 1.8 seconds. Trailing him were teammates Ethan Ramirez […]
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour boys’ tennis team was swept, 9-0, at Effingham on Thursday (April 13). The Bulldogs (1-1) return to action on Monday (April 17) against Mount Zion at the Illini Grove courts.
By Fred Kroner In a showdown between two of the premier girls’ soccer teams in the Apollo Conference, visiting Mattoon dealt Mahomet-Seymour its first loss of the season on Thursday (April 3), 2-1. The match was scoreless until M-S hit a goal in the second half to take the lead. […]
By Fred Kroner Madeleine Cortez finished the week with a flourish, belting extra-base hits in three consecutive games and going 5-for-9 in that span. However, the Mahomet-Seymour softball team dropped all three games, including an Apollo Conference doubleheader loss at home on Friday (April 14) to Charleston. The Trojans pulled […]
By Fred Kroner Carter Johnson led a potent Mahomet-Seymour offense on Thursday (April 13) as the Bulldogs swatted visiting Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 15-2, in a non-conference baseball game. Johnson belted two doubles among his three hits and drove in three runs. Mateo Casillas hammered a home run among his two hits […]
By ANDREW ADAMSCapitol News Illinoisaadams@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO – As university faculties around Illinois strike for better pay and working conditions, budget analysts have found that state spending on higher education has fallen dramatically over the past 20 years. When adjusted for inflation, state spending on higher education fell 46 percent between […]
