The Mahomet-Seymour Winter Guard placed first in both Winter Guard and Tall Flag at the Villa Grove IDTA Regional on Feb. 5. Rachael Corson placed second with her flag solo and qualified for IDTA State. The team will travel to Springfield for State Finals February 11.
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Three Bulldogs win events at home meet
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour athletes won six events on Tuesday (Feb. 9) in a five-school, non-scored indoor track meet at M-S. Springfield Lanphier, Fisher, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley and Hoopeston Area also competed in the meet. In three events, M-S swept the top three positions. Ethan Ramirez led a trio of Bulldogs […]
Bulldogs use two overtimes to defeat Normal University
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team is spending extra time on the court as the regular season nears an end. Three days after posting an overtime victory, M-S needed two overtimes on Monday (Feb. 6) to subdue Normal University, 61-55, at home. The teams were tied, 44-44, after regulation […]
Bulldogs defeat Urbana in overtime
By Fred Kroner Dayten Eisenmann just missed a double-double on Tuesday (Feb. 7) at Urbana, scoring 18 points and grabbing nine rebounds in Mahomet-Seymour’s 70-68 overtime triumph against the Tigers. Eisenmann also handed out five assists. The M-S offense also featured 16 points from Wyatt Bohm, 15 points from Byron […]
Village announces low-bidder for tennis court project
The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees will vote later this month on bid packages for the construction of a 6-court tennis facility that will be located at Middletown Park. Mahomet Parks and Recreation Director Dan Waldinger said the apparent low bidder was from Petry Kuhne Company in the amount […]
Nick Tjahjadi to play soccer at McKendree University
By Fred Kroner By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It could be easy to consider the signing of a letter-of-intent to play a sport in college as the end to fulfilling a goal. Don’t tell that to Mahomet-Seymour senior Nick Tjahjadi. For him, when he put his signature on a piece of […]
Bulldogs sweep last two matches
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade volleyball team has a four-match winning streak after sweeping Champaign Edison at home on Monday (Feb. 6), 25-22, 25-20. Prior to that, the seventh-graders won at Normal Parkside on Thursday (Feb. 2), 25-23, 25-22, and at Rantoul Eater on Tuesday (Jan. 31), 25-7, 25-8. […]
LaCour hopes to make a difference with LaCour Home Realty
By Brett McMahon When Stacy LaCour left his position as an account manager at WCIA in 2013, he knew there was something “more” in store for him. At the time, Ryan Dallas, a real estate broker, encouraged him to take the necessary steps to become a real estate agent. Once […]
Sidewalk Prophets to play in Mahomet on April 23
By Brett McMahon Mahomet native Cal Joslin returns home with Sidewalk Prophets when the group brings its Songs and Stories tour to Grace Church on April 23. Joslin is the bassist for the Dove Award-winning group, whose hit songs include “The Words I Would Say,” “Keep Making Me” and “Come To The Table.” […]
Bulldog place second at Northern Illinois Invitational
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ swimming team placed second in the three-school Northern Illinois Invitational. Byron (297 points) was first, M-S (245) was the runner-up and a school the Bulldogs had lost to previously, LaSalle-Peru (195 points) ended in third place. M-S captured 16 personal bests and Owen Kearns reset […]