By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour athletes took the top two positions in seven of eight events on Tuesday (Jan. 31) as the Bulldogs’ boys’ track and field team competed against Fisher in a non-scored meet at the indoor M-S track. The meet was the first of the season for M-S. In […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team faced a double-figure deficit after one quarter on Tuesday (Jan. 31) and was unable to catch up, dropping a 55-30 decision at Normal Community. Savannah Orgeron led M-S with 12 points. Alayna Dewitt added seven points and Reese Gallier made six points. Abby […]
By Fred Kroner Adam Dyer made a season-high 18 points on Tuesday (Jan. 31), but the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team lost a 65-49 decision at Normal Community. The teams were tied, 11-11, after one quarter, but Normal had created a 31-24 lead by halftime. Dyer, who played all but 23 […]
By Dani Tietz There’s something special about Barb Oehlschlaeger-Garvey. Maybe it’s her soft demeanor that greets patrons at the Museum of the Grand Prairie. Maybe it’s the way she tears up as she tells the stories of local men and women who made their way toward the greater good for […]
By Fred Kroner It took an undefeated team to end the season for the winningest seventh-grade boys’ basketball team in Mahomet-Seymour history. On Monday (Jan. 30), Rochester improved to 26-0 by overpowering the Bulldogs, 61-23, in the sectional championship game at M-S. Jackson Golden led the Bulldogs with 10 points. […]
By Brett McMahon It was an unexpected compliment. A former employer told Kristina Robinson that she was the “most decently bold person I have ever worked with.” The phrase struck a chord with Robinson. But it wasn’t quite time to use those words. “I held onto that compliment and tucked […]
By Isabella Zarate For Greta Gosnell, Mahomet is nothing like Washington D.C. Before Gosnell could be found weaving her BMW all around the Inner Loop, now she is cleaning stalls, and loading hay. With Gosnell in the Navy and her husband in the Marine Corps, the congested city of D.C. […]
By Zainab Susi The month of February is all about LOVE. One of my favorite authors Gary Zukav wrote, “Eventually, you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.” Love to everyone regardless of age, religion, background, race. We are all human and every […]
The Mahomet-Seymour Speech Team capped off their regular competition season with a seventh-place finish among 18 schools competing at the Heyworth Link Speech Tournament on Jan. 28. Students receiving individual recognition included: The team will compete in the IHSA state series beginning Feb. 4 at the Regional tournament in Chatham […]
By Fred Kroner Two Mahomet-Seymour swimmers broke school records on Saturday (Jan. 28) at the eight-team Urbana Invitational in events they had set earlier in the high school season. Aron Varga shattered two marks. He lowered his time in the 200-yard individual medley from 2:04.44 to 2:03.10. He also reduced […]
