Mahomet-Seymour’s Chloe Pruitt contributed back-to-back season-high 14 point performances as the Bulldogs defeated Rantoul and Eureka heading into the Christmas weekend. Pruitt also contributed 14 rebounds in the two wins. The Bulldogs have relied on the 5’9” senior on their way to a 10-3 record. Against Charleston, Pruitt scored sevent […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team reached the 10-win mark in its final pre-Christmas tune-up. The Bulldogs overpowered Rantoul, 57-18, on the Eagles’ court on Wednesday (Dec. 21). With its fifth consecutive victory, M-S is 10-3 overall. Chloe Pruitt totaled 14 points and nine rebounds to lead the Bulldogs […]
With the Dec. 19 filing date passed, candidates for five local boards have submitted their petitions for candidacy. The Mahomet Daily will write more on each race after the holiday, but names are listed in alphabetical order and the submitted petitions are linked for each candidate. Access to those petitions […]
By Fred Kroner Fred@mahometnews.com Road trips became the norm for Jake Waldinger for more than a year as the Mahomet-Seymour tri-sport athlete looked for a college that he could call home as a football player for the next four years. “I started the summer of my junior year taking visits […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s seventh-grade boys’ basketball team was efficient from the free throw line on Thursday (Dec. 15) and turned back Edison, 48-38, in Champaign. M-S carried a 35-31 lead into the final quarter, but connected on 9 of 15 free throws down the stretch to seal the victory. […]
The Mahomet-Seymour High School Speech Team traveled to Coal City High School to compete against eleven other schools, most from the Chicagoland area on Dec. 17. Fourteen MSHS students participated in the competition, and several advanced to the Junior Varsity final round. Students recognized include: Eden Sanborn (1st place JV […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Baseball pitchers can throw no-hitters. Football quarterbacks can complete every pass they try in a game. Basketball players can make every shot they attempt in a game. Perfection, though fleeting, can be achieved. In golf, however, until someone figures out a way to score a hole-in-one […]
By Fred Kroner Juniors Aron Varga and Owen Kearns broke school records on Saturday (Dec. 17) to highlight the performance of Mahomet-Seymour swimmers in the boys’ Raider Invitational at Bloomington. Varga lowered his own 2021 record (of 2 minutes 7.79 seconds) by winning the 200-yard individual medley in the 17-school […]
By Fred Kroner Savannah Orgeron and Chloe Pruitt combined for 15 first-quarter points on Thursday (Dec. 15) at Eureka as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team built a lead it never relinquished in a 46-39 triumph. The Bulldogs led, 15-2, after one quarter. Orgeron swished 19 points to go with a […]
By Fred Kroner Despite missing two wrestlers who were ill, Mahomet-Seymour repeated as team champions in the Tyler Cox Memorial Duals at Chatham Glenwood on Saturday (Dec. 17). The Bulldogs won all four dual meets, including a triumph over the host Titans in the championship match, 42-28, that avenged an […]
