By Fred Kroner Tate Bode broke the course record at Lake of the Woods on Saturday (Sept. 17), leading the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ cross-country team to the championship of its own 12-school invitational. Bode ran the 2-mile course in 11 minutes and 19 seconds. Five of his teammates positioned themselves among […]
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M-SJHS begins season with three wins
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade girls’ basketball team bounced back from a loss in its home-opener on Monday (Sept. 19) to win at Champaign Jefferson, 30-14, on Tuesday (Sept. 20). Katie Hunter hit a team-high 12 points, including 10 of her team’s 17 first-half points. “The seventh-grade team experienced […]
Mahomet-Seymour Hall of Fame: Cully Welter
EDITOR’S NOTE: Four selections have been made for the Mahomet-Seymour Education Foundation Hall of Fame. This is the second of the four who will be profiled in upcoming days. The inductees, who will be recognized on Friday, Sept. 23 before the M-S homecoming football game, are: Paul Blue (Class of […]
MSEA and M-S School District come to tentative agreement
The Mahomet-Seymour Education Association announced late Tuesday that the union negotiation teams and the Mahomet-Seymour School District came to an agreement of terms to a contract. That document will be shared with union members for a vote before coming to the board of education for a vote. Details of the […]
USRC takes day to clean up portion of Sangamon River
By Isabella Zarate Every September, the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy (USRC) hosts the “SangamonRiver Clean Up.” This year’s clean up took place on Saturday, September 10th. According to USRC volunteer Scott Hays “We do it this time of year because the river tends tobe very low.” “It definitely was this […]
Mahomet-Seymour board meeting at standing room only as union seeks “fair” contract
More than the board room was packed during Monday’s regular meeting of the Mahomet-Seymour School Board. With teachers and community members sitting in seats and on the floor with the seven board members of the Mahomet-Seymour School Board, the surrounding hallway and playground was filled with about 150 more community […]
Mahomet-Seymour Hall of Fame: Kendra Donley Free
EDITOR’S NOTE: Four selections have been made for the Mahomet-Seymour Education Foundation Hall of Fame. This article is the first of the four who will be profiled in upcoming days. The inductees, who will be recognized on Friday, Sept. 23 before the M-S homecoming football game are:Paul Blue (Class of […]
Claybrooke and Hennesy records bests at Lake of the Woods
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour golfers Reis Claybrooke and Kelton Hennesy recorded their season-best scores on Thursday (Sept. 15), helping the Bulldogs to a team victory in a three-school meet at Lake of the Woods. Claybrooke fired a 35 and Hennesy was just behind, at 36. Posting scores of 40 each […]
Winters finishes fourth at Livingston Invitational
By Fred Kroner Senior Ainsley Winters finished in fourth place individually for Mahomet-Seymour on Thursday (Sept. 15) in the nine-school Livingston County Invitational, in Pontiac. Winters posted an 18-hole score of 80. Other Bulldog participants were Brooke Hartman (95), Kayla McKinney (98), Emma Dallas (99) and Chloe Merkle (118). M-S […]
Mattoon tops Mahomet-Seymour tennis
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs suffered a 9-0 loss at Mattoon on Thursday (Sept. 15) in a girls’ tennis match. Mahomet-Seymour returns to action on Tuesday (Sept. 20) at Watseka.