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M-SJHS Softball on four-game win streak

[su_row][su_column size=”2/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column][/su_row] Mahomet-Seymour’s Junior High softball team put together a four-game winning streak, starting on Thursday (Aug. 11) with a 17-0 win at Champaign Franklin. Addison Schulze fired a no-hitter and walked no one in an 11-strikeout performance. The Bulldogs took advantage of receiving […]

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Deck shines on mound as M-SJHS defeats Champaign Jefferson

[su_row][su_column size=”2/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column][/su_row] Slayton Deck pitched a one-hitter on Thursday (Aug. 18) and was backed by a Mahomet-Seymour offense that hit a season’s high for runs scored in a 15-1 triumph at home over Champaign Jefferson. Deck walked one and struck out eight in four […]

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M-SJHS Cross Country opens season with several wins

[su_row][su_column size=”2/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column][/su_row] By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s junior high cross-country teams hit the double trifecta in their season-opening race on Thursday (Aug. 18) at Tolono Unity. M-S was triumphant in the girls’ race for seventh- and eighth-graders as well as in the boys’ race […]

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As Evidence Based Funding formula turns 5, lawmakers reflect on historic legislation

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Five years ago this month, Illinois lawmakers passed legislation that overhauled the way public schools in the state are funded. The so-called Evidence Based Funding formula, or EBF, was designed to calculate the actual cost for each district to provide the […]

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Mahomet-Seymour tennis opens season at Mount Zion

[su_row][su_column size=”2/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column][/su_row] By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour dropped a 9-0 decision in its season-opening girls’ tennis match on Thursday (Aug. 18) at Mount Zion. The Bulldogs’ singles lineup consisted of Savanna Amatyleon (No. 1), Emily Young (No. 2), Ainsley Smith (No. 3), Holland Martin (No. […]

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Mahomet-Seymour golf wins at Normal

[su_row][su_column size=”2/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column][/su_row] By FRED KRONER Senior Ainsley Winters was the medalist for the second consecutive meet on Thursday (Aug. 18), firing a 39 at Normal’s Ironwood Golf Club to lead Mahomet-Seymour to victory in a three-school girls’ golf meet. The M-S composite was 192. […]