[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 won four of six singles matches on Tuesday (Aug. 23) and overpowered Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 6-3, in a dual meet at Illini Grove Tennis Courts, in Urbana. At No. 1 singles, Savannah Amatyleon overcame a one-set deficit to get […]
[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 With three players shooting scores in the 30s, the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ golf team posted its best score of the season on Tuesday (Aug. 23) and toppled Champaign Judah Christian, 151-187, at Lake of the Woods. Medalist Reis Claybrooke carded […]
[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 Volleyball Maddie Gaede registered 12 assists and Avery Allen amassed 12 kills on Tuesday (Aug. 23), helping Mahomet-Seymour to a 25-21, 25-22 volleyball sweep in its season-opener over Champaign Central. Allen also had seven digs. Chloe Pruitt […]
[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 […]
[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 […]
[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 […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Seventeen months ago, Kyle Walmer had never played in a high school football game. He was then a sophomore at Mahomet-Seymour High School and experiencing a break from interscholastic sports as COVID-19 caused shutdowns nationally. And now? Walmer is the classic illustration that it is never […]
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 […]
MAHOMET, IL – Lake of the Woods Golf Course has retained its designation as a “Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary” through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses, an Audubon International program. Joie Torres, Golf Course Superintendent, along with Chris Edmondson, Golf Course General Manager, led the effort to maintain […]
After two years of skyrocketing sales, the Champaign County housing market is slowing down. It’s a trend seen across the United States as interest rates rise in hopes of curbing a recession. The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage according to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation was 5.41 percent in […]
