By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs’ bats were on fire on Thursday (May 19) when the Mahomet-Seymour baseball team ended the regular season with a 13-7 triumph at Bloomington. M-S pounded 19 hits, including two triples by Blake Wolters and two doubles by Carter Johnson. Wolters ended with four hits. Johnson […]
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Letter to the Editor: Support for the Mahomet-Seymour School Board Referendum
*Editor’s Note: All letters to the editor are fact-checked before publication. The following points in the upcoming letter should be noted: the referendum language only ensures that should the referendum pass a junior high and a bus barn will be built with upgrades to be determined based on dollars available; […]
Athlete of the Week: MSJHS 7th grade 4×4 relay team
The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High seventh grade girls 4×4 relay team qualified for the IESA State meet last week after they won in Regionals, breaking the school record, which had been in place for 22 years. Their time was 4:24.05. The previous record was 4:25.7 in 2000. Relay members included Ayla Finfrock, […]
Mahomet Honor Parade this Saturday
The Mahomet Lions Club will host their third annual Honor Parade and Celebration event on May 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event to honor local first responders, active military and veterans will leave from Division and E. State St., traveling south to E. Main St., and continuing […]
Commentary: Facing Your Fears
By Zainab Susi In the first week of May 2022, my daughter’s and I met in Maine. We’re all in different places geographically and my eldest thought this would be a good place for us to plan a trip to. None of us had ever been there, but we’d all […]
Mahomet-Seymour shuts out Lincoln in Class 2A Regional Semifinal
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ soccer team started its postseason journey on Wednesday (May 18) by shutting out Lincoln, 9-0, in a Class 2A regional semifinal match at Bloomington. All three matches between M-S and Lincoln this spring ended with 9-0 Bulldog wins. Cayla Koerner was involved with seven of […]
Two Bulldogs place fourth at Honor Roll meet
By Fred Kroner The two Mahomet-Seymour competitors in the 39th News-Gazette boys’ track and field Honor Roll Meet at Urbana on Monday (May 16) each landed in fourth place. Ty Clark cleared 12 feet, 4 inches in the pole vault and Robert Byron tossed the discus 152 feet, 8 inches. […]
Rodebaugh places first at Honor Roll Meet
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s Grace Rodebaugh was the high jump champion on Monday (May 16) in the 39th News-Gazette girls’ track and field Honor Roll Meet at Urbana High School. Rodebaugh cleared 5 feet and ½ inch. M-S athletes finished second in two events. Ava Boyd was the runner-up in […]
Normal Community tops Mahomet-Seymour baseball
By Fred Kroner Chase Wagers accounted for two of Mahomet-Seymour’s four hits on Monday (May 16) in a 5-2 non-conference baseball loss at home to Normal Community. Evan Ruzich and Blake Wolters each delivered one hit. Ruzich and Mateo Casillas both had one RBI. Wagers and Zach Courson scored the […]
Yergler sets single-season homerun record in win over Danville
By Fred Kroner Karley Yergler tossed her 13th shutout of the season and tied the Mahomet-Seymour single-season home run record on Monday (May 16) as the Bulldogs blanked visiting Danville, 6-0. Yergler scattered two hits and walked one hitter. She struck out 18. Offensively, she struck two home runs, matching […]