By Fred Kroner Abbey Akers pitched Mahomet-Seymour to victory on Thursday (May 19) in the regular-season finale, a 6-2 triumph at home over Decatur MacArthur. In seven innings, Akers yielded four hits, walked one and struck out a season-high10 batters. Chloe Truax and Jenna Wade each had two hits for […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s first-year boys’ tennis program won a match in singles and one in doubles on Friday (May 20) in the Danville Class1A Sectional. In singles, M-S’ Connor Hirsbrunner opened the postseason with a 6-4, 7-5 decision over Liam Underwood, from Schlarman Academy. Hirsbrunner was eliminated in the […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour secured Class 2A state-meet berths in three events during action on Thursday (May 19) at the Tolono Unity Boys’ Track and Field Sectional. Robert Byron was the sectional champion in the discus with a personal-best toss of 166 feet, 5 inches. His effort ranks seventh on […]
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 […]
*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; […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
