By Fred Kroner Kenadi Granadino’s sixth-inning hit drove home Karley Yergler with the tie-breaking run on Tuesday (March 15) as the Mahomet-Seymour softball team completed a comeback with a 4-3 season-opening softball win at home over Tolono Unity. The Bulldogs trailed 3-0 entering the bottom of the second inning before […]
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Mahomet-Seymour kicks off baseball season with win over Unity
By Fred Kroner Five of the 12 hits produced by Mahomet-Seymour in its baseball opener on Tuesday (March 15) went for extra bases as the Bulldogs posted a 16-3 win at Tolono Unity. Blake Wolters drilled a double and a home run and teammate Brayden Smith socked two doubles to […]
Mahomet-Seymour chooses Kenny Lee as new Superintendent
The Mahomet-Seymour School District has announced that Kenny Lee from Minooka Community High School District #111 will be the next Superintendent. Lee, who is in his sixth year as Minooka’s Superintendent, also served as superintendent of of Iroquois County CUSD #9 in Watseka for six years. Lee began his career […]
Crowded GOP field lines up to challenge Pritzker, Stratton
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Seven teams of Republicans and one team of Democrats have lined up to challenge Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in the 2022 elections. Monday was the deadline for candidates to turn in their nominating petitions to the Illinois State Board […]
Taylorville tops Mahomet-Seymour in IESA Sectional finals
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade volleyball team fell one win short of qualifying for the Class 4A IESA state tournament, which M-S will host starting on Friday (March 18). After winning the regional on Wednesday (March 9), 25-14, 25-16 at home over Urbana, the Bulldogs were topped on Monday (March […]
Decker, Vrona places at IESA State tournament
By Fred Kroner Two Mahomet-Seymour wrestlers were state-placers on Saturday (March 12) at the IESA Class 2A state meet, held at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center. M-S had six state-qualifiers and five won at least one match. Seventh-grader Talon Decker won three of five bouts at state and placed […]
CCFPD gets grant to improve Mabery Gelvin Botanical Garden
The Champaign County Forest Preserve District was recently awarded $726,900 in grant funding by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Museum Capital Grant Program to support the construction of an improved Discovery Garden, replacement greenhouse, and program facility at the Museum of the Grand Prairie, located in the Lake of […]
Koerner, Juarez get All-Conference nods
By Fred Kroner Two Mahomet-Seymour seniors earned all-conference recognition by the coaches in the Apollo Conference. Cayla Koerner was voted onto the five-player first team. Ivie Juarez was selected to the five-player second team. Koerner tallied a team-high 523 points for the season, which ended with M-S capturing a school-record […]
Wolters selected to Apollo Conference first team
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s Blake Wolters was the only junior selected to the Apollo Conference all-league first team. The first team consisted of five members. Wolters led the 17-15 Bulldogs in points, rebounds, assists and steals in four separate games. He was also the team’s season leader in those four […]
Bulldogs win Apollo Conference Indoor Invitational
By FRED KRONER Buoyed by wins from the 3,200-meter relay and triple-jumper Cole Marshall, the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ track and field team emerged victorious on Saturday (March 12) in the Apollo Conference Indoor Invitational. M-S scored 89 ½ points to edge runner-up Lincoln (86) and third-place Williamsville (79). Eleven schools participated. […]