The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Eighth-grade Volleyball team won the Class 4A IESA Regional earlier this week. The top-seeded Bulldogs defeated Champaign Central 25-4, 25-14 before capturing the title against Urbana in two sets (25-14, 25-16). Mahomet-Seymour will face Taylorville at Rochester in Sectional play on Monday.
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Registration for One-Day Household Hazardous Waste Event opens today
URBANA, IL (March 7, 2022) – The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) will sponsor a One-DayHousehold Hazardous Waste Collection on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at the State Farm Center, SE QuadParking Lot, in Champaign. The collection event is open to all Illinois residents; however, residents mustregister in advance for an […]
Opportunity for Millenials to hear Jolene Erlacher in Mahomet to come at end of March
By Fred Kroner By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com As Jolene Erlacher lives her daily life, she is also acutely aware of the future. A person who is equal parts wife, mother to twin daughters, teacher, author, consultant and lecturer, Erlacher is concerned about the future, especially for those who fall into […]
Gideon Hayter wins sectional championship match
By Fred Kroner Three Mahomet-Seymour eighth-graders and three seventh-graders qualified for the IESA Class 2A wrestling state tournament based on their performances on Saturday (March 5) at the Jacksonville Sectional. The lone M-S sectional champion was seventh-grader Gideon Hayter (75 pounds). Other seventh-graders who advanced to state are Beau Back […]
Bulldogs to play in Regional Championship match
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade volleyball team opened postseason play at home on Tuesday (March 8) by overpowering Champaign Jefferson, 25-4, 25-14, in a Class 4A IESA regional semifinal match. The top-seeded Bulldogs (16-5) will play seventh-seeded Urbana in the regional championship match on Thursday (March 9) at 4:30 p.m. […]
Tammy Caputo receives Library Staffer of the Year Award
By Isabella Zarate If you have ever visited the Mahomet Public Library, you are likely to have run into Tammy Caputo. Caputo has been with the library for a total of 17 years, though her time has been broken up into two shifts. In the 90s, Caputo joined the team […]
Athlete of the Week: Makenna Barnes
There’s always more than one way to get from Point A to Point B. But most people, no matter what their circumstances, never stop to ponder the options. They just go. This is how nine-and-a-half-year-old Makenna Barnes operates. “She’s a very active kid,” her mom Meredith Barnes said. Makenna swims […]
Referendum discussion leads to vote to move ahead with recommended plan
By Taylor Castro The Mahomet-Seymour School board voted to accept the Bulldog Blueprint recommendation on Tuesday (Feb. 22). A $97.9 million bond issue will appear on the ballot on June 28, 2022, after passing with a vote of 4-3 in favor. After discussion at the meeting, the board also voted […]
Commentary: Racist social media video once again shows there is work to be done in rural town
Quaint. It’s a word used by every realtor throughout the Midwest. Every Chamber of Commerce member uses this word to describe their downtown. It’s a word used to describe the unique, the small, the revived, the picturesque. These are the places where people listen to bird songs instead of trains […]
Healthy Runner’s Diet for Optimal Performance with Christie Clinic
By Laura Jacob, MS, RDN, CDCES, Dietitian at Christie Clinic Runners often ask me, a registered dietitian, what type of diet they should follow for proper nutrition and optimal performance. How runners fuel their body for running depends on the distance and the type of training schedule they’re following. There […]