Mahomet Daily

By Fred Kroner The firsts keep on coming for the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team. Coach Garret Risley’s second Bulldog team added two more marks on its season resume on Friday (Feb. 25). Playing at Lincoln, M-S secured a 52-43 win over the host school, securing the school’s first-ever sectional championship […]

Max Katz became Mahomet-Seymour’s first sectional champion Saturday when he posted a season-best score of 401.20 in the diving competition at Centennial High School. The senior placed first at Centennial twice and at Stanford Olympia in January, and was the runner-up at the Urbana Invitational (388.60 points), at the Illini […]

By Fred Kroner Senior Ariana Lingard and junior Grace Rodebaugh were individual winners for Mahomet-Seymour on Tuesday (Feb. 22) in a non-scored girls’ indoor track and field mini meet at Mount Zion. Lingard captured top honors in the 200 meters. Her winning time was 28.42 seconds. She also took third […]

By Fred Kroner Three Mahomet-Seymour athletes were individual winners on Tuesday (Feb. 22) in a non-scored boys’ track and field indoor mini meet at Mount Zion. Jonah Singer led a 1-2 Bulldog finish in the 800 meters. He was timed in 2 minutes, 4.90 seconds. Teammate Joseph Scheele was the […]

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s wrestling team trailed early on Tuesday (Feb. 22) in its team sectional match against Bethalto Civic Memorial, but put on such a comeback they were able to forfeit the final two matches and still post a 38-34 victory. In the latest IWCOA state wrestling rankings, the […]

By Fred Kroner Luke Koller scored a game-high 16 points on Wednesday (Feb. 23) and Mahomet-Seymour rallied from a game-long deficit to edge Danville in a Class 3A boys’ basketball regional semifinal game in Mahomet. M-S knocked down 8-of-10 fourth-quarter shots to complete the comeback. Dayten Eisenmann chipped in with […]

By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team stormed back from a fourth-quarter deficit on Tuesday (Feb. 22) to edge Rochester, 34-33, in a Class 3A sectional semifinal game at Lincoln High School. Rochester (24-10) carried a 28-23 lead into the final eight minutes and expanded its margin to 34-23. […]

The Champaign County Forest Preserve District (CCFPD) has received a land donation of 5 acres from the  Preservation and Conservation Association of Champaign County (PACA). The land is located on the north side of County Road 2600 at the Sangamon River, contiguous with the Heron View Forest Preserve expanding its […]

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School finished its regular season in wrestling on Saturday (Feb. 12) by winning three of five dual meets at East Peoria. The Bulldogs had entrants in 17 weight classes and each wrestler won at least one match. Finishing the day with unblemished 5-0 records […]