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Athlete of the Week: Braeden Heinold

Braeden Heinold picked up his 35th win of the season in an Apollo Conference meet which also included Mount Zion and Mattoon.Heinold won twice in that dual meet.  The 5’10”, 150-lb. Senior picked up his 100th-career win with a fall over his opponent at Lincoln.  This season’s highlights include placing […]

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M-S Basketball reaches 20-win mark

By Fred Kroner For the first time in 15 years, a girls’ basketball team from Mahomet-Seymour has reached the 20-win mark in a season. The Bulldogs achieved that rare accomplishment on Monday (Jan. 24) at Mount Zion, topping the Braves, 73-41. M-S still has a minimum of eight games remaining […]

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Village board approves commercial buildings, multi-family development in Vision South

The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees approved conditional use permits for three mixed-use commercial buildings and a multiple-family residential development with a clubhouse on Tuesday. The board saw an updated version of the multi-family development during their regular board meeting after board members expressed concerns about the aesthetics of […]

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M-S Volleyball wins Bulldog Invitational

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s seventh-grade and eighth-grade volleyball teams each emerged victorious on Saturday (Jan. 22) in its own four-school invitational. The eighth-graders topped Charleston 25-11, 25-15,  Monticello 26-24, 25-27, 15-11 and Tolono Unity, 25-23, 25-20. The seventh-graders defeated the same opponents, decisioning Charleston 25-15, 25-11, Monticello 25-16, 26-28, 15-11 […]