By Fred Kroner Cayla Koerner tallied a game-high 18 points on Thursday (Jan. 20) as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team won at Normal University High, 38-29. Savannah Orgeron deposited 12 points and Ivie Juarez added four points. After falling behind, 9-6, after one quarter, M-S climbed into a 19-12 halftime […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ordinarily, when a district hires a person who has never been a head coach at the high school level, it can be problematic. How will the person react and interact with the teen-aged athletes? How will the person handle the details, game planning, game management and […]
Normal Community transplant Ivie Juarez is leaving her mark in the Mahomet-Seymour Basketball program during her senior year. The 5’9” senior has added an exciting presence to the 18-4 Bulldogs. She kicked the season off with 45 points and 18 rebounds in the Prairie Central Tournament. Since then, the Parkland […]
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board has entered into an agreement with Educational Leadership Solutions to conduct a search for a new Superintendent of the Mahomet-Seymour School District after Lindsey Hall announced her resignation/retirement late in 2021. Led by Dr. Richard Voltz and Dr. Nick Polyak, Educational Leadership Solutions collected feedback from […]
The Bulldog Blueprint team recently wrapped up a community survey as a way to gauge interest in voting for or against a tax increase that will might some of the capacity issues in the district. The committee says that although plans are not finalized, the funds needed to add classroom […]
By Fred Kroner Max Katz and Carter Logsdon each won individual events for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ swim team on Saturday (Jan. 15) at a four-school meet at Centennial. Katz was the top diver and also added on a sixth-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle. Logsdon won the 100-yard butterfly. In […]
By Fred Kroner Seniors Cayla Koerner and Ivie Juarez scored in double figures on Monday (Jan. 17) to spark the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team to a 46-37 win at home over Lincoln. Koerner netted 13 points to go with three steals. Juarez added 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds. […]
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs reached the 20-win mark on Tuesday (Jan. 18) by shutting out Charleston, 82-0, and Lincoln, 62-12, in Apollo Conference dual meets at Mattoon. M-S is 20-3 overall and 3-0 in the Apollo. Bulldog wrestlers had a cumulative 25-3 record for the night, winning 12 bouts […]
By Fred Kroner Byron Lynch made a tie-breaking three-point shot with 3.9 seconds remaining on Tuesday (Jan. 18) as Mahomet-Seymour won a non-conference boys’ basketball game at home over Washington, 54-51. Lynch hit a team-high 13 points. M-S and Washington were tied, 36-36, after three quarters and were deadlocked, 51-51, […]
To no one’s surprise, during 2021 TikTok was the most visited site on the internet around the world. The plethora of content creators on the app have made some of the funniest and interesting videos over the past year, and the Mahomet Public Library decided to hop in on the […]
