By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour sophomore Ava Boyd won a regional cross-country championship on Saturday in a photo finish at the Olney girls’ Class 2A meet. Boyd and Centennial sophomore Brooklynn Sweikar each ran the 3-mile course at Olney Central College in 19 minutes, 13.78 seconds. The winner was determined by […]
By Fred Kroner It took 100 years – plus another 28 days – for a football team from Mahomet to gain revenge on the gridiron athletes from Bloomington High School. Until the schools met on Friday (Oct. 23) in Mahomet, the only football game against the two non-conference opponents was […]
Mahomet-Seymour Junior Grace Rodebaugh has been one integral part of the Bulldog volleyball team’s 2021 success. Rodebaugh kicked off the season with seven digs, six kills, and three blocks in a two-set sweep at Champaign Central. By mid-September, the outside hitter was chosen for the 12-person all-tournament team after helping […]
By Isabella Zarate Kate Smith has been an “indispensable member” of the Mahomet Public Library team for a long time now and according to Library Director, John Howard, “she’s just so damn good at her job.” Originally, Smith was hired in 2009, by then Director Lynn Schmitt, as the project […]
By Isabella Zarate Kate Smith has been an “indispensable member” of the Mahomet Public Library team for a long time now and according to Library Director, John Howard, “she’s just so damn good at her job.” Originally, Smith was hired in 2009, by then Director Lynn Schmitt, as the project […]
Forest Glen Preserve will host the annual “Thanksgiving at the Cabin” on Sunday, November 7, from 1 TO 4 P.M. CST. Visitors are invited to come to the Pioneer Homestead Cabin to learn and watch how foods were prepared long ago using fire and ironware. You will see locally grown […]
The Champaign County Forest Preserve will host a fundraiser to raise money for a new roof on the Covered Bridge at Lake of the Woods on Nov. 7. The Paint Like Me event held at Yellow & Co. will feature food and drink from Whisk from 2-4 p.m. Raffles and […]
Third-seeded Normal West ousted fifth-seeded Mahomet-Seymour on Wednesday (Oct. 20) in a Class 2A boys’ soccer regional semifinal game at Normal West. The host Wildcats – ranked ninth in the state – needed two overtimes to post a 2-1 triumph. Normal West (16-3-6) led, 1-0, at halftime, but the Bulldogs […]
By Fred Kroner Tori Garner’s 11 digs helped carry Mahomet-Seymour to a volleyball win at Charleston, 25-10, 25-17, on Tuesday (Oct. 19) in the team’s final Apollo Conference match of the year. M-S finished 11-1 in league play and finished in a first-place tie with Taylorville. Sophie Zerrouki contributed four […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s seventh-grade girls’ basketball team bounced back from its first loss five days earlier to power past Normal Chiddix, 34-4, on Monday (Oct. 18) at home. M-S led 18-2 at halftime. The Bulldogs had two double-digit scorers. Courtney Fonte nailed a game-high 14 points. Hannah Martin tallied […]
