By Fred Kroner Junior Grace Rodebaugh socked 10 kills on Tuesday (Sept. 28) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team toppled Lincoln, 25-23, 25-23, in an Apollo Conference match on the Railsplitters’ court. In an early-season meeting with Lincoln, the Bulldogs also prevailed by two points in each of the two sets […]
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Four Bulldog golfers advance to Sectional play
By Fred Kroner Four Mahomet-Seymour golfers advanced to the Class 2A sectional tournament based on their performances on Wednesday (Sept. 29) in the Rantoul Regional at Willow Pond Golf Course. For the eighth time in 13 meets, freshman Reis Claybrooke was the M-S medalist. He shot a 79. Also making […]
Mahomet-Seymour presents facility scenarios, tax referendum information
The Mahomet-Seymour School District held the third session of its Bulldog Blueprint initiative with an in-person and an online session last week. The six-session Bulldog Blueprint is billed as a community-led initiative to develop a facility improvement plan by June 2022 when the district will ask taxpayers to pass a […]
Gaudio, Peterka lead MSJHS at Dunlap Invitational
By Fred Kroner Two Mahomet-Seymour runners secured top-10 finishes on Friday (Sept. 24) in the 274-runner Dunlap boys’ junior high cross-country invitational at Detweiller Park, in Peoria. Auggie Gaudio and Ethan Peterka led the way for M-S. Gaudio ended fourth with a time of 11:36.6. Peterka was ninth in 11:50.3. […]
Bulldogs place third at Dunlap Invitational
By Fred Kroner Five Mahomet-Seymour athletes crossed the finish line within 26.9 seconds of one another on Friday (Sept. 24), helping the Bulldogs to a third-place finish in the 39-team Dunlap Junior High girls’ cross-country invitational at Detweiller Park, in Peoria. Madalyn Marx (28th in 13 minutes, 34.9 seconds) and […]
Yeakel leads Bulldogs to victory at Charleston
By Fred Kroner Ava Yeakel produced the highest-scoring game for a Mahomet-Seymour eighth-grade girls’ basketball player this season on Tuesday (Sept. 28), tossing in 19 points in a 35-17 Bulldog victory at Charleston. Lily Bosworth chipped in with nine points as M-S bounced back from a loss in its previous […]
Fonte, Martin help Bulldogs to pick up fifth win
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s unbeaten seventh-grade girls’ basketball held off Charleston on Tuesday (Sept. 28) for its fifth consecutive victory. Courtney Fonte hit a team-high seven points and nailed two late free throws to clinch the 21-17 win. Hannah Martin added six points. On Thursday (Sept. 23), the M-S Junior […]
Four MSJHS athletes compete in IESA State Golf Tournament
By Fred Kroner In its first year with a junior high school golf program, Mahomet-Seymour ended the season with its first top-25 boys’ state placer. Kelton Hennessy fired rounds of 38 and 42 for an 80 in the one-class IESA state finals on Friday (Sept. 17) at Metamora Fields. He […]
Boards discuss future of 13 Acres and Middletown Park
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board and the Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees met on Sept. 16 to discuss the future of 13 Acres and Middletown Park. The two boards met in 2019 and 2020 to discuss the potential future sale of Mahomet-Seymour Junior High and 13 Acres Park to the […]
Meg Rawley named Program Director at Mahomet Area Youth Club
Meg Rawley has found a place where she can make a difference. “I actually stumbled on MAYC (Mahomet Area Youth Club) through Facebook,” Rawley said. “I just saw a random post where they were looking for group leaders for the summer.” With a background in social work, Rawley knew the […]