By FRED KRONER fred@mahometmews.com Aubrie Shore hit a home run in each game and Karley Yergler picked up a win and a save as Mahomet-Seymour’s softball team swept an Apollo Conference twin bill on Tuesday (May 25) at Effingham. M-S won the opener 5-3 and completed the sweep with a […]
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers opened their first public hearing Tuesday on a proposed set of new House and Senate district maps with Democrats and Republicans still at sharp odds over how the maps were drawn and whether or not they are fair. House and Senate […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The fourth-annual Mahomet Market, sponsored by the Mahomet Area Chamber of Commerce, will start on Saturday, June 5. The weekly event will continue through Labor Day weekend. The market will be open from 8 a.m.-11 a.m. at the new Chamber headquarters, 401 W. Oak St., Mahomet. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Two Mahomet-Seymour Junior High students participated in the unofficial state track and field meet on Saturday (May 22) at Bloomington. When the IESA canceled the state meet, due to COVID-19 concerns, a private running organization created an unsanctioned invitation-only state meet, based on performances from the […]
By The Mahomet Daily Don Kojich hit his first career hole-in-one on Saturday (May 22) at Lake of the Woods Golf Course, in Mahomet. Kojich used a 7-hybrid on the fourth hole from 122 yards for his ace.
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometdaily.com Some students – regardless of the school – find their way to the principal’s office more frequently than others. For the vast majority, however, interactions with the principal are limited to a chance meeting in the hallway during passing periods or in the commons area before […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mike Taylor represents both the first and the last as he prepares to graduate from Mahomet-Seymour High School on Friday (May 28). Taylor finished first in the senior class academically, the rank earning him designation as the Class of 2021 valedictorian. He will be the last […]
8th Grade Students of the Month for Mahomet Seymour Junior High School for this calendar year: January: Jacob SchoudelAva MurphyDawson PerattGrand MundsLucas IssacSeth ChristensenPoppy Smith FEBRUARY:Olivia PfeiferLily RobertsMaddie LogsdonAlex RodebaughHunter BuchananKylie WaldingerCade Harrell MARCH:Maia GutierrezAiden StrackJordan UebelhoerKylyn RossAddison LagacyReis ClaybrookeRiley Walters APRILParker BakerValentina Covarrubias-ZunigaHayden LittekenGrace BinkleyLacie BushmanGabby ReevesBen Weddle MAY:Luke DyerSelah […]
By Fred Kroner Senior Shaelin Ruzich was the only Mahomet-Seymour athlete to win an event in the girls’ Apollo Conference track and field meet on Thursday (May 20) at Mount Zion. Ruzich was victorious in the pole vault after clearing 11 feet, 4 inches. The Bulldogs placed fourth in the […]
By Fred Kroner C.J. Shoaf won three events, setting a meet record in one, as Mahomet-Seymour finished second in the eight-school Apollo Conference boys’ track and field meet on Thursday (May 20). Shoaf broke the Apollo record in the 110-meter high hurdles, cruising to a win in 14.06 seconds. Shoaf […]
