Kindergarten registration will open to Mahomet-Seymour children who will turn five-years-old before September 1, 2021 on March 2. The district will use Skyward to enroll incoming kindergarteners for the 2021-22 school year. Any family who is enrolling their student for the first time will visit https://skyst.mscusd.org/scripts/wsisa.dll/WService=wsEAplus/skyenroll.w to create an account. Parents will […]
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CUPHD is expanding 1B Eligibility to Include Residents Age 16 and Older with Underlying Health Conditions or Disabilities
CHAMPAIGN, IL – The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD), in partnership with Carle Health, OSF HealthCare, Christie Clinic, Promise Healthcare, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will be hosting community-based COVID-19 vaccination clinics for anyone who lives or works in Champaign County that fall within Phases 1A and 1B and for residents […]
Mahomet-Seymour Swimming defeats Urbana
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour won 9 of 12 events – including a sweep of the three relays – and outpointed Urbana on Saturday (Feb. 27) in a boys’ dual swimming meet at the Urbana Aquatic Center, 101-81. After six events, the Bulldogs trailed by a point. Two Bulldogs, Aron Varga […]
Mahomet-Seymour Conference wins show team’s improvement
By Fred Kroner Since the second half of the Apollo Conference girls’ basketball schedule has started, there has been one consistent element for Mahomet-Seymour’s team. The opponents the Bulldogs lost to during the first round, they have beaten in the rematch. The team M-S had defeated earlier, it lost to […]
Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball defeats #10 Effingham
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour registered its most significant win of the boys’ basketball season on Friday (Feb. 26), earning a 62-61 victory at Effingham. Effingham was ranked 10th in the state in Class 3A and had won its first 10 games before the Bulldogs snapped the streak. Eli Warren […]
Virtual Auction and Raffle to support U-C Books to Prisoners
Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners is hosting its first-ever Virtual Auction & Raffle! The event will run Monday, February 22 – Saturday, March 6 at tinyurl.com/B2Pauction. Items include donations from local businesses, artists, and more! Proceeds from this event will help U-C Books to Prisoners fulfill its mission to provide free books […]
Athlete of the Week: Owen Kearns
Freshmen Owen Kearns has helped the young Mahomet-Seymour swim team jump off to a 4-2 start after three meets in 2021. At 5’10”, Kearns finished with runner-up performances in the 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly in his first high school meet against Champaign Central and Charleston. A week later, […]
Kearns, Varga and McAnally win individual events
By Fred Kroner Freshman Owen Kearns won two individual events on Tuesday (Feb. 23), helping the Bulldogs to a runner-up finish in a three-school boys’ swimming meet at Lincoln College. Kearns was victorious in the 200-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle. Springfield rolled up 134 points to capture team honors. […]
Buzzer-beater secures Mahomet-Seymour win over Mattoon
By Fred Kroner Cayla Koerner’s buzzer-beater capped Mahomet-Seymour’s comeback from a 15-point halftime deficit on Monday (Feb. 22) as the Bulldogs edged visiting Mattoon 63-62 in an Apollo Conference girls’ basketball contest. Mattoon, which had beaten M-S by seven points earlier this month, built a 35-20 halftime cushion in the […]
Bulldogs pick up Apollo Conference win over Taylorville
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Eli Warren scored seven of his team-high 18 points in overtime on Wednesday (Feb. 24) as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team pulled away from Taylorville, 48-42, for an Apollo Conference win at home. The teams were tied 40-40 after regulation. Warren also had a team-high five […]