BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Jack B. Van Zandt, 22, of Danville, Ill., killed during World War II, will be laid to rest in his hometown on Dec. 17, 2019. After 76 years, Van Zandt’s remains were identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) on Sept. 23, […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour opened the boys’ swimming season on Saturday by placing second in a four-team meet. Charleston was first with 373 points, followed by the Bulldogs (345), Lincoln (312) and Mount Carmel (176). Senior co-captain Evan Herriott was a two-event placer for M-S. He took second in the […]
The Champaign Chiefs kicked off their 2019-2020 hockey season defeating Sacred Heart Griffin 5-1 on Dec. 5. The Chiefs will face Springfield High School on Dec. 9. Henry Livingston (senior), Charlie Moore (senior), George Moore (sophomore), Kale Schweighart (freshman) and Peter Slezak (senior) represent Mahomet-Seymour. More information about the Lincoln […]
Through an OSHA-funded training grant aimed at providing safety training to the residential construction industry, the Job-Site Safety Institute (JSI) in partnership with National Association of Home Builders and the Home Builders Association of East Central Illinois is conducting a 4-hour seminar for builders, trade contractors, supervisors and workers entitled […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs placed third in Saturday’s 12-team Matozzi Invitational at Hinsdale South High School. M-S, state-ranked in Class 2A in the preseason Illinois Best Weekly poll, finished behind two Class 3A schools (Bolingbrook with 207 ½ points and Neuqua Valley with 170 ½ points). The Bulldogs didn’t […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Nichole Taylor set a new career-best for rebounding on Thursday, but Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball suffered a second one-point Apollo Conference road loss in four days. The Bulldogs were beaten by Charleston 41-40 despite an 11-point, 19-rebound effort from the 5-foot-7 Taylor. Charleston led 23-18 at halftime. Makayla […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman poured in 34 points Friday night and Cole Lener posted a double-double as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team opened Apollo Conference play with a victory in its home debut. The Bulldogs ran past Charleston 79-49 on Friday to improve their overall record to 2-3. Lener […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com They laugh alike. They talk alike. Sometimes, they even walk alike. But it hasn’t always been this way for Nicolina Di Girolamo and Neenah Williams. In junior high, they didn’t really like each other. “I did not like her because we were always competing,” Nicolina said. “I […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com For almost seven years, ballet went as planned for Rosy Odum. She put in her time, went to practice and played her role in the Champaign-Urbana Ballet Academy’s performances. But the 13-year-old Mahomet-Seymour Junior High student learned a lesson last spring: life doesn’t always go as planned. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team ended the season with a narrow loss to Urbana on Tuesday in an IESA Class 4A regional semifinal game. The third-seeded Bulldogs (15-8) opened postseason play on Monday at Urbana Middle School with a 41-6 victory over Danville North Ridge. Claire Seal […]
