BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Should Illinois give the power to local school districts to decide if they will allow administrators, faculty or staff in their building to be armed? The topic, which is once again being brought up by Mercer County School District 404 in rural western Illinois, will be voted […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Eden Oelze and Olivia McMurry each secured top four finishes in two individual events and helped two relays placed among the top four in Saturday’s Urbana University High Invitational. M-S placed second in the eight-school meet. Chicago University High was the team champion, scoring 413 points. The […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com A late-game rally on Friday enabled the Bulldogs to salvage an 18-17 triumph over Peoria Richwoods and end the season with one more victory than in 2018. The Bulldogs concluded the year on a three-game winning streak and are 4-5 overall in coach Jon Adkins’ first year […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour Girls’ Cross Country The Bulldogs ran second to Bloomington in Saturday’s Class 2A Metamora Regional and earned a team berth in the sectional at Bloomington on Saturday, Nov. 2. Bloomington finished with a team score of 48 points. M-S totaled 59 points. Third-place Urbana had 77 […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s fifth-ever regional championship in boys’ soccer came courtesy of a Friday win over an opponent the Bulldogs had lost to by three goals in the regular season. M-S gained a measure of revenge on Friday, blanking Urbana 1-0 on the Tigers’ field. The victory not only […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com It’s not enough for four Champaign County seniors to stand outside the fire. These young men aren’t just waiting with senior fever for graduation day. They aren’t hoping that there is something to do after school. They aren’t just waiting for the right opportunity. Heritage’s Keegan Painter, […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com A lot can change in 25 years: hairstyles, styles of jeans, locations of organizations, the use of telephones and smartphones. But there are certain community characteristics that may always stay the same. That’s where the Mahomet Area Youth Club finds itself, having served the Mahomet community by […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs concluded the regular-season on Tuesday with a 25-17, 25-16 Apollo Conference triumph at Charleston. The victory clinched the conference championship for the Bulldogs. The last outright conference title in volleyball for the Bulldogs was in 2005, when the school was a member of the Corn […]
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com A record-setting performance highlighted Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ Class 2A soccer regional semifinal win on Tuesday at Urbana. The Bulldogs netted a season-high 10 goals while posting their fifth shutout of the season in a 10-0 conquest of Danville. The victory enabled coach Jeremy Davis’ 16-4-4 team to tie […]
Honoring America’s Veterans is something the Mahomet community prides itself on each year. In its 15th year, the Mahomet Christian Church will host their Living Flag Presentation Nov. 1, 2 and 3, 2019. Each year, the church members create a service to honor and remember what the men and women […]
