BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour Girls’ golf Freshman Ainsley Winters was the lone Mahomet-Seymour athlete to qualify for the girls’ Class 1A sectional golf tournament. In Thursday’s regional at Lincolnshire Fields Country Club, in Champaign, Winters fired a 96 and was one of 10 individuals to move on to the sectional, […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Jon Adkins returned to his old stomping grounds on Friday and enjoyed a happy homecoming in Charleston. His first Mahomet-Seymour football team needed less than 5 minutes to reach the end zone and never trailed en route to a 20-12 triumph over the Trojans. It was the […]
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com A tradition of excellence more than 30 years in the making was continued on Saturday in a Class 3A boys’ junior high school cross-country sectional meet at Urbana’s Prairie Park. Mahomet-Seymour eighth-grader Davin Tietz qualified for the state finals by posting an 11-minute clocking in his 2-mile […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com “When I served on the Village board, I preached to our citizens that if you want to make sure that your back yard and front yard stay the way you want it, attend your Village meetings,” Vicki Cook said during the public comment section of the Village […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com For every eight women in the United States, one will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. Even as Cathy Croft continues to undergo her own treatments for breast cancer, this statistic — one in eight women in the U.S. — is what she spends […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Since the Mahomet-Seymour School District implemented a one-to-one initiative for grades 6-12, student device rights and policies have been a topic of conversation. Meghan Hennesy, who was elected to the school board in April of 2019, is asking her fellow board members and district administration to […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Junior Jameson Drinkwalter fired an 89 and posted the top score for the Bulldogs in Monday’s Class 2A Centennial Regional at the UI Golf course, in Savoy. No M-S competitors advanced to sectionals. Other Bulldog postseason scores were Sam Mitchaner (90), Jacob Louis (91), Erik Christianson […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Jacob Janda scored twice in the final 20 minutes as the Bulldogs recovered from a two-goal deficit to salvage a 5-5 tie on Tuesday at home against Mattoon (10-2-3). Kadyn Jones and Xavier Schmidt assisted on the late goals. M-S (12-4-2) took an early lead with […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs avenged a previous loss to Mount Zion, sweeping the Braves 25-15, 25-22 on Tuesday on their home court. Kayin Garner provided 17 assists and two aces. Lauren Minick had eight digs, five kills and two blocks. Amber Yeakel contributed four blocks and two kills. […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour girls’ swimming won four individual events and one relay on Monday and cruised to team honors in a three-school meet at Danville. The Bulldogs accumulated 121 points to outdistance Danville (91) and Urbana (48). Olivia McMurry was a two-event winner for M-S. She was victorious […]
