*The Hodges and Dodges Extravaganza on Dec. 16 has been rescheduled for Dec. 22. For more information visit the Facebook page. The festive season in Mahomet is set to shine brighter as the much-anticipated “Hodges and Dodges MARVELous and SANTA Extravaganza” returns for its third year on Dec. 22. This […]
*The following was written in 2019. It has not been modified, but is reposted prior to Bellflower’s 100th annual Christmas Eve program. BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Maybe the gymnasium at Bellflower Elementary School should have been torn down years ago. The bleachers are shallow, the gym floor isn’t sticky, the small […]
By Fred Kroner Five Bulldogs earned top-eight finishes on Saturday (Dec. 16) in the 29-school Mascoutah Invitational. The top M-S finisher was junior Brock VanDeveer, who was 6-1 at 190 pounds and placed third. He posted two pins, one in 3:44. Gideon Hayter was fifth (106 pounds), Colton McClure was […]
By Fred Kroner Four days after winning the school’s first-ever dual meet in girls’ wrestling, Mahomet-Seymour’s program brought home its first hardware on Saturday (Dec 16) from the Joe Bee Girls’ Invitational, in Springfield. With five Bulldogs placing among the top five, the Bulldogs secured the third-place trophy. Team honors […]
By Fred Kroner Owen Kearns and Aron Varga each won an individual event and helped a Mahomet-Seymour relay to victory on Saturday (Dec. 16) in the 16-school Bloomington boys’ swimming invitational. Kearns won the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 50.79 seconds. Varga was victorious in the 200-yard individual medley (2:03.01). […]
By Fred Kroner Reese Gallier dropped in a season-high 22 points on Saturday (Dec. 16), but the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team came up just short in a 52-51 overtime loss to Eureka in the first St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ shootout. Gallier also bagged five three-pointers and made 5-of-6 free throw attempts. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour fell behind, 37-2, at halftime on Friday (Dec. 15) and suffered a 62-17 Apollo Conference loss in a boys’ basketball game at Lincoln. The Bulldogs committed 23 turnovers in the loss. The only M-S points before the third quarter came on a basket by Jackson […]
Isaac Hanson, a remarkably talented alto saxophonist from Mahomet-Seymour High School in Mahomet, Illinois, has been named a 2024 YoungArts award winner in Jazz. This prestigious recognition places Hanson among nearly 700 of the nation’s most gifted young artists in various disciplines, including visual, literary, and performing arts. Exceptional Talent […]
Mahomet-Seymour’s Kylie Waldinger’s helped the Bulldogs hold on to a the thrilling overtime victory against Tolono Unity earlier this week. Scoring a game-high 18 points, she was instrumental in turning the tide for the Bulldogs. Her performance in overtime was particularly noteworthy, as she confidently knocked down 5 of 6 […]
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