By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grader Norelle Eilts was a two-event state qualifier based on her performance on Saturday (May 11) in the 16-school IESA Class 4A sectional girls’ track and field meet at Kankakee. Eilts was the winner in the 800 meters, an event with 28 entries. Her time […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Kody Ackman knows about strikes. He is, after all, a baseball pitcher for the Mahomet-Seymour High School team. Ackman understands what it means to be faced with a two-strike count: the odds of success for the person with two strikes have significantly diminished. He also understands […]
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour secured nine state-meet qualifiers on Thursday (May 9) in the 17-school Class 2A girls’ track and field sectional meet at Charleston. Junior Kara Carney (four events), senior Lauren Burr (three events), freshman Evelyn Hillard (three events), freshman Anniston Huff (three events) and sophomore Madalyn Marx (three […]
By Fred Kroner Henry McMurry won an individual event for Mahomet-Seymour on Saturday (May 10) in the Last Chance boys’ track and field meet at El Paso. M-S also had two first-place relays in a 17-team meet. The Bulldogs scored 96 ½ points and finished second to Pontiac (102 points). […]
By Fred Kroner Two Mahomet-Seymour entries in the boys’ Apollo Conference tennis tournament at Mount Zion advanced into championship matches before suffering a loss. At No. 5 singles, Caidan Kogut was second as was Samuel Lunney at No. 6 singles. Kogut prevailed in the semifinals, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, before dropping […]
By Fred Kroner Brooke Hartman knocked in a season-high four runs and Madisyn White scored a season-high three runs on Thursday (May 9) as the Mahomet-Seymour softball team captured a 14-6 non-conference win at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley. Hartman matched her season’s high by scoring three runs. Rio Casillas pounded three hits […]
By Fred Kroner Behind the pitching exploits of Mason Orton and Finn Randolph, the Mahomet-Seymour baseball team annexed its third consecutive Apollo Conference championship on Saturday (May 11). The Bulldogs swept a doubleheader from visiting Mount Zion, 2-0, and 10-2. Orton (6-0) fired a two-hit shutout in the opener, He […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com In a match between the No. 1 seeds at different regional sites, the Morton girls’ soccer team handed Mahomet-Seymour a 3-0 setback on Thursday (May 9) in Morton. The match was tied at halftime, 0-0. “The Bulldogs played well defensively,” M-S coach Jeremy Davis said. “The […]
This weekend, residents of East Central Illinois might be in for a rare and mesmerizing treat—a potential sighting of the Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis. Triggered by a series of potent solar flares that began emanating from the sun this Wednesday, this celestial phenomenon could be visible […]
After three meetings this year, the Mahomet-Seymour Facilities Committee indicated support for constructing a new elementary school for second and third graders near Middletown Prairie Elementary and renovating or rebuilding Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School at its current location to alleviate district overcrowding. At the committee’s April 16 meeting, members voiced […]
