Author: Fred Kroner
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Kroner’s Picks: Mahomet-Seymour All-Decade Team (Winter)
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Twenty years ago, I was tasked with a challenge that was nothing less than daunting. My superiors at The News-Gazette asked me to select an all-decade team. They limited the choices to those individuals who had attended high school or junior college in Vermilion County. As I recall, there were 10 high… Read more
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Normal High defeats Bulldogs on last-second shot, Coleman reaches 1,000 points
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs dropped a 63-62 decision to visiting Normal University High on Saturday when the Pioneers scored on a rebound basket with less than a second to play. M-S trailed 22-18 after one quarter, but had gained a slight edge, 35-34, at halftime. The Pioneers carried a 50-45 lead into the final… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball picks up two wins
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Makayla Rosenbery led the Bulldogs in scoring in two consecutive games and Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team completed the pre-Christmas portion of its schedule on a two-game winning streak. Playing back-to-back road games, M-S dispatched Rantoul 63-24 on Friday and then picked up an Apollo Conference victory over Lincoln, 59-45 on Saturday. Rosenbery… Read more
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MSJHS 7th grade boys’ basketball on 14-game win streak
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s seventh-grade boys’ basketball team extended its winning streak to 14 games by virtue of six more wins. The Bulldogs (14-2) topped Clinton 41-17, George Evans 34-24, Urbana 46-36, Prairie Central 45-36, St. Joseph 48-31 and Champaign Edison 40-22. Trey Peters was the top scorer with 14 points in the M-S… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour wrestling remains unbeaten
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The unbeaten Bulldogs won their home-opener on Tuesday, decisioning Clinton 53-26. Posting pins for M-S were Peyton Myers (152 pounds), Gage Granadino (160 pounds) and Seth Buchanan (285 pounds). Granadino and Buchanan each had first-period falls. The other M-S athlete to win a non-forfeited match was Logan Petro (138 pounds), who won… Read more
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Katz top diver Tuesday
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s Max Katz was the top diver on Tuesday in a three-school boys’ swimming meet in Champaign. The Bulldogs defeated Danville 149-93, but lost to the host Maroons, 169-117. Katz was also the third-place finisher in the 100-yard backstroke. Two other M-S swimmers were the runner-up in their specialties. Evan Herriott was… Read more
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Pletcher to pole vault at University of Minnesota
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mara Pletcher is gaining knowledge about the Ripple Effect. Loosely defined, it’s a principal that means one thing can have a profound effect on another thing, even if the two seem totally unrelated. Pletcher gets this. As a sixth-grader, she had an event picked out that she wanted to be her focus… Read more
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Company Coffee and Wine to open in WesPark Plaza
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com As in all plans, great and small, it started with one singular idea. Elizabeth VanHoutan McDermith and her husband Mike had a thought for expanding and enhancing their Main Street business, Yellow and Company. Meanwhile – and with no thoughts originally of collaborating – Brooke Didier Starks and her husband Lee were… Read more
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Heroes from Home: Gyuran retires after 34 years
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Linda Gyuran knows that honesty is the best policy. The Mahomet resident remembers her job interview – which took place in 1983 – for a position in the Mahomet-Seymour school district. At the time, she was a single mom with sons entering first and fifth grades. “I was living with mom and… Read more
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Bulldogs search for Apollo Conference win
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com M-S is still seeking its first Apollo Conference victory after suffering a 57-31 loss at home on Thursday to Mattoon. During what is now a four-game losing streak, the Bulldogs are averaging 36.5 points per game. Nichole Taylor led the Bulldogs with nine points and 10 rebounds. Cayla Koerner contributed five points.… Read more