Author: Fred Kroner
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MSHS Baseball heads into postseason play
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Kobe Essien struck out 12 batters in 6 1/3 innings on Thursday as the Bulldogs edged visiting Bloomington, 5-4. Essien allowed four hits and walked three. Ben Greenberger pitched the final two-thirds of an inning to pick up a save. Jordan Veldman led the 12-hit M-S attack, going 3-for-4. Teammates Dylan Gates… Read more
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MSHS Softball closes regular season with win over Danville
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Julia McNaught drove in five runs and three teammates socked home runs on Friday as the Bulldogs closed the regular season with a 15-8 triumph at Danville. Aubrie Shore, Ashley Wheeler and Sam Tamburo were the M-S home run hitters. Overall, six of the Bulldogs’ 14 hits went for extra bases. McNaught… Read more
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M-S Seniors capture fourth consecutive Regional Championship
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The senior Class of 2019 became the first in M-S school history with four consecutive regional championships in girls’ soccer. The Bulldogs earned No. 4 on Friday at Urbana, topping Centennial 7-2 in the finals. The win advance M-S (24-1) into a Tuesday 5 p.m. semifinal match at Rochester against Springfield Sacred… Read more
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Sims, Abramson, McGrath and Pletcher compete in IHSA State Track and Field Meet
BY FRED KRONER Freshmen were the top two placers for Mahomet-Seymour in Saturday’s Class 2A girls’ track and field state meet at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston. Elizabeth Sims finished 14th in the 3,200 meters in a state field of 28 runners. Among freshmen at state in 2A, Sims was third. Her time was 12… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour boys’ track and field wins Monticello Sectional
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour qualified athletes for state in six field events and three running events during Thursday’s Class 2A boys’ track and field sectional meet at Monticello High School. Hunter Hendershot, Mathias Powell and C.J. Shoaf were all two-event state-qualilfiers. Hendershot captured first in both the shot put (60 feet, 7 ½ inches) and… Read more
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Middletown Prairie Elementary Social Worker Nancy Cosner prepares for retirement
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Before Nancy Cosner started educating school children, she took care of her own education. Not all of Cosner’s learning took place in a classroom. “My initial career was as a dance therapist,” she said. Cosner earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Illinois Wesleyan University. “I had no career plans when I… Read more
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Pletcher, Hendershot, Shoaf and M-S 3,200-m relay place first at News-Gazette Track and Field Honor Roll meet, Soccer to play in Regional Championship
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour had champions in two girls’ events and placers in four others on Monday night in the 38th-annual News-Gazette Track and Field Honor Roll meet at Urbana High School. Poe vaulter Mara Pletcher beat all competitors with a leap of 11 feet, 2 inches. The M-S 3,200-meter relay unit of Elizabeth Sims,… Read more
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White takes over dental practice in Mahomet, remodeling in Champaign
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com As a teen-ager, Andrew White had a better idea what he didn’t want to do with his life than which area he would want to be his focus. “I knew physical labor wasn’t a career path I might go for,” said White, a 2004 Mahomet-Seymour High School graduate. That decision was an… Read more
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MSJHS Track and Field Athletes Qualify for State Tournament
The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High track team competed at IESA Sectionals on Monday in Mt. Zion. The following athletes qualified to compete at the IESA State Tournament in East Peoria on Friday and Saturday. Abby Bunting: 800 Meter Run, 4×400 Meter Relay Ella Scott: 800 Meter Run Durbin Thomas: 1600 Meter Run Mallory Carr: 4×200 Meter… Read more
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Abramson, Pletcher, Sims and McGrath headed to IHSA State Competition, Soccer sets record, Essien pitches shutout
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour will be represented at the girls’ track and field state meet, which starts for Class 2A competitors on Friday in Charleston, by four individuals. The Bulldogs had two qualifiers in both the pole vault and the 3,200 meters in a sectional meet held on Thursday at Unity High School, in Tolono.… Read more