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  • M-S Softball picks up Apollo Conference win, Boys’ track places second

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour amassed 33 runs and 32 hits on Tuesday in a softball doubleheader sweep of visiting Lincoln in Apollo Conference action. The Bulldogs won each game by the 10-run rule, 14-4 in the opener and 19-1 in the four-inning second game. The Bulldogs pounded seven of 17 hits in the first game… Read more

  • Unbeaten Bulldogs top Centennial

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Seven players scored goals, six players had assists and two players had saves on Thursday as the unbeaten and unscored upon Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer team won at Centennial, 7-0. Brea Benson scored the first M-S goal, assisted by Madison Wade, who later had another assist and also scored a goal. Other teammates… Read more

  • Annexation discussion brings up concerns about direction of Village

    Fred Kroner

    Fred Kronerfred@mahometnews.com Sports, it has been said, are a microcosm of society. Following up on that analogy, consider how a person’s life correlates to a basketball season. The first phase in basketball is the off-season. That corresponds nicely to the early pre-school portion of an individual’s life. Next comes the basketball preseason practice, which can… Read more

  • MSHS Soccer, Baseball and Softball pick-up wins

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Brea Benson and Cayla Koerner scored first-half goals and the Bulldogs’ defense didn’t allow a shot on goal on Tuesday as Mahomet-Seymour blanked St. Thomas More, 5-0, in Champaign for its fifth consecutive girls’ soccer shutout. M-S is 5-0 overall. Nyah Biegler scored the team’s final goal. Benson has a team-high six… Read more

  • From Rantoul to Oregon: Mennega ready to experience NCAA Sweet Sixteen for third time

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mike Mennenga shares just two things in common with the person he was eight years ago: his name and an undying passion for basketball. In 2011-12, the Rantoul native was on hiatus from his dream job as a men’s college basketball coach. He had spent the three previous years as an assistant… Read more

  • Powell and Hendershot capture Illinois Prep Top Times championship

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Two Mahomet-Seymour athletes won individual titles on Saturday in the boys’ Class 2A division of the Illinois Prep Top Times indoor track and field meet at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center. The meet is considered the unofficial state indoor meet. Junior Hunter Hendershot defended his title in the shot put, with a… Read more

  • Against all odds, Waters and Willard work NFL game in Los Angeles

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Take your pick. There are facts about figures. Or, a way to figure out the facts. Numbers are the starting point. There are around 7.7 billion people in the world, give or take. In Los Angeles, the population is above 4 million. In Mahomet, the number of residents is in the vicinity… Read more

  • Three Bulldogs qualify for Illinois Top Times meet in Bloomington, MSHS soccer and baseball capture wins

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour will have three athletes competing in two events on Saturday in the unofficial state indoor track and field meet at Illinois Wesleyan  University’s Shirk Center in Bloomington. In the boys’ Class 2A division, C.J. Shoaf is a qualifier in both the high jump and the 60-meter hurdles. In the girls’ Class… Read more

  • Commentary: The role of news media is to inform, not promote

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The message and the messenger often get confused. And blurred. And misunderstood. One of the tenants of good journalism is to be impartial. Plus, present both sides of an issue. Plus, be factually accurate. It can be understandable that the message gets mixed. There are exceptions, just not to the accuracy part.… Read more

  • Powell and Hendershot capture top honors, MSHS Soccer tops Bloomington

    Fred Kroner

    By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Two Mahomet-Seymour athletes won individual events in the large-school division of Saturday’s Charleston Indoor Invitational at Eastern Illinois University. In his season debut, Mathias Powell posted a victory of nearly 40 seconds in the 3,200-meter race. Powell was timed in 9 minutes, 30.17 seconds. Teammate Hunter Hendershot captured top honors in the… Read more