Author: Fred Kroner
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MSHS closes out regular season, girls’ basketball tops Mattoon
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Two days after placing fifth in their own 22-team Marty Williams Invitational, Mahomet-Seymour’s wrestling team returned to the mat on Wednesday and concluded its dual-meet season by splitting two Apollo Conference matches. The Bulldogs are 14-7 overall and 4-2 in league meets after topping Taylorville 49-19 and losing to Mount Zion, 38-30.… Read more
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Mahomet Seymour Athlete of the Month: Dante Roberts
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Parents have two choices when receiving a diagnosis that is unfavorable about a child. They can accept it, and make due as best as they can. They can reject it and independently search for alternative solutions. “The best thing for me,” Katrina Roberts said, “is to tell me something can’t be done.”… Read more
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Paul Lewis talks about release from Iran Hostage Crisis 38 years later
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Sunday was just another day for Sidney resident Paul Lewis. No parties. No parades. “I hung around the house,” he said. Exactly 38 years earlier, on Jan. 20, 1981, there was reason for Lewis and an entire country to celebrate. The longest hostage crisis situation in recorded history ended when 52 Americans… Read more
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Seniors shine in girls’ basketball and wrestling wins
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Kailyn Northrup scored a season-high 19 points on Friday as the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team snapped a six-game losing streak with a 49-41 triumph over visiting St. Thomas More. Northrup hit three of her six baskets from three-point range. Another teammate who reached a season’s high for points scored was Abby Kyle,… Read more
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Commentary: Administrators make right decison to keep dance team home
With inclement weather forecasted, Mahomet-Seymour administrators chose to keep the dance team home from the IHSA Sectional Competition. Read more
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Brett Melton named to M-S Education Foundation Hall of Fame
Brett Melton, a Mahomet-Seymour High School graduate has been named to the Mahomet-Seymour Education Foundation Hall of Fame for his contributions to the basketball community. Read more
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MSHS Wrestling and Boys’ Basketball pick up wins
After losses in seven of its last eight games, Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ basketball team returned to its winning way on Tuesday with a non-conference victory at home against Washington. Read more
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Ryan Berger named to M-S Education Foundation Hall of Fame
For his athletic exploits at M-S, Berger will be one of four inductees for the third Mahomet-Seymour Education Foundation Hall of Fame class this fall. Read more
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MSHS wrestling wins in Apollo Conference action
The Bulldogs (11-4) opened Apollo Conference action with dual-meet wins over Lincoln (42-25) and Charleston (70-12) on Thursday at Mattoon. Read more
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Bunch named to M-S Education Foundation Hall of Fame
2009 Mahomet-Seymour Graduate Dani Bunch has been named to the 2019 Mahomet-Seymour Education Foundation Hall of Fame. Read more