Author: Fred Kroner
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MSHS girls’ basketball on a roll
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Makayla Rosenbery hit a season-high for points scored for the third game in a row, helping the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball team to its third consecutive win on Monday. The Bulldogs (6-5) upended visiting Centennial, 65-37, behind a 24-point outburst from Rosenbery. She hit three three-point shots. Also scoring in double figures… Read more
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Kelly to be inducted into Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association Hall of Fame
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mary Kelly is a modern-day Pioneer Woman. The original pioneers, who moved westward while homesteading with their families in the middle and late 1800s, were forging a new trail, doing what few — if any — had done before them. Kelly, a 2002 Mahomet-Seymour graduate, made her inroads in what prior… Read more
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MSHS girls’ and boy’ basketball pick up late week wins, Wrestling places ninth
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team returned to the .500 mark by winning consecutive games to end the week. The Bulldogs (5-5) upended Rantoul on Thursday in a game on the Eagles’ court, 57-25, and followed that with a Saturday win at home over Apollo Conference foe Lincoln, 57-44. Makayla Rosenbery had a… Read more
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Village fields questions on Center Street Closure
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Village of Mahomet is engaged in an episode of give and take. The bottom line is that the village is willing to give a concession in order to take advantage of an opportunity for expansion. More than two dozen community members received information and voiced concerns Thursday night at the… Read more
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MSHS Wrestling wins dual match, Swimming and Basketball teams pick up loses
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Four Bulldogs won contested matches and four others picked up forfeit wins on Tuesday as M-S won a dual wrestling meet at Clinton, 38-28. Winners of contested matches were Owen Straub (113 pounds), Braeden Heinold (120 pounds), Peyton Myers (132 pounds) and Chance Decker (138 pounds). Receiving forfeits for M-S (6-1)… Read more
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Granadino and Buchanan remain undefeated, Boy’s basketball loses Apollo Conference game
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Wrestlers Gage Granadino (160-pound sophomore) and Seth Buchanan (285-pound junior) won all four of their matches on Saturday to remain unbeaten for the season. Both Bulldogs had pins in three of their four outings at Bloomington and overall are 6-0 with five pins. In the latest series of duals, M-S (5-1)… Read more
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Schmit ready for next chapter
Lynn Schmit vividly recalls the family vacations from her childhood. She and her siblings — which eventually numbered seven — would pack for the trip. “Our suitcases were cardboard boxes,” Schmit said. “We’d put our clothes in, and then our library books.” From there, it was time for a camping adventure that might include any… Read more
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MSHS Wrestling and boys’ basketball collect wins, girls’ basketball falls to SJO
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman — who hasn’t scored fewer than 17 points in any of his first five games of the season — collected 23 points on Tuesday as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team registered a 56-44 Apollo Conference victory at Mount Zion. He was one of four Bulldogs who made three-point shots.… Read more