Author: Fred Kroner

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The year was 1932. A subscription to the weekly Mahomet newspaper cost a dollar. That covered delivery of the paper for a full year. Students who wanted to watch the local basketball team play paid a quarter. For adults, the per-game charge was 50 cents. The eighth-grade boys’ basketball team was… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com This is one of a continuing series the Mahomet Daily will publish about the ordinary men and women from the community who have done or accomplished extraordinary things in their lifetime. We encourage readers to submit nominations for other deserving individuals who deserve consideration. We are delighted to tell the stories… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour sophomore Hunter Hendershot won the shot put in the Class 2A division of the Illinois Top Times high school indoor state championships on Saturday at Illinois Wesleyan  University. Hendershot’s winning toss was 56 feet, 5 inches. The runner-up, Dunlap’s Austin Klokkenga, had a best toss of 53-9 3/4. The M-S… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball and girls’ soccer squads continued their unbeaten starts to the season with wins earlier this week. Baseball The Bulldogs (3-0) overcame a five-run deficit to post a 15-5 win on Wednesday at Clinton. M-S scored six runs in the third inning, the go-ahead tally scoring on an RBI by… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Once upon a time, in a community of less than 1,400 residents, a boys’ basketball team won every game it played one season and captured a state championship. It didn’t happen in the mind of an over-exuberant dreamer. It happened in Mahomet, Ill., nearly 60 years ago. The special season occurred… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Big things can come from small areas. There is no greater proof than Precision Shooting Equipment, which is now — and for decades has been — the world’s largest manufacturer of compound bows, target bows, crossbows and traditional recurve bows. The company got its start on Mahomet’s Main Street in 1970.… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Four Mahomet-Seymour athletes won individual events on Saturday as the Bulldogs captured team honors in the 30-school Eastern Illinois University Indoor Track and Field Invitational, in Charleston. M-S totaled 61 points. Runner-up Unity had 59 points. The Bulldogs’ best event was the 1,600 meters. Teammates Mathias Powell (4 minutes, 25.76 seconds)… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com There are two main ways for youngsters to get involved with wrestling. The most common is to take up the sport in a kids’ club or as part of a youth program, some of which begin in first grade. The other way is to participate in a variety of other sports… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Brooks Coetzee hit a solo home run in his first at-bat as a senior and Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball team posted a 6-0 shutout win over Oakwood in Wednesday’s opener. Starter Tanner Kirts, who struck out 11 batters in four innings, earned the win. He was followed to the pitching mound by Corbin… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Maureen Scott Renaud graduated from Mahomet-Seymour High School in 2002. Melody Smith Fonner graduated in 2003. Jennifer Fall Peters graduated in 2006. Julie Jarrett Gregory graduated in 2008. Dani Bunch graduated in 2009. Sarah Iverson  Burgener graduated in 2011. Jessica Burke graduated in 2012. Twinkle Mehta graduated in 2015. Lauren Whitehouse… Read more