Author: Fred Kroner

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Megan Montgomery doesn’t exist; not in the traditional sense of someone who possesses an identification confirming her name and address. And yet, the Mahomet resident is very real. The ultimate proof comes in the forms of the readers of her recently-published novel, “WELL…THAT WAS AWKWARD.” Megan Olavarria opted to use a… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ swimming team won a triangular meet on Thursday (Feb. 18) to improve their season record to 3-1. M-S won five individual events and two relays en route to the team triumph. M-S amassed 127 points, Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin had 116 points and Lincoln totaled 36. Aron Varga was a double… Read more

By Fred Kroner Cayla Koerner and Savannah Orgeron combined for 34 points on Thursday (Feb. 18) at Lincoln, but the other Mahomet-Seymour players were limited to four points as the Railsplitters captured a 48-38 victory. The teams were tied, 8-8, after one quarter. By halftime, Lincoln had created a 21-14 cushion. Koerner registered her fourth… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball Sophomore Blake Wolters came off the bench on Friday (Feb. 19) to score a team-high 14 points and help Mahomet-Seymour to a 60-55 boys’ basketball upset at 11th-ranked (Class 3A) Lincoln. Wolters netted 4 of 5 three-point shots that he attempted. Zach Carr and Eli Warren each added… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The success stories are what keep Jackie Butler going. Her involvement with It Takes a Village began in 2012, when she and her daughter, Heather Denam, founded the Mahomet-based organization to help those in need. “We had hair bows recently,” Butler said. “A woman came in and was so excited. Her… Read more

By Fred Kroner Unbeaten Effingham (7-0) broke away from a 33-33 halftime deadlock on Wednesday (Feb. 17) to hand the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team a 69-62 Apollo  Conference loss at home. Effingham led 19-14 after one stanza before the Bulldogs pulled into a halftime tie with a late 8-0 run in the second quarter. “We… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour made six three-point shots in the fourth quarter on Wednesday (Feb. 17) to pull away from visiting Effingham in an Apollo Conference girls’ basketball game, 58-47. The win was the fourth in a row for coach Garret Risley’s team. The Bulldogs held a 36-31 lead after three quarters, but hit… Read more

By Fred Kroner Both the seventh- and eighth-grade teams ran their winning streak to four matches in a row on Wednesday (Feb. 10) with two-set sweeps at Champaign Jefferson. The seventh-graders upended the Jaguars 25-8, 25-20. Erin Dallas served seven aces and Ava Yeakel landed three aces in the first set. M-S recovered from a… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com After starting the season with back-to-back losses, the M-S Junior High boys’ basketball team has compiled a two-game winning streak. The Bulldogs dropped their first game, 42-34 at Mount Zion on Thursday (Feb. 4). Landon Hannah scored 10 points, and Nolan Franz had nine points. Chipping in with four points apiece… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Andrew Cotner is my friend. That statement is not uniquely singular to myself. In all likelihood, he has more friends than people that I know. “Part of it is his personality and his love for life,” said Michelle Ciucci, who got to know Cotner in the 1990s when both were University… Read more