Author: Fred Kroner

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Senior Emma Yates shot a team-leading 46 on Thursday at Lake of the Woods, but M-S dropped a 184-205 decision to St. Thomas More. Ainsley Winters finished with a 50 for the Bulldogs. Other participants for the team were Gaby Davis (53), Maddy Clark (56), Emma Dallas (56) and Kayla McKinney… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Juniors Erik Christianson and Zach Courson finished second and third, respectively, overall on Friday to help Mahomet-Seymour to a dual-meet win over Champaign Central at Lake of the Woods. Christianson carded a team-best 42 for the Bulldogs. Courson fired a 43. M-S edged the Maroons 177-179. Other Bulldog scorers were Carter… Read more

Ainsley Winters and Emma Yates teamed up for the top M-S score in Monday’s Charleston Lady Trojan Scramble. Their combined score was 44 at Charleston Country Club. Bulldogs Gaby Davis and Emma Dallas carded a 46. The Bulldogs’ other two-person entry was Chloe Merkle and Kayla McKinney, whose composite score was a 51. M-S returns… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour opened the junior high baseball season on Monday with a 12-4 win at Tolono Unity in Brian Bajer’s debut as the M-S head coach. The teams were locked in a scoreless battle until the Bulldogs plated four runs in the top of the fourth inning. Peyton Cox, the first of… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Athletic Director Matt Hensley didn’t need to look far to find the next Mahomet-Seymour High School boys’ track and field coach. He was already in the building. In fact, the new coach already has a long history with the Bulldogs’ program. Keith Pogue served as the head coach for 13 years,… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Nine years ago, a summer meal program was implemented for residents of the Candlewood neighborhood in east Mahomet. While the COVID-19 pandemic has altered many of life’s routines as we used to know them, the Candlewood summer meal program – after undergoing a restructuring in format – continued to thrive in… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahomet.news.com Nick Berger needed a 2-hole playoff to win the Lake of the Woods club championship on Saturday. Berger and Ryan Coleman each finished their 18-hole rounds with 71s. Tying for third place were Grant Kinkelaar and Troy Gagne with 74s. Coleman (67) was the winner of the Net Division. Following him… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet’s Patrick and Samantha Olson are filled with love and hope as they anxiously await the arrival of their third baby. The anticipation is offset only by the uncertainty of when the moment will occur. Unlike many expectant families, who have a due date to plan around, the Olsons must be… Read more

By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com It all started on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Or, maybe it didn’t. As a child, Susan Hites developed a deep love for animals and can’t remember ever wanting to be anything except a veterinarian. “I never wavered on this decision from first grade on,” said Hites, a Mahomet resident. Summer trips… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The start of a world-wide pandemic hardly seems like the ideal time to undertake a new business venture, but Mahomet’s Brien Hawkins had to deal with opportunities as they arose. “In March, we started to get the ball rolling,” Hawkins said. Perhaps ‘rolling’ is too strong of a word. That’s when… Read more