Author: Fred Kroner
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Former M-S coach leads Fremd to State Championship
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com People come. People go. It is true in all aspects of life, but perhaps more so in the education profession than others. Some young teachers start in smaller districts to get their foot in the door before they pursue jobs at larger schools. Others teachers decide, after years in the classroom,… Read more
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Alexa Franklin named National Association of Christian Athletes (NACA) Player of the Year
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Alexa Franklin’s involvement in sports has been in full force for more than a decade. The accolades and accomplishments would fill multiple scrapbook volumes for the Mahomet resident. By the time she was 7 years old, Franklin was running in 5-kilometer races with other family members, and she now has more… Read more
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Drinkwater couldn’t get license on birthday because of COVID-19
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Abby Drinkwater will never forget her 16th birthday. It is a date that she has anticipated for months. “A 16th birthday is a big milestone for a teen,” Drinkwater said. It is a rite of passage, the day that those turning 16 are able to test for their driver’s license. A… Read more
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Ruzich a top placer in four events at Normal West Indoor Track Meet
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour had top 25 placers in all 14 events in Wednesday’s 29-school Normal West girls’ indoor track and field meet at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center. Shaelin Ruzich was a top placer in four events. Individually, she was second in the pole vault (11 feet) and added an eighth in the… Read more
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Cox, Heinold and Pawlak qualify for IESA State Tournament, IESA cancels meet
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Three Mahomet-Seymour Junior High wrestlers advanced to the IESA Class 2A state tournament, which was scheduled to start on Friday, in DeKalb, at Northern Illinois University. However, the IESA announced on Thursday that the tournament had been cancelled. Peyton Cox won the 112-pound weight class in last Saturday’s Jacksonville Sectional. At 85… Read more
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Ashley Wheeler commits to play softball at Anderson University
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Ashley Wheeler learned at a young age to be a good sport. It took years for the Mahomet-Seymour senior to become a good athlete. Born to parents who are both former M-S athletes and with an older brother, Trenton, who was sports-minded, topics of conversation around the Wheeler house were ones… Read more
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Strong showing in two meets for Mahomet-Seymour Track and Field
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs participated at two sites on Saturday and – like the boys’ team – emerged with champions at each location. The M-S 3,200-meter relay took first in the Apollo Conference meet, at Mount Zion, clocking a time of 10:47.91. They won by 18.64 seconds. The relay runners were Klein Powell, Emily… Read more
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Hendershot, Shoaf and Perry lead Mahomet-Seymour Track
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs had enough depth on Saturday to take athletes to indoor meets at two locations and win events at both sites. M-S competed in the indoor Apollo Conference meet, at Mount Zion, as well as the First to the Finish meet at the University of Illinois Armory. Hunter Hendershot dominated the… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Wrestling secures IESA Class 2A Regional
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs earned a Class 2A regional wrestling team title last Saturday at home and had 17 athletes secure top four finishes. Fourteen of the M-S athletes have advanced into a 25-school sectional at Jacksonville that will be held on Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. Three other squad members took fourth at… Read more
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Bosch reflects on 2019-2020 Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball season
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com When Ryan Bosch reflects on the 2019-20 Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball season, it will be for the composite 32-game schedule. Moments after Friday’s game, a 64-48 loss to Urbana in the championship game of the Class 3A Rantoul Regional, Bosch told his squad, “I won’t remember you off this game.” With good reason.… Read more