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Senior Shaelin Ruzich and sophomore Grace Rodebaugh were the top individual placers for the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ track and field team on Wednesday (May 12) at the Bloomington Gold Invitational. Ruzich was the runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles, with a time of 48.65 seconds. Rodebaugh took second in the high jump, clearing 4 feet, 8 inches.… Read more

The Bulldogs had one comeback – but not two – in Tuesday’s Apollo Conference home baseball game against Mattoon. Down 8-0 after 1 ½ innings, M-S pulled into an 8-8 tie before the visiting Green Wave put up seven runs in the sixth inning en route to a 15-9 triumph. Blake Wolters was 4-for-4 for… Read more

By Fred Kroner The unbeaten Mahomet-Seymour wrestling team made Prairie Central its fifth consecutive victim, 76-6, on Tuesday (May 11) in a dual meet at Mahomet. M-S won three bouts by pin, two by technical fall and eight by forfeit. The Bulldogs’ pinners were Payton Ragona (126 pounds in 5 minutes, 23 seconds); Brennan Houser… Read more

By Fred Kroner Junior Cayla Koerner put together the best two-game stretch in the history of Mahomet-Seymour girls’ soccer to start the week, scoring 11 goals and assisting on three others as the Bulldogs posted back-to-back Apollo Conference victories. Koerner scored six goals and added two assists on Tuesday (May 11) as Mahomet-Seymour shut out… Read more

By Fred Kroner Aubrie Shore pitched her first no-hitter of the season on Monday (May 10), but the second consecutive no-hitter for the Mahomet-Seymour softball team. Shore stymied Tri-County in a 22-2 decision at home. She walked two and struck out a season-high 13. Last week, Karley Yergler fired a no-hitter for the Bulldogs. Shore,… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs had four individuals and two relays capture victories on Monday (May 3) in a three-school boys’ track and field meet at Tolono Unity that also included Mount Zion. Ian Dobrucki was the hurdles winner, with a time of 17.52 seconds. Ethan Ramirez was first in the 1,600 meters (5:23).… Read more

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced a $225 million investment to expand access to covidSHIELD testing to middle and high schools across the state of Illinois at low or no cost. The covidSHIELD test, which was developed by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), is a saliva-based test that quickly detects… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Coming up with innovative ideas is not the issue for Mahomet’s Alex Gorsuch. The challenge is creating interest in the novel concepts. “It’s easy to build hardware,” Gorsuch said. “It’s much harder to build hardware that a real customer with real money and a real problem will be motivated by. “Inertia… Read more

Champaign County residents, ages 12-15, can access the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Thursday, May 13. After the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine on Monday, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District posted: Carle: Dress Barn Location on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Anyone 12 and… Read more

The Village of Mahomet awarded the bid for utility extensions along the upcoming South Mahomet Road extension to Cross Construction Tuesday. After bids were collected, Cross Construction came in at $2,850,000, over $1 million under their competitors. A&R Services bid $4,039,464.90 and Opperman Construction bid $4,058,070.00. Trustee Brian Metzger raised concerns over the difference, wondering… Read more