Category: Local
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Athlete of the Week: Brayden Finch
Mahomet-Seymour senior Quarterback Braden Finch earns Athlete of the Week honors after being named to the offensive unit of the second-team in the Apollo Conference. Finch led the Bulldogs in scoring during the 2021 season, scoring 66 points. In his final game against Taylorville, which Mahomet-Seymour won, 56-0, Finch passed for two touchdowns and rushed… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour community provides district with insight after first round of Bulldog Blueprint
The Mahomet-Seymour School District has completed the first set of community engagement meetings that are supposed to help guide the Board of Education in creating a facilities plan that will address capacity issues. The next meeting, which will focus on answering community questions and finding common themes from small-group breakout sessions, is scheduled for June… Read more
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Nine Bulldogs voted onto Apollo Conference All-League football teams
By Fred Kroner Nine Mahomet-Seymour athletes received acknowledgement on the Apollo Conference all-league football teams, voted on by the coaches on Sunday (April 25). Seven of the honored Bulldogs are underclassmen. M-S had three athletes selected to the all-conference first team and six others who were accorded second-team status. Representing the Bulldogs on the first… Read more
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M-S Soccer opens Apollo Conference play with win
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs opened Apollo Conference action in girls’ soccer on Tuesday (April 27) at home and registered a dominating 8-0 triumph over Taylorville. M-S held a 34-1 edge in shots on goal. The Bulldogs’ halftime lead was 5-0. Both Cayla Koerner and Elise Hertling had hat tricks. Koerner finished with four goals… Read more
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M-S softball falls to Normal Community and Pontiac
By Fred Kroner Aubrie Shore and Karley Yergler slugged solo home runs on Saturday (April 24), but Mahomet-Seymour didn’t have enough offense and dropped a four-inning 13-3 softball decision at Normal Community. Yergler had two of the Bulldogs’ five hits. Shore, Ashley Campbell and Maddie Cortez each ended with one hit. On Monday (April 26),… Read more
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Bulldog baseball picks up wins over Pontiac and Champaign Central
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometmews.com Nate McFall, Carter Selk and Will Sampson socked two hits apiece on Monday (April 26) as Mahomet-Seymour’s baseball offense more than doubled its season’s total for runs scored in an 18-3 four-inning triumph at home over Pontiac. In its first four games, M-S had tallied a total of 17 runs. Selk… Read more
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Commentary: Ammi’s day
By Zainab Susi There are no words to describe how important our mothers are for us. It has been almost seven years since I have lost my Ammi. I have an emptiness inside of me and a big hole in my heart. There is not a day that goes by when I don’t think about… Read more
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Competitive real estate market boosts March 2021 sales in Champaign County
Champaign County area home sales remained in positive territory for the tenth straight month while available inventory is still declining, according to data from the Champaign County Association of REALTORS®. According to CCAR reports, home sales increased 17.78 percent in March to 265 sales from 225 sales in March of 2020. The March figures were… Read more
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Pritzker signs health care reform measure
By TIM KIRSININKAS & RAYMON TRONCOSOCapitol News Illinoistkirsininkas@capitolnewsillinois.comrtroncoso@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker declared health care “a right, not a privilege” Tuesday as he signed a massive reform bill backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, the last of four policy pillars introduced as part of an anti-racism agenda last year. The “Illinois Health Care… Read more
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Prehistoric adventure coming to Chicagoland
Grab a prehistoric passport and join over 40 giant moving dinosaurs on a globetrotting expedition at Dino Safari in Aurora, IL beginning May 7 through the 23rd. The drive-thru dino adventure at Fox Valley Mall, allows families to get up-close-and-personal with the most fascinating prehistoric creatures from the mighty T. rex of North America to the giant amphibious Spinosaurus from… Read more