Category: Local

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Friday (March 12) was Senior Night for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team and what a night it was for the seniors. The six Bulldog seniors – four of whom were starters – combined to score 56 points and pull down 20 rebounds. Their offensive contribution was enough in itself (by seven… Read more

LeRoy police are looking for a white van that may be associated with littering in LeRoy and Mahomet earlier this week. Residents in Mahomet and LeRoy woke to find Ziploc bags with rocks and a note that was headed “White Lives Matter” followed by websites with misinformation about COVID-19.  Mahomet Police Chief Mike Metzler said… Read more

The Mahomet-Seymour Academic Challenge Team will move on to the State competition after winning the EIU Sectional.  The State competition will be in April. Team and individual results are below: Division 15002021 Academic Challenge Sectional Varsity Team Results1 – Mahomet-Seymour High School – 499.3292 – Champaign Central High School – 447.3483 – Mount Zion High… Read more

Standing at 6’9”, Mahomet-Seymour Junior Luke Koller has led the Bulldogs in rebounding for nine consecutive games. Despite a loss to Effingham, Koller began to find his rhythm with 14 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. As Mahomet-Seymour rebounded, beating No. 10 Lincoln, Koller posted his first double-double of the season with a 10-point, 11-rebound… Read more

Arbor Management Inc. is seeking energetic employees for the Food Service Program in the Mahomet-Seymour School District.NO experience is necessary for the positions that are available.*No Weekends or Nights!*Full/Part-time hours (Flexible daytime hours)*Uniforms Shirt provided*Starting pay is $11.00.PLEASE CONTACT:Call: (217)586-2326 Leave a message with name and phone numberorEMAIL: Scross@ms.k12.il.us if interested please reply with name… Read more

About Jennifer: I grew up in New Lenox, Illinois.  I graduated from the Kennedy-King College/UIC Dental Hygiene program in 1999, and am a Registered Dental Hygienist.  I met my husband, Nezar Kassem, at UIC when we were both in our last year of school.  In 2002, we moved from Naperville, IL to Mahomet, and opened… Read more

By Fred Kroner For the third consecutive meet and the fourth time in six meets this season, Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ swimming team was the meet winner. The team’s latest triumph was on Monday (March 8) at Danville. M-S won the dual meet 93-34. The Bulldogs swept the three relay races and also had the winner in… Read more

By Fred Kroner The short-handed Bulldogs were held to their lowest point total of the season on Monday (March 8) and dropped an Apollo Conference decision at Teutopolis, 52-29. Cayla Koerner scored 10 points, Durbin Thomas had five points and Caitlin Thomason contributed four points for the Bulldogs. Alayna DeWitt made the team’s only three-point… Read more

By Fred Kroner Shooting woes proved costly for the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team on Tuesday (March 9) in a 63-36 Apollo Conference loss to Teutopolis. The Bulldogs made just 6 of 18 free throws (33 percent) and only 2 of 14 three-point attempts (14.3 percent). Beyond that, M-S coach Ryan Bosch said, “We missed a… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Sam Henrichs and Nate Lundstrom each had hat tricks on Tuesday (March 9) as Mahomet-Seymour’s defending Apollo Conference boys’ soccer champions opened the 2021 season at home with a 9-0 shutout over the newest Apollo member, Teutopolis. M-S led at halftime 7-0. Besides the three goals, Henrichs and Lundstrom had one… Read more