Category: Local

Petitions for candidates interested in filling one of four Mahomet-Seymour School Board seats in the 2023 consolidated election are available. On the seven-member board, two in-township (Meghan Hennesy, Colleen Schultz) seats and two out-of township seats (Jeremy Henrichs, Ken Keefe) are up for election.  Petitions and the 2023 Candidate’s Guide can be downloaded from the… Read more

By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour freshman Talynn O’Donnell finished 20th in the IHSA state swimming meet in the 200-yard freestyle on Friday (Nov. 11) at FMC Natatorium at Ty Warner Park, in Westmont. O’Donnell’s time was 1 minute, 57.80 seconds. She was one of four freshmen at state in the event. O’Donnell wound up in 26th… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Jon Adkins will never have another loss like the one his Mahomet-Seymour football team sustained on Saturday (Nov. 12) at Morris. Falling behind early in a Class 5A quarterfinal game, the previously unbeaten Bulldogs were eliminated from the IHSA playoffs with a 35-14 loss to the fourth-seeded Redskins. “This is a… Read more

This photo album of the Living Flag at Mahomet Christian church is brought to you by Christie Clinic. To view the entire album visit https://mahometdaily.smugmug.com/2022-Living-Flag/. Read more

The first half of the Mahomet-Seymour football’s Class 5A playoff game against Metamora was close, but with play from Brennan Houser, the Bulldog broke away in the second half.  The first half of the Mahomet-Seymour football’s Class 5A playoff game against Metamora ended with the closest score the Bulldogs have seen thus far. But senior… Read more

By Fred Kroner Both the seventh-grade and eighth-grade girls’ basketball teams from Mahomet-Seymour Junior High snapped three-game losing streaks at home on Monday (Nov. 7), handing losses to previously unbeaten teams from Monticello. The M-S eighth-graders (16-6) vaulted into an 18-10 halftime lead and went on to handle the visitors from Monticello, 33-19. The Bulldogs… Read more

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com After winning the championship of their own round-robin tournament, the unbeaten Mahomet-Seymour Junior High seventh-grade boys basketball team (4-0) followed up with a 45-16 win on Monday (Nov. 7) at Mattoon. Konner Fisher hit a game-high 17 points to spark the Bulldogs at Mattoon. Tristen Adams chipped in with 11 points.… Read more

With mail-in ballots left to count, the vote count on the $59.4 million Mahomet-Seymour referendum is 3,683 (59.55%) to 2,502 (40.45), according to the Champaign County Clerk site. Results posted on election night are not the final count. Mail-in ballots are counted within a 14-day window. More information to come later. Read more

By Fred Kroner For the second consecutive year, Mahomet-Seymour junior Ava Boyd placed among the upper one-third of runners in the IHSA Class 2A girls’ cross-country state meet. On Saturday (Nov. 5), Boyd covered the 3-mile course at Peoria’s Detweiller Park in 19 minutes, 40.68 seconds. She was 71st in a field of 234 competitors.… Read more

By Fred Kroner In her first year of high school swimming, Mahomet-Seymour freshman Talynn O’Donnell became the first Bulldog to qualify for the girls’ state swimming meet, which will be held on Friday (Nov. 11) and Saturday (Nov. 12). In the Champaign Sectional on Saturday (Nov. 5), she broke her own school record in the… Read more