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By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s varsity 3,200-meter relay placed fourth on Saturday (Feb. 19) in the Bulldogs’ season-opening girls’ indoor track and field meet at The Shirk Center, on the Illinois Wesleyan University campus in Bloomington. The foursome of Ava Boyd, Emily Bednar, Callie Jansen and Elizabeth Sims was timed in 11:00.38. The M-S 1,600-meter relay… Read more

By Fred Kroner Blake Wolters’ fourth double-double of the season couldn’t prevent the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team from dropping a 42-39 decision in its regular-season finale at Lincoln on Friday (Feb. 18). The Bulldogs finish Apollo Conference play with a 6-6 record. Wolters totaled 11 points and 11 rebounds to go with five assists. Wyatt… Read more

By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour boys’ swimming and diving program continues to move up, and for senior Max Katz, that means the ability to move on. Katz became the school’s first sectional champion on Saturday (Feb. 19), winning the diving competition in a 21-school sectional tournament at Centennial High School. Katz posted a season-best score… Read more

By Fred Kroner A quarter of a century ago, Mahomet-Seymour’s high school enrollment had reached the point that it was moved up from the small-school classification by the IHSA to the large-school division. In those 25 years, no M-S wrestling team has fared better at the individual state tournament at the UI State Farm Center… Read more

By Fred Kroner Forty-five years ago, the girls’ basketball program was initiated at Mahomet-Seymour High School. It took until Year 2 for the program to win a game. It took until Year 4 for the school to have a winning record. It took until Year 9 for M-S to win a regional championship. It took… Read more

The Mahomet-Seymour Color Guard won the 2022 IDTA State Champion Winter Guard Championship last Saturday. They also took 2nd Place with their Lyrical Flag routine. This is the third consecutive year that the Bulldogs have finished on top of their class. Mahomet-Seymour Winter Guard kicked off the 2022 season, taking first place in the Winter… Read more

Cast members of the upcoming Mahomet-Seymour High School production of Fiddler on the Roof will be among the first to tell you that they don’t know much about the Jewish people who lived in the town of Anatevka in czarist Russia in 1905.  Director Chris Taber knew this would most likely be the case, especially… Read more

The Illinois 4th District Court of Appeals has upheld the temporary restraining order on masks and vaccine mandates handed down by Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischow. The court called the appeal request “moot” after a JCAR, a 12-member committee divided evenly between the House and Senate, and between Democrats and Republicans, suspended the requirement’s renewal… Read more

The Mahomet Area Youth Club is taking their “hats off” to the Mahomet community. “We are celebrating YOU, the Mahomet Community,” Executive Director Sara Balgoyen said.   This year’s annual fundraiser, “Hats Off to our Community Supporters” give a nod to contributors who make it possible for the youth organization to serve children on a day-to-day… Read more

By Fred Kroner The winningest girls’ basketball team in Mahomet-Seymour history added to its total on Monday (Feb. 14). The Bulldogs overpowered Rantoul, 70-26, in a Class 3A regional semifinal contest at Normal West High School. The game marked the sixth this season for M-S to hit the 70-point mark. Cayla Koerner scored 16 of… Read more