Category: Local
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Bulldog swimming finishes third at Urbana Invitational
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ swimming team produced top-five placers in 10 events on Saturday (Jan. 29) and captured a third-place finish in the eight-school Urbana Invitational. The host Tigers won the meet with 436 points. Runner-up O’Fallon totaled 403 points. Third-place M-S ended with 341 points. Bulldogs who were part of four top-five finishes… Read more
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M-S wrestling goes undefeated in Apollo Conference
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s wrestling team completed a sweep of Apollo Conference opponents and moved to within reach of a school record for dual-meet wins in a season after concluding the regular season on Thursday (Jan. 27) with two wins at home. M-S shutout Taylorville, 78-0, and then overpowered Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley/Fisher, 66-12. The Bulldogs win… Read more
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Mahomet-Seymour splits two over weekend
By Fred Kroner The Bulldogs split two home games last weekend, dropping a 77-68 Apollo Conference decision to Mount Zion on Friday (Jan. 28) before topping Normal West on Saturday (Jan. 29), 64-58. M-S led, 21-9, after one quarter and 30-25 at halftime. Blake Wolters posted a monster double-double against Normal West, with 21 points… Read more
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Bulldogs on seven-game win streak
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team increased its winning streak to seven games on Saturday (Jan. 29) with a 48-37 win at home over Effingham. Two days earlier, the Bulldogs thumped Charleston, 61-20, in the Trojans’ gym. Against Effingham, Cayla Koerner matched her season’s high with four three-point baskets as part of her 23-point… Read more
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Making Sense of Your Tax Dollars: Village of Mahomet Compensation Reports
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Christie Clinic Photos: Mahomet-Seymour Variety Show
This photo album of the Mahomet-Seymour Variety Show is brought to you by Christie Clinic. Photos were taken by Brogan Hennesy. To view the entire album visit https://mahometdaily.smugmug.com/Mahomet-Seymour-Variety-Show-2022/. Read more
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Athlete of the Week: Braeden Heinold
Braeden Heinold picked up his 35th win of the season in an Apollo Conference meet which also included Mount Zion and Mattoon.Heinold won twice in that dual meet. The 5’10”, 150-lb. Senior picked up his 100th-career win with a fall over his opponent at Lincoln. This season’s highlights include placing second in the 60th Red… Read more
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All God’s Children Garage Sale on Jan. 29
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East Central Illinois Legacy Project: Remembering Eva Mozes Kor
Seventy-five years ago on Jan. 27, 1945, the Soviet army liberated Auschwitz. Approximately 1.3 million Jews were sent to Auschwitz, the largest extermination camp run by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland. About 1.1 million of those people perished at the concentration camp, including 960,000 Jews. Under Hitler’s rule, 6 million Jews, about two-thirds of the… Read more
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Bulldog win Apollo Conference Championship
The Bulldogs rolled to a pair of dual-meet victories on Tuesday (Jan. 25) at Mount Zion, defeating the host Braves, 69-10, before topping Mattoon, 57-21. M-S is 5-0 in Apollo Conference matches and 25-3 overall with a 19-match winning streak. Eight Bulldogs were 2-0 for the night, although just two of the grapplers didn’t receive… Read more