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Bulldog Volleyball wins over Effingham
By Fred Kroner Junior Sydney McKinney collected four kills and senior Chloe Pruitt totaled four blocks on Tuesday (Sept. 20) as the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team swept Effingham at home, 25-16, 25-9. McKinney also added two blocks while Pruitt landed two kills. Senior Maddie Gaede added nine assists, two digs and one block. M-S (14-3 overall)…
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Winters, McKinney earn All-Conference honors
By Fred Kroner Senior Ainsley Winters won medalist honors in the Apollo Conference girls’ golf tournament on Monday (Sept. 19) at Charleston by five strokes. Winters carded a 77 for 18 holes. Other Bulldog scores were: Kayla McKinney (87), who tied for fourth place and also earned all-conference accolades, Emma Dallas (101), Elena Tompkins (101)…
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Bulldog baseball falls in championship game of IESA regional
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour suffered a season-ending baseball loss on Tuesday (Sept. 20) in the championship game of an IESA Class 3A regional tournament to Mount Zion, 7-5. The Braves, playing at home, scored twice in the sixth inning to snap a 4-4 tie that had stood since the second inning. M-S held a 12-5…
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Tate Bode breaks course record at Lake of the Woods
By Fred Kroner Tate Bode broke the course record at Lake of the Woods on Saturday (Sept. 17), leading the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ cross-country team to the championship of its own 12-school invitational. Bode ran the 2-mile course in 11 minutes and 19 seconds. Five of his teammates positioned themselves among the top 20 in the…
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M-SJHS begins season with three wins
By Fred Kroner The Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade girls’ basketball team bounced back from a loss in its home-opener on Monday (Sept. 19) to win at Champaign Jefferson, 30-14, on Tuesday (Sept. 20). Katie Hunter hit a team-high 12 points, including 10 of her team’s 17 first-half points. “The seventh-grade team experienced a very chaotic game and…
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Mahomet-Seymour Hall of Fame: Cully Welter
EDITOR’S NOTE: Four selections have been made for the Mahomet-Seymour Education Foundation Hall of Fame. This is the second of the four who will be profiled in upcoming days. The inductees, who will be recognized on Friday, Sept. 23 before the M-S homecoming football game, are: Paul Blue (Class of 1937) Kendra Donley Free (Class…
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MSEA and M-S School District come to tentative agreement
The Mahomet-Seymour Education Association announced late Tuesday that the union negotiation teams and the Mahomet-Seymour School District came to an agreement of terms to a contract. That document will be shared with union members for a vote before coming to the board of education for a vote. Details of the document have not been released…
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USRC takes day to clean up portion of Sangamon River
By Isabella Zarate Every September, the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy (USRC) hosts the “SangamonRiver Clean Up.” This year’s clean up took place on Saturday, September 10th. According to USRC volunteer Scott Hays “We do it this time of year because the river tends tobe very low.” “It definitely was this year, so that was nice.”…
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Mahomet-Seymour board meeting at standing room only as union seeks “fair” contract
More than the board room was packed during Monday’s regular meeting of the Mahomet-Seymour School Board. With teachers and community members sitting in seats and on the floor with the seven board members of the Mahomet-Seymour School Board, the surrounding hallway and playground was filled with about 150 more community members and staff members. Last…
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Mahomet-Seymour Hall of Fame: Kendra Donley Free
EDITOR’S NOTE: Four selections have been made for the Mahomet-Seymour Education Foundation Hall of Fame. This article is the first of the four who will be profiled in upcoming days. The inductees, who will be recognized on Friday, Sept. 23 before the M-S homecoming football game are:Paul Blue (Class of 1937)Kendra Donley Free (Class of…