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Coleman to play basketball at University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Not all 6-foot-7 high school basketball players are created equally. Some are most comfortable – or only comfortable – with their back to the basket and playing in the low post. Others are adept on the perimeter, agile enough to handle the ball and adequate enough to shoot the three-pointer. Mahomet-Seymour’s Grant…
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Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Girls’ Basketball ends regular season on high note
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s seventh-grade girls’ basketball team concluded the regular season at home on Monday by overpowering Champaign St. Matthew 42-13. It was the 13th consecutive victory for the seventh-graders, who were led by Selah Campion with nine points. Teammates Kylie Waldinger and Ellie Dallas each scored six points. The seventh-graders (18-2) will play…
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McFall commits to play baseball at Western Carolina
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Nate McFall still has half of his high school baseball career ahead of him. And yet, the Mahomet-Seymour junior catcher has a good idea of where he’ll spend the four years following his high school graduation in 2021. McFall committed to Division I Western Carolina, in Cullowhee, N.C., earlier this month even…
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Mahomet-Seymour Board approves two new courses
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour School Board adopted two new high school courses, AP Computer Science Principles, and Lifelong Wellness with Fitness and Food, Monday night. The vote was 5-0 with Merle Giles and Jeremy Henrichs absent. The AP Computer Science Principles will be a year-long introduction to a computer science course. Students with no…
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Champaign County Forest Preserve asks public for input on strategic plan
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The Champaign County Forest Preserve District is ready to develop a five-year strategic plan that will take its vision into 2025. But first, they are looking for input from their constituents in Champaign County. The process, which began in the fall of 2018, will come to a head at the Dec. 19…
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Mahomet-Seymour Athletes receive Apollo Conference Recognition
Mahomet-Seymour High School Fall 2019 Sports Awards Boys Soccer: Head Coach Jeremy Davis Bulldog Award: Nate Lundstrom Sportsmanship Award: Aidan Hegarty Student/Athletes who earned Varsity Letters: Caleb Benedict, Colten Brunner, Evan Coleman, Luke Creel, Jacob Janda, Kadyn Jones, Sam Knight, Charles Moore, Tucker Antonacci, Clayton Gibson, Aidan Hegarty, Clayton Kessler, Nathaniel Lundstrom, Daniel Renshaw, Matthew…
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Mahomet-Seymour Students receive Academic Letters
The following Mahomet-Seymour students received an Academic Letter on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. To receive an Academic Letter: -Students must be enrolled in a minimum of five academic courses each semester.-Freshman and Sophomores must maintain a 3.6 GPA for the entire academic school year and Juniors and Seniors must maintain a 3.8 GPA for the…
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Mahomet-Seymour Swim Team completes record-breaking season
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ swimming team had a record-breaking end to a record-breaking season. The Bulldogs placed fifth in Saturday’s Urbana Sectional and broke school records in four events. No M-S competitors met the times needed to qualify for state. Two of the individual marks were established by freshman Eden Oelze. She placed sixth…
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Rain dictates 2019 East Central Illinois crop
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com The 2019 growing season in East Central Illinois was unlike any farmers of this generation has seen before. From unusually wet conditions through the beginning of June, to spotty rainfall throughout the summer to snowy conditions as early as October, precipitation has ruled what farmers were able to do and produce. “We…
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Classic Plumbing PLUMBERS of the Month: M-S Girl Scout Troop #2941
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com What does it mean to be part of a community? Fifteen second-grade students in Mahomet-Seymour Girl Scout troop #2941 have spent much of 2019 exploring the idea. Is it a group? A town? A history? A nation? While working towards completion of the five components of the “Celebrating Community” legacy badge, the…