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Rodebaugh places first at Honor Roll Meet
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s Grace Rodebaugh was the high jump champion on Monday (May 16) in the 39th News-Gazette girls’ track and field Honor Roll Meet at Urbana High School. Rodebaugh cleared 5 feet and ½ inch. M-S athletes finished second in two events. Ava Boyd was the runner-up in the 1,600 meters in 5…
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Normal Community tops Mahomet-Seymour baseball
By Fred Kroner Chase Wagers accounted for two of Mahomet-Seymour’s four hits on Monday (May 16) in a 5-2 non-conference baseball loss at home to Normal Community. Evan Ruzich and Blake Wolters each delivered one hit. Ruzich and Mateo Casillas both had one RBI. Wagers and Zach Courson scored the Bulldog runs. Courson (6-2) pitched…
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Yergler sets single-season homerun record in win over Danville
By Fred Kroner Karley Yergler tossed her 13th shutout of the season and tied the Mahomet-Seymour single-season home run record on Monday (May 16) as the Bulldogs blanked visiting Danville, 6-0. Yergler scattered two hits and walked one hitter. She struck out 18. Offensively, she struck two home runs, matching the season record (14) she…
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Mahomet-Seymour tennis defeats Danville
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour concluded its first regular-season in boys’ tennis by topping Danville, 6-3, on Monday (May 16). The Bulldogs won four matches in singles and two in doubles. Posting single wins in straight sets were Jacob Atteberry (No.3), Quade Bristle (No. 4), Braden Stacey (No. 5) and Gaspar Covarrubias Zuniga (No. 6). In…
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Mahomet-Seymour borrowing limit raised with HB4688, a look at how the referendum would affect residential taxpayers
*Editor’s Note: The Mahomet Daily team has spent months looking at issues around the Mahomet-Seymour School District referendum. Information has come by way of interview, FOIA, looking at the Champaign County GIS and listening to board and Bulldog Blueprint meetings. This article is part of a series that will examine financial and development information as…
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Early primary voting begins May 19
Early voting will begin May 19 at the Brookens Admin Building in Champaign County. “While I am strongly encouraging voters to utilize vote by mail, I’m also giving voters plenty of options to vote early/in-person”, said Champaign County Clerk and Recorder, Aaron Ammons said in a press release. The Clerk will also send out mail-in…
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Hunter Benson records hole-in-one at Lake of the Woods
By FRED KRONER fred@mahomet.news.com Mahomet-Seymour sixth-grader Hunter Benson recorded his first hole-in-one on a regulation course on Sunday (May 15) at Lake of the Woods. Benson aced the 110-yard fourth hole using an 8-iron. He was hitting a Callaway Supersoft Max.
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Eighth-grade runners qualify for IESA State meet
By Fred Kroner Three Mahomet-Seymour runners and one relay qualified for the Class 4A boys’ state track and field meet during action in the Mount Zion Sectional on Saturday (May 14). All of the state qualifiers are eighth-graders. Ethan Peterka advanced by winning the 800 meters (2 minutes, 13.46 seconds) by a narrow margin of…
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Bulldogs qualify for IESA State meet, setting records along the way
By Fred Kroner Another week, another school record for the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ track and field program. Actually, two records, though, one was lowering a new standard that had been established the previous week. Competing in the 12-school Mount Zion Class 4A sectional meet on Saturday (May 14), M-S eighth-grader Madalyn Marx cut nearly three-fourths of…
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Mahomet-Seymour tennis finishes sixth at Apollo Conference match
By Fred Kroner Four of Mahomet-Seymour’s entries in the Apollo Conference boys’ tennis tournament at Mattoon, which ended on Saturday (May 14) exceeded their seeds. Connor Hirsbrunner, at No.1 singles, placed fifth. Andre Grace, at No. 3 singles, also placed fifth. They were each seeded sixth. In doubles, the No. 1 duo of Hirsbrunner and…