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  • Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball drop non-conference game to Danville

    By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Savannah Orgeron made a team-high 16 points, but M-S was unable to hold onto a halftime lead and dropped a 65-45 decision to visiting Danville on Monday in a non-conference girls’ basketball game. Orgeron has led the team in scoring in four of the last six games. The Bulldogs led 31-30… Read more

  • Katz top-four finisher at Urbana Invitational

    BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Max Katz was a top-four placer in two events on Saturday, helping the M-S boys’ swimming and diving team to a fourth-place finish in the seven-school Urbana Invitational. Katz was the diving runner-up and placed fourth in the 100-yard backstroke. Three other Bulldogs were also top 10 placers in two individual events.… Read more

  • WWII Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Jack Van Zandt to be laid in final resting place Dec. 17

    BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Jack B. Van Zandt, 22, of Danville, Ill., killed during World War II, will be laid to rest in his hometown on Dec. 17, 2019. After 76 years, Van Zandt’s remains were identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) on Sept. 23, 2019. Raised just west of… Read more

  • Strong Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Girls’ Basketball Season comes to end

    By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade girls’ basketball team ended the season with a narrow loss to Urbana on Tuesday in an IESA Class 4A regional semifinal game. The third-seeded Bulldogs (15-8) opened postseason play on Monday at Urbana Middle School with a 41-6 victory over Danville North Ridge. Claire Seal and Sidney Young each scored… Read more

  • Mahomet-Seymour Boys’ Basketball places sixth at Lincoln Tournament

    By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team opened the season by winning once in the four-game Lincoln Tournament. Two of the Bulldogs’ losses were by nine points, or less. M-S placed sixth in the event. “We’ve not shot the ball very well to start the season,” M-S head coach Ryan Bosch said. “As a… Read more