DESTIN, Fla. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference announced that teams will play in an eight conference games in the 2024 season, as both Texas and Oklahoma join the ranks. The eight-game slate is a one-year solution, but the long-term model hasn’t been set yet. The SEC did announce one change on Thursday evening. The divisions that
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The South Callaway baseball team had their best finish since 2017, finishing the year in second place in Class 3 after a 3-1 loss in to Licking in Thursday’s state title game. The Bulldogs got down early with three Wildcats run scored in the second inning. During the second, South Callaway got
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) After an impressive playoff run, the Fulton Hornets baseball team fell short of a trip to the Class 4 state championship due to a 5-1 loss to John Burroughs in Wednesday’s semifinal matchup. The Bombers put an early run on the board in the first and tacked on three more in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou hoops standout Kobe Brown has officially played his final game in a Tiger uniform. The 23-year-old announced that he will stay in the NBA Draft in a social media post on Wednesday. In that social media post Brown said, “I couldn’t be happier to call Mizzou home, but with that being
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou infielder Trevor Austin is set to enter the transfer portal, a team spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday night. The news comes just three days after MU Athletics fired head coach Steve Bieser. The Helias alum led the Tiger attack at the plate in 2023. Through his junior season, he registered 36 RBI
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The South Callaway Bulldogs are headed to the Class 3 state championship after a 9-4 win in Wednesday’s semifinal game over Portageville. This will be the Bulldogs first trip back to the state title game after winning it back in 2017. The full interview with head coach Heath Lepper can be found
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics and ESPN announced the official start times for two of MU’s home games in the 2023 season on Wednesday. Mizzou will kick off against Middle Tennessee State on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. The game will be simulcast on ESPN+ and SEC Network+. The next week,
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) After the Royals won the I-70 series opener, the St. Louis Cardinals bounced back on Tuesday winning 2-1 to walk away with a split. This also marks the end of 19 straight days that the Red Birds have been in game action. Game two was a pitchers duel as Zach Greinke
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Elizabeth baseball team won its second-straight Class 1 state championship on Tuesday with a 13-3 run-rule win over South Nodaway in six innings. This marks the Hornets third state title in five seasons. The Hornets got the scoring started in the top of the second inning putting one run on
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Elizabeth baseball team is headed to its fifth-straight Class 1 state championship game, excluding the canceled 2020 season, after a 9-0 win against Cooter in the state semifinal on Monday. The Hornets came in as the defending state champions in Class 1, after beating Oran by seven runs in 2022.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on former Mizzou basketball standout Laurence Bowers, ahead of his annual Camp Bowers, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The national search for a new Mizzou baseball coach is on. MU Athletics fired head coach Steve Bieser, after seven seasons in Columbia, on Sunday afternoon. The department said that the terms of Bieser’s contract, which runs through July of 2024, will still be honored. Bieser just wrapped up his seventh and
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) With two outs and a tie game at the bottom of the ninth inning, Kansas City’s Michael Massey hit a single to score MJ Melendez and secure the 3-2 walk-off win against Washington. It took a while for the Royals’ offense to get going on Sunday, but it fired up in
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals were edged out in the series rubber match against the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday. Cleveland walked it off in the ninth inning to win 4-3. Jose Ramirez hit a two-run double off of Cardinals relief pitcher Ryan Helsley to score two runs and lift the Guardians to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tolton girls soccer team officially has two more games standing between it and the program’s first-ever state championship. The Trailblazers topped Laquey, 4-0, in the state quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon. With the win, Tolton will head to St. Louis for Final Four action at World Wide Technology Soccer Park. The semifinals
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Helias girls soccer team fell short of a trip to the state Final Four next week after falling to St. Pius Kansas City 4-2 in Saturday’s quarterfinal game. The Crusaders were down 3-0 at the half, but showed fight towards the end to get some points on the board. The
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Classes 3, 4, and 5 finished up competition in the second and final weekend of MSHSAA State Championship Track and Field on Saturday. For the Class 5 boys, as a team Rock Bridge brought home the state title, Camdenton came in third and Capital City in fourth. For the Class 5
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Classes 3, 4 and 5 kicked off the second weekend of MSHSAA State Championship Track and Field on Friday at Adkins Stadium. You can find a full list of local results below. CLASS 3 Girls pole vault: First place Osage’s Madison Kessler, third place Montgomery County’s El Reagan Girls triple jump:
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There will be six new members of the Mizzou Athletics Hall of Fame, after the department announced the 2023 class on Friday. You can find the full list of former Tiger athletes joining the hall below. Justin Gage – Football Karissa Schweizer – Cross Country/Track and Field Nick Adcock – Track and
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, May 25, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL EXCELSIOR SPRINGS (7) BOONVILLE (2) FINAL – state quarterfinals ST. CHARLES WEST (9) FULTON (12) FINAL – state quarterfinals SOUTH CALLAWAY (6) ELSBERRY (5) FINAL – state quarterfinals
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