COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the sixth-straight time, the Columbia College softball team secured an AMC Championship with a 1-0, walk-off win on Friday afternoon. You can watch extended highlights of the Cougars’ win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/jdQYTWviI4U The title game was a pitchers’ duel from start to finish. The Cougars’ Ella Schouten finished
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O’FALLON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia College baseball team is the 2023 AMC Champion after taking down top-seeded Missouri Baptist 11-6 in Friday’s title game. As the No. 2 seed in the tournament, CC began play on Wednesday with an 8-2 win over Central Baptist. In Thursday’s semifinals, the Cougars beat the Spartans 13-5 before taking
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both the Columbia College softball and baseball team punched their ticket to the AMC Championship games after semifinal wins over Missouri Baptist on Thursday. Up first in Columbia, the fourth-seeded Cougars took down the No. 2 Spartans 2-1. The first run was brought in during the first inning after an error by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both the Columbia College softball and baseball teams secured wins on Wednesday to advance to day three of the AMC tournaments. Up first at Antimi Park, the softball team knocked off top-seed Cottey College 1-0. This game was truly a pitchers dual as Rock Bridge alum Ella Schouten allowed just four hits
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team completed the season-sweep against Kansas at Taylor Stadium on Tuesday night. The Tigers hung on against the Jayhawks for a 9-7 win. MU scored eight, unanswered runs after KU got up 3-0 in the first inning, however, Kansas’ Luke Leto hit a home run in the ninth inning
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 4-seeded Columbia College softball team topped No. 5-seeded William Woods, 4-1, in the opening round of the AMC Tournament on Tuesday afternoon. The game was scoreless until the third inning when CC’s Suzanna Shanks reached on an Owls error and Hickman alum Emily King drove in an RBI double. Abigail
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou long snapper Jake Hoffman will join the Kansas City Chiefs for rookie camp in May. The Kearney, Mo. native spent five seasons with the Tigers, appearing in all 13 games in both his junior and senior. He first took over as MU’s primary long snapper in 2019, his sophomore year.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou standout safety and Rock Bridge alum Martez Manuel confirmed on social media on Saturday night that he has signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted rookie free agent. He said, “All I needed was a chance. Watch this.” The news was first reported by ESPN insider Jeremy
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cleveland Browns picked up Mizzou defensive end Isaiah McGuire in the fourth round of the 2023 NFL Draft, with the No. 126 overall pick. McGuire is the first Tiger to go in the Draft, which is hosted in Kansas City this year. He will work to add some depth to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team still has its point guard. Nick Honor announced that he will be returning to Columbia for another season on Saturday night. Honor transferred to MU from Clemson last season and was a part of a historic Tiger team, in head coach Dennis Gates’ first season at the
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference showed up in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft. Three of the first four picks came from the SEC, with nine total conference players going in the first round. Alabama quarterback Bryce Young went to the Carolina Panthers with the No. 1 overall pick. Following him,
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Mizzou women’s basketball lost one of the top recruits in the class of 2023 on Thursday afternoon. Four-star wing Skylar Jones announced that she will be re-opening her recruitment. The Chicago-native is one of the top recruits in the nation, ranking on ESPN’s Top 100 list. She first committed to the Tigers in Oct. 2022,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple members of the 2022 Mizzou football roster will wait to hear their fate once the 2023 NFL Draft starts in Kansas City on Thursday. The draft will run Thursday, April 27 through Saturday, April 29 at Union Station in downtown Kansas City. The headliner of the group is former Tiger defensive
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team clinched its first series win of the season on Saturday and capped it off with a sweep, thanks to a 5-0 win, on Sunday. Pitcher Laurin Krings was the highlight of the weekend for MU. She tossed 26 total strikeouts in two games against the Mean Green of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the Columbia Tribune’s sports editor Chris Kwiecinski in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two talked about everything from the NBA to the NFL Draft. The big news on Sunday came in the form of MU star forward Kobe Brown’s announced that he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou guard Kaleb Brown announced that he will be entering the transfer portal on Friday night. He became the third Tiger to do so, joining forward Mohamed Diarra and guard Ronnie Degray III. Brown didn’t see much action on the court through head coach Dennis Gates’ first season. He had some opportunities
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team remained unbeaten against Missouri State on Tuesday night, with a 7-6 walk-off win. The victory came off the bat of Dylan Leach, who hit an RBI single in the ninth inning. The Bears and the Tigers had multiple lead changes and ties throughout the course of the game,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou running back BJ Harris made the official announcement that he has entered the transfer portal on Tuesday afternoon. The Tennessee-native is the second Tiger running back to throw his name in, following St. Louis-native Taj Butts. Harris came to MU as a three-star recruit in the class of 2021, ranked by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team lost a heartbreaker to Ole Miss, 7-5, on Monday night. The Rebel win clinched the series and also put MU’s opportunity for the team’s first SEC series win of the season out of reach. The game was a nail-biter from start to finish, as it included multiple lead
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The old saying ‘the best things in life don’t come easy,’ reigns true for Mizzou first baseman Hank Zeisler. In his first season in the Southeastern Conference, he’s packed a punch for MU at the plate, leading his team with 38 RBI along with 10 home runs. However, his journey to becoming
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