Here are the scores from Wednesday, May 19, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL Tolton 3 | North Callaway 0 FINAL https://youtu.be/vrlDLs3jDQM Boonville 3 | Wright City 0 FINAL Eugene 2 | Iberia 1 FINAL HS GIRLS SOCCER Hickman 1 | Holt 2 FINAL/PK’S NAIA SOFTBALL Central Methodist
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou will allow full capacity at its upcoming NCAA softball regional this weekend. This comes after the NCAA announced it will end its COVID-19 restrictions for championship events. Starting on Thursday – it’s now up to each championship host to abide by its own local health guidelines. https://youtu.be/4eFw3FkT4go MU quickly sold out
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The UM Board of Curators unanimously approved the plans to build a new indoor football facility at its meeting on Wednesday. The budget for the project will be $33,140,000, and it will be funded by gifts donated to the school over the next seven years. MU said a new full-sized indoor football
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has given its 14 member schools $23 million each to help offset the financial impact of COVID-19 on their athletic programs. The league announced the supplemental revenue distribution on Wednesday. The SEC said it plans to use future conference revenues from increased media rights fees to pay for
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If the board approves the proposed tuition increases, out-of-state and in-state undergraduate and graduate Mizzou students will see a five percent jump in tuition cost, starting this fall.
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Here are the local scores from Tuesday, May 18, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER Rock Bridge 1 | Jefferson City 0 FINAL Helias 2 | Capital City 3 FINAL/PK’s HS BASEBALL Hickman 3 | Troy 2 FINAL Battle 3 | Liberty 1 FINAL North Callaway 3
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Fatima softball standout Sammey Bunch will return back to Mid-Missouri this weekend. The Northern Iowa shortstop will be competing in NCAA Regionals at Mizzou Stadium. “It’s just really special for me to be able to play so close to home,” Bunch said on a Zoom news conference Tuesday. “It’s just a
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Here are the local scores from Monday, May 17, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER Battle 0 | Hickman 8 FINAL Owensville 2 | Fulton 0 FINAL HS BASEBALL New Bloomfield 3 | Vienna 1 FINAL Linn 9 | Dixon 5 FINAL Harrisburg 5 | Westran 2
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The UM Board of Curators will vote on the plans for a new football indoor facility at its meeting on Wednesday afternoon. Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk said he expects the board to approve the $33,410,000 project. Sterk spoke more about the facility on SportsZone Sunday night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6k1-KTx43o Sterk added he expects
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is the No. 8 overall seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. The Tigers will host an NCAA regional for the first time in five years. MU will take on University of Illinois at Chicago in the first game of regional play on Friday at 3:30 P.M. Northern Iowa
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview at 10:30 on ABC 17. Sterk discussed a variety of topics, including the recent name, image and likeness legislation. Plus – he talked about capacity limits
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team stunned No. 3 Mississippi State in a 16-8 victory on Saturday afternoon, which clinched the Tiger’s first series win since the beginning of April. You can watch the full postgame press conference with head coach Steve Bieser in the video player below. https://youtu.be/ldmQBBqIGeg MU’s bats caught fire in
Continue Reading STARKVILLE, Miss. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team upset No. 3 Mississippi State to send the series to a rubber match and snap a ten-game losing skid. The Tigers kept it close with the Bulldogs throughout, tying it up multiple times, but the Mississippi-native Joshua Day sealed the deal. The junior knocked one left to bring
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team fell short of its first SEC Championship game in program history, in a 7-6 semifinal loss to top-seeded Florida on Friday. You can watch the full press conference with Larissa Anderson, after the loss, in the video player below. https://youtu.be/wo966mGgawU The Tigers led by one run early on,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill that could let college athletes cash-in on their fame but could also result in higher tuition for students. The bill says colleges and universities can’t prevent student-athletes from making money off their name, image or likeness. The bill given final approval Friday also repeals
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced that, beginning on May 18, it will be increasing venue capacities to 50 percent for the remainder of the spring season. MU stadiums have been operating at about 20 percent capacity since the school year began. “Our fans have been tremendous in supporting all of our teams this year,
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former NFL head coach Scott Linehan is joining the Mizzou football staff as an offensive analyst. Linehan went 11-25 as the head coach of the St. Louis Rams from 2006-08. Since then, the 57-year-old has had several coaching stops. Most recently, Linehan was the passing game coordinator at LSU last season. From
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TUSCALOOSA, Alab. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team beat LSU 4-1 on Thursday afternoon to advance to the SEC Tournament semifinals. It’s the Tigers first conference tournament win since 2015. MU pitcher Jordan Weber pitched a complete game two-hitter. The sophomore standout had four strikeouts as well. https://youtu.be/WR3e04uWHJ0 Senior Brooke Wilmes led the Tigers offensively. She
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MARSHALL, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Valley men’s soccer arrived back on campus on Tuesday night after winning its first ever NAIA national championship. The Vikings were greeted to a big celebration at Gregg-Mitchell Field. Missouri Valley beat Oklahoma Wesleyan 2-0 in the national championship on Monday night. Senior Luka Gluscevic was named the most valuable
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou freshman phenom Jenna Laird is the SEC freshman of the year. The conference announced its yearly awards on Tuesday, and Mizzou was well represented. In total – MU had five players named to All-SEC teams. Laird was also named First Team All-SEC. The New York native added an All-SEC freshman team
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