COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former Mizzou basketball coach Norm Stewart in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. Stewart will be holding the Norm Stewart Classic starting Thursday night at Mizzou Arena. The three-day event will run continuously until Saturday night. You can check out the full schedule here.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are the local scores from Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Webster Groves (74) Tolton (76) FINAL/OT Camdenton (46) Belton (63) FINAL Versailles (91) Hallsville (54) FINAL Helias (82) Smithton (88) FINAL Stover (35) St. Elizabeth (70) FINAL NAIA WOMENS
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Here are the local scores from Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. NAIA MEN’S SOCCER Columbia College 2 | Oklahoma Wesleyan 1 FINAL Central Methodist 2 | MidAmerica Nazarene 0 FINAL NAIA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Lyon 53 | Columbia College 67 FINAL NAIA MEN’S BASKETBALL Lyon 71 | Columbia College 90 FINAL HS BOYS BASKETBALL Mexico 57 |
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Here are the local scores from Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. HS GIRLS HOOPS Versailles 22 | Boonville 98 FINAL Southern Boone 77 | Osage 27 FINAL Blair Oaks 63 | Eldon 53 FINAL HS BOYS HOOPS Marshall 23 | Rock Bridge 66 FINAL
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Here are the local scores rom Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. HS GIRLS HOOPS William Chrisman 35 | Hickman 66 FINAL Battle 55 | Mexico 47 FINAL Owensville 65 | Capital City 30 FINAL Blair Oaks 40 | Helias 57 FINAL HS BOYS HOOPS Smith-Cotton 29 | Jefferson City 69 FINAL NAIA MEN’S HOOPS William Penn
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the key ingredients to any successful team is chemistry and Columbia College has that in spades with brothers Collin and Carson Parker on the floor. The brothers grew up in Montgomery County where basketball was a way of life. “Our dad was a high school varsity coach, so we were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Five Rock Bridge High School seniors signed their national letters of intent on Thursday, including hoops standout Averi Kroenke who will continue her career at Mizzou. The guard has been committed to playing for Robin Pingeton since Nov. of 2019, however, she finally put pen to paper in the Bruins’ official ceremony.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge girls basketball standout Averi Kroenke signed to play for the Mizzou women’s basketball team on Wednsday. The reigning CMAC player of the year averaged 17.7 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3 steals per game as a junior last season. She helped lead the Bruins to a district championship. Rock
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Nathalie Jones went one-on-one with Jefferson City basketball standout Hannah Linthacum in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. Linthacum recently announced her commitment to play for the Mizzou women’s basketball team where she will join her two older sisters, Sarah and Micah. She will also join a long list
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Battle Spartans announced that Central Methodist alum Ben Pallardy will be the new head of the boys basketball program, on Thursday afternoon. The hire comes after long-time head coach Brian Meny announced his retirement in June. Pallardy will be entering his 13th season coaching hoops, after most recently working as an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Battle has a new girls’ basketball coach after the school made it official on Thursday evening. Dustyn Yung will take the helm of the Spartan program. Yung is coming to Battle from Moberly Area Community College, where the women’s basketball team has qualified for the NJCAA Tournament for two years straight. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Battle boys basketball coach Brian Meny is calling it a career. He announced his decision on social media on Thursday night. Meny coached high school basketball for 26 years, including the last five seasons at Battle. https://youtu.be/9HPcjiogCzU “Proud of what we have accomplished but sad,” Meny said on Twitter. “Sad to leave
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) On Friday, Jefferson City High School announced that Josh Buffington will be the Jays’ new head basketball coach. Buffington comes into the program with 17 years of coaching experience, 10 of which came as the head coach at Helias Catholic High School. His former Crusader team made three trips to the
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boonville girls basketball team won its first ever state championship on Saturday. ABC 17’s Nathalie Jones recapped the Lady Pirates’ historic run on SportsZone. You can watch the full story in the video player above.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo (KMIZ) The Boonville girls basketball team won the state championship for the first time in school history on Saturday afternoon. The Lady Pirates took down Mount Vernon 58-52 to claim the Class 4 title, while finishing the season at 27-2. Addison Brownfield finished the afternoon with the team-high 19 points. Her teammate, Kourtney
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boonville girls basketball team is headed to its first ever state championship game. The Lady Pirates beat Benton 48-44 in the Class Four state semifinals on Friday night. You can watch the highlights and hear from the team in the video player above. Boonville will now face Mt. Vernon on Saturday
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) The Blair Oaks boys basketball team is coming home with a third place trophy in Class Four. The Falcons lost to Vashon 69-42 in the state semifinals on Friday afternoon. Blair Oaks automatically comes in third because Barstow withdrew from the tournament earlier this week. You can watch the full highlights and
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HS GIRLS HOOPS – STATE THIRD PLACE GAME Tipton (44) Steelville (45) FINAL HS GIRLS HOOPS – STATE QUARTERFINALS Blair Oaks (45) Mount Vernon (46) FINAL Westminster Christian (50) Boonville (65) FINAL Jefferson City (45) Kickapoo (61) FINAL Incarnate Word (46) Rock Bridge (42) FINAL HS BOYS HOOPS – STATE THIRD PLACE GAME St. Elizabeth
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Here are the local high school basketball scores from Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS HOOPS – STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Salisbury (47) Campbell (67) FINAL https://youtu.be/QfQ2XN1uOCE HS BOYS HOOPS – STATE SEMIFINALS South Iron (75) Higbee (40) FINAL St. Elizabeth (39) Mound City (59) FINAL https://youtu.be/HvTLpQhVqKk
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) The Salisbury boys basketball team advanced to the Class 2 state championship game on Thursday night. The Panthers beat North Andrew 64-42 in the semifinals. You can watch the highlights and hear from head coach Kenny Wyatt in the video player above. Jackson King led the Panthers with a game-high 25 points.
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