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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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) HS GIRLS HOOPS Macon (52) Boonville (64) FINAL Eldon (46) Blair Oaks (62) FINAL Central (53) Jefferson City (74) FINAL Rock Bridge (46) Holt (24) FINAL
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Here are the local scores from Tuesday, March 9, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. BOYS STATE SECTIONALS HOOPS Tolton 67 | Montgomery County 36 FINAL https://youtu.be/na3aGmljvIk Jefferson City 55 | Waynesville 59 FINAL Mexico 55 | Kearney 49 FINAL Buffalo 46 | Blair Oaks 69 FINAL GIRLS STATE WRESTLING
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Here are the local scores from Saturday, March 6, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS HOOPS St. James (29) Blair Oaks (61) FINAL https://youtu.be/G-KVSO3nx6w Montgomery County (63) Hallsville (47) FINAL Buffalo (71) Osage (57) FINAL HS GIRLS HOOPS Tipton (60) Clark County (46) FINAL https://youtu.be/57wXSEUSjD8 Scotland County (36)
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Here are the local scores from Friday, March 5, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. GIRLS HOOPS Hickman 27 | Rock Bridge 61 FINAL https://youtu.be/nDZUENCs2qQ Blair Oaks 38 | Fatima 35 FINAL Eldon 60 | Osage 55 FINAL BOYS HOOPS Jefferson City 65 | Helias 63 FINAL https://youtu.be/trTTguHIJfA St. Elizabeth
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Here are the local scores from Thursday, March 4, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS HOOPS: Fulton (57) Father Tolton (66) FINAL Rock Bridge (53) Washington (66) FINAL Blair Oaks (71) Owensville (32) FINAL Osage (77) Versailles (76) FINAL Macon (50) Hallsville (64) FINAL Fatima (54) St. James
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Here are the local scores from Wednesday, March 3, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. MIAA MEN’S BASKETBALL: Lincoln (76) Missouri Western (84) FINAL/OT HS GIRLS BASKETBALL Eugene (55) Harrisburg (39) FINAL Tipton (70) South Callaway (53) FINAL Southern Boone (35) Boonville (62) FINAL Community (48) Leeton (61) FINAL Hallsville
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Congratulations to Battle’s Cachao Gianquinto for winning our Week 8 SportsZone Basketball play of the week. You can watch Gianquinto’s buzzer-beating three in the video player above. The shot sent Battle’s game versus Macon to overtime, where the Spartans came out on top, 97-95.
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Here are the local scores from Tuesday, March 2, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. GIRLS HOOPS Hickman 59 | Battle 58 FINAL Rock Bridge 56 | Washington 21 FINAL BOYS HOOPS Southern Boone 46 | Tolton 57 FINAL Fulton 80| Boonville 66 FINAL Capital City 56 | Jefferson City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are the local scores from Monday, March 1, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. GIRLS HOOPS Fulton 26 | Boonville 73 FINAL Montgomery 65 | North Callaway 28 FINAL California 39 | Southern Boone 48 FINAL/OT Moberly 33 | Mexico 58 FINAL Smith-Cotton 40 | Capital
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Congratulations to our Week 8 SportsZone Basketball Play of the Week Nominees! You can watch the plays in the video player above. You can vote for your favorite play here. Nominee No. 1: Jefferson City’s Hannah Nilges comes up with the steal and goes coast-to-coast for the layup on the other end. Nominee No. 2:
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Here are the local scores from Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS HOOPS California (36) Southern Boone (60) FINAL Iberia (39) Linn (53) Slater (46) Salisbury (58) FINAL Missouri Military Academy (31) Harrisburg (60) FINAL Northeast (60) Scotland County (33) FINAL HS GIRLS HOOPS Linn
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