COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jonah Dubinski era is underway at Battle High School. The former Rock Bridge and Mizzou standout took over the program in late July after Atiyyah Ellison accepted a job on the MU football staff. Dubinski inherited a strong team from a season ago. The Spartans went 8-2 overall, including a district
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The high school football season is officially underway as teams across Mid-Missouri held their first official practices on Monday. We spent the morning at Rock Bridge High School. Van Vanatta is entering year five as the Bruins head coach. We have a full recap in the video player above. Meanwhile – Hickman
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Battle’s new football coach Jonah Dubinski 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) ABC17’s Nathalie Jones brought on the Columbia Public Schools Athletics Director David Egan in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou offensive lineman Jonah Dubinski will take the helm of the Spartan program, just weeks after former head coach Atiyyah Ellison announced his departure. Dubinski is a Columbia-native who played at Mizzou for four years, before medically retiring from football. The former OL already has quite a bit of coaching expereince, including working
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Just days after stepping down from his head coaching position at Battle High School, Atiyyah Ellison announced he will be the Director of Player Development for the Mizzou football team. The MU and NFL alum will be working with student-athletes to cultivate life skills, as they focus on their football career and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Battle Spartans will be looking for a new head football coach just about 40 days away from the start of the 2021-2022 season, after Atiyyah Ellison resigned on Monday. Battle Athletics confirmed to ABC17 that Ellison is moving on from the program to pursue another opportunity. He took the helm of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Jays are adjusting to a new face at the helm of the football program, as summer workouts continue at Adkins Stadium. Back in January, the school district named Damon Wells as its new head football coach and athletic director. He comes to Mid-Missouri from Rifle, Colorado, where he
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) There’s a hint of Rock Bridge on the Capital City football field this summer. Former Bruins defensive coordinator Joe Collier is the new head coach of the Cavaliers. He brought four assistant coaches with him to Jefferson City, including Jonah Dubinski. The former Mizzou offensive lineman is the Cavs new offensive
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hickman football has already built a bond through summer workouts, according to head coach Cedric Alvis. “A lot of the bickering and different things that we’ve had that have been kind of our Achilles heel in the past, so far early on fingers crossed, we’ve been encouraging kids through things,” he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Battle football team started summer workouts with a clean slate, which included a slew of new coaches and players. Head coach Atiyyah Ellison said it is good to hit the reset button at the end of each season. “You don’t want the kids to focus on their past accomplishments and think
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Helias Crusaders started up summer workouts as the reigning class four state champions, however, if you ask the team, that win means nothing for this season. “As I told them, that’s not going to bring us one win this year,” Helias head coach Chris Hentges said. Hentges added that the
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) It is Dana Chambers Jr.’s first summer as Fulton’s head football coach, however, the territory itself is pretty familiar. Chambers Jr. graduated from Fulton High School in 2003 and, back then, he played both linebacker and tight end for the school. Fast forwarding to 2021, Chambers is back where it all started.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs selected Missouri linebacker Nick Bolton with the No. 58 overall pick in the NFL draft. You can watch the full press conference with Bolton and head coach Andy Reid in the video players below. https://youtu.be/7GrMHUkPZnE https://youtu.be/biiO3yjZndg They added Oklahoma center Creed Humphrey five selections later. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge running back Bryce Jackson officially signed to play football for Mizzou on Wednesday night. He’ll be a preferred walk-on for the Tigers. Jackson said it’s always been his dream to play for his home town school. That’s part of the reason he chose to walk-on with the Tigers. “I’m ready
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge running back Bryce Jackson has committed to play football for Mizzou. He will sign as a preferred walk-on at a ceremony on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Bryce thanked his family, coaches and teammates in a social media post Tuesday afternoon. Jackson will be one of four Rock Bridge standouts signing
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ABc17’s Nathalie Jones brought on Capital City’s new football coach in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) Jefferson City Schools named former Rock Bridge defensive coordinator Joe Collier as Capital City’s new head football coach on Wednesday. Collier spent 16 seasons with the Bruins, coaching linebackers and the defense as a whole. In his time with Rock Bridge, the team won four district championships and played in one
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Capital City High School is in need of a new football coach after Shannon Jolley accepted the same role at Osage High School. Click here to read the full news release from Osage High School. Jolley is very familiar with the Indians program as he coached at Osage from 2000-2005. Capital
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Helias standout Damon Johanns signed to play football at Mizzou on Wednesday as a preferred walk-on. The 6’4″ tight end said he had other scholarship offers, but it’s always been his dream to go to Mizzou. You can hear more from Damon Johanns in the video player below. Fellow Helias senior
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