High School Football

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

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

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

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

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

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.