COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Friday marks week one of high school football season, a time in Columbia and across the state battle week-to-week to ultimately land a seat in the championship. The games bring an influx of excited fans each week at each Columbia high school. Columbia Public School has had a bag policy for several
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the nation’s top kicking prospects calls Mid-Missouri home. Rock Bridge’s Rocco DePrima, a 4.5-star high school football recruit, is the nation’s No. 31-ranked kicker in the Class of 2027 and the top talent at his position in the state of Missouri, based on Kohl’s Professional Camps national rankings. At the
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) You can watch your local high school football jamboree highlights from Friday, Aug. 22, 2025 in the video player above. Teams in Missouri will kickoff the 2025 season on Friday, Aug. 28.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City High School is vying for a breakout season. The Jays are tackling practices for the 2025 campaign, working to build on the foundation set in the team’s first year under head coach Eric Thomas. After establishing a new scheme and culture last season, Jefferson City is preparing for Week
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Helias High School has constructed a culture that’s centered around competing for championships. After getting a glimpse at playing for a state crown, the team’s returning talent is motivated to return to the state’s biggest stage in high school football this year. The Crusaders are tackling preparation for the 2025 season
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The 2025 season will mark a new era of Battle High School’s football program. The Spartans are getting set to tackle their first season under head coach Shawn Gaines, who took over as the leader of the team in April. Battle is striving to restore its winning culture with new leadership in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge is adding an SEC-caliber coach to its staff. Head Coach Matt Perkins has announced that former Mizzou assistant Al Davis is joining the Bruins as a defensive line coach for the 2025 season. Davis, who coached MU’s interior defensive linemen for four seasons (2021-24), is staying in Columbia to coach
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CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Centralia Football has cracked the code for consistency on the gridiron. The Panthers are preparing to hunt for their seventh straight winning season when the 2025 campaign kicks off on Friday, Aug. 29. Centralia’s run of success stretches even farther than just the last six years. Since 2010, The Panthers have posted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Rock Bridge High School football team is switching up its practice routine for the summer heat. Matt Perkins, Rock Bridge football’s head coach, said the team’s practice schedule during the school year is usually two hours after school, starting around 4:15 or 4:30 p.m. However, with Mother Nature turning up the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Justin Conyers, the head football coach of Hickman High School, is one of Mid-Missouri’s ultimate program builders. After establishing championship cultures with two local high school football teams, Coach Conyers is already making strides at building a winning program at his alma mater. “Everybody knew that whenever you played Hickman, when you
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) When the Rock Bridge football team takes the field against Park Hill for the season opener on Aug. 29, the Bruins will look quite a bit different than they have in years past, with the most notable change coming behind center. After ending the 2024 season with a 10-2 record, another Central
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Blair Oaks has an opportunity to achieve a feat that’s never been reached in its football program’s history. The Falcons are capitalizing on summer workouts ahead of the 2025 season, concentrated on becoming the program’s first-ever team to be crowned back-to-back state champions. Under the leadership of head coach Ted LePage, Blair
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Boonville Football continues to raise the bar of the program. The Pirates are preparing for its eighth year under head coach Greg Hough, following a successful 2024 campaign. Coach Hough’s team is working to build on its first nine-win season in more than a decade. The Pirates posted a 9-3 record last
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Summer workouts are in full swing around the state of Missouri, as the 2025 high school football season is right around the corner. Out at Hickman High School, the Kewpies are in a vastly different position than they were just one season ago when summer practices hit, as they are set to
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz continued his absolute heater on the recruiting trail, on Tuesday afternoon, when Boonville standout Braylon Ellison announced his commitment to the Tigers. The three-star offensive lineman picked MU over a slew of other offers, including Missouri State, Washington State, Coastal Carolina, Oregon State, James Madison, Navy and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Kyle Helms welcomed Southern Boone’s new head football coach Tyler Tanner to Sunday Sit-Down this week, diving into his coaching journey, his vision for the program and his early takeaways from summer workouts ahead of the 2025 season. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Shawn Gaines, who is preparing for his first season at the helm of Battle football, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton High School has found the new leader of its football program. Roger VanDeZande was named the school’s new head football coach on Thursday morning, per a post on Fulton Athletics’ social media. VanDeZande is bringing more than 40 years of high school and college coaching experience to Fulton’s football program. Most
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southern Boone football team has its new leader for the upcoming 2025 campaign. On Monday night, the school district announced that former Westran offensive coordinator Tyler Tanner will take the helm of the Eagles program. The hire comes after former head coach Mark Ross left the program to return to Marceline,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Battle Spartans found their guy. On Monday night, the school announced that former Hannibal coach Shawn Gaines will take the reins of the program, following the departure of former head coach Matthew Herman in Feb. Gaines will come in with experience coaching both football, working under head coach Jeff Gschwender, and
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