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SportsZone Football Friday 2024: Week 3 highlights and scores

September 13, 2024 4:57 PM ABC 17 News Team

The Missouri high school football season continued Friday with some Mid-Missouri teams playing host and others on the road.

SportsZone Football Friday Game of the Week Preview: Jefferson City at Rock Bridge

September 13, 2024 9:43 AM Kyle Helms

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge is preparing to play on its home turf for the first time this season. The Bruins will welcome the Jefferson City Jays to Columbia for their home opener on Friday night. The Jays and Bruins are our KZOU Game of the Week. You can watch the game live on KZOU

Centralia’s Ross wins Week 2 SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week

September 10, 2024 8:06 PM Nathalie Jones

CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Centralia’s Ethan Ross is our Week 2 SportsZone Football Friday player of the week winner! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Panthers will travel to Clark County on Friday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.

Brady Davidson builds championship mindset while making school history

September 9, 2024 12:38 AM Kyle Helms

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge’s Brady Davidson has experienced the thrill of winning championships, not just in one sport but several. In fact, the senior has helped lead the Bruins to conference championships in three different sports, a feat no other Rock Bridge athlete has achieved in its CMAC era. “It really doesn’t get better

SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week Nominees 2024: Week 2

September 8, 2024 10:52 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Congratulations to our Week 2 SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week Nominees! You can watch the nominees in the video player above and then vote for your favorite play here. Nominee No. 1: Centralia’s Ethan Ross leaps up for an interception and manages to hang on through a collision with a

SportsZone Football Friday 2024: Week 2 highlights and scores

September 6, 2024 7:16 PM ABC 17 News Team

The Missouri high school football season continued Friday with some Mid-Missouri teams playing host and others on the road.

CPS implements clear bag policy for fall athletic events

September 6, 2024 4:11 PM Nia Hinson

All spectators at Columbia Public Schools fall athletic events can expect clear bag requirements except a small clutch from now on, the district said Friday.

SportsZone Football Friday Game of the Week Preview: Helias at Hickman

September 6, 2024 10:45 AM Kyle Helms

Watch a livestream of Hickman vs. Helias in the webplayer above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hickman and Helias will both make their 2024 CMAC debuts when the two teams meet at Alumni Stadium on Friday night. Chris Hentges’ crew is beginning its quest to defend last season’s conference title while Justin Conyers’ squad is seeking its

Harrisburg’s Sager wins Week 1 SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week

September 3, 2024 6:35 PM Nathalie Jones

HARRISBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) Harrisburg’s Caleb Sager is our Week 1 SportsZone Football Friday player of the week winner! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Bulldogs will host Clark County on Friday, Sept. 6 at 7 p.m.

SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week Nominees 2024: Week 1

September 1, 2024 10:31 PM Kyle Helms

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Congratulations to our Week 1 SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week Nominees! You can watch the nominees in the video player above and then vote for your favorite play here. Nominee No. 1: Harrisburg’s Caleb Sager bulldozes his way into the end zone for a touchdown. Nominee No. 2: Blair Oaks’ Brady Dapkus

Mid-Missouri high school football programs host jamborees

August 23, 2024 10:50 PM Kyle Helms

WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple local high school football programs participated in jamborees on Friday night to continue their preparation for the upcoming 2024 season. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. ABC17 SportsZone Football Friday officially returns on Aug. 30.

Capital City competing to build on program’s best season

August 23, 2024 11:11 AM Kyle Helms

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Capital City Football is preparing to enter the 2024 campaign, following the program’s most successful season. In 2023, the Cavaliers posted eight wins, their highest total in a single season, and reached a district championship game for the first time in its short history. Now, in year four under head coach

Helias striving to carry consistent success over to 2024 season

August 23, 2024 1:10 AM Kyle Helms

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Over the last five seasons, Helias has cracked the code for achieving consistent success. Chris Hentges’ program has posted nine or more victories every year since 2019, winning 51 of its 60 games during that span. The key to that consistent achievement has been consistency itself. “I think just consistency. Consistency

Rock Bridge races into 2024 season, sets sights on deep playoff run

August 22, 2024 1:08 AM Kyle Helms

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge is preparing to kick off year three of the Matt Perkins era. Since Perkins took over as the football program’s head coach two seasons ago, the Bruins have consistently raised their bar of success. In his first season at the helm of Rock Bridge football, Perkins led the Bruins to

Outwork, Overachieve: Jefferson City kicks off new chapter of storied program

August 20, 2024 10:05 PM Kyle Helms

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A new era of Jefferson City high school football begins on Aug. 30. Jefferson City alum Eric Thomas is preparing for his first season as the head coach of his hometown Jays. Thomas was a member of the 1990 and 1991 Jefferson City state championship teams, and now, he is returning

‘You almost have to go a little bit harder than you did before’: Tolton looks to keep momentum rolling

August 19, 2024 7:15 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Year-after-year, Tolton football continues to climb, as the program reached the highest point its seen yet with its first-ever district title win in 2023. Head coach Michael Egnew has been there for each step up the ladder. Over the course of the past five seasons, he’s seen it all. From a one-win

Sunday Sit-down with KTGR’s Andy Humphrey

August 18, 2024 11:29 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Andy Humphrey, co-host of KTGR’s ‘The Big Show,’ in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.

Hallsville Football kicking off new era under first-year head coach Paul Stevens

August 16, 2024 11:05 PM Kyle Helms

HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Hallsville is preparing to write a new chapter of its football program’s history. The Paul Stevens era of Hallsville Football kicks off in exactly two weeks on Aug. 30 against Palmyra. The team’s first-year head coach is taking over a football program that has been trending upwards over the last five seasons.

Consistency the name of the game in new era of Hickman football

August 15, 2024 10:39 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) When the Hickman Kewpies travel to Marquette on week one of the high school football season, it will be a full circle moment for first-year head coach Justin Conyers. He has plenty of experience in the coaching world, but the 2024 season will be his first time coaching in his house. Conyers

Fulton poised to achieve breakthrough season

August 14, 2024 10:28 PM Kyle Helms

FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fulton Hornets have kicked off preparation for the return of high school football. Dana Chambers Jr.’s team began official practice for the new season earlier this week, striving to have a breakout campaign in 2024. Chambers Jr. is entering his fourth season as Fulton’s head football coach. Over the past three