COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Father Tolton has a lot of underclassmen going into the 2022 season, but head coach Michael Egnew is happy with how far the program has come. As Egnew enters his fifth season with the Trailblazers, he says he has more players than before. “My first year here I had 17 kids and
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fulton football team will hit the road to open up head coach Dana Chambers Jr.’s second season at the helm of the program. The Hornets will do battle with Eldon on Aug. 26. Chambers said the focus between now and then in practice is just consistency. “Whatever we’re doing, whether it’s
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) After falling to the Mexico Bulldogs in the district title game just one season ago, Blair Oaks football coach Ted Lepage said his team has put together one of the best off seasons he has ever been a part of. “Last year we were so young,” he said. “I think we had
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HARRISBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) High school football is just under three weeks away and the Harrisburg Bulldogs look to fill some big shoes after a historic season last year. Long-time head coach Steve Hopkins says in the past the team has never had a practice with more than 20 guys until this year when they are
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) In entering his second season at Capital City, Joe Collier says he is working to build a “blue family” culture amongst his team. Last year, the Cavaliers only won one game and Collier says this offseason has come with a different mindset. “We’re been going through the process of learning plays
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Jays hit the field Monday looking for who will step up and be the team’s voice in the 2022 season. As head coach Damon Wells enters his second season at JC, he says the group seems to be looking for it’s identity after losing a big senior class
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Helias Crusaders will lean on the veterans heading into the 2022 season, as the team will return five starters on offense and four on defense. “We feel like this could be a team, as we develop this season, it could be a very good football team,” head coach Chris Hentges
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new era has begun at Rock Bridge after head football coach Matt Perkins took over the Bruins in February. Perkins has spent the past three seasons at West Plains where he led the Zizzers to a 29-6 record during his time. He joins the Bruins who were just 4-6 this past season
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As he enters his second season as Battle’s head football coach, former Missouri offensive lineman Jonah Dubinski says he needs more consistency from his players in order to succeed. “It’s just about building the culture. Consistent in the weight room, consistent in the classroom and consistent practice. We do that, that was our
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Boonville football is coming off of their best record in Coach Greg Hough’s era last season at 8-3, but with some recent talent graduating they’re entering July working to find the best 11 to put on the field. Coach Hough said as they transition from the weight room to the football field,
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) There are some big shoes to fill on the Hallsville football team, as the Indians graduated a standout group of seniors following the end of the 2021-22 school year. As summer workouts continued on Monday, head coach Justin Conyers said he is going to put the pressure on his new group of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hickman football team started sixteen sophomores last season and as the team works through summer workouts, head coach Cedric Alvis says they are working as a more cohesive unit. “It’s just a close group, a more cohesive unit. The accountability is up and there’s a lot more commitment so hopefully that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Southern Boone’s new football coach Mark Ross in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Military Academy announced that Robert Rosenbaum will serve as its new football coach on Thursday afternoon. The former Marine will bring more than 15 years of coaching expereince to the Colonels. Rosenbaum has experience coaching in the Pop Warner league in Kansas City and also played college and semi-pro football. Rosenbaum
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Rock Bridge’s new football coach Matt Perkins in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge High School has a new head football coach. Matt Perkins will take over the Bruins program after spending the last three seasons at West Plains. Perkins led the Zizzers to a 29-6 record during his tenure. He was the Southwest Missouri Football Coaches Association coach of the year in 2020
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Boonville standout DJ Wesolak will play for Mizzou. Wesolak made his college decision on Wednesday at the Knights of Columbus in Boonville — one of a string of recruits who committed to Mizzou on signing day. https://youtu.be/bOF8aazs1Lc The four-star prospect chose the Tigers over LSU, Georgia, Alabama and USC. According to 247Sports,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Local football coaches recognize that rules and protocols have progressed over the years to make the game safer, and MU Health Care aims to continue addressing the issue with the opening of a sports concussion clinic. The center, which is now opened in Columbia, is designed to accommodate a patient as early
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Marceline football team fell to East Buchanan in the state championship game, 21-7, at Faurot Field on Saturday. The Tigers finish the season second in class one action, going 12-2 overall. You can watch the highlights from Saturday’s game in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Marceline football team will meet East Buchanan at Faurot Field on Saturday at 3 p.m., as the Tigers look to capture the program’s second-ever state championship. https://youtu.be/2wGNIjEXkQw The only season Marceline won a state championship was back in 1986 under former head coach Bill Dennis. Since then, the team has made
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