High School Football

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After their most wins in seven seasons, the Father Tolton football team is returning an experienced group in 2023, with goals of reaching further into postseason play. Former Mizzou football player Michael Egnew is entering year six at the helm of the Trailblazers. Egnew said Wednesday he’s excited about the number of

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) After getting just over .500 in his first two seasons as the head football coach of the Jefferson City Jays, Damon Wells is hoping to use his experience to his advantage this season and go deeper into a playoff run. “Our kids are winners and they believe they’re going to win

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Helias football team graduated quite a bit of depth, nearly 20 seniors, following the 2022-23 school year, but head coach Chris Hentges said his team has plenty of returning depth at skill positions headed into a new season. He said the rebuild will be coming up front. The Crusaders have

BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boonville Pirates football team is coming off of their best finish in 11 years, claiming a district title with a championship win over Moberly. “Winning a district championship or just winning a championship in general is the number one thing you talk about when you come in as a coach,” said

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) In just two season at Capital City, Joe Collier has taken the Cavaliers from a one win season to seven wins last year, but he says there’s still work do to ahead of year three. “I think we found our way and that’s when we came from that one win season

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hickman football team hosted three other teams for a round-robin style scrimmage on Friday evening at Robert M. LeMone Field. Capital City, Battle and Festus all came to Hickman. The four teams each got to face each other for 40 minutes with a running clock. During that time, each team got

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Battle football team is returning nine starters on defense and majority of the offense, but they’re working to fill the voids this summer of quarterback Justin Goolsby and running back Ricky Dunn. Head coach and former Mizzou football player Jonah Dubinski said he has already seen guys on his team step

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hickman football team will lean on its large group of returning juniors and seniors, as work has already begun ahead of the 2023 season. Head coach Cedric Alvis said that the Kewpies are actually returning their largest group since about 2007. “Hopefully that can bring some success,” he said. “Ultimately, just

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Rock Bridge Bruins are in their second week of summer practices as they get set to enter their second year under head coach Matt Perkins. In year one with Perkins at the helm, the Bruins went 9-3 on the season falling just short of a district title. Perkins said in year

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Blair Oaks Falcons are once again Class 2 State Champions after a back-and-forth game with Lamar Friday at Faurot Field. The Falcons were down at the half 14-12 going just 2-of-7 on third down, but managed to make a second-half comeback to take down the Tigers 32-27. The action went all

BOWLING GREEN, Mo. (KMIZ) The Blair Oaks Falcons football team has advanced to the Class 2 State Championship after a 66-48 win in the semifinals against Bowling Green. Both teams entered this game 12-0 on the season, but the Falcons put up a big second half to be the team to remain undefeated. Blair Oaks

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Congratulations to our Week 10 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: Rock Bridge’s Sam Kaiser connects with Mark Hajicek deep down field for a big pick up. Nominee No.