COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The difference between the 2023 and 2024 offseason for Battle football coach Matthew Herman is night and day. Less than a year ago, he was taking the reigns of a program just weeks before kickoff. Now, he’s in the midst of a building a culture that will last. In his first season
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) After posting its first eight-win season since 2019, the Southern Boone Eagles are aiming to build on last year’s success to soar to new heights in 2024. Mark Ross’ team is beginning to put the finishing touches on summer workouts before turning the page to the first official practice of the fall
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) High school football returns to the Falcon Athletic Complex in just 32 days. Blair Oaks is preparing for its first official practice of the season on Aug. 12 by taking advantage of one last week of summer workouts. Ted LePage’s team is entering the new athletic year with plenty of motivation. “We
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Kyle Helms brought on Hallsville’s new head football coach Paul Stevens in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down to preview the upcoming season and discuss his expectations for his first year leading the school’s football program. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Kyle Helms brought on Jefferson City High School’s new head football coach, Eric Thomas, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cedric Alvis has landed his next coaching job, and the former Hickman head football coach did not have to travel far to find it. Rock Bridge head football coach Matt Perkins announced on social media on Wednesday that Alvis is joining his coaching staff as a defensive backs coach. Most recently, Alvis
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hallsville football team has its new leader. Former Boonville associate head coach Paul Stevens will take the helm of Indian football for the 2024 season, after former head coach Justin Conyers took the open coaching position at Hickman High School. Stevens will come to Hallsville with quite a bit of coaching
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ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Eldon High School football program has announced its leader for the upcoming 2024 season. The school district officially named Nick Griffin as the Mustangs’ new head football coach on Thursday evening. “We are delighted to welcome Coach Nick Griffin to the Eldon School District family. His leadership, dedication and impressive coaching
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City football team has a new leader. On Monday, the district announced that Eric Thomas will take the helm of the Jay program. The move comes after former head coach Damon Wells decided to step down from his position, but remain at the school as the Activities Director. Thomas
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City football will be searching for a new head coach for the 2024 season. Effective Friday, Damon Wells resigned from his position as head coach, but said he does want to stay on board as the JC Activities Director, the district confirmed. In a statement to Jay community, Wells said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hickman football team will be under new leadership for the 2024-25 school year. Athletic Director Jack Rubenstein announced that Kewpie alum Justin Conyers will take the reigns of the program, pending Board of Education approval, on Monday night. Conyers will return to Columbia, after serving as the head coach of the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The high school football season ended for both the Blair Oaks Falcons and Jefferson City Jays on Saturday evening as both teams lost in the MSHSAA state semifinals. Blair Oaks fell to Central (Park Hills) 48-43 in the Class 3 state semifinals and Jefferson City lost to Kearney 42-7 in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from the high school football district championships on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS Troy Buchanan (7) Rock Bridge (38) FINAL Capital City (6) Helias (41) FINAL Jefferson City (37) Pleasant Hill (34) FINAL Moberly (7) Blair
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) View area scores below:
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hickman head football coach Cedric Alvis said he will resign from his spot leading the Kewpies. Alvis told the program in a Friday email obtained by ABC 17 News that he would resign from the role of head coach. Alvis said he has “not been able to meet the expectations of what
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Wayne Sells’ lawsuit involving the renaming of Rock Bridge’s football field was dismissed without prejudice on Wednesday. Lawyers for Sells and CPS have argued since 2021 if Columbia Public Schools had a legal contract with Sells after he provided Rock Bridge High School a $100,000 donation. That donation was used for improvements
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City’s Kendric Johnson is our Week 9 SportsZone Football Friday player of the week winner! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Jays will host Fulton in the district quarterfinal on Friday night at 7 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Congratulations to our Week 9 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: Southern Boone’s Chase Morris grabs an interception in the end zone, as it ricochets off of a Blair
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) View a livestream of Battle-Hannibal in the web player above. See other area scores below:
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Watch a livestream of the game in the web player above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Battle and Hannibal will do battle in the Week 9, which is the regular season finale, on Friday night. The Spartans and the Pirates are our KZOU game of the week. You can watch the game live on KZOU over the
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