COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hickman High School has made history at the MSHSAA Wrestling Championships. The Kewpies earned their best finish at the state tournament in 89 years, capturing a second place trophy and crowning two state title winners. Hickman ended with 157.0 points and nine state medalists, trailing only Liberty who posted 187.0 points. Hank
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Numerous mid-Missouri wrestlers will be chasing state titles at the MSHSAA Wrestling Championships. 18 local student-athletes have clinched their place in the state semifinals, following wins in the quarterfinal round of their respective tournament brackets. Hickman’s Hank Benter is hunting to become the 44th wrestler in MSHSAA history to win four straight
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri is the home of double-digit high school state wrestling champions. 17 local wrestlers accomplished their mission of winning a state title at the 2025 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships. Six of those student-athletes are multi-time state champions. Brookfield’s Peyton Parn (28-0) became the 43rd wrestler in Missouri history to win four straight state
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 50 mid-Missouri wrestlers have clinched their spot in the semifinals of the MSHSAA Wrestling Championships. 49 local high school student-athletes remain in contention for state titles, following victories in their respective state quarterfinals matches. Among those wrestlers, Brookfield’s Peyton Parn is hunting for a fourth straight state championship, Tolton’s Christopher Ankenman,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. NAIA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BLACKBURN (33) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (103) FINAL HS GIRLS BASKETBALL TOLTON (58) JEFFERSON CITY (57) FINAL WARRENSBURG (45) CAPITAL CITY (61) FINAL BATTLE (39) LAFAYETTE (36) FINAL BLAIR OAKS (63)
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 200 Mid-Missouri wrestlers took center stage at Mizzou Arena over the weekend, as another year of the MSHSAA State Wrestling Championships are in the books. Out of those 200 athletes, 12 local wrestlers took home state championships. In addition to those state titles, one local team lifted up a trophy
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the first time in more than 80 years, Hickman Wrestling has earned a team trophy at the MSHSAA State Championships. The Kewpies ended the tournament with a fourth place finish and two state champions. Helias and Rolla also each had a wrestler win a state title. Mizzou Wrestling commit Hank Benter
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thirteen local wrestlers remain in contention for a state championship after the first day of action at the MSHSAA Class 3 Boys, Class 2 Girls and Class 4 Boys State Tournaments. Hickman, Helias and Camdenton each have a trio of wrestlers who have advanced to the state semifinals, and Rock Bridge, Capital
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The MSHSAA Class 1 Boys, Class 1 Girls and Class 2 Boys state wrestling tournaments are all wrapped up, and eight mid-Missouri wrestlers left Mizzou Arena as state champions. Tolton, Southern Boone, Moberly, Hallsville, Centralia, North Callaway and Versailles each finished Thursday night with at least one state title winner. Tolton finished
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The first day of the MSHSAA State Wrestling Tournament is in the books, and several mid-Missouri wrestlers have punched their tickets to the state semifinals in the Class 1 Boys, Class 1 Girls and Class 2 Boys’ brackets. Meanwhile, a few local programs are also in contention for a team trophy. In
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS WRESTLING HELIAS (21) HICKMAN (59) FINAL HS GIRLS BASKETBALL FARMINGTON (38) TIPTON (54) FINAL CUBA (59) ST. CLAIR (42) FINAL COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WILLIAM WOODS (54) STEPHENS COLLEGE (82) FINAL
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eleven local Mid-Missouri athletes managed to bring home first place finishes in the 2023 MSHSAA State Wrestling tournament at Mizzou Arena. The list includes two first place finishers from Centralia. The Panthers managed to bring home their first team title for Class 1 in program history. The local Class 4 boys first
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The final day of State Wrestling at Mizzou Arena consisted of wrestlers in the Class 4 boys, Class 3 boys and Class 2 girls going head-to-head for top-five awards. For the Class 4 boys, Hickman’s Hank Benter brought home his second state title and Rock Bridge’s Carter McAllister brought home his third.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Day three of State Wrestling at Mizzou Arena consists of Class 3 boys, Class 2 girls and Class 4 boys competing in quarterfinals. The Class 3 boys that are headed to Saturday’s semifinals including two wrestlers from Helias and one from Jefferson City. 126 weight class: Helias’ Carter Prenger 150 weight class:
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Class 2 boys, Class 1 boys and Class 1 girls state tournaments are wrapping up Thursday at Mizzou Arena and several Mid-Missouri athletes are bringing home hardware. For the Class 2 boys, local athletes claimed two first place finishes, four second place finishes, two third place finishes, a fourth place finish
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Day one of the 2023 Missouri State Wrestling Championships at Mizzou Arena kicked off on Wednesday and many Mid-Missouri wrestler punched their tickets through to the semifinals. Class 2 boys The Class 2 boys quarterfinals were dominated by several local athletes. Kirksville managed to send three wrestlers onto day two. That list
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge held a ceremony Thursday to celebrate 10 Bruins that are signing on to take their talent to the next level. Two Bruins, Madison Hendershott (wrestling) and Carter McAllister (wrestling), have decided to become Tigers and stay in Columbia to continue their careers at Mizzou. The Rock Bridge volleyball team had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou wrestling coach Brian Smith in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The city of Columbia will host four upcoming statewide events for multiple years for the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA). The city of Columbia will host: MSHSAA State Basketball Championships (2023/24 through 2027/28)MSHSAA State Boys Wrestling Championships (2024/25 through 2028/29)MSHSAA State Cross Country Championships (2024/25 through 2028/29)MSHSAA State Music Festival
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The MSHSAA Wrestling State Championships wrapped up on Saturday night and several Mid-Missouri wrestlers found a spot on the podium. In class one action, the Centralia Panthers came away with a second place team trophy, just 19 points behind the first place finisher. Marceline’s team also ended up in the top ten,
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