COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football alum Jonah Dubinski has stepped down as the head football coach at Battle High School, according to Columbia Public Schools Athletics Director David Egan. The district will begin the search for a new head coach immediately. CPS has posted the position online and will be utilizing the dead period over
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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
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hallsville football team will look to clean out the bad taste that 2022’s district title loss to Bowling Green left in the group’s mouth headed into the 2023 season. Head coach Justin Conyers said his team knows that it will have tough opponents week-in and week-out in the coming weeks. Conyers
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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
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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
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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
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge baseball alum Spencer Nivens is staying home for his professional career. The Kansas City Royals drafted Nivens with the No. 142 overall pick in the fifth round of the 2023 MLB Draft. Nivens went to college at Missouri State, where he posted a Missouri Valley Conference Player of the
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NEW YORK, N.Y. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou pitcher and Fatima alum Austin Troesser is going to the next level. The New York Mets drafted Troesser with the No. 135 overall pick on Monday. The 21-year-old played for the Tigers for three seasons, after graduating from Fatima High School. He finished his MU career with a 4.98
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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
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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
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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
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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
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) High school baseball seniors from around the state came to Southern Boone Saturday for one last chance at representing their high schools in the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star game. The local talent in Class 2 included: Charlie Miller, RussellvilleChristopher Seaver, RussellvilleJake Schulte, Russellville Alex Oligschlaeger, Russellville Brayden Ott, Harrisburg
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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
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FENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tolton girls soccer team won the Class 1 state championship on Saturday afternoon, with a 1-0 win against Villa Duchesne at Soccer Park in St. Louis. It’s the first state title in program history. The shutout win also solidifies a quite stat: the Trailblazers did not let up a single goal
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FENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tolton girls soccer team is headed to the Class 1 state championship. The Trailblazers shutout Bishop LeBlond in a 1-0 semifinal win on Friday at Soccer Park in St. Louis. The last time the Blazers were in a state title game was in 2015, when the team fell just short with
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The South Callaway baseball team had their best finish since 2017, finishing the year in second place in Class 3 after a 3-1 loss in to Licking in Thursday’s state title game. The Bulldogs got down early with three Wildcats run scored in the second inning. During the second, South Callaway got
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) After an impressive playoff run, the Fulton Hornets baseball team fell short of a trip to the Class 4 state championship due to a 5-1 loss to John Burroughs in Wednesday’s semifinal matchup. The Bombers put an early run on the board in the first and tacked on three more in the
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The South Callaway Bulldogs are headed to the Class 3 state championship after a 9-4 win in Wednesday’s semifinal game over Portageville. This will be the Bulldogs first trip back to the state title game after winning it back in 2017. The full interview with head coach Heath Lepper can be found
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Elizabeth baseball team won its second-straight Class 1 state championship on Tuesday with a 13-3 run-rule win over South Nodaway in six innings. This marks the Hornets third state title in five seasons. The Hornets got the scoring started in the top of the second inning putting one run on
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