High School Sports Archives

Local highlights and scores: high school football jamborees

August 19, 2022 10:20 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) You can watch the highlights from the high school football jamborees on Friday, August 19, 2022 in the video player above.

Tolton’s “young and hungry” program continues to grow

August 17, 2022 6:12 PM Chanel Porter

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

Fulton football prepares for year two under Coach Chambers

August 15, 2022 6:07 PM Nathalie Jones

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

Blair Oaks football brings back more maturity, physicality

August 10, 2022 10:48 AM Nathalie Jones

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

Big shoes to fill for the Harrisburg Bulldogs

August 9, 2022 4:08 PM Chanel Porter

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

Collier works to build “blue family” culture in second season at Capital City

August 8, 2022 8:23 PM Chanel Porter

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

Jays search for dominant voice after losing big senior class

August 8, 2022 8:30 PM Chanel Porter

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

DBLL All-Stars punch a ticket to the World Series

July 29, 2022 4:49 PM Chanel Porter

WHITESTOWN, Ind. (KMIZ) The Daniel Boone Little League All-Stars defeated Floyds Knobs, Indiana Friday afternoon in the Central Regional Championship to advance to the Little League World Series. Despite giving up three runs in the first inning, Missouri battled back to defeat Indiana 4-3. Some key hits came from Ealynne Bostick in the fourth to

Daniel Boone Little League softball headed to championship game

July 28, 2022 5:49 PM Chanel Porter

WHITESTOWN, Ind. (KMIZ) The Daniel Boone Little League All-Stars defeated Boardman, Ohio on Thursday afternoon to advance to the championship of the Central Regional. In the two games before this, Daniel Boone has outscored opponents 27-0. This game got interesting as was interesting Ohio brought the tying run to the plate in the sixth but

Back-to-back shut out wins advance DBLL softball to semifinal

July 27, 2022 5:25 PM Chanel Porter

WHITESTOWN, Ind. (KMIZ) The Daniel Boone Little League All-Stars run ruled Polk City, Iowa on Wednesday afternoon to advance to the semifinals of the Central Regional. The big 17-0 victory came credit to a good performance in the circle from Keelee Hagler giving up just five hits in the six inning shutout. The bats were

“We’re going to be counting on them an awful lot”: Helias football turns to senior leadership

July 26, 2022 9:17 AM Nathalie Jones

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

DBLL All-Stars advance into winners bracket in regional action

July 25, 2022 5:48 PM Nathalie Jones

WHITESTOWN, Ind. (KMIZ) The Daniel Boone Little League All-Stars run ruled Clare, Michigan on Monday afternoon to advance into the winner’s bracket of the Central Regional. The 10-0 win came behind a huge day at the plate for Elaynne Bostick and five shutout innings in the circle for Rylee Ellsworth. The All-Stars are looking for

Tolton freshman to play prep basketball in Branson

July 21, 2022 9:14 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Father Tolton basketball’s Aaron Rowe announced Thursday that he will be continuing his basketball career at Link Academy in Branson. In his freshman season, Rowe helped lead the Trailblazers all the way to the championship game. In April, he was listed at No. 15 in ESPN’s inaugural list of top-25 players from

New era begins for Rock Bridge football

July 14, 2022 4:31 PM Chanel Porter

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

Sunday Sit-down with Cam Chick, the newest addition to Mizzou baseball

July 10, 2022 10:12 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the newest addition to Mizzou’s baseball team, former Nebraska outfielder and Columbia-native Cam Chick, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.

Helias basketball standout heads to prep school; Crusaders look for balanced scoring

July 4, 2022 12:13 PM Chanel Porter

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Helias Catholic High School’s Desmond White announced that he’s taking an opportunity to play his senior year at The Skill Factory Prep School in Georgia. As he makes the move, Crusaders head coach Joe Rothweiler says they need to play more as a team with balanced scoring to be successful this

Battle football coach looks to build “consistent culture” in second season

June 28, 2022 9:28 PM Chanel Porter

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

Boonville football moves from the weight room to the field to find best 11

June 28, 2022 4:23 PM Chanel Porter

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,

Helias standout to finish high school career in Georgia

June 22, 2022 5:52 PM Nathalie Jones

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Helias hoops standout Desmond White announced that he will play his senior year of high school at The Skill Factory in Atlanta, Georgia on Wednesday. White is fielding offers from Missouri State, Tulsa, and a couple of other schools. He also had an offer from Mizzou’s previous staff with former head

Hallsville football looks to fill big shoes; summer workouts continue

June 20, 2022 7:53 PM Nathalie Jones

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