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SportsZone Football Friday 2024: Week 3 highlights and scores

September 13, 2024 4:57 PM ABC 17 News Team

The Missouri high school football season continued Friday with some Mid-Missouri teams playing host and others on the road.

SportsZone Football Friday Game of the Week Preview: Jefferson City at Rock Bridge

September 13, 2024 9:43 AM Kyle Helms

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge is preparing to play on its home turf for the first time this season. The Bruins will welcome the Jefferson City Jays to Columbia for their home opener on Friday night. The Jays and Bruins are our KZOU Game of the Week. You can watch the game live on KZOU

Local highlights and scores: Sept. 11, 2024

September 12, 2024 12:58 AM Kyle Helms

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOCCER HELIAS (0) ROCK BRIDGE (2) FINAL SUNNYDALE ADVENTIST ACADEMY (5) SOUTHERN BOONE (1) FINAL HS SOFTBALL HELIAS (1) JEFFERSON CITY (0) FINAL FATIMA (0) TOLTON (10) FINAL BATTLE (1) ROLLA

Missouri Sports Hall of Fame announces 2024 class

September 11, 2024 2:59 PM Kyle Helms

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou Tigers Chase Daniel, Ben Askren, Jake Jacobson and John Anderson headline the latest class of local legends who will be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. The organization’s CEO and Executive Director Byron Shive revealed the entire 2024 class on Wednesday morning. Chase Daniel set numerous Mizzou records

Centralia’s Ross wins Week 2 SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week

September 10, 2024 8:06 PM Nathalie Jones

CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Centralia’s Ethan Ross is our Week 2 SportsZone Football Friday player of the week winner! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Panthers will travel to Clark County on Friday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.

Brady Davidson builds championship mindset while making school history

September 9, 2024 12:38 AM Kyle Helms

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge’s Brady Davidson has experienced the thrill of winning championships, not just in one sport but several. In fact, the senior has helped lead the Bruins to conference championships in three different sports, a feat no other Rock Bridge athlete has achieved in its CMAC era. “It really doesn’t get better

SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week Nominees 2024: Week 2

September 8, 2024 10:52 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Congratulations to our Week 2 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: Centralia’s Ethan Ross leaps up for an interception and manages to hang on through a collision with a

Local highlights and scores: Sept. 7, 2024

September 8, 2024 12:26 AM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL Mexico (6) Tolton (7) FINAL Tolton (8) Battle (9) FINAL Rock Bridge (5) Helias (4) FINAL Tolton (15) Marion C. Early (1) FINAL Battle (8) Mexico (3) FINAL Helias (3)

SportsZone Football Friday 2024: Week 2 highlights and scores

September 6, 2024 7:16 PM ABC 17 News Team

The Missouri high school football season continued Friday with some Mid-Missouri teams playing host and others on the road.

CPS implements clear bag policy for fall athletic events

September 6, 2024 4:11 PM Nia Hinson

All spectators at Columbia Public Schools fall athletic events can expect clear bag requirements except a small clutch from now on, the district said Friday.

SportsZone Football Friday Game of the Week Preview: Helias at Hickman

September 6, 2024 10:45 AM Kyle Helms

Watch a livestream of Hickman vs. Helias in the webplayer above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hickman and Helias will both make their 2024 CMAC debuts when the two teams meet at Alumni Stadium on Friday night. Chris Hentges’ crew is beginning its quest to defend last season’s conference title while Justin Conyers’ squad is seeking its

Local highlights and scores: Sept. 5, 2024

September 5, 2024 10:11 PM Kyle Helms

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOCCER ROCK BRIDGE (6) TOLTON (0) FINAL BATTLE (1) CAPITAL CITY (6) FINAL MISSOURI MILITARY ACADEMY (3) MOBERLY (2) FINAL HELIAS (0) OZARK (2) FINAL FULTON (2) MEXICO (3) FINAL HS

Harrisburg’s Sager wins Week 1 SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week

September 3, 2024 6:35 PM Nathalie Jones

HARRISBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) Harrisburg’s Caleb Sager is our Week 1 SportsZone Football Friday player of the week winner! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Bulldogs will host Clark County on Friday, Sept. 6 at 7 p.m.

SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week Nominees 2024: Week 1

September 1, 2024 10:31 PM Kyle Helms

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Congratulations to our Week 1 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: Harrisburg’s Caleb Sager bulldozes his way into the end zone for a touchdown. Nominee No. 2: Blair Oaks’ Brady Dapkus

Local highlights and scores: Aug. 31, 2024

August 31, 2024 9:51 PM Kyle Helms

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOCCER TOLTON (1) BATTLE (6) FINAL NIXA (1) ROCK BRIDGE (3) FINAL KICKAPOO (1) HICKMAN (4) FINAL MOBERLY (2) JEFFERSON CITY (0) FINAL MARSHALL (2) SMITH-COTTON (0) FINAL CAMDENTON (0) CARTHAGE

SportsZone Football Friday 2024: Week 1 highlights and scores

August 30, 2024 6:32 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri high school football season kicked off Friday with some Mid-Missouri teams playing host and others on the road. Below are the scores from games involving Mid-Missouri teams.

Mid-Missouri high school football programs host jamborees

August 23, 2024 10:50 PM Kyle Helms

WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple local high school football programs participated in jamborees on Friday night to continue their preparation for the upcoming 2024 season. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. ABC17 SportsZone Football Friday officially returns on Aug. 30.

Capital City competing to build on program’s best season

August 23, 2024 11:11 AM Kyle Helms

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Capital City Football is preparing to enter the 2024 campaign, following the program’s most successful season. In 2023, the Cavaliers posted eight wins, their highest total in a single season, and reached a district championship game for the first time in its short history. Now, in year four under head coach

Helias striving to carry consistent success over to 2024 season

August 23, 2024 1:10 AM Kyle Helms

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Over the last five seasons, Helias has cracked the code for achieving consistent success. Chris Hentges’ program has posted nine or more victories every year since 2019, winning 51 of its 60 games during that span. The key to that consistent achievement has been consistency itself. “I think just consistency. Consistency

Rock Bridge races into 2024 season, sets sights on deep playoff run

August 22, 2024 1:08 AM Kyle Helms

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge is preparing to kick off year three of the Matt Perkins era. Since Perkins took over as the football program’s head coach two seasons ago, the Bruins have consistently raised their bar of success. In his first season at the helm of Rock Bridge football, Perkins led the Bruins to