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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A new era of Jefferson City high school football begins on Aug. 30. Jefferson City alum Eric Thomas is preparing for his first season as the head coach of his hometown Jays. Thomas was a member of the 1990 and 1991 Jefferson City state championship teams, and now, he is returning
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Year-after-year, Tolton football continues to climb, as the program reached the highest point its seen yet with its first-ever district title win in 2023. Head coach Michael Egnew has been there for each step up the ladder. Over the course of the past five seasons, he’s seen it all. From a one-win
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Andy Humphrey, co-host of KTGR’s ‘The Big Show,’ in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Hallsville is preparing to write a new chapter of its football program’s history. The Paul Stevens era of Hallsville Football kicks off in exactly two weeks on Aug. 30 against Palmyra. The team’s first-year head coach is taking over a football program that has been trending upwards over the last five seasons.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) When the Hickman Kewpies travel to Marquette on week one of the high school football season, it will be a full circle moment for first-year head coach Justin Conyers. He has plenty of experience in the coaching world, but the 2024 season will be his first time coaching in his house. Conyers
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fulton Hornets have kicked off preparation for the return of high school football. Dana Chambers Jr.’s team began official practice for the new season earlier this week, striving to have a breakout campaign in 2024. Chambers Jr. is entering his fourth season as Fulton’s head football coach. Over the past three
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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) Over the last decade, former Mizzou men’s basketball star Laurence Bowers has had his mind set on making an impact in a town that gave him so much. Now, his annual camp, ‘Camp Bowers,’ is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with record-breaking enrollment numbers. Bowers said that a total of 619 campers registered
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the most successful head coaches in Tolton baseball history is departing from the program to return to his alma mater. A school spokesperson confirmed to ABC 17 Sports on Monday that Ehrich Chick has informed Father Tolton Catholic High School that he will be stepping away from serving as its
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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) While the annual COMO Shootout is a familiar event for high school basketball programs across the state of Missouri, this year’s experience for those athletes looked a little different. Not only did 23 Varsity and JV teams get the opportunity to compete on the court, they also got the chance to learn
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on WIN for Columbia’s Mitzi Clayton to chat about the second-annual WIN Every Day seminar on this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can learn more about the seminar on WIN for Columbia’s website. You can also watch their full conversation in the video player
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