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SportsZone Football Friday 2020: Week 1

August 28, 2020 6:55 PM ABC 17 News Team

Here are the scores from Week 1 of area high school football.

Columbia Public Schools limit football teams to one spectator per participant

August 28, 2020 12:43 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools is moving forward with its high school football season, but there are new restrictions for fans and players. Fan attendance will be very limited. CPS said it will give players one “player card,” to give to a guest of their choosing. The guest will be the only spectator allowed

SportsZone Football Friday game of the week preview: Staley vs. Rock Bridge

August 27, 2020 2:14 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) After months of uncertainty, the first week of high school football is here. Our SportsZone Football Friday game of the week for week one is the matchup between the Staley Falcons and the Rock Bridge Bruins. You can watch the game live on KZOU over the air channel 17.3. Here is a

JCSD releases COVID-19 protocols for fall sports

August 25, 2020 11:46 AM Andrew Kauffman

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City School District announced its COVID-19 policies for the upcoming fall sports seasons on Tuesday. Jefferson City and Capital City High School will both start their seasons with a 20% capacity limit. Both football teams will play their home games at Adkins Stadium, so there will be about 1,200

Tolton football: ‘We can achieve everything and we can achieve nothing’

August 20, 2020 8:00 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) In a year full of distractions, the Tolton football team isn’t having any of it. “We don’t worry about the elements that we can’t control. We worry about the elements that we can,” said Michael Egnew, Tolton’s football coach. One element the Trailblazers said they are hoping to control on week one,

Three brothers, eight seasons of Blair Oaks football

August 18, 2020 7:57 PM Nathalie Jones

WARDSVILLE, Mo (KMIZ) Blair Oaks said a group of brothers have not only brought successful seasons to the Falcons, but an attitude to live by. Falcons coach Ted LePage said the Hair siblings bring a very specific type of leadership to the table. “They’ve all given humility first and service of others. When you talk

Sunday Sit-down with former Rock Bridge star Nate Peat

August 16, 2020 8:44 PM Andrew Kauffman

ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former Rock Bridge star Nate Peat in this week’s virtual Sunday Sit-down segment. Peat is a running back at Stanford, but his sophomore season was postponed due to COVID-19. “It was pretty disappointing,” Peat said. “We saw it coming, and we understand the circumstances.” You can watch

Hallsville is a new team, under new conditions,with the same goal

August 16, 2020 10:48 AM Nathalie Jones

HALLSVILLE, Mo (KMIZ) The Hallsville Indians are working to repeat the most historic season in town history, but under much different conditions than years past. In 2019, the Indians claimed the town’s first district title under new head coach, Justin Conyers. Conyers is still with the team, however, the 16 seniors who helped him get

Hallsville works through the monotony of only facing one opponent: themselves

August 15, 2020 3:51 PM Nathalie Jones

HALLSVILLE, Mo (KMIZ) The Hallsville Indians said it may take them a few weeks to get into the groove of actually meeting other teams after a summer of isolation. The Indians had their first full-contact scrimmage on Saturday and said, while its good to get the team tackling, they would usually have a lot more

Football brings a sense of normalcy to Jefferson City

August 12, 2020 10:14 PM Nathalie Jones

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) Jefferson City high school football teams said being back on the football field feels like home after everything that’s happened. “Everything outside of the football field feels a little odd, but when we’re out here it feels like August, feels like football,” said Scott Bailey, Jefferson City’s football coach. Helias, Capital

Columbia high school football teams practice in the face of uncertainty

August 11, 2020 8:48 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Columbia’s high school football practices look a lot different this year, featuring: masks, social distancing, and no contact. It’s a long list of things for coaches to worry about. “They don’t really realize, some of them, how important their behavior is going to be moving forward,” said Atiyyah Ellison, Battle’s football coach.

High school football practices begin across Mid-Missouri

August 10, 2020 2:01 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. UPDATE 8:21 p.m.: Columbia Public Schools delayed the start of the school year until Sept. 8. CPS Athletic Director David Egan said CPS practices will continue until at least the end of the week. High school football teams across Mid-Missouri held their first official preseason practices on Monday. MSHSAA is allowing high school

Sunday Sit-down with Ehren Earleywine

August 9, 2020 8:50 PM Andrew Kauffman

ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Jefferson City School District athletic director Ehren Earleywine in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the entire interview in the video player above. Earleywine said all of the members of the Central Missouri Athletic Conference met in Sedalia on Sunday to discuss the upcoming

A local football camp practices safety as youth sports return to Mid-Missouri

August 6, 2020 1:34 PM Nathalie Jones

Two former University of Missouri football standouts said safety was a primary concern as they hosted more than 50 players at a youth football camp Thursday.

One last thing: Andrew’s at-home sports returns

August 2, 2020 10:04 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 sports director Andrew Kauffman brought back his Andrew’s at-home sports segment for an encore performance on Sunday night. You can watch it in the video player above.

Two former Mizzou football players to host football camp

July 30, 2020 9:36 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football players L’Damian Washington and Jerrell Jackson are hosting a football camp August 3-6 in Columbia. The four-day camp will be held at West Middle School from 10-11:30 a.m. each day. Kids ages 10-18 can participate. Here’s a link to find out more details on the camp. Washington said there

Jefferson City’s new coach embraces the change

July 20, 2020 9:41 AM Nathalie Jones

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) Jefferson City’s football team has been through a lot of changes in the past few months: a new coach, a pandemic, and a young team. Scott Bailey began coaching the Jays in early June. “There were rumors in the coaching circle that Coach Walker was going to resign,” Bailey said. Bailey

Helias football coach tests positive for COVID-19

July 16, 2020 5:42 PM Nathalie Jones

Helias Catholic High School said one football coach tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday morning.

MSHSAA’s fall guidelines include screenings, limits on gatherings, and social distancing

July 16, 2020 9:25 AM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) released its COVID-19 guidelines for fall sports on Thursday. High school activities will still go on, as planned, this year, with practices beginning on August 10 and the seasons starting on August 28. MSHSAA’s report said it acknowledges the risks that come with playing

Battle and Rock Bridge baseball hold Military Appreciation Night

July 7, 2020 9:20 PM Andrew Kauffman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Mid-Missouri high school baseball teams came together to honor the military on Tuesday night. Battle and Rock Bridge hosted Military Appreciation Night at Atkins Field. Together – the two teams were able to raise $1,840 for the Central Missouri Honor Flight. You can watch the highlights in the video player above.