COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou will play in eight games non-conference games before heading into a 16-game SEC slate, beginning on November 27. It will be a tough schedule for Robin Pingeton’s squad, as six of the non-conference teams captured 17 wins or more in the past season, including one with a conference championship. MU will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou basketball team will host Illinois on Saturday, Dec. 12 thanks to a favorable coin flip on Thursday night. Watch: #Mizzou wins the coin flip over Illinois and the Tigers will host the #BragginRights game on Saturday, Dec. 12. pic.twitter.com/O06upmc6gd— Andrew Kauffman (@A_Kauff) November 13, 2020 Due to COVID-19 concerns –
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Robin Pingeton and the Mizzou basketball will make room for four new players on their roster, after National Signing Day. The Tigers made it official with Sarah Linthacum, Izzy Higginbottom, Kiya Dorroh, and Da’Necia Trusty. Linthacum follows her sister Micah to Mizzou, from Jefferson City High School. However, the MU legacy does
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Five players signed their national letters of intent to join Cuonzo Martin and the Mizzou basketball team on Wednesday. “Quality young guys and, like I said, I think they all have a passion and want to be here,” Martin said. “They have the wanting to and willingness to be a good basketball
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Many Mid-Missouri athletes signed their letters on intent on Wednesday afternoon. Tolton pitcher Paige Bedsworth capped off a historic year by signing with Drake University. The senior made history in many ways in her final season, including breaking the state record for career strikeouts and bring the Trailblazers their first softball state
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The annual Braggin’ Rights game will return to campus on Saturday, December 12. Mizzou athletics said the game will either be hosted at Mizzou Arena or the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois. In order to decide where the game will be hosted, the schools are hosting a “coin flip special,” on
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Georgia will not be making the trip to Columbia on Saturday due to COVID-19 concerns within Mizzou’s program. The team said the postponement is due to a mixture of positive tests and contact tracing within one, specific position group. On Wednesday morning, Eli Drinkwitz said his team is below the required threshold
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KANSAS CITY, Mo (KMIZ) Reports said the Kansas City Chiefs added wide receiver Mecole Hardman to the COVID-19/reserve list. Several national media outlets, including ESPN, reported the news on Wednesday afternoon. The Chiefs have placed WR Mecole Hardman on the Reserve/COVID-19 list.— Field Yates (@FieldYates) November 11, 2020 The Chiefs have not confirmed Hardman’s placement
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Here are the local high school playoff soccer highlights and scores from Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. Jefferson City (2) Ozark (1) FINAL Fulton (1) Pleasant Hill (2) FINAL/OT Southern Boone (5) Smithton (0) FINAL Fatima (0) New Covenant Academy (2) FINAL Jefferson City and Southern Boone both advanced to the Final Four. The Jays will
Continue Reading The Mizzou football team will host No. 12 Georgia on Saturday at 11 a.m. It’s the Tigers fifth game against a ranked opponent this season. You can watch head coach Eli Drinkwitz’s full news conference ahead of the matchup in the video player above. Drinkwitz said one member of the team tested positive for COVID-19
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia College men’s basketball team beat Central Methodist 67-60 on Monday night. Cougars standout Tony Burks scored a game-high 30 points. CMU’s Fode Camara led the Eagles with 19 points. You can watch the full highlights in the video player above.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Scott Bailey has resigned after one season as the Jefferson City football coach due to personal reasons. Bailey went 3-7 in his one and only year with the Jays. JC lost to Camdenton in the first round of the playoffs. Jefferson City is now in need of its fourth football coach
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Dave Matter from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the entire conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou soccer team capped off the regular season with a 5-2 win over Florida on Sunday afternoon. You can watch the full highlights in the video player above. We also have head coach Bryan Blitz’s full interview in the video player below. The Tigers finished the regular season 3-2-2. Up next
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Chiefs held on to beat the Panthers 33-31 after Carolina’s 67-yard field goal attempt as time expired came up empty. Kansas City is now 8-1 on the season. Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes was 30/45 for 372 yards and four touchdowns. TE Travis Kelce had 10 catches for 159 yards. Meanwhile,
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Rock Bridge boys cross country team claimed the second state title in school history on Saturday. The Bruins finished with 109 points, which was more than 15 points better than the second place finisher. Senior Matthew Hauser was the individual state champion, with a time of 15:34.5, which was mere seconds
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Jays soccer team moved forward in the state tournament with a 4-1 sectionals win over Blue Springs. Jays senior Bassil Ahmed finished the night with two goals. The team will move on to the quarterfinals where they will face the winner of the Ozark and Nixa sectionals matchup.
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Here are the local high school football playoff highlights and scores from Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. Rolla (21) Battle (41) FINAL Camdenton (21) Windsor (28) FINAL Nevada (22) Helias (54) FINAL Rock Bridge (0) Liberty North (44) FINAL Southern Boone (12) Centralia (26) FINAL Boonville
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tolton boys cross country team won its first ever state championship on Friday. The Blazers finished with a score of 92 points, which was well ahead of second place. Tolton’s total time was 1:28:01.70 . Tolton’s Garrett Wilmes was the Blazers’ top finisher. He came in eighth place with a time
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou basketball team will open up its season on Nov. 25 at home against Oral Roberts. You can see the full schedule below. Wednesday, Nov. 25Â vs. Oral Roberts Sunday, Dec. 6Â at Wichita State Wednesday, Dec. 9Â vs. Liberty Tuesday, Dec. 22Â vs. Bradley Wednesday, Dec. 30Â vs. Tennessee Saturday, Jan. 2Â at Arkansas Tuesday, Jan.
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