GREENVILLE, N.C. (KMIZ) The Daniel Boone Little League All-Stars beat Texas 10-1 on Wednesday to capture third place at the Little League Softball World Series. The Missouri bats got going right away as the girls scored five runs in the first inning. Kennedy Watson led the way at the plate. She was 2-for-2 with 2
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (KMIZ) The Daniel Boone Little League All-Star softball team lost to Oklahoma, 7-0, in the semifinals at the Little League Softball World Series on Tuesday. Oklahoma snapped Missouri’s four game winning streak in North Carolina. Missouri will now play for third place on Wednesday at noon against Texas. You can hear from head
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (KMIZ) The Daniel Boone Little League All-Star softball team advanced to the semifinals at the Little League World Series on Monday afternoon. The All-Stars from Missouri beat Nevada 4-0 thanks to a standout performance from pitcher Kennedy Watson. She threw a no-hitter with seven strikeouts. Watson was also 2-for-3 at the plate with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Family and friends celebrated the Daniel Boone 12U softball team on Saturday evening, as the team left for its first-ever Little League World Series. Players, coaches, and fans all gathered at Daniel Boone’s fields in Columbia before boarding the bus to Greenville, South Carolina. The team won the regional championship after going
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Daniel Boone Little League softball team is preparing for its first ever trip to the Little League World Series later this month. The regional champions went 4-0 in regional play to punch their ticket to Greenville, North Carolina. The DBLL softball team will represent Missouri in the Little League World Series.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman highlighted the McCarty kids in this week’s edition of Andrew’s At-home sports. Andrew’s At-home sports airs every Tuesday night in our 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. sportscasts on Fox 22 and ABC 17. ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman wants to highlight all of the great talent here
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Daniel Boone Little League 12U baseball team is headed to regional action for the first time since 2010. The group will play its first game in Indiana on August 8 and coach Chris Kespohl said it is a great feeling to finally get to the next stage. “I grew up here
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University officially introduced Kevin Wilson as its new athletic director on Monday afternoon. Wilson started his new role as the vice president of advancement, athletics and campus recreation on July 1. He said he’s excited to be a part of the LU community. “Honestly, it’s the family feel,” Wilson said.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team spent some time at the Special Olympics Missouri Training For Life Facility on Monday afternoon. Head coach Robin Pingeton and her squad played Minute To Win It with the athletes currently competing for a spot on Team Missouri. “These athletes are such amazing people, and it’s
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 150 athletes from across the state arrived at the Special Olympics Missouri Training For Life campus on Saturday afternoon for selection camp. They’ll compete in nine different sports in both Jefferson City and Fulton from Sunday through Thursday. The camp will determine which athletes will compete in the USA
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EUGENE, Ore. (KMIZ) The most decorated athlete in Mizzou history booked her ticket to Tokyo on Monday night. Karissa Schweizer finished in second place in the women’s 5,000 meter race, which sent her the Olympics. It is the first time the runner has ever qualified for an Olympic team. Schweizer won quite a bit in
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ATLANTA, Ga. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves will play in a split double-header on Sunday due inclement weather. The teams were set to face off in game three of the series on Saturday evening, however, a tropical storm is headed towards the area. The Braves lead the series 2-0 over St. Louis,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 700 kids participated in Tyreek Hill’s youth football camp at Cosmo Park on Sunday afternoon. This is Hill’s fourth camp so far this summer. He said each of his camps are unique, but the goal remains the same. “I wasn’t always the tallest or the biggest or the fastest –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The second annual Stan Utley and Mid-America Youth Golf Foundation Championship will be held from July 26-29 at The Club at Old Hawthorne in Columbia. Utley will be the host for the second straight year. Last year’s inaugural event was named the American Junior Golf Association’s Newcomer of the Year. “The inaugural
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Here are the local scores from Wednesday, June 9, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. MINK League baseball Nevada (5) Jefferson City (2) FINAL Chillicothe (10) Sedalia (9) FINAL
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games are back! More than 700 athletes, coaches and volunteers participated in the event on Saturday at Hickman High School. The athletes competed in multiple sports – including track & field, volleyball, swimming and powerlifting. “The Games were sidetracked by a tornado in 2019 and the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Before the 2021 track and field season, a Frederick Douglass High School athlete had never won a district, a sectional, or appeared at state. However, that all changed with Brady Whelihan. The Douglass graduate is the first athlete in school history to capture a district and sectional championship and to appear at
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Saturday was the final of day of state championship track and field at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City. Mid-Missouri added on a lot more state champions, as the action wrapped up. Check out a full list of local results below. GIRLS’ 3,200 METER 1st – Souther Boone’s Alexandra Volkart 2nd –
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Both Helias Catholic and Camdenton will come home with state champions after Friday’s Class 4 State Championship meet. The Crusaders’ Dominic Crisostomo captured the title in the boys’ pole vault with a score of 4.59. In the same event, Camdenton’s Dan Lapine finished in sixth place. Later in the day, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Class 5 State Championship for track and field managed to get underway, despite some inclement weather in Jefferson City, on Thursday afternoon, with multiple local schools taking home hardware. Capital City’s Kiara Strayhorn made history. She became the school’s first-ever state champion, after finishing in first in the girls’ 100 meter
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