COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge’s road to back-to-back conference crowns begins on Friday night. The Bruins (0-1) and Smith-Cotton Tigers (1-0) are preparing to battle in their Central Missouri Activities Conference (CMAC) opener, kicking off a streak of seven straight games against league opponents for both teams. The Tigers and Bruins are our SportsZone Football
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Battle’s Ames Mikonga is our Week 1 SportsZone Football Friday play of the week winner! You can watch the play in the video player above. Up next – the Spartans will travel to face the Capital City Cavaliers on Friday, Sept. 5 at 7 p.m.
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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: Rock Bridge’s Sean Nevills Jr. breaks off for a 67-yard house call. Nominee No. 2: Battle’s Ames Mikonga
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL HARRISBURG (7) HALLSVILLE (0) FINAL VAN-FAR (1) SOUTHERN BOONE (13) FINAL NEW BLOOMFIELD (5) SALISBURY (3) FINAL NORTH CALLAWAY (0) ELDON (5) FINAL HARRISBURG (2) SOUTHERN BOONE (4) FINAL NEW
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri high school football kicked off Week 1 of the 2025 season on Friday. Scores from Mid-Missouri teams are posted below.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hickman football team will look to kickstart another program-altering season when the Marquette Mustangs visit Columbia for week one of the high school football season. The Kewpies and the Mustangs are our SportsZone Football Friday Game of the Week. You can watch the game live over the air channel 17.3 on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Friday marks week one of high school football season, a time in Columbia and across the state battle week-to-week to ultimately land a seat in the championship. The games bring an influx of excited fans each week at each Columbia high school. Columbia Public School has had a bag policy for several
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the nation’s top kicking prospects calls Mid-Missouri home. Rock Bridge’s Rocco DePrima, a 4.5-star high school football recruit, is the nation’s No. 31-ranked kicker in the Class of 2027 and the top talent at his position in the state of Missouri, based on Kohl’s Professional Camps national rankings. At the
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) You can watch your local high school football jamboree highlights from Friday, Aug. 22, 2025 in the video player above. Teams in Missouri will kickoff the 2025 season on Friday, Aug. 28.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City High School is vying for a breakout season. The Jays are tackling practices for the 2025 campaign, working to build on the foundation set in the team’s first year under head coach Eric Thomas. After establishing a new scheme and culture last season, Jefferson City is preparing for Week
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With classes officially underway across Missouri, schools are bracing for changes to the sports and extracurricular landscape The Missouri State High School Activities Association is finalizing bylaw changes to comply with Senate Bill 63, which expands eligibility for homeschool, Family Paced Education and full-time virtual students to participate in public and charter
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge is maintaining its high expectations ahead of the new season. The Bruins have wrapped up their first week of practices in preparation for the 2025 campaign, working with their sights set on a second straight district title. Head Coach Lisa Alvis has built and sustained a winning culture within the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Helias High School has constructed a culture that’s centered around competing for championships. After getting a glimpse at playing for a state crown, the team’s returning talent is motivated to return to the state’s biggest stage in high school football this year. The Crusaders are tackling preparation for the 2025 season
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The 2025 season will mark a new era of Battle High School’s football program. The Spartans are getting set to tackle their first season under head coach Shawn Gaines, who took over as the leader of the team in April. Battle is striving to restore its winning culture with new leadership in
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Blair Oaks baseball team will be under new leadership in the 2025-26 school year, as the athletic department announced the hiring of head coach Chris Ebright, on Wednesday. The move comes after longtime Falcon head coach Mike DeMilia took a new position as the head coach at Missouri Valley College. DeMilia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge is adding an SEC-caliber coach to its staff. Head Coach Matt Perkins has announced that former Mizzou assistant Al Davis is joining the Bruins as a defensive line coach for the 2025 season. Davis, who coached MU’s interior defensive linemen for four seasons (2021-24), is staying in Columbia to coach
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CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Centralia Football has cracked the code for consistency on the gridiron. The Panthers are preparing to hunt for their seventh straight winning season when the 2025 campaign kicks off on Friday, Aug. 29. Centralia’s run of success stretches even farther than just the last six years. Since 2010, The Panthers have posted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A one-page note found in the pocket of the man who opened fire in a New York office on Monday claimed he suffered from CTE — or chronic traumatic encephalopathy — and appeared to be targeting the NFL headquarters, according to reporting from national outlets. According to ABC News, Shane Tamura, 27,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Rock Bridge High School football team is switching up its practice routine for the summer heat. Matt Perkins, Rock Bridge football’s head coach, said the team’s practice schedule during the school year is usually two hours after school, starting around 4:15 or 4:30 p.m. However, with Mother Nature turning up the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Tolton two-sport phenom Cam Lee has been drafted to the MLB. On Monday, the outfielder was taken in the ninth round by the Baltimore Orioles. He was the No. 274 overall selection. He spent one year at Mineral Area Junior College, in Park Hills, Missouri. In that one season, he hit
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