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Mizzou Athletics hires Senior Associate AD to provide oversight for football program

May 19, 2023 1:40 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics Director Desiree Reed-Francois announced that MU has hired athletics administration veteran Marcy Girton as a senior association athletics director for football administration and special projects. Girton will provide administrative oversight to the Tiger football team, in addition to handling any special projects within the athletic department. “There’s palpable excitement and

Mizzou’s opener at Auburn postponed; teams will play doubleheader on Friday

May 18, 2023 3:24 PM Chanel Porter

AUBURN, Al. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team is on the road this weekend for their final regular season SEC series at Auburn. Game one was set for Thursday at 6 p.m., but was postponed due to rain. This means that the two teams will now play a doubleheader on Friday with game one starting at

Kansas City Chiefs announce 2023 preseason times

May 18, 2023 3:16 PM Chanel Porter

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Chiefs are just under three months away until the start of preseason football and on Thursday the team announced the times for their three preseason matchups. Things will kick off with two road games for KC. On Aug. 13, the team will play in New Orleans at noon

Local highlights and scores: May 17, 2023

May 17, 2023 10:19 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, May 17, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH (2) ROCK BRIDGE (1) FINAL HELIAS (7) MOBERLY (0) FINAL SOUTHERN BOONE (7) MARSHALL (2) FINAL TOLTON (6) FATIMA (0) FINAL – district championship GRAIN VALLEY

Liberatore called up to throw shut out and claim series victory for over Brewers

May 17, 2023 9:45 PM Chanel Porter

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals have now won three series in a row after the Red Birds secured a 3-0 divisonal win over the Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday. Pitcher Matthew Liberatore was the leading force throwing five scoreless innings in his start on the hill. Liberatore was called up from Triple A on

Pasquantino’s two-run shot secures Royals series win over Padres

May 17, 2023 9:23 PM Chanel Porter

SAN DIEGO, Ca. (KMIZ) After losing the series opener, the Kansas City Royals claimed back-to-back victories to leave San Diego with a much-needed series win. In Wednesday’s finale, KC squeezed out a 4-3 win after managing three runs in the sixth inning. Vinnie Pasquantino led things at the plate going 1-for-4 with a two-run home

Robin Pingeton makes new additions to coaching staff

May 17, 2023 8:16 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton announced two new additions to her coaching staff Wednesday naming Preston Beverly as an assistant coach and Julia Ford as a special assistant to the head coach. Beverly brings over 15 years of experience to the staff as he joins the Tigers following two seasons as

Mizzou men’s golf finishes seventh at NCAA Regional

May 17, 2023 8:08 PM Chanel Porter

MORGAN HILL, Ca. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s golf team finished in seventh place during the California regional of the NCAA Tournament, plus two Tigers recorded top-15 individual finishes. Charlie Crockett led Mizzou with an even-par 72 on the final day, finishing the tournament with a one-under 215. Crockett placed fourth overall of 77 golfers in

Local highlights and scores: May 16, 2023

May 16, 2023 10:14 PM Nathalie Jones

ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Tuesday, May 16, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL Fulton (1) Fatima (0) FINAL – district championship South Callaway (4) Hermann (2) FINAL – district championship Harrisburg (4) Westran (3) FINAL – district championship Hallsville (1) Mexico (6) FINAL

Local highlights and scores: May 15, 2023

May 15, 2023 10:16 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Monday, May 15, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOCCER Hickman (2) Blue Springs South (3) FINAL Blue Springs (0) Rock Bridge (2) FINAL Battle (0) Grain Valley (8) FINAL Smith-Cotton (2) Fort Osage (1) FINAL Capital City (0) Washington

Mizzou WBB guard enters the transfer portal

May 15, 2023 1:04 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A team spokesperson confirmed that Mizzou women’s basketball standout Sara-Rose Smith entered the transfer portal on Monday. The Australia-native appeared in 31 games for the Tigers through the 2022-23 season, leading the team in rebounding. She averaged 6.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. Smith also led MU in assists per game,

Mizzou’s Lovich earns SEC weekly honors

May 15, 2023 1:50 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference pegged Mizzou outfielder Ross Lovich as the Co-Conference Player of the Week, after a big offensive performance in the sweep against Georgia. Lovich started the series against the Bulldogs off by hitting for the cycle in the Friday night opener at Taylor Stadium. On that night, he went 4-for-5

Mizzou baseball walks off second-straight game for sweep against Georgia

May 14, 2023 6:23 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team completed the team’s second SEC series sweep of the season in a 5-4 walk-off win against the Georgia Bulldogs on Sunday night. It’s the second-straight game that MU has won in walk-off fashion. Hickman alum Cam Chick played the hero at Taylor Stadium. With the Tigers down 4-3,

Mizzou softball lands in Norman Regional in NCAA Tournament

May 14, 2023 6:15 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team will head to the NCAA Tournament, once again. MU is No. 3 seed in the Norman Regional and will face the Cal Bears in game one. The Tigers still have not missed an NCAA Tournament, every year it’s been held, since 2006. You can watch the full press

Cierra Harrison’s journey to Mizzou; pushing through tragedy in the circle

May 14, 2023 3:48 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou pitcher Cierra Harrison has had quite the freshman season in Columbia with an 8-2 record and a 2.33 ERA, but the Kansas City native wasn’t planning to stay close to home until tragedy struck her family. When Harrison was entering her junior year of high school, her father passed away. “Since

Sunday Sit-down with Special Olympics Missouri ahead of the Summer Games

May 14, 2023 3:51 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO) Director of Marketing and Communications Andrew Kauffman, as well as SOMO athlete and board member Anna McDaniel on this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The trio talked all about the upcoming summer games, which runs June 2-4 in Columbia. The

Cardinals sweep the Red Sox in big offensive outing

May 14, 2023 9:21 PM Nathalie Jones

BOSTON, Mass. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals won the team’s second-straight series on Sunday night, with a dominant, 9-1, victory against the Boston Red Sox. With Sunday’s win, STL has won six out of its las eight games. Paul DeJong, Andrew Knizer and Nolan Arenado all homered in the red bird win. Arenado went 2-for-5

Royals take a sweep from the Brewers

May 14, 2023 5:25 PM Nathalie Jones

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals could not Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich in the weekend series up in Milwaukee, as KC took a series sweep on Sunday, 9-6. Yelich homered for the second-straight game in the first inning and scored in the third as a part of the Brewers’ seven-run surge. The outfielder homered

Mizzou secures the series win against Georgia in walk-off fashion on senior day

May 13, 2023 5:12 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team beat Georgia in walk-off fashion in Saturday’s offensive shootout, 14-12. With the win, the Tigers have officially secured the series win against the Bulldogs. The designated hitter, Dylan Leach, played hero at Taylor Stadium. With a tie game and one runner on board in the bottom of the

Mizzou routs Georgia in series opener

May 12, 2023 2:07 PM Nathalie Jones

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The bats of Luke Mann and Ross Lovich lifted Mizzou to a series-opening win against Georgia at Taylor Stadium on Friday night. The Tigers downed the Bulldogs in run rule fashion, 13-3. Mann came into Friday’s game just four home runs away from tying MU’s all-time home run record. After a two