COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Justin Conyers, the head football coach of Hickman High School, is one of Mid-Missouri’s ultimate program builders. After establishing championship cultures with two local high school football teams, Coach Conyers is already making strides at building a winning program at his alma mater. “Everybody knew that whenever you played Hickman, when you
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) When the Rock Bridge football team takes the field against Park Hill for the season opener on Aug. 29, the Bruins will look quite a bit different than they have in years past, with the most notable change coming behind center. After ending the 2024 season with a 10-2 record, another Central
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Blair Oaks has an opportunity to achieve a feat that’s never been reached in its football program’s history. The Falcons are capitalizing on summer workouts ahead of the 2025 season, concentrated on becoming the program’s first-ever team to be crowned back-to-back state champions. Under the leadership of head coach Ted LePage, Blair
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Boonville Football continues to raise the bar of the program. The Pirates are preparing for its eighth year under head coach Greg Hough, following a successful 2024 campaign. Coach Hough’s team is working to build on its first nine-win season in more than a decade. The Pirates posted a 9-3 record last
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Summer workouts are in full swing around the state of Missouri, as the 2025 high school football season is right around the corner. Out at Hickman High School, the Kewpies are in a vastly different position than they were just one season ago when summer practices hit, as they are set to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Renegades came close to snapping a four-game losing streak, on Thursday night, but a costly error late in the game brought in a run for Northeast Missouri and put the game just out of reach. The Renegades ended up losing to the Naturals 2-1 to extend the skid
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Trial dates have been scheduled for next year in the case over the name of Rock Bridge High School’s football field. Wayne Sells refiled a lawsuit in October 2024 against Columbia Public Schools over the naming rights to the field. Sells previously filed a lawsuit against the school district in 2021, claiming
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz continued his absolute heater on the recruiting trail, on Tuesday afternoon, when Boonville standout Braylon Ellison announced his commitment to the Tigers. The three-star offensive lineman picked MU over a slew of other offers, including Missouri State, Washington State, Coastal Carolina, Oregon State, James Madison, Navy and
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MARSHALL, Mo. (KMIZ) Blair Oaks High School’s longtime head baseball coach is returning to the collegiate level. Mike DeMilia, who has served as the head coach of the Falcons for nine years (2017-2025), is taking the reins of Missouri Valley College’s baseball program, per a press release from the school’s athletics department. DeMilia built a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City High School alum is returning to her alma mater. On Friday, the Jefferson City School District announced that Whitni Howell will be taking over as the new head coach of its softball program. Howell, who was a graduate of Jefferson City’s Class of 2010, brings more than nine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Kyle Helms welcomed Southern Boone’s new head football coach Tyler Tanner to Sunday Sit-Down this week, diving into his coaching journey, his vision for the program and his early takeaways from summer workouts ahead of the 2025 season. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson’s 2026 roster will officially feature the 2024-25 Missouri Softball Gatorade Player of the Year, after Lafayette High School pitcher Abby Carr earned the honor, on Monday. The award is widely known as the top honor in all of high school sports. It goes to the nation’s best
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FENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Blair Oaks Girls Soccer has completed its best season in program history. The Falcons (16-8-1) earned second place at the 2025 MSHSAA Girls Soccer Championships in just their third year of existence, falling 6-1 to Elsberry (18-2-1) in the Class 1 State Championship. Since the program’s inaugural season, Blair Oaks has improved
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fatima Comets have reached the holy grail for the first time since 2015. On Thursday afternoon, head coach Tyler VanGerpen and his team shutout Fair Grove, 2-0, in the program’s first title game appearance since 2019. With the win, Fatima ended the 2025 campaign with a 20-13 record and some hardware
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Fr. Tolton Catholic is adding a second state baseball trophy to the display case. The Trailblazers (22-8-1) settled for fourth place at the Class 4 State Tournament, losing 2-0 to Sullivan (19-10) in their final game of the 2025 season. However, this year’s results still represent the team’s second-best finish in program
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Fr. Tolton Catholic nearly made some midnight magic at Ozark Mountain Sports Complex. The Trailblazers (22-7-1) pulled within one run of erasing a six-run deficit, but ultimately, the team suffered an 8-6 loss to Chillicothe (22-12) in the Class 4 State Semifinals. Tolton’s second-ever appearance in the MSHSAA Baseball Championships was pushed
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Fatima needs one more win to clinch its fourth state championship in program history. The Comets (19-13) stormed into their first state title game since the 2019 season, cruising to a 12-3 win over Holden (17-11) at Ozark Mountain Sports Complex. Wednesday’s game marked the program’s ninth appearance in the state semifinals,
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Winning championships has become a familiar feeling for the St. Elizabeth baseball team. On Tuesday, the Hornets won their fourth state title in six seasons with a 5-2 win over Faith Christian Academy High School. St. Elizabeth entered the home half of the first inning already down by one, after Knights plated
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Eugene ended its 2025 season as the second-best team in the MSHSAA Class 2 State Tournament. The Eagles (25-9) suffered a 7-1 defeat to No. 6 Miller (25-5) in the state title game, falling just short of the baseball program’s first-ever state championship. Eugene’s runner-up finish matches its best season in program
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Shawn Gaines, who is preparing for his first season at the helm of Battle football, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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