COLUMBIA, Mo. UPDATE 8:21 p.m.: Columbia Public Schools delayed the start of the school year until Sept. 8. CPS Athletic Director David Egan said CPS practices will continue until at least the end of the week. High school football teams across Mid-Missouri held their first official preseason practices on Monday. MSHSAA is allowing high school
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Jefferson City School District athletic director Ehren Earleywine in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the entire interview in the video player above. Earleywine said all of the members of the Central Missouri Athletic Conference met in Sedalia on Sunday to discuss the upcoming
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Two former University of Missouri football standouts said safety was a primary concern as they hosted more than 50 players at a youth football camp Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 sports director Andrew Kauffman brought back his Andrew’s at-home sports segment for an encore performance on Sunday night. You can watch it in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football players L’Damian Washington and Jerrell Jackson are hosting a football camp August 3-6 in Columbia. The four-day camp will be held at West Middle School from 10-11:30 a.m. each day. Kids ages 10-18 can participate. Here’s a link to find out more details on the camp. Washington said there
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) Jefferson City’s football team has been through a lot of changes in the past few months: a new coach, a pandemic, and a young team. Scott Bailey began coaching the Jays in early June. “There were rumors in the coaching circle that Coach Walker was going to resign,” Bailey said. Bailey
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Helias Catholic High School said one football coach tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday morning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) released its COVID-19 guidelines for fall sports on Thursday. High school activities will still go on, as planned, this year, with practices beginning on August 10 and the seasons starting on August 28. MSHSAA’s report said it acknowledges the risks that come with playing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Mid-Missouri high school baseball teams came together to honor the military on Tuesday night. Battle and Rock Bridge hosted Military Appreciation Night at Atkins Field. Together – the two teams were able to raise $1,840 for the Central Missouri Honor Flight. You can watch the highlights in the video player above.
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman spoke with Columbia Public Schools’ new athletic director David Egan. You can watch the full interview in the video player above.
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HALLSVILLE, Mo (KMIZ) The Hallsville Indians just started full-team practices about two weeks ago and despite all the work that has to be done, the staff said they are just excited to be back. “Just to be honest with you, just really happy to be back, if you can’t tell,” said Hallville football coach Justin
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Anyone who has ever been to a Father Tolton athletic event has probably seen Father Mike Coleman. Baseball, football, softball, or wrestling: he’s there. “You hope you’re touching people, especially at the high school level. I just love that place,” Coleman said. One, singular week definitely showed the love that the Tolton
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Rock Bridge football team continued its summer workouts on Thursday amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Head coach Van Vanatta said there are several safety measures in place to keep everyone healthy and safe. The team is split up into stable groups of 25 players. The groups rotate to different areas, and there
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The Hickman football team is holding team workouts with safety precautions in place to keep players and staff healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Head coach Cedric Alvis said the team is split into stable groups of 25 players. Each group works out in a specific zone until it’s time to rotate. Each zone is cleaned
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Hickman Kewpies named Missouri alum Morgan Eye Scott as the new girls basketball coach. Please welcome Morgan Scott as Hickman‘s new Head Girls Basketball Coach! We look forward to the positive impact she will make on our students, student athletes and the Hickman community. Go Kewpies!🟣🟡— Hickman Athletics (@KewpAthletics) June 13,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City hired a new football coach on Tuesday. Scott Bailey will replace Terry Walker as the head coach of the Jays. Walker resigned last week. Bailey comes to the capital city from Lamar High School. He was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2018. JC Schools today
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman is asking all of our viewers to send in your best at-home sports videos to news@kmiz.com. He will share the best ones in his 10 p.m. sportscast every night for the foreseeable future. You can watch Andrew’s at-home sports from Tuesday, May 26 in the video player above.
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ABC 17’s Tyler Murry sat down with Columbia Public Schools Athletic Director Bruce Whitesides to look back on his 22 years with CPS.
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman is asking all of our viewers to send in your best at-home sports videos to news@kmiz.com. He will share the best ones in his 10 p.m. sportscast every night for the foreseeable future. You can watch Andrew’s at-home sports from Monday, May 25 in the video player above.
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman unveiled his latest Top 10 list of Andrew’s at-home sports videos on Sunday. You can watch the countdown in the video player above. Andrew asking all of our viewers to send in your best at-home sports videos to news@kmiz.com. He will share the best ones in his 10 p.m.
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