As children across the U.S. head back to classes and practices for fall sports, four more states are expecting their K-12 schools to keep transgender girls off their girls teams.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Dana Chambers is entering his third season at the helm of the Fulton Hornets. Ahead of the 2023 season, Chambers said he’s changing some things to try to bring a winning culture back to the program. “Our four things that we’re going to focus on this year are accountability, leadership, determination and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Battle High School is familiar ground for Columbia-native Matthew Herman. He’s taking over the same program that gave him his coaching start in 2013, in hopes to bring stability to the Spartan program. Herman is the third head football coach that Battle has seen in four years. The program first started with
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Southern Boone football coach Mark Ross has had a full offseason to prepare for the 2023 season, unlike in his first year in Ashland. He said his team is bringing a natural competitiveness to the upcoming season, from top to bottom. The former Marceline head coach was hired in May of 2022,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Just in time for the 2023 season, the Battle football team has its new head coach. The athletic department announced that Hickman alum Matthew Herman will take the helm of the program. The news came after former Battle head coach and Mizzou football alum Jonah Dubinski stepped down from his position at
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The 2023 Blair Oaks football team will look to be the first Falcon squad to ever win back-to-back state championships, after taking down Lamar in 2022’s title game. The Falcons return quite a bit of experience from that successful season, which the group feels may be getting overlooked. Head coach Ted LePage
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football alum Jonah Dubinski has stepped down as the head football coach at Battle High School, according to Columbia Public Schools Athletics Director David Egan. The district will begin the search for a new head coach immediately. CPS has posted the position online and will be utilizing the dead period over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After their most wins in seven seasons, the Father Tolton football team is returning an experienced group in 2023, with goals of reaching further into postseason play. Former Mizzou football player Michael Egnew is entering year six at the helm of the Trailblazers. Egnew said Wednesday he’s excited about the number of
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hallsville football team will look to clean out the bad taste that 2022’s district title loss to Bowling Green left in the group’s mouth headed into the 2023 season. Head coach Justin Conyers said his team knows that it will have tough opponents week-in and week-out in the coming weeks. Conyers
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) After getting just over .500 in his first two seasons as the head football coach of the Jefferson City Jays, Damon Wells is hoping to use his experience to his advantage this season and go deeper into a playoff run. “Our kids are winners and they believe they’re going to win
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Helias football team graduated quite a bit of depth, nearly 20 seniors, following the 2022-23 school year, but head coach Chris Hentges said his team has plenty of returning depth at skill positions headed into a new season. He said the rebuild will be coming up front. The Crusaders have
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boonville Pirates football team is coming off of their best finish in 11 years, claiming a district title with a championship win over Moberly. “Winning a district championship or just winning a championship in general is the number one thing you talk about when you come in as a coach,” said
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge baseball alum Spencer Nivens is staying home for his professional career. The Kansas City Royals drafted Nivens with the No. 142 overall pick in the fifth round of the 2023 MLB Draft. Nivens went to college at Missouri State, where he posted a Missouri Valley Conference Player of the
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NEW YORK, N.Y. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou pitcher and Fatima alum Austin Troesser is going to the next level. The New York Mets drafted Troesser with the No. 135 overall pick on Monday. The 21-year-old played for the Tigers for three seasons, after graduating from Fatima High School. He finished his MU career with a 4.98
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) In just two season at Capital City, Joe Collier has taken the Cavaliers from a one win season to seven wins last year, but he says there’s still work do to ahead of year three. “I think we found our way and that’s when we came from that one win season
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hickman football team hosted three other teams for a round-robin style scrimmage on Friday evening at Robert M. LeMone Field. Capital City, Battle and Festus all came to Hickman. The four teams each got to face each other for 40 minutes with a running clock. During that time, each team got
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Battle football team is returning nine starters on defense and majority of the offense, but they’re working to fill the voids this summer of quarterback Justin Goolsby and running back Ricky Dunn. Head coach and former Mizzou football player Jonah Dubinski said he has already seen guys on his team step
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hickman football team will lean on its large group of returning juniors and seniors, as work has already begun ahead of the 2023 season. Head coach Cedric Alvis said that the Kewpies are actually returning their largest group since about 2007. “Hopefully that can bring some success,” he said. “Ultimately, just
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) High school baseball seniors from around the state came to Southern Boone Saturday for one last chance at representing their high schools in the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star game. The local talent in Class 2 included: Charlie Miller, RussellvilleChristopher Seaver, RussellvilleJake Schulte, Russellville Alex Oligschlaeger, Russellville Brayden Ott, Harrisburg
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Rock Bridge Bruins are in their second week of summer practices as they get set to enter their second year under head coach Matt Perkins. In year one with Perkins at the helm, the Bruins went 9-3 on the season falling just short of a district title. Perkins said in year
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