ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former Rock Bridge star Nate Peat in this week’s virtual Sunday Sit-down segment. Peat is a running back at Stanford, but his sophomore season was postponed due to COVID-19. “It was pretty disappointing,” Peat said. “We saw it coming, and we understand the circumstances.” You can watch
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HALLSVILLE, Mo (KMIZ) The Hallsville Indians are working to repeat the most historic season in town history, but under much different conditions than years past. In 2019, the Indians claimed the town’s first district title under new head coach, Justin Conyers. Conyers is still with the team, however, the 16 seniors who helped him get
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HALLSVILLE, Mo (KMIZ) The Hallsville Indians said it may take them a few weeks to get into the groove of actually meeting other teams after a summer of isolation. The Indians had their first full-contact scrimmage on Saturday and said, while its good to get the team tackling, they would usually have a lot more
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) Jefferson City high school football teams said being back on the football field feels like home after everything that’s happened. “Everything outside of the football field feels a little odd, but when we’re out here it feels like August, feels like football,” said Scott Bailey, Jefferson City’s football coach. Helias, Capital
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Columbia’s high school football practices look a lot different this year, featuring: masks, social distancing, and no contact. It’s a long list of things for coaches to worry about. “They don’t really realize, some of them, how important their behavior is going to be moving forward,” said Atiyyah Ellison, Battle’s football coach.
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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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