The Week that Was: Mizzou athletics from Aug. 4-10
With fall camp in full swing, it’s easy to miss stuff when we’ve got story after story coming your way. So here’s a recap of what we didn’t cover with links to what we did.
Football
I opened the week with a photo gallery of the North End Zone construction project, then Kenny wrote about Florida commit CJ Hester detailing his relationship with Javion Hilson.
Then I kicked into camp coverage with a story about transfers standing out. Kenny added a story about Mississippi State pledge Micah Nickerson’s parents recognizing their role in his recruitment. Then I wrote about Daylan Carnell returning to lead Mizzou’s defense. I added another story about Cayden Green helping Mizzou’s O-line reload.
After the Tigers’ first scrimmage of fall camp, I wrote about who was standing out to the other players, then posted the videos of Mizzou players speaking on Tuesday.
I added a story about Chris McClellan anchoring the D-line, then Kenny wrote about Mizzou using its Ohio connections to stay in the top group of Lual Aleu.
I wrote about the impact new Mizzou linebackers coach Derek Nicholson has had on his players, before Kenny wrote about Nicholson meshing well with the Tigers’ freshmen linebackers.
Continuing the linebacker trend, I wrote about the linebacker room possibly being the Tigers’ secret weapon and another story about how Josiah Trotter was born to play linebacker.
Kenny wrote about Gavin Sidward praising Sean Gleeson, then I wrote about Toriano Pride’s take on the Tiger receiver room.
I continued my look into the history of the Border War with a look at 1982. Then I wrote about Ahmad Hardy going from unknown to unstoppable.
I added a story about Dominick Giudice becoming a key piece, then Kenny wrote about 2027 defensive lineman Jaylen Mercer plotting his first visit to Mizzou alongside his brother.
The Tigers hired their first Director of Football Strategy and Finance. Here is my recap of the hiring. I then wrote about five returning Tigers set for a step forward and I wrote about Toriano Pride’s growing confidence in the corner room.
Khalil Jacobs popped up again when I wrote about his new perspective he’s bringing into 2025.
Then I wrote a slew of stories about the Tigers opening up their second scrimmage to select media.
First it was a recap of the scrimmage. Then a look at how the quarterbacks played. I put out video and a transcript of Eliah Drinkwitz talking after the scrimmage. Then did some analysis with a Said and Unsaid of Drinkwitz’s presser.
I wrote about five players who stood out to me at the scrimmage to finish the week.
I posted notes and insights from each day of fall camp as well. Here is each day:
I also posted photo galleries from multiple practices. Here are those:
Men’s Basketball
Tamar Bates had a length podcast appearance that I covered with a two-part career retrospective. Here is Part 1, and here is Part 2. Then Kenny wrote about where Mizzou commit Jason Crowe Jr. stands in the updated Rivals150.
The SEC announced the full men’s basketball conference schedule
Here is a look at the full Tiger schedule.Kenny added a story about Colton Hiller receiving a Mizzou offer.
Women’s Basketball
The SEC announced the full women’s basketball conference schedule.
The Tigers will open the SEC season on New Year’s Day with a home matchup against Texas, then will go on a two-game road trip to face Kentucky (Jan. 4) and Vanderbilt (Jan. 8).
Missouri will return home to play Alabama (JAn. 12) and Arkansas (Jan. 15). The Tigers will hit the road to play Florida (Jan. 18) then will return home for matchups with Ole Miss (Jan. 22) and Texas A&M (Jan. 25).
In February, the Tigers will go on the road to play Mississippi State (Feb. 1) and Arkansas (Feb. 5), then will come home to face Georgia (Feb. 8). Mizzou will go back on the road for a quick trip to Tennessee (Feb.12) for a Kellie Harper revenge game, then will return to Mizzou Arena to face Auburn (Feb. 19).
Once again, the Tigers will head out of town to play LSU (Feb. 22) and South Carolina (Feb. 26).
The regular season will conclude at Mizzou Arena with a matchup against Oklahoma on March 1.
Soccer
The Mizzou soccer team kicked off the fall sports season with the first Tiger athletics event of the school year on Wednesday.
The Tigers hosted Kansas State for an exhibition and tied 1-1.
Emily Derucki scored Mizzou’s lone goal with 10:12 left in the first half.
Volleyball
The Tigers went on a retreat to the Lake of the Ozarks.
Here is a team-produced video of the trip.
Wrestling
Ben Askren continued to post update videos of his recovery from a lung transplant. Here is the most recent one.
Track & Field
A number of current and former Tigers competed in their home countries’ national championships the past week.
In the USA, Gabi Jacobs, a 2019 grad, earned a spot in the World Athletics Championship in the discus.
Internationally:
- Valentina Barrios, the NCAA women’s javelin national champion from this past season, placed second in the Colombian National Championships with a throw of 191-feet, 2-inches.
- Callan Saldutto took the men’s javelin title at the Canadian National Championships with a throw of 237-11.
- Kristi Perez-Snyman finished fourth in the women’s high jump, representing South Africa in the World University Games. She cleared 6-0.
- Morgan Yeomans won the 1,500-meter prelims at the Canadian U20 National Championships with a time of 4:39.40, then took fifth in the finals at 4:31.23.
- Lasse Funck earned eighth place in the men’s 800-meter run at the German National Championship.
- Kobi Walker took third in the women’s 6,000-meter run at the U20 Trans-Tasman Cross Country Championships with a time of 21:43.23.
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