Levi Payton

Joined: Dec 13, 2024

Levi’s sports journalism career began in 2005. A Missouri native, he’s won multiple Press Association awards for feature writing and has served as a writer and editor covering high school sports as well as working beats in professional baseball, NCAA football, basketball, baseball and soccer. If you have a good story, he’d love to tell it.

Nixa quarterback Adam McKnight will look to help guide his No. 2 Eagles to their first state championship in program history against Lee's Summit Saturday night at Spratt Memorial Stadium in St. Joseph.

Texas

Indians trailed by 10 with 1:25 to go before coming back for a dramatic overtime victory to advance to regional finals next week.

Folsom senior quarterback Ryder Lyons, a four-star BYU commit, helped seal the game late and propel his Bulldogs to their fifth consecutive CIF San-Joaquin Section Division I championship with a dramatic 21-14 victory over Oak Ridge on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025.

California

Four-star BYU commit Ryder Lyons sealed the game with his legs on the final drive as Folsom claims its fifth consecutive championship, and 25th straight win against Oak Ridge Friday night

East St. Louis will play Fenwick for the IHSA 6A state championship.

Illinois

The IHSA postponed the 5A, 6A, 7A and 8A state football championships as a major snowstorm approaches Illinois. New dates and locations for the title games are still being finalized.

Guided by Lorenzo Aguirre, Dickinson jumped out to a 49-0 halftime lead and rolled to a 55-16 victory over Strake Jesuit on Friday night.

Texas

Four-star RB John Hebert and Strake Jesuit look to upset undefeated Dickinson with the winner headed to the 6A-I semifinals.

Arkansas

Connors State College sophomore Ethan Dietz, a former Vilonia High School standout, died Tuesday from an injury sustained during a Saturday NJCAA game at Trinity Valley College.

Virginia

Union High football coach Travis Turner, 46, is missing and wanted on child pornography charges; family denies allegations while search and investigation continue.

Park Hill South five-star prospect Addison Bjorn, who recently committed to Texas, broke a school record with 48 points Monday night against Liberty North.

Missouri

Park Hill South star Addison Bjorn opened her senior season with a school-record 48 points in a win at Liberty North. The Texas commit and three-time USA Basketball gold medalist added 16 rebounds and continued to build one of Missouri’s top HS careers.

Preston Hatfield's return to the Lee's Summit lineup has helped the Tigers become one of the most dangerous teams in the state as they roll into the Class 6 semifinals to play No. 3 Jackson this week.

Missouri

See the updated Missouri High School Football Top 25 rankings for Nov. 24, 2025, with major movement in the top 5 and top 10 ahead of this week’s state semifinals.

Nixa junior quarterback Adam McKnight looks to get his team back to the Class 6 state final after the Eagles took second in 2024.

Missouri

Corona Centennial scored a touchdown with under 2 minutes remaining and then blocked a field goal with 6 seconds left to beat Mater Dei 28-27 in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 Football Championship semifinals on Friday night. It was the Huskies' second win thi season against Mater Dei. Centennial will play Carson Palmer's Santa Margarita squad for the championship at the Rose Bowl. | Greg Stein

California

Check out the newest class and district assignments released by the MSHSAA on Friday for the 2025-2026 girls season.

Missouri

Levi Payton

Joined: Dec 13, 2024

2025 MSHSAA Show-Me Bowl Championships: Matchups, Breakdowns and Predictions for Every State Title Showdown

STATE CHAMPS: Alabama QB Commit Seaborn Named MVP, Guides Thompson to 6th State Title in 7 Years; Scoring, Recap

Missouri High School Football Top 25 State Rankings – Nov. 30, 2025

FINAL: Granite Hills Erases 14-Point Deficit, Knocks Off Lincoln in CIF San Diego Section D1 Football Championship

Texas

FINAL: Waxahachie Erases 10-Point Deficit, Beats Cy Ranch in OT to Win Dramatic UIL 6A Division I Regional Semi

California

FINAL: Lyons, Folsom Survive Oak Ridge to Claim CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I Championship; Scoring, Recap

Illinois

IHSA Football Championships Postponed as Illinois Snowstorm Disrupts Four Title Games

Texas

FINAL: Dominant Dickinson Rolls Strake Jesuit in UIL Class 6A Division I Region 3 Regional; Scoring, Recap

Arkansas

Former Arkansas High School Basketball Star Ethan Dietz Dies Following NJCAA Game Injury in Texas

Virginia

Update: Union High Football Coach Still Missing, Wanted on Child Pornography and Solicitation Charges

Missouri

Five Star Texas Commit Addison Bjorn Drops School-Record 48 points in Park Hill South’s Season-Opening Win

Missouri

Missouri High School Football: Top 25 State Rankings

Missouri High School Football Semifinals: Matchups and Predictions for Every 2025 MSHSAA Final Four Showdown

FINAL: Blocked FG Leads No. 7 Centennial Past No. 16 Mater Dei in CIF Southern Section Division 1 Semifinal; Recap

Missouri High School Basketball: Class 1-6 MSHSAA Girls Class and District Assignments

Missouri High School Basketball: 2025-2026 MSHSAA Boys Class 1-6 and District Assignments