Head coach John Merritt and quarterback Dillon Duff of the Missouri Class 6 state football champions De Smet Spartans joined ...

De Smet celebrates Friday after beating Nixa 35-20 in the Class 6 football state championship game at Memorial Stadium on the ...

The De Smet junior running back was stunned when coach John Merritt called the old-fashioned Statue of Liberty play at a ...

Nixa football (13-1) fell 35-20 to De Smet (12-2) in Friday night's Missouri Class 6 state championship game at Faurot Field ...

In a battle of potent rushing attacks, it was the Spartans who conquered the Eagles to earn their first state title since ...

Facing fourth-and-2 with a little more than a minute remaining in regulation of the MSHSAA Class 6 championship, De Smet had ...

In a battle of potent rushing attacks, it was De Smet that conquered Nixa, taking home its first state title since 2019.

Nixa football (13-1) fell 35-20 to De Smet (12-2) in Friday night's Missouri Class 6 state championship game at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium in Columbia. The season will go down as Nixa's best ...

Plenty of lessons need to be learned from MSHSAA's Class 6 championship broadcast. We talked to local experts about how it should have been handled.

Out of 22 offers for the De Smet product, it came down to Missouri and Kansas State for his final decision before committing to the Tigers on April 27. King also held offers from Arkansas ...

The No. 1 prospect in the 2026 high school football class updated his recruiting process ahead of his state championship ...

SBLive Photographer David Smith captured these views of the De Smet Jesuit vs. Nixa showdown for the state title.