West Plains Zizzer Soccer

The Zizzers have moved up to #7 in this week’s Class 2 State Soccer Rankings. See all the Rankings below:

Boys Soccer Poll #2 (Sept. 29, 2006)
Class 3
1 SLUH (10) 164
2 Chaminade (1) 155
3 Lee’s Summit 136
4 DeSmet 133
5 CBC 114
6 Oakville 100
7 Kirkwood 99
8 Kickapoo 78
9 Blue Springs 72
10 Ft. Zumwalt West 47
11 Vianney 34
12 Mehlville 32
13 Glendale 31
14 Oak Park 28
15 Howell North 22
Others: Helias 18, Hazelwood Central 14, Blue Springs South 12,
Rockwood Summit 12, Hickman 11, Lee’s Summit North 7, Liberty 1

Class 2
1 Duchesne (10) 109
2 Priory 94
3 St. Francis Borgia 86
4 St. Dominic (1) 61
5 Westminster Christian 54
6 Cape Notre Dame 53
7 West Plains 39
8 Ladue Horton Watkins 28
9 Fulton 23
10 Smithville 15
Others: John F. Kennedy 9, Cassville 8, Bolivar 5,
MICDS 2, Clayton 1

Class 1
1 Trinity
2 John Burroughs
3 St Joseph LeBlonde
4 Whitfield
5 St. Pius X (Festus)
6 Principia
7 Barstow
8 Pembroke Hill
9 Lutheran North
10 Greenwood
Others: Cole Camp, Smithton, Southern Boone

Originally uploaded by Zizzer Soccer.

Thursday night the West Plains Zizzer Soccer Teams traveled to Nixa and both the JV and Varsity came home with 2-0 victories. In the Varsity match, the Zizzers didn’t get on the board until late in the game despite some good chances early including Justi Scicluna’s blast off the crossbar.

Finally in the 70th minute, the Eagles were called for a foul in the box. On the ensuing penalty kick, Justin Scicluna’s shot was just off the fingertips of the Nixa keeper and in for a 1-0 Zizzer lead. Four minutes later, Chris Saner’s pass found an onrushing Stuart Ziegler who buried his shot from about 14 yards out. 2-0 Zizzers. That’s how this one would end. The Zizzers improve to 12-1-2 on the season.

In the JV match, Dalton Gleghorn scored a pair of goals for the Zizzers. The first goal coming in the 11th minute on an assist from David Mills. That lead would stand until the 56th minute, when Gleghorn found the net again. This time he was assisted by Anthony Holt. Some good saves by Landon Perry and the defense preserved the shutout. Th JV improves to 3-4-0 on the season.

Next up for both squads are matches Tuesday at Parkview. The Varsity match will start at 4:00pm with the JV match to follow.

Missouri State Bears vs Central Arkansas Bears

Originally uploaded by SGFsoccer.com.

The Missouri State Bears have a Big Game coming up Wednes October 4 (I know it is a busy week - We have games Tue, Thur, and Sat) against the Creighton Bluejays. They are offering a big special on tickets and sky boxes for the match played at Plaster Sports Complex on the MSU Campus.

This is a chance to see two quality teams face off and support some local players of interest including our own Nick Dryden (Did you see him at our match against Central?) (By the way, Nick got in near the end of last night’s MSU 1-0 Loss to St. Louis University).

The Bears are offering 50 adult tickets for $50, you can’t beat that deal.

For more info, call the MSU Soccer Office at (417) 836-5243.

(Other locals of note for the Bears include: Justin Alford - Poplar Bluff, Michael Gow - Lebanon, and Michael Bennett - Kickapoo)

On Thursday October 5, West Plains will host the Hillcrest Hornets. This will only be a Varsity Match. Hillcrest does not have a JV this year. The match will begin at 5:00pm.

The first Class 2 Southwest Missouri Regional Rankings were announced today.

1. West Plains (11-1-2)
2. Cassville (10-4-0)
3. Bolivar (9-3-1)
4. Carthage (7-5-1)
5. Willard (8-4-0)

The next State Rankings should be out Friday afternoon.

Originally uploaded by Zizzer Soccer.

In a battle of State Ranked Teams (Glendale Class 3 #15 - West Plains Class 2 #10) 100 minutes couldn’t decide a winner. Glendale came out flying in the first half putting a lot of pressure on the Zizzers, but weren’t able to put anything in the goal. In the last 15 minutes of the half, the Zizzers seemed to settle down a bit and were able to create some chances in front of the goal, but couldn’t finish them. The game reached halftime 0-0.

The Zizzers took the kickoff and the second pass was too far for the on rushing Justin Scicluna, but it got past the Falcons sweeper. Scicluna raced in and was one on one with the keeper. Scicluna touched the ball past the Falcons Stephen Conner for a 1-0 Zizzer lead 10 seconds into the half. The score would stay that way until the 68th minute. The Falcons got the equalizer on a corner kick. The ball went into the middle and then bounced free to Andy sawyer who buried the ball in the back of the net. 1-1.

The End of Regulation Time saw the score still 1-1. Twenty more minutes of overtime ended without another goal. With the tie Glendale’s record moves to 6-0-3 and 3-0-1 in the Ozark Conference. West Plains’ record is now 11-1-2 and 3-1-1 in the Ozark Conference.

In JV action, West Plains held the Falcons scoreless until the 31st minute. An own goal gave Glendale a 1-0 lead. Glendale would strike again before half for a 2-0 lead. The Falcons would add 4 second half goals to win 6-0. The JV record now stands at 2-4-0. Next up are games at Nixa on Thursday. JV first at 5:00pm

One of the fun things that goes with this site is looking at the Statistics. I try not to do it too often because I have other things I really need to do, but I have been checking them today. The one I like best is the GeoLocation Statistic. It tells what city people are checking our site from. Many of the locations are to be expected, but some are not. Below are all the places that are listed where people have checked us out in the last week and a half or so.

England - London

Malta - Naxxar

Australia - Brisbane, Seaton

Wyoming - Cheyenne

Wisconsin - Madison

Pennsylvania - Mifflinville

Louisiana - Lafayette

Maryland - Baltimore

Oklahoma - Oklahoma City

Iowa - Iowa City

New Jersey - Newark, Nutley

New York - Rochester, Mineola

California - Ridgecrest, Sacramento

Colorado - Colorado Springs, Denver

Nebraska - Columbus, Lincoln, Polk

Arizona - Mesa

Arkansas - Cherokee Village, Harrison, Jacksonville, Lake City

Texas - Dallas, San Marcos

Ohio - Canton, Columbus

Kansas - Basehor, Bucyrus, Kansas City, Olathe,Overland Park

Illinois - Belleville, Chicago, Illiopolis, O’Fallon, Peoria

Missouri - Duenweg, Nixa, Stoutland, St.Robert, Branson, Highlandville, Aurora, Bois D’arc, Chesterfield, Harrisonville, Cassville, Lake Ozark, Kansas City, Cole Camp, Independence, Bates City, Dora, Jackson, Cuba, Granby, Squires, Jerome, Wasola, Stotts City, High Hill, Ozark, Brixey, Halltown, Oldfield, Warrensburg, Chadwick, Thornfield, O’Fallon, Neosho, Republic, New Bloomfield, Bruner, Lebanon, Ft. Leonard Wood, Bolivar, Spokane, Jefferson City, Mokane, Joplin, Carthage, Zanoni, Waynesville, Lohman, Monett, Garrison, Rolla, St. Louis, McClurg, West Plains, Columbia, Peace Valley, Springfield

Some interesting stuff I thought.

If you are a former Zizzer or Lady Zizzer soccer player, we want to hear from you. Please go to the Alumni Page (See the column on the left hand side of the screen) and use the contact form to let us know where you are at and what you are up to. We will use your email address to keep you up to date on important Alumni events like Wall of Honor Voting (Spring 2007) and the 2nd Annual Alumni Game (Summer 2007) as well as other important items.

If you know of any alumni - direct them to our site. Thanks.

Information on the tentative schedule for district games has been given to the competing schools. The games are scheduled as follows:

Saturday, October 28, 2006 @ Willard High School

Game #1 - #8 Seed vs #9 Seed
Game #2 - #2 Seed vs #7 Seed
Game #3 - #3 Seed vs #6 Seed
Game #4 - #4 Seed vs #5 Seed
Game #5 - #1 Seed vs Winner of Game #1

Monday, October 30, 2006 @ Willard High School

Semifinals

Wednesday, November 1, 2006 @ Willard High School

District Championship

No times have been announced yet.

The District Seeds should be announced October 19th.

The All-Tournament Team for the Parkview Viking Showdown was announced today. 3 West Plains Zizzers made the All-Tournament Team.

GK - Matthew Gow, Lebanon
Brice Hunt, West Plains
Justin Scicluna, West Plains
Richard Jones, West Plains
Rory Osborn, Lebanon
Tyler Fischer, Lebanon
Grant Bollig, Lebanon
Will Griffin, Parkview
Tim Brooks, Parkview
Brian Russell, Fulton
Rob McCoskrie, Fulton
Ryan Schlichtman, Cassville
Nate Evans, Cassville
Edger Bacerra, Neosho
Brett Murray, New Covenant Academy
Jared Moore, Parkview JV

Congrats to all!!