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At Willard Saturday night, the West Plains Zizzers defeated the Monett Cubs 4-0 to advance to the Class 2 District 5 Semifinals on Monday night. After not playing for a week, the Zizzers appeared a little rusty in the first half of the game. They created some good scoring chances, but didn’t move the ball the way they would have liked. In the 21st minute the Zizzers got on the scoreboard. Klay Norman’s service went off the head of a Monett defender and right to Chris Saner on the backside. Saner’s left footed shot from 10 yards out went between a diving Monett goalkeeper and the post. 1-0 Zizzers. A short time later Zach Auala made a nice diving save on a Monett shot to keep the score 1-0. That was all of the scoring in the first half.
In the second half, West Plains came out strong, moving the ball well and creating opportunitites. In the 5th minute, Chris Saner’s shot to the far post was going just wide when Cody Townsend redirected it into the goal. 2-0 Zizzers. In the 13th minute Justin Scicluna made the score 3-0. After missing high on a free kick, Scicluna got the ball off the ensuing goal kick and fired a 45 yard shot over the goalkeeper. 3-0 Zizzers. Less than a minute later, Michael Harrington received a pass turned as the Monett defender fell and raced to the goal. Harrington slid a shot past the keeper. 4-0 Zizzers. The Monett keeper made several saves to keep the game close including one on a nice blast from Ethan Balough in the last 5 minutes of the match.
For the game, the Zizzers outshot Monett 31-5 (19-3 on goal). With the win, West Plains improves to 16-5-2 on the season and advances to face Webb City in the District 5 Semifinals on Monday night at 7:00pm at Willard. Bolivar will take on Willard at 5:00pm in the other Semifinal.
Other scores from Saturday:
Class 2 District 5
Monett 9 – Marshfield 1
Webb City 3 – Carthage 2 (OT)
Willard 1 – Cassville 0
Bolivar 3 – Carl Junction 2 (OT)
Class 2 District 1
DeSoto 3 – Fredricktown 1
Sikeston 5 – Windsor 0
Farmington – Festus
Class 2 District 2
postponed until Monday
Class 2 District 3
Ladue 2- Kennedy 0
Westminster 2 – MICDS 1
Priory 5 – St. Charles 1
Class 2 District 4
Sullivan 1 – Pacific 0
St. Dominic 10 – St. Clair 0
St. Charles West 7 – Union 0
Class 2 District 6
Center 3 – Clinton 1
Van Horn 4 – Warrensburg 1
Harrisonville 10 – Lincoln Prep 0
O’Hara 10 – Ruskin 0
Class 2 District 7
Mexico – Hannibal
Marshall – Fulton
Warrenton – Moberly
Class 2 District 8
Excelsior Springs 1 – Benton 0
Smithville 6 – Northeast 0
Platte County 4 – Lafayette 1
Kearney 12 – Savannah 0
