West Plains Zizzer Soccer

The 2006 Boys Soccer All-Region Team was announced today. The Region consists of the 17 Teams in Class 2 Districts 5 and 6. The Zizzers did well. Here is the list:

2006 All-Region Team

Most Valuable Player - Justin Scicluna, West Plains
Offensive Player of the Year - Anthony Walker, O’Hara
Defensive Player of the Year - Tanner Roberts, Bolivar
Goalkeeper of the Year - Zach Auala, West Plains
Coach of the Year - Nick Schmitt, West Plains

The All-Region information team should be announced in the next day or two. All-State could be announced by the end of the week, but more likely the first part of next week. We will post those here as soon as they are available.

Just a reminder that the WPHS Soccer Banquet will be held on Tuesday, November 28 at the HS Cafeteria. Players are to be at the Superintendent’s Office by 6:00pm. We will help lead the Pledge of Allegiance and be introduced at the School Board Meeting which starts at 6:15pm. After we are done, we will go to the Cafeteria for the banquet. We expect to be back at the High School around 6:45pm for the banquet to begin.

As the Fall Boys Soccer Season is now over, and the Girls Spring Soccer Season doesn’t start until February something (practices anyway. The first game is March 19th.) The posting will slow down. I will post some things, depending what is going on though, it may not be on a regular basis.

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Josh Posegate was a Midfielder in the Zizzer Soccer Program from 1996-1999. He appeared in 1 Varsity Game in 1997 and was a key part of the 1998 and 1999 Varsity squads that lost in the District Final to Rolla (2-1 in Double OT in 1998 and 3-2 in 1999). Josh finished his Zizzer Career with 7 Goals and 7 Assists. His Senior year, he led the team in Assists with 7 and was third in goals with 5. For his efforts, Josh was named Second Team All-District in 1999.

Josh graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia and took a job teaching in Marshall, MO. I received an email from Josh last week updating us on what he is doing and offering congratulations. Here is what he had to say:

Congrats on the win last night and appearance in the final four. That’s exciting for the program and it’s got to be great for you and your guys. I’m still interested in how the alma mater does even 7 years after I left. I’m also interested because Marshall, where I teach, is in the same class as West Plains. We were in the same conference/district as Hannibal, your possible championship (or third place) opponent. This year was my first year to be part of the high school soccer program here at Marshall (I was coaching junior high before that). I am the assistant coach for the boys and head coach for the girls. So I am following soccer throughout the state pretty closely this year. Again congratulations, I’m excited for you and your guys and will be rooting for you this weekend, good luck. By the way, the website that you have for the program is unbelievable, great job with that.

Thanks Josh. It is good to see that you are doing well. I’m also glad to see you involved in the beautiful game.

The WPHS Soccer Banquet is scheduled for Tuesday, November 28. The time is being moved back from 6:00pm to 6:45pm. The change is because the Boys Soccer Team along with the Cross Country Teams have been invited to the School Board Meeting on that night. The Teams will be introduced and help lead the Pledge of Allegiance.

Players are to be at the Superintendent’s Office by 6:00pm. The meeting starts at 6:15pm. Our part won’t take too long. After that we will head to the High School Cafeteria for the banquet.

Zach Auala, Mike Moore, and Logan Ray have been named Academic All-Ozark Conference.In addition Michael Harrington, Brice Hunt, Richard Jones, Nathan Moore, Chris Saner, and Stuart Ziegeler were named Honorable Mention Academic All-Ozark Conference.

Good Job on the field and in the classroom boys.

The All-Ozark Conference Teams have been announced. The Zizzers placed 5 players on these teams. Two players on First Team, two players on Second Team, and one player on Honorable Mention. This is the most All-Conference selections the Zizzers have had. Congratulations to all the boys. Below is the full list.

2006
All-Ozark Conference
Soccer Team

1st team

Heath Melugin - 11 - Kickapoo
Luke Prater - 12 - Kickapoo
Tyler Williams - 12 - Kickapoo
Adam Peterson - 12 - Kickapoo
Alex Palmer - 12 - Kickapoo
Danny Collins - 12 - Glendale
Stephen Conner - 12 - Glendale
Jared Dusha - 12 - Glendale
Tom Marlow - 12 - Parkview
Joey Ekstam - 12 - Parkview
Tyler Sinnott - 11 - Rolla
Kam Maddy - 11 - Rolla
Justin Scicluna - 11 - West Plains
Brice Hunt - 11 - West Plains
Max Duncan - 9 - Joplin
John Duncan - 12 - Joplin

2nd Team

Zack Hay - 11 - Kickapoo
Aaron Hamilton - 12 - Kickapoo
Ryan Moses - 10 - Kickapoo
Sam Palmer - 12 - Glendale
Devon Newport - 10 - Glendale
Tyler Kutz - 12 - Parkview
Brock Jones - 11 - Rolla
Stuart Ziegler - 11 - West Plains
Zach Auala - 12 - West Plains
Blake Aggus - 10 - Joplin
Chris Linn - 11 - Waynesville
Chris Byington - 11 - Camdenton
Josh Baldwin - 11 - Camdenton
Matthew Gow - 12 - Lebanon
Bryce Collier - 10 - Hillcrest

Honorable Mention

Chris Tombridge - 10 - Kickapoo
Bryson Tombridge - 12 - Kickapoo
Graham Basecke - 10 - Glendale
Justin Rogers - 11 - Glendale
Ryan Frewin - 12 - Glendale
Jason Florez - 12 - Parkview
Chamal Samaranayke - 11 - Rolla
Garrett Fester - 11 - Rolla
Richard Jones - 12 - West Plains
Mark Medlin - 11 - Joplin
David Wilcox - 12 - Joplin
Mike Davis - 11 - Waynesville
Jake Schuster - 10 - Camdenton
Justin Thomas - 12 - Hillcrest
Rory Osborne - 11 - Lebanon
Andy Sawyer - 12 - Glendale
Grant Bollig - 10 - Lebanon
Mike Burkett - 12 - Waynesville

Final Standings

1-Kickapoo = 9-0-0
2-Glendale = 6-2-1
3-Parkview = 6-3-0
3-Rolla = 6-3-0
5-West Plains = 5-3-1
6-Joplin = 5-4-0
7-Waynesville = 3-5-1
8-Camdenton = 2-6-1
9-Lebanon = 1-8-0
10-Hillcrest = 0-9-0

Saw this on Mosports.com don’t know the poster but here was there take on the WP vs ND game.

Do not have actual shots on goal, Game was delayed 3 hours and was moved to smaller turf field at Busch complex. Conditions were difficult, turf was slick, wind was howling and lighting on field was poor. ND had better ball control, spread the field better and had better passing. I was impressed however with West Plains they played very well had a couple of fast, good player up front and for periods of the 2nd half they took it to the ND defense like I had not seen this year. The number of shots were probably in ND’s favor but not an overwhelming number. After seeing both ND, West Plains, Hanibal and St. Dominic, the two best teams played each other on Friday Night ND and West Plains.

For What it’s worth.

In addition to the pictures Randy Hunt took at the Final Four (Click on the Zizzer Soccer Photos Link to the left), Columbia Photo has pictures available for purchase go to www.columbia.photo.com click on the MSHSAA Evnts link then select 2006-07 then 2006 Boys soccer. They have the Official Team Photos and also over 300 photos from our game with Hannibal. You can get the photos in a variety of ways (on calendars, soccer balls, etc.)