West Plains Zizzer Soccer

I received the Schedule and some Hotel Information for the Boys Quincy High School Midwest Classic Tournament in Quincy, Illinois for the Fall. This is a four Team Round Robin event.

Friday, August 31, 2007
5:00pm Kirksville, MO vs West Plains, MO at Flinn East
5:00pm Quincy, IL vs Lexington, KY Tates Creek at Flinn Stadium

Saturday, September 1, 2007
10:00am Quincy, IL vs Kirksville, MO at Flinn Stadium
10:00am West Plains, MO vs Tates Creek, KY at Flinn East
2:00pm West Plains, MO vs Quincy, IL at Flinn Stadium
2:00pm Tates Creek, KY vs Kirksville, MO at Flinn East

A Printable Schedule is available

I recommend getting your hotel reseervations as early as possible because Quincy Notre Dame is also hosting a tournament that same weekend. We will be making our reservations next week.

Hotels near the Fields
Comfort Inn
4122 Broadway
(217) 228-2700

Fairfield Inn
4315 Broadway
(217) 223-5922

Stoney Creek Inn
3809 Broadway
(217) 223-2255

Country Inn and Suites
110 North 54th Street
(217) 222-8949

There was a problem yesterday with the site. I screwed it up trying to fix the error message at the bottom of the left hand column. Steve ‘Ole’ Olson fixed my screw up. Still trying to find out how to fix the error message. Everything except the links sections is working fine though. Thanks Steve.

The Schedule for the 2007 Neosho Girls Soccer TOurnament has been released. The tournament will be held March 29-31, 2007 at Lions Field in Neosho. Participating schools will be: Joplin, Joplin McAuley, Neosho, Springfield Greenwood, Springfield Hillcrest, Springfield Parkview, Van Buren AR, and West Plains.

Two games will be played on Thursday March 29:

5:00pm Greenwood vs Neosho
6:30pm McAuley vs Van Buren

Two Games will be played on Friday March 30:

5:00pm Joplin vs Hillcrest
6:30pm Parkview vs West Plains

Eight Games will be played on Saturday March 31:

9:00am Greenwood/Neosho Loser vs. McAuley/Van Buren Loser
10:30am Joplin/Hillcrest Loser vs. Parkview/West Plains Loser
12:00pm Joplin/Hillcrest Winner vs. Parkview/West Plains Winner
1:30pm Greenwood/Neosho Winner vs. McAuley/Van Buren Winner
3:00pm 9:00am Loser vs. 10:30am Loser (7th Place Game)
4:30pm 9:00am Winner vs. 10:30am Winner (5th Place Game)
6:00pm 12:00pm Loser vs. 1:30pm Loser (3rd Place Game)
7:30pm 12:00pm Winner vs. 1:30pm Winner (1st Place Game)

A printable schedule is available in Word Format.

If you check out the right hand column you will see a map image I added yesterday. It is suppose to update each day to show the location of all visitors to this site based on the location of their IP address. I have been able to view this in more detail with Google Analytics software, but now the map is available for you to view.

The WPHS Soccer Camp Form has a mistake on it. The camp listed as

Boys entering Grades 2-4 July 23-27 , July 30-31 9:00am-Noon
This camp will stress fundamentals and group tactics through individual and small-sided games.

Should actuallay read like this.

Boys entering Grades 9-12 July 23-27 , July 30-31 9:00am-Noon
This camp will stress fundamentals and group tactics through individual and small-sided games.

Sorry for the mistake and thanks to David Evans for catching it. I have made the change on the form on the Parent Informantion Page.

Voting for the Wall of Honor Class of 2007 is now open. Voting will continue until February 15. All current and former Zizzer and Lady Zizzer Soccer Players, Parents of current and former Zizzer and Lady Zizzer Soccer Players, and current and former Zizzer and Lady Zizzer Coaches are eligible to vote. In order to do so, go to the Wall of Honor link in the left hand column. There you will find the list of eligible candidates. You may vote for up to 5 candidates. You can vote by accessing the Contact Form through the Contact link in the left hand column. Thanks and spread the word to all eligible voters.

I have added a Parent Information Page to the Page Links in the left hand column. I will put information there for parents. Any pieces of information that we send home with the players will also be placed on that page. That way if it doesn’t make it home, you can still get the info. Or if you misplace it you can go back and find it again. Hope this helps.

The Missouri State Soccer School 2007 information for camps held at Missouri State University is now available online at http://www.msusoccer.com/.

The camps that are available are:

Boys : July 22-26 – Ages 13-18
Girls: June 17-21 – Ages 10-18
Boys Jr. Residential: June 25-28 – Ages 8-12
Girls HS Team Camp: June 22-25 – Ages 14-18
Boys HS Team Camp: July 18-21 – Ages 14-18
Day Camp I: June 11-14 – Ages 7-12
Day Camp II: July 9-12 – Ages 7-12
Evening Camp: June 11-14 – Ages 4-7

Career Varsity Stats for both Boys and Girls are now available for all players who have appeared in at least 1 Varsity game. They are available in excel format (so you can sort by stat if you choose). Look for the links on the left. Career Stats under Zizzer Info for boys stats and Career Stats under Lady Zizzer Info for girls stats.

It is time to start thinking about summer soccer camps. For the past 9 summers the Zizzer Soccer Team has attended the Team Camp at Missouri State University. Last year for the first time the Lady Zizzer Soccer Team attended Team Camp at MSU as well. The experiences have been very beneficial for our players.

The camps give players a chance to train together and play competitive matches against a variety of opponents from Missouri and other states. Players are also exposed to college coaches from several colleges (Junior Colleges, NAIA, NCAA Division I, and NCAA Division II colleges are generally represented).

There is also the opportunity for players to bond with each other as they are together for parts of 4 days and 3 nights.

We would hope that we would have enough interest to continue attending MSU Team Camps. The dates for this year’s Team Camps are:

Girl’s Team Camp: June 22-25, 2007
Boy’s Team Camp: July 18-21, 2007

We will have a meeting soon to gauge interest. If you know of anyone that will be a Freshman next year and would be interested in attending, have them contact Coach Schmitt.