In the First Round of District play, the Zizzers faced the Monett Cubs just as they did last year. The result this year was also the same, a 4-0 win for the Zizzers. In the first half, the Zizzers played slow, not getting the movement or good passes that they wanted. Despite not playing their best, West Plains scored three first half goals. Chris Saner netted the first two. In the 21st minute, Saner finished off a cross from Stuart Ziegler to give the Zizzers a 1-0 lead. Less than a minute later, Brice Hunt found Saner again. This time Saner’s shot got past the keeper and Saner beat a defender to the ball and knocked it across the line for a 2-0 Zizzer lead. In the 27th minute, Justin Scicluna beat a couple of defenders and fired a shot past the keeper for a 3-0 lead.
In the second half, the Zizzers played more together and moved the ball better. The only goal of the half came in the 47th minute. Chris Saner crossed a ball to a streaking Brice Hunt who blasted a shot into the back of the net for a 4-0 Zizzer lead. The Zizzers created several other chances, but could not put any more points on the board. The defense played pretty well most of the game. Landon Perry made 3 saves in goal to record the win and the shutout. The Zizzers improve to 17-7-0 on the season and advance to face Bolivar at 7:00pm Monday in the District Semifinals. Bolivar defeated Carl Junction 4-1 to advance. In other games, Cassville defeated Marshfield 5-1 and Carthage defeated Webb City 5-3. Cassville and Carthage will meet in the first Semifinal Monday at 5:00pm.
