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The Lady Zizzers opened a busy final week of the regular season with a 5-0 loss to Springfield Catholic on Monday evening. On a beautiful night for soccer, Catholic got the game winner in the 10th minute of play. Off a corner kick, Maddy Renner’s shot was cleared off the line by Mollie Plocher, but the referee awarded a goal because the ball crossed the goalline before being cleared. Despite some other good chances for Catholic, the score would remain 1-0 at the half. Wes tPlains didn’t play particularly well early on, but started to pick things up in the latter part of the half.
Catholic doubled their lead in the first minute of the second half as Anna DeLong got free behind the defense and sent a shot past Sammi Phegley to make it 2-0. Bekah Bade beat a defender one on one and fired a shot into the corner of the net in the 63rd minute making the score 3-0 in favor of Catholic. West Plains played better in the second half, connecting some passes through the midfield, but couldn’t get in behind the Catholic defense to create good scoring chances. In the 78th minute, Mandy Bailes scored to make it 4-0. Jordan Banasik would round out the scoring in the 80th minute. Final score 5-0 Catholic. Catholic came into the game as the #1 ranked Class 1 team in the State and they are deserving of that ranking. It wasn’t the Lady Zizzers best game of the season and some of that can be attributed to the Irish who spread the field and move the ball well.
In JV action, Catholic prevailed 6-0. Catholic got on the board in the 10th minute and added a second goal just about a minute later. They would add to their lead with goals in the 17th minute and 27th minute for a 4-0 halftime lead. West Plains started to play a little better in the second half, but weren’t able to maintain it for the rest of the game. Catholic would score twomore goals in the second half. The first goal came in the 6th minute and the final goal came midway through the half.
Next up for West Plains will be back to back trips to Springfield. On Tuesday, the girls will face Parkview at JFK Stadium. The Varsity game will kickoff at 5:00pm with the JV to follow. Wednesday we will travel to Hillcrest. The Varsity will start at 4:00pm with the JV to follow. Wednesday will be the final JV game of the season. District play for the Varsity will begin on Saturday at Bolivar as we take on Warrensburg at 11:00am.