West Plains Competes At ReMax Cup In Harrison

West Plains Lady Zizzers at Harrison, 2010 (credit: Randy Hunt)

My ‘Spring Cardinal’, the harbinger of the season’s start, kicked off early this morning in Harrison AR. Coach Chris Pratt has brought together a competitive set of teams in both Boy’s and Girl’s soccer for the day. The Goblin’s got pretty good weather for the event, where it’s 51 degree’s with a chance of rain [...]

West Plains Zizzers Open Season At Harrison March 19th

Nixa vs Harrison (at Ozark, April 2010)

The Arkansas High School season (Boys and Girls) opened yesterday, February 28th. It was also the start of Preseason Practice for Missouri Girls High School programs where 37 girls came out in West Plains. The first games of the season for the Zizzer’s will come at the Harrison ReMax Classic where Coach Schmitt’s squad lost [...]

Saturday Missouri HS Soccer Report

West Plains Lady Zizzers at Harrison, 2010 (credit: Randy Hunt)

From the ReMax Cup in Harrison: Harrison Lady Goblins – 1 Little Rock Christian – 1 The Goblins took an early lead midway through the 1st half and gave up the tying goal midway through the second half. Little Rock Christian advances to the Title game via PK’s, winning 5-4. West Plains Zizzers – 3 [...]

MSHSAA Enrollment Figures Point To Soccer Changes In The Fall

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You may have seen some recent discussions of new District alignments in High School football. Well, the same population changes along with the addition of at least one new program in the region (Republic Tigers) will lead to changes for soccer as well. While not official, Head Coach Nick Schmitt provided the following analysis of [...]

Missouri State Bears High School Boys Team Camp

The Boys Team Camp is wrapping up today over at Missouri State University and as is my tradition, I took in the All-Star game this morning. With 14 teams and over 240 players, the game featured the top 10% of players in camp. My MVP, on the basis of a pair of quality goals scored, [...]

High School Schedules – Am I Missing Your Team?

OK, spent the afternoon Tuesday entering schedules into my High School Calendar and I’m still missing quite a few. The only way I can cover your team is if I have your schedule and can identify games of interest. Please have your Coach or a member of the Booster Club send me the schedule. I [...]

Missouri State Bears Boys Soccer Team Camps

That time of year again, the Team Camp just ended Friday and the Residential Camp begins today. I caught this shot of the save by Bryan Byars of Putnam City North (OK), home of Lance Pickens (Chivas USA/MSU Bears) and Chad Thompson (MSU defender) during the All-Star game. The save is against his HS teammate, [...]

Three Classes For Girls Soccer in 2009

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This story has been contributed at my request by Coach Nick Schmitt, West Plains Zizzers. ================= In the Spring of 2009, Girls High School Soccer in Missouri will expand to 3 classes. Why is this happening? Do we really need three classes? What does it mean for the schools in Southwest Missouri? Why are we [...]

High School Girls Update and Regional Press Coverage

Update: Lebanon vs JC Helias was rained out last night although the JV got their game in. No make up date announced yet. It’s probably self-evident, but I’ve received two cancellations today so far: West Plains vs Harrison (AR) is moved to Thursday March 27th, still Varsity only and in West Plains. Jeff City Helias [...]

Brice Hunt, West Plains Zizzer, Chooses Birmingham Southern

Zizzer Senior Midfielder, Brice Hunt (pictured against Bolivar in the District semi-final) has decided to further his soccer career at Birmingham Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham Southern is a school of about 1,400 students that competes at the NCAA Division III level and is a member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. Hunt was [...]