Zizzers’ soccer season ends in overtime heartbreaker against Sikeston

In September, Sikeston handed the West Plains Zizzers soccer team a 9-1 defeat. When the two teams met again Nov. 4 for the Class 3, District 1 tournament semifinals at Hillsboro, the Zizzers took the Bulldogs into overtime before falling 2-1, to end their postseason run. The semifinal matchup came four days after West Plains survived a penalty-kick shootout against Cape Central in the quarterfinals, winning 3-2 after the teams finished regulation and two overtime periods tied 2-2. “This was our best effort of the season,” West Plains Head Coach Jimmy Miller said. “To be mercy-ruled and beat 9-1 by this same Sikeston team just two months earlier, and then take them into overtime in district play, is a testament to how hard and how well these guys played and how much they improved over that two months.” West Plains opened the tournament Oct. 31 against Cape Central, falling behind 1-0 at halftime despite creating more scoring opportunities and controlling much of the play.

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