Garylee has sports for Dec 20th
West Plains Zizzer Josh Leazer announced that he will be attending Evangel University to play football.
Missouri Sports Hall of Fame’s will add West Plains High School Volleyball 1984-1991 ERA West Plains was home to one of Missouri’s most successful high school volleyball programs of the mid-1980s to early 1990s. Coached by Trish Kissiar-Knight (MSHOF 2008), the Zizzers reached six Final Fours in Class 4, the highest classification at the time, and two other state quarterfinals in that span. They won four consecutive state championships (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987) and placed third in 1990 and 1991. The 1988 and 1989 teams played in state quarterfinals. West Plains hired Knight in 1980 and, in four years, the program surged to heights never seen before. In order, the state championship teams beat Truman High School 2-1, Washington 2-0, St. Joseph’s Academy 2-0 and Kirkwood 2-0. The Zizzers were 110-4 in that stretch, and each of the teams from 1986 to 1991 also won the conference. The program produced several All-State selections during that time, and a number of players went on to give back to the game as high school head coaches.
High School basketball tonight Girls Seymour at Ava. Steelville at Salem. Alton at Willow Springs. Mtn Grove at Hartville. Boys’ basketball tonight Mtn Grove at Fair Grove. Marshfield at West Plains game broadcast on kdy 102.5. Eminence at Liberty game broadcast on the fox 969.
The second-ranked Drury Lady Panthers showed both the highs and lows of a quality team on Saturday night, as they overcame an early slow start against the Michigan Tech Huskies and stormed back to secure a 79-62 win at the O’Reilly Family Event Center.
