Zizzers Go 3-0 Defeating Camdenton 41-7
At week 3, the rankings are mostly best guesses, but the Zizzers were ranked Class 4 No. 6 and Camdenton was ranked No. 5. The Zizzers proved that those rankings early in the season are almost meaningless, handing the Lakers another defeat, 41-7. This win, takes the Zizzers to a 3-0 record for the season, and marks the 5th time we’ve defeated Camdenton out of the last 7 times we’ve played them (6 of those games on the...
Zizzers Defeat Bolivar 42-21, Advancing
Now that we’re in the post-season, every game is Live or Die. The Zizzers live to play another game by pounding Bolivar 42-21 with a record setting performance from sophomore Brayden Lidgard. But early mistakes allowed Bolivar to keep it close during the first half. We must clean up our sloppy mistakes to stand a chance against Carl Junction’s defense. You can do it Zizzers! First, kudos to sophomore Brayden Lidgard (and...
Zizzers Defeat Parkview 42-12, Improve to 6-2
After a rough first half, the Zizzers revved their engines in the 2nd half to defeat Parkview 42-12, improving their season record to 6-2. I don’t think anyone expected Parkview to win this week, given their 1-6 record coming in to the game. But at the end of the first half, the Vikings only trailed the Zizzers by 2 points (14-12 Zizzers). I don’t know about anyone else, but I fully expected the Zizzers to have 21 points...
Football Zizzers Narrowly Fall To Joplin 26-28, Season Record 4-1
It was a nail-biting, frustrating time at McDonald Field watching our previously undefeated Zizzers battle it out, trying desperately to earn a win against Class 6 Joplin to remain undefeated. But after some Zizzer mistakes and an obviously bad call from the officials, the game belonged to Joplin, even as the Zizzers mounted an amazing momentum-fueled drive during the final 50 seconds. The first half of the game belonged to the...
Zizzers Crush Glendale 42-18 at Home
We just weren’t sure where ‘home field’ was going to be for this game. Thankfully, the Zizzers got to play on their own turf at McDonald’s Stadium after flood damage ruined it earlier this year. And what a great way to “christen” the new field with a big win over Glendale (whose QB was last years Gatorade Player of the Year after throwing 76 touchdowns!) Last year Glendale’s QB was able to...
Zizzers Defeat Waynesville At Home 48 to 26
After a slow Zizzer start, a rainbow and a visit from the Zizzer mascot (lightning bolt), the Zizzers return from an hour-long weather delay to stage a massive, unanswered 34-point run to win the game at home! A strange start to the season, but a win is a win! It was a warm, humid evening as the Zizzers first game of the season opened up and a light rain began, eventually leading to a rare double rainbow at Zizzer stadium. But that...
