The Varsity ladies will look to add tallies in the win column with a return to the West Plains Zizzer Soccer Classic tournament again this year. West Plains always puts on a great tournament, and the Viking squad looks forward to Cape on Friday evening (5:00pm), as well as Sikeston and Liberty-Mountain View on Saturday. The Viking have NEVER won 2 games in this tournament, but look to break that trend this year.
The Zizzer Soccer Classic, hosted by West Plains, began in 2004. The first year of the tournament the Vikings went 0-1 before thunderstorms forced it to be canceled. In 2005 the Vikings went 1-2 in the tournament, winning over Harrison before losing to Lee’s Summit West and Moberly (record: 1-2). Parkview was the #7 seed in 2006, getting slaughtered by #2 Jonesboro before losing to #6 West Plains in PK’s and beating #8 Jennings (record: 1-2). In 2007 Parkview was the last seed out of 8 teams in the tournament. The Vikings lost to #1 Notre Dame, #5 Cape Central, and #6 West Plains (record: 0-3). 2008 found the Vikings entering the tournament as the #6 seed. Parkview lost to #3 Moberly in overtime, as well as #2 Waynesville before beating the host #8 West Plains after losing to them in the tournament the previous two years (record: 1-2).
Flash forward to 2009, and the Vikings have raised both their level of play and their expectations as well. The tournament has moved away from a bracket/seeding system and into a “round robin” format as the number have teams involved have increased, Every match will be of equal importance as the Vikings know they’ll have to win multiple games for the first time ever in the Zizzer Classic if they want to have a shot at the first place title.
(Archived info. courtesy of WP.com – coach Nick Schmitt)
Good Luck Ya’ll