 The West Plains High School Beta Club sponsored its 1st annual Zizzer ThrowDown Dodgeball Tournament on Friday, April 23, at 7:00 p.m. in the Middle School FEMA Building. Approximately 600 spectators and 230 participants came out to support the Zizzer Beta Club in this fundraising event! Proceeds will go to support the Beta Club and their selected local charity this year, the West Plains Christos House. Our first annual tournament raised approximately $1300.00! The following teams placed in the final round of the tournament:
1st place winner: The Dodgeball Team! (they received individual medals, and their team photo will be displayed in a perpetual plaque in the FEMA building until next year)
(photo) First Row: Hannah Riggs; Second Row: Seth Miller, Austin Riggs, Andy Burton, Jon Wright, Kevin Johnson, Jon Allen, and Korey Brown.
2nd place winner: The Faith Bombers (they received individual medals)
(photo) First Row: Kayln Holmes, Ginny Christian, Jeff Christiam; Second Row: Jacob Montgomery, Terry Lunyou; Back Row: Melodie Pitts, Stephanie Collins, Brock Lunyou, Todd McDaniell, and Brad Haaland.
3rd place winner: Boom Boom Pow (they received individual ribbons)
(photo) First Row: Kate Tyree, Paige Riley, Makenzie Alsup, Courtney Grisham; Back Row: Clinton Washington, Juliann Reed, Jamie Wright, and Justin Morris.
Best Team Uniform 1st place: Crazy Dodgers
(photo) First Row: Patricia Limbaugh, Josh Warren, Trish Maher, Kileen Collins; Back Row: Imer Greene, Christy Carr, Matt Gregory, Brandi Henson, Robin Nielson, and Joey Jeffrey.
Best Team Uniform 2nd place: The Calculus Club
(photo) First Row: Stephanie Joiner, Radona Henry, Jimmy Wood; Back Row: Ty Rhoads, Jack Smithey, Matthew Glascock, Jacob Franke, Travis Waterson.
The Zizzer Beta Club wishes to thank the West Plains area businesses and community members for bringing such great enthusiasm to this event! Area businesses were represented by teams from AirEvac, The Hair House, Cardiology of the Ozarks, SRS Electric, Faith Chapel Freewill Baptist Church, the F.O.P. Fraternal Order of Police #43, First Baptist Church, and Subway. Look for next year's tournament to be bigger and better!
Local sponsors who provided door prizes for our tournament included Suds N', Ruby Tuesdays, Body Works and Spa, Tan-Tastic, Subway, The Cutting Warehouse, Tangles, Sonic, Colton's Steak House, Domino's Pizza, American Home Care, Dr. Cathy Orlowski, KHOM and KBMV Radio, Mr.and Mrs. Roy E. Williams, Jr., Stacy Surface Electric, and Murrel's Bar-B-Que.
Special thanks are also given to the tournament referees: Tina Jolliff, Janet Rackley, Jason Harlow, Krista Tate, Radona Henry, Mark Jolliff, and Archie Freshour. Additional thanks goes out to Nate Cooper and J.W. Murrell for serving as the tournament DJ and MC, and extreme gratitude goes out to parent helpers Charlene Murrell and Lanetta Stirewalt for their assistance with admissions and concessions. The West Plains Middle School Principal, Scott Smith, and the Middle School Custodians deserve a huge "THANK YOU" for allowing the Zizzer Beta Club to use their facilities. Thanks to Twin Ponds for quickly printing the staff t-shirts! Ann Murrell, the Beta Club Dodgeball Tournament Committee Leader deserves special recognition for her hard work and efforts in making this event such a great success!
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