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The West Plains Zizzers had the motivation and the tournament history.
They had the late energy.
And they also had the talents of Ashton Judd and Alyssa Joyner.
The Zizzers rode all of those positives on Wednesday night into their third-consecutive championship game in the Pink & White Tournament.
They upset top-seeded Georgetown (Texas) 37-33 in the second White Division semifinal at O’Reilly Family Event Center.
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It wasn’t easy.