Eleven students from Republic participated in the Special Olympics Area Bowling Tournament last weekend. All the bowlers earned gold medals, and advanced to the state Indoor Championship being held in Joplin next month.
Three bowlers competed in singles: Kirklin Cottrell, Dayna Painter and Eric Akin.
Republic fielded two doubles teams: Hailey and Christian Clayton; and Jennifer Green and Eric Dorris.
In Unified Doubles, two teams competed. Each team included a Special Olympics athlete and a non-disabled partner. Kyle Akin competed with Kayla Thorson, and Jarrod Thorson competed with Scott Akin.