Republic all-state violinist Luke Thomas played a stirring rendition of the national anthem before Wednesday’s varsity girls game against Glendale. And not much else went right for Republic all night, as they lost 53-40.
The Lady Tigers fell behind 16-6 after one period, and never seriously challenged the Lady Falcons. Republic fell behind by 13 in the 2nd quarter before using a mini-run to close the gap to 30-22 at halftime. It was 40-30 after three periods.
Brooke Dutton led the Lady Tigers with 14 points. Sarah Kreul had 10, all in the second half. Julia Wells had 21 points to lead Glendale.
The loss drops Republic’s record to 13-6. Glendale improves to 16-3.