By the Numbers – September 29, 2021

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The milestone time Miha Nambara had set as a goal before the season started. She was 12 seconds away from that goal with her school-record time at the cross country meet in Nixa – then she flew under it five days later with a 15-second improvement at the East Newton Invitational last Saturday.

The number of Central Ozark Conference wins for the Republic tennis team this fall. After falling short of a regular-season championship in recent years, the Lady Tigers left nothing to chance, beating everyone on the COC schedule. They wrapped up their COC regular-season with a win over Ozark.

1,000

The milestone number of career assists compiled in her career by Republic's Payge Plank. Plank topped the 1,000-assist mark against Carl Junction, and she's already blown past the 1,100-assist mark, with a career-high 53 assists at Branson Tuesday.

The number of goals scored this season by Marco Donjuan. Donjuan had a hat trick Tuesday night in a win over Joplin, scoring all three of Republic's goals. It was his second hat trick of the year and his first since the opening game of the season against Waynesville.