After missing the first few weeks of the season, it hasn’t taken Will Fronabarger too long to hit his stride. Fronabarger has stepped back into the scoring role envisioned for him by Coach Kevin Hauck before the season began, and the more he gets comfortable in the lineup again, the more he’s putting the ball in the next. In Republic’s last two wins, Fronabarger has scored five times: twice against Webb City in a 3-0 Republic victory, then three times against Rolla in a 4-0 win. His return to the lineup gives Republic a new dimension offensively, and it opens the door for at least a share of the conference championship if Republic can win the remainder of its COC games.