23

The number of kills by Rilynn Finley in Republic’s five-set win over Springfield Glendale at home Tuesday. Finley becomes the first Republic player to record more than 20 kills in a match since MSHSAA expanded to a best-of-five-set format two years ago.

56%

The success rate of the Republic football offense on third-down plays so far this season. The Republic defense has held its opponents to a 33% success rate on third down.

89%

The percentage of matches won by the Lady Tigers tennis team in conference play so far this year. Republic is 3-0 in the COC and has dominated all three opponents, beating Willard 7-2, Neosho 9-0, and Joplin 8-1.

7

The number of consecutive plays on which the Republic defense held Ozark without positive yardage in the second half of last Friday’s win at home. Republic’s defense had 11 tackles behind the line of scrimmage in total.

2nd

The placement of Kristin Probst among all Class 5 runners at the first cross country meet of the season. Probst finished 8th overall with a time of 20:37.86. That’s her best time ever on the course at Bolivar.