Republic’s football players were all set to hop on a bus to Webb City when the word came down this afternoon: their district semifinal game had been postponed until Saturday at noon because of stormy weather tonight.
Coach Ryan Cornelsen and his staff shuffled the schedule to adjust.
“We had a team meeting after school, and then another pregame practice at 3 o’clock,” he said. “We went back through the game plan and gave the kids the night off.”
Cornelsen said he knows his players were excited to play, and he the other coaches were hoping to play tonight, but postponing was probably the best call. Many of the area games that were not postponed already had already been pushed back to later starting times by 6:00 pm.
Republic players will have an early morning, leaving the school at 8:15 am for their noon game.
How to Follow the Game Live
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