Coach Howard Quigley spent three decades as a baseball coach, winning 458 games and a state championship at Billings. He was head coach at Republic for 19 seasons, winning 222 games as a Tiger. He had already been inducted into the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in
Republic’s spring seniors got a final shot to compete last week. Here’s what a few participants had to say about the COC senior competitions: “When our season was canceled, I was crushed, because I knew the last time I stepped on the field was my junior year, and I
Five Tiger baseball players – Josh Calhoon, Jordan Carter, Easton Prevo, Nicholas Rose, Evan Smith, joined by Kaden Hill in the dugout – hit the field one last time in the COC senior showcase Monday. Here’s the photo gallery. You can order prints here.
Central Ozark Conference schools have scheduled one last day of competition for seniors who lost their seasons to the statewide school shutdown. On June 29, conference schools will hold competitions for seniors in at least four of five spring sports: baseball, golf, soccer and tennis. Schools are still trying to
“Evan is another high character guy in our senior class. Evan has always done whatever we asked him to do, and he works his tail off. “I bet that he didn’t expect to be a submariner on the mound four years ago. However, he has really developed into a reliable
“Nick is the ultimate teammate. Things haven’t went the way for Nick this season that he was hoping for with his knee injury, but he was there everyday and always finding ways to make himself better. “Coaching Nick is easy because you know that he is always going to be
“Easton brings great leadership to our program and is the type of guy that you want on your team. I have really enjoyed coaching him the last four years, and it has been awesome to watch him mature as a player. “We are really going to miss him, but we
It’s time for a Photo of the Week contest sponsored by Pinegar Chevrolet! Each week, I’ll choose some of the best photos from Republic Tiger Sports and let you choose your favorite. One of the weekly winners will appear in the center of the next issue of Republic Tiger
“Luke loves the game, and I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to coach him for the last four years. Unfortunately, he lost his junior year to Tommy John surgery. “We were really looking forward to watching him play this spring because he was one of our more impressive
Republic Tigers Baseball. Republic Tigers Golf. Republic Lady Tigers Soccer. Republic Tigers Tennis. Republic Tigers Track and Field. Five weeks ago, students on those five Republic sports teams participated in their first spring practices. Temperatures were in the 50s. The sun was shining most of that first week. Today, they’re
