Two Republic athletes committed to continue their careers in college. Kaitlyn Snyder will play tennis for Eastern Illinois University, and Michael Taylor will wrestle at Hannibal LaGrange University. Snyder to Become a Panther Snyder becomes the first Republic tennis player to sign with a Division I program. She finished with
Republic brought home two medals at the Central Ozark Conference championships Saturday in Ozark. Jonathan O’Connell won the conference championship at 138 pounds, while Michael Taylor finished second at 132. O’Connell opened the tournament with a pin against Phillip Leithauser of Carl Junction, then pinned Jackson Taylor of Webb City
Jonathan O’Connell’s 100th career victory highlighted Republic’s performance at the Columbia Hickman Invitational. The Tigers took only four wrestlers to Columbia, but two of them won championships. O’Connell’s 100th career win came Friday against Aydin Rodriguez of Columbia Rock Bridge. O’Connell pinned Rodriguez in the first round. It helped set
Republic had seven wrestlers finish in the top two spots of their division at the Seneca JV tournament. Isaiah Madson (138C) and Dominick Famiano (120C) both finished first in their brackets. Full results are below. JV 120C Dominick Famiano’s place is 1st and has scored 0.0 team points. Round 1
Seven photos from three holiday tournaments are nominated for Pinegar Photo of the Week!
Jonathan O’Connell returned from an injury with a big weekend at the Kinloch Classic in Springfield. O’Connell had sat out about two weeks before returning to the mat this weekend in one of the season’s biggest tournaments––and he wrestled up a weight classification, competing at 145 pounds instead of his
The Tigers wrapped up the Kinloch Classic with a second day of competition. Here’s the photo gallery. See the full gallery and order prints here.
Michael Taylor and Jonathan O’Connell both finished the first day of the Kinloch Classic undefeated. Taylor won three matches in Friday competition, two by pin and one by forfeit. O’Connell pinned all four of the opponents he faced. Full results are printed below the photo gallery. See the full album
Republic wrestling heads to Glendale on December 21. See the full gallery and order prints here.
Republic senior Michael Taylor has his sights set on another trip to the state tournament at the end of this season. Getting there will require performances like he turned in over the weekend at Fort Zumwalt East in St. Louis. Taylor went undefeated, winning all six of his matches to
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