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.
Four more Republic athletes have signed their letters of intent to play sports next year in college. Rylee Moseman will attend Neosho County Community College in Kansas to play volleyball. Carly McAtee will play tennis at Evangel University in Springfield. Jordan Carter has signed to play baseball at Kansas Wesleyan
Republic sent two golfers to the state sectional tournament in Kansas City. Next week, they’ll send two to the state tournament in Bolivar. Both Clara Fronabarger and Regan Holmes qualified for state with their best rounds of the season. Fronabarger shot an 84 and Holmes came in at 92. That’s
The Republic baseball team found a lot of ways to improve this season on its way to a 14-12 record. But it never found an answer to Webb City pitcher Cade Beason. For the second time this season, Beason didn’t allow a run against Republic. This time, Beason worked six
Jared Hughes pitched six shutout innings and the Tigers rode two big innings to a 7-1 victory over Neosho in the opening round of the district tournament at Joplin. Republic avenged an earlier 3-2 loss to the Wildcats and won its first post-season game since 2015. “We’re playing a lot
Republic came within one out of upsetting state-ranked Nixa and spoiling the Eagles’ bid for a Central Ozark Conference championship before losing in extra innings 3-2. Nixa scored single runs in the sixth and seventh innings to overcome a 2-0 deficit, then scored the game-winner in the top of the
Nick Rose drew a bases-loaded walk to force home the winning run in a 5-4, 10-inning win against Joplin Thursday. The walk was the fourth of the inning for the Tigers, who scored the game-winner without a base hit. Before the walk-off walk, the game had been a rollercoaster, with
Republic had plenty of chances to steal a victory from Rogersville Tuesday night. In each of the last three innings, the Tigers had a runner in scoring position. Each time, they failed to push across the tying run in what ended up being a 3-2 loss at home. “We can’t
Six Republic athletes have committed to to play sports in college. Members of five different teams announced their commitments at the school’s November signing day: baseball, basketball, golf, softball (2), and soccer. Broc Smith has committed to play basketball at Drury University. New Republic coach Tim Brown says Smith has