The 50th Annual Republic Invitational Tournament will tip off the Tigers’ home season on the week of December 1. The tournament opens with two games — Rogersville against Springdale (Ark.) Har-Ber, and Rolla against Bolivar — on Monday.
Republic opens the tournament with its first home game of the year on Tuesday, December 2. The Tigers will host West Plains in the second game of a double-header that night, starting around 7:30 pm. The opener will feature Carl Junction against Ozark at 6 pm.
The second round will be played on Friday, December 5. The winner of the Republic/West Plains game will meet the winner of the Carl Junction/Ozark game at 8:30 pm in the semifinals. The losers of those two games will play at 5:30 pm.
The championship game is set for Saturday, December 6, at 3:30 pm. The third-place game will be at 2 pm., with the 7th place and consolation games earlier in the day.