Nathan Strobel pitched a complete game, striking out nine and allowing just six hits, as Republic beat Nixa 5-1 Thursday.

Republic managed only four hits, but drew seven walks. The Tigers broke on top with two runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning. Garrett Woods tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Strobel, and Austin Beckner singled and scored later in the inning.

Nixa scored its lone run in the 4th, but Republic picked up an insurance run in the 5th to make the score 3-1.

The Eagles threatened again in the 6th, when back-to-back hitters singled with one out. But Strobel forced a double-play grounder on the next play. Woods scooped the ball up near the bag at shortstop, stepped on second base, and fired to first to end the inning.

Republic scored two more runs in the bottom of the 6th, taking advantage of a walk and a Nixa error to built a 4-run lead, before Strobel finished out the game in the top of the 7th.

Patrick Dickens tripled, doubled, and drove in five runs to lead Republic past Cassville 13-4. Dickens had four hits on the night for Republic.

Garrett Woods struck out nine for Republic and got the win as the starting pitcher. He added a triple and a single at the plate.

Riley Norris had four hits, and Creed Smiley and Austin Beckner each contributed three.

Republic improves to 4-2. Cassville falls to 2-2.

Nathan Strobel hit three triples to help slug Republic past Marshfield Thursday on the road, 9-1.

Creed Smiley, Riley Norris, Garrett Woods and Clayton Rose also chipped in with hits for the Tigers, who took advantage of five Marshfield errors. The Tigers scored their nine runs on only eight hits.

Marshfield’s lone run came in the 2nd inning, after Republic had broken on top in the 1st. The game stayed tied until the Tigers scored two in the top of the 4th, and five more in the top of the 5th to break it open. They added a run in the 6th inning to account for the final score.

Republic’s JV team won 5-3.

The Tigers improve to 3-2 this season. Marshfield falls to 2-2.

Republic Baseball (formerly American Legion Baseball) will hold tryouts March 3rd-4th at the Republic High School Baseball field. Here are the times for each age group:

13u & 14u – 9am
Freshman – 11:30am
JV – 2pm
Varsity-4pm

The Republic Tigers baseball team ended its season with a 10-0 loss in the district tournament to state-ranked Webb City. The Tigers opened the game with two defensive errors, and it went downhill from there.

It was the third win over Republic this season for the Cardinals. Webb City had blown out Republic 23-2 early in the year, but the young Tigers nearly pulled off an upset at home in their second meeting. The Tigers jumped on top early in that one, and led most of the way, before giving up the go-ahead run in the top of the 7th, and losing 8-7.

The Tigers will still be relatively young next year, but they’ll have much more experience at the varsity level. Four freshmen saw extensive starting action during the last half of this season.

Ozark scored three runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to come from behind and beat Republic Tuesday, 8-7. It was a game of comebacks for Ozark, who trailed 5-4 in the bottom of the 7th before Andy Westfall homered to force extra innings.

Garrett Woods homered twice in a losing cause for Republic. Freshman Cole Hurst added three hits, including a double.

The game was delayed by lightning at the start. Republic took a 3-1 lead on the strength of Woods’s two homers, and led the rest of the way until Westfall’s homer tied it in the 7th.

Neither team scored again until the 10th, when Nathan Strobel’s pinch-hit two-run double gave Republic another lead, 7-5. The game ended when Republic outfielders Ryan Sifferman and Patrick Dickens collided in the outfield going after a fly ball off the bat of Cody Holzer, allowing the winning run to cross the plate for Ozark.

Republic falls to 2-13 overall, 0-3 in the COC. Ozark is 10-5, 3-0 in the conference.