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Republic’s Special Olympics basketball teams picked up wins last night. The Lil Flashdrives won 12-8. They were led by Samuel Ard with four points. Tyrus Schwind added 3 points. Megan Weis and Madison Ard scored 2, and Dustin Schwind had 1 point in the victory.
The Flashdrives also won, 23-12, behind Alex Ferrell’s 9 points and 9 rebounds. Kirklin Cottrell scored 6, and Eric Ferrell and Shane Carlson scored 4 apiece.
The Republic bowling team will open its practice season with an orientation and practice session on January 10th.
Bowling is an unsanctioned sport, but a school from Republic High School will compete against other southwest Missouri schools during the upcoming season. The team has eight competitions scheduled.
All high school students are eligible to participate — and eighth graders can also compete on the JV team.
The opening orientation is at Sunshine Lanes, Tuesday, January 10th, from 3:30-5:00 p.m.
For more information, students can contact Buster Ames, 417-866-7246.
The Republic Special Olympics bowling team had a great weekend at their competition in Springfield. Here are the individual medalists from Republic:
Gold
Kirklin Cottrell
Dustin Schwind
Kahleb Bruce
Alex Ferrell
Jakob Kellett
Samual Ard
Haley Clayton
Dayna Painter
Silver
Bill Gibson
Christian Clayton
Eric Ferrell
Logan Rowe
The Republic varsity cheerleaders made it three years in a row with a top-three state finish, taking 2nd place at the state competition over the weekend in Columbia. Republic finished in 2nd place at the Missouri Cheerleading Coaches Association State Championships.
Republic competed in the Class 4 Small Division, which included 16 teams, finishing as runner-up to St. Francis Borgia. Republic finished in 3rd place two years ago, and in 1st place in 2010.
The cheerleaders are Holly Burks, Jordan Crawford, Ericka Dye, Kavosha Edmunds, Emily Gill, Chloe Hindy, Amanda Lyon, Trinity Minshall, Allison Ott, Monica Overholser, Brittany Owrey, Britteney Taylor, and Destiny Warner. The sponsors are Jana Linehan and Victoria Henbest.
Republic’s Destiny Church is organizing a local relief effort for the Joplin tornado victims. Pastor Chad Blansit says you can bring non-perishable food items, blankets, towels, and clothing to the church all day today. Volunteers will load a trailer full of supplies and drive it to Joplin this evening around 5 p.m. The items will be delivered to another church in Joplin, which is operating as a disaster recovery center.
You can also donate money, and designate it for Joplin tornado relief. Blansit says they’ve collected $1,300 so far. All the money collected will go to Ignite Church in Joplin for its disaster recovery efforts.
“We’ve had a doctor and nurse from our church down there, and they say it’s the most devastating thing they’ve ever seen,” Blansit said. “They say the devastation is bigger than they’re talking about on the news, even now.”
Destiny Church is located behind McAlister’s in Republic.
The Republic High School cheerleaders are state champs. They took first place at the state competition at Hearnes Center in Columbia. The team was competing in the Class 4 Small Squad Division. St. Francis Borgia was runner-up.
The state-winning squad included seniors Katie Vait, Kristee Massey, and Kaity Stone; juniors Brittney Owrey, Britteney Taylor, Amanda Lyon, Brittany Crawford, Trinity Minshall, and Kavosha Edmunds; and sophomores Elly Zinecker, Ericka Dye, and Jennifer Madrzykowski. They’re coached by Deb Kuntz.
Eleven students from Republic participated in the Special Olympics Area Bowling Tournament last weekend. All the bowlers earned gold medals, and advanced to the state Indoor Championship being held in Joplin next month.
Three bowlers competed in singles: Kirklin Cottrell, Dayna Painter and Eric Akin.
Republic fielded two doubles teams: Hailey and Christian Clayton; and Jennifer Green and Eric Dorris.
In Unified Doubles, two teams competed. Each team included a Special Olympics athlete and a non-disabled partner. Kyle Akin competed with Kayla Thorson, and Jarrod Thorson competed with Scott Akin.
I’ve taken everything I can find about Tiger summer camps and put it all in one place here. These sheets have times, dates, and registration costs for just about every camp you can think of. (Coaches, if you have more information you want to pass along, let me know and I’ll post it.)
The Republic varsity cheerleading squad finished third at the 2009 Missouri Cheerleading Coaches Association’s state competition. Republic competed in the 4A small-squad division, along with 16 other teams. Grain Valley won the championship, and Cassville finished second.
Teams are judged in tumbling, creativity, spirit and energy, crowd leadership, and other areas.
Republic’s squad qualified for State with a 2nd-place finish at the State Regional Competition August 8th at Willard.
The varsity cheerleaders will compete at the state competition in Columbia Saturday. Republic’s squad qualified with a 2nd-place finish at the State Regional Competition August 8th at Willard. They’re one of 16 teams competing in the 4A small squad division.
Teams compete in the areas of tumbling, motions, formations, voices, crowd appeal, jumps, synchronization and overall effectiveness. Bonus points are awarded for advanced stunts, and in other areas.
Republic will compete just after 11:00 Saturday morning. I’ll post results as soon as I get them.
