Tennis

Girls Tennis Takes 2nd in COC

September 29, 2011 By David Leave a Comment

The Republic Lady Tigers finished a strong second to Branson at the COC Tennis Tournament, on a day dominated by the two teams. Of the nine finals matches played at Branson Thursday, Republic and Branson squared off in seven of them.

Republic’s lone first-place finish was in doubles, when Danielle Hopkins and Hayley Walser finished first in their flight. Second-place finishers for Republic were Samantha Minor, Courtney Jenkins, Danielle Hopkins, and Jordan Jones; and the doubles teams of Samantha Minor/Meagan McCord and Courtney Jenkins/Jordan Jones.

Filed Under: Tennis Tagged With: Courtney Hopkins, Courtney Jenkins, Danielle Hopkins, Hayley Walser, Samantha Minor

Photos: Tennis vs Branson

September 27, 2011 By David Leave a Comment

COC power Branson defeated Republic in girls tennis Tuesday. Here are 40+ photos from that day.

View photos at SmugMug

Filed Under: Multimedia, Photos, Tennis

Tuesday Preview

September 20, 2011 By David Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s going on tonight in Tiger athletics!

Cross Country – Boys and Girls – Var / J.V. – @ Nixa 4pm
Tennis – Girls – Jr. Varsity – Aurora @ Republic 4:30pm
Soccer – Boys – Var / J.V. – @ Willard 4:30pm
Softball – Branson @ Republic 5pm
Volleyball – JV / Varsity @ Parkview 5pm
Football – 7th Grade A & B @ Republic 5:30pm
Football – 8th Grade A & B @ Branson 4:30pm

Filed Under: Football, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Cross Country, Volleyball

Tennis Team Wins 3rd Straight Monett Tournament

September 16, 2011 By David 1 Comment

The Republic Lady Tigers tennis team won the Monett Invitational Tournament for the third straight year Friday.

Jordan Jones dominated her singles flight, and two Republic doubles teams were in the finals as well.

The Lady Tigers still have only one setback on the season — a disappointing loss to Ozark earlier this week.

Filed Under: Tennis

Tennis Team Rebounds, Romps Past Reeds Spring

September 15, 2011 By David Leave a Comment

Two days after suffering their first loss of the season, the Lady Tigers tennis team got back in the win column. Republic swept Reeds Spring 9-0.

Coach Eric Hanson says the team played “much better,” even compared to previous wins. In both singles and doubles, most of the matches were decided by wide margins.

Here are the details:

Singles
Samantha Minor def Dakota Shoemaker 8-3
Courtney Jenkins def Yun Han 8-3
Danielle Hopkins def Ana Moser 8-1
Meagan McCord def Cheyenne Randle 8-2
Jordan Jones def Katelyn Hubbard 8-0
Hayley Walser def Autumn Ward 8-2

Doubles
Minor/McCord def Shoemaker/Han 8-2
Jenkins/Jones def Moser/Randle 8-2
Hopkins/Walser def Hubbard/Shelby Moser 8-2

The win improves Republic’s record to 8-1.

Filed Under: Tennis

Republic’s Undefeated Run Ends

September 13, 2011 By David Leave a Comment

The Lady Tigers tennis team has finally lost a match. Republic traveled to Ozark Tuesday for a COC matchup, and lost 5-4. It’s the first loss of the season for the Lady Tigers, after starting with seven straight victories.

“The girls played hard, but made too many mistakes in general,” coach Eric Hanson said. “Ozark did a good job of keeping the ball in play.”

Here are the singles and doubles results for Republic:

Samantha Minor 2-8
Courtney Jenkins 6-8
Danielle Hopkins 8-4
Meagan McCord 6-8
Jordan Jones 8-1
Hayley Walser 3-8
Minor/McCord 9-7
Jenkins/Jones 8-4
Hopkins/Walser 4-8

Filed Under: Tennis

Tennis Team Sweeps Carthage

September 12, 2011 By David Leave a Comment

The Republic Lady Tigers went from their closest victory of the season to their most decisive. Coming off a 5-4 win over Webb City, Republic pounded Carthage 9-0 Monday in a COC matchup.

Here are the scoring details:

Samantha Minor def. Morgan Guidie 8-0
Courtney Jenkins def. Morgan Hopper 8-1
Danielle Hopkins def. Kaley Ledford 8-1
Meagan McCord def. Makenzie Copeland 8-4
Jordan Jones def. Brooke Renken 8-4
Hayley Walser def. Shelby Willis 8-3
Minor/McCord def. Guidie/Hopper 8-2
Jenkins/Jones def. Ledford/Copeland 8-3
Hopkins/Walser def. Renken/Willis 8-5

Next up, a COC meet against Ozark Tuesday.

Filed Under: Tennis

Video Week in Review

September 12, 2011 By David 1 Comment

Here’s a video recap of some of the biggest moments in Republic Tiger Sports last week.

Filed Under: Football, Multimedia, Softball, Tennis

McCord Keeps Lady Tigers Undefeated

September 8, 2011 By David Leave a Comment

It came down to a dramatic tiebreaker at the end of the night, but the Lady Tigers tennis team stayed undefeated with a 5-4 win over Webb City Thursday evening.

After eight matches — three doubles and five singles matches — Webb City and Republic had each won four. The final singles match of the night between Republic’s Meagan McCord and Webb City’s Macy Layne went the distance, and more.

McCord jumped out to a big lead, only to see Layne storm back to force a tiebreaker. But McCord captured the first two points of the tiebreaker, and went on to win it 7-3.

The win keeps Republic undefeated on the season. Here are the individual match results:

Samantha Minor def. Maranda Ann Miller 8-3
Danielle Hopkins loses to Kirsten Robertson 7-9
Meagan McCord def. Macy Layne 8-8 (7-3)
Jordan Jones def. Emily Graskemper 8-0
Hayley Walser loses to Elizabeth Tappana 1-8
Chloe Hindy loses to Darshi Edirisooriya 1-8
Minor/McCord def. Miller/Robertson 8-3
Jankins/Hopkins lose to Layne/Tappana 6-8
Jones/Walser def. Graskemper/Edirisooriya 8-1

The Webb City JV squad defeated Republic.

Filed Under: Featured, Tennis Tagged With: Chloe Hindy, Danielle Hopkins, Hayley Walser, Jordan Jones, Meagan McCord, Samantha Minor

New Facility, Same Results for Girls Tennis

September 6, 2011 By David 3 Comments

The Republic Tennis team opened their new tennis complex with a 6-3 win over Forsyth! That keeps the varsity squad undefeated on the season. Here are the photos from their big day.