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District Champs!

February 26, 2010 By David Leave a Comment

The Republic Lady Tigers used a balanced offensive attack to capture a district title with a 60-50 win over top-seeded McDonald County Friday.

The game started bizarrely, with McDonald County scoring a basket at Republic’s end of the floor on its opening possession. The opening tip went out of bounds and officials awarded the ball to the Lady Mustangs. McDonald County in-bounded the ball to an unguarded Ryan Parsons, wide open under the basket. But Parsons was under Republic’s basket, and scored for the Lady Tigers.

McDonald County rebounded to take a lead at the end of the 1st quarter, 12-11. Republic jumped on top in the 2nd quarter, outscoring the Lady Mustangs 17-12, and taking a 28-24 lead at halftime. At the end of the 3rd quarter, Republic led 40-36. They outscored McDonald County 20-14 down the stretch to capture the title.

Senior Courtney Gardner scored 13 points to lead the Lady Tigers. Kyra Ramsey scored 11; and Payton Rayl and Elle Aston had 9 points apiece. Sarah Kreul scored 6, Alex Botkin had 5, Kyla Fieth added 4, and Kayce Duvall scored 3 for Republic.

Ryan Parsons had 24 points for the Lady Mustangs, who end their season with a 13-13 record.

Republic advances to the sectional round next Wednesday at Joplin. Their opponent won’t be determined until Saturday.

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Lady Tigers Sprint Past Cassville, Into District Finals

February 24, 2010 By David Leave a Comment

The Republic Lady Tigers used a swarming defense to force the tempo and run away from Cassville in the district semifinal game Wednesday, 53-37. Courtney Gardner scored 11 points in the first quarter, and Kayce Duvall scored 5, as Republic jumped out to a 16-4 lead after the first period. They continued to pressure Cassville defensively in the second quarter, and turned several turnovers into easy buckets. The Lady Tigers led 32-14 at halftime.

Republic extended the lead to 20 points in the 3rd quarter, but Cassville cut the lead to 12 at one point, behind a strong performance by senior Hannah Elkins. Elkins finished with 17, and kept Cassville in the game until a final run in the 4th quarter sealed the victory for Republic.

Gardner and Duvall each scored 14 points for Republic. Kyra Ramsey had 9, Elle Aston had 6, and Alex Botkin and Sarah Kreul scored 2 apiece. Jayme Sifferman, back from a knee injury, scored 2 points for the Lady Tigers.

Republic moves into the district final, where they’re play the #1 seed, McDonald County. The Lady Tigers improved their record to 11-13. Cassville ends its season at 17-11.

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Senior Night Victory

February 8, 2010 By David Leave a Comment

Senior Kayce Duvall scored 26 points on Senior Night, as the Lady Tigers cruised to a 64-31 victory over Neosho. It’s the 3rd win in a row for Republic, after struggling for much of January.

Republic used strong defense to force multiple turnovers for Neosho, as they jumped out to a big lead early. The Lady Tigers led 17-4 after one quarter, and 35-10 at halftime.

Nine Lady Tigers scored, led by Duvall’s 26 points. Payton Rayl and Courtney Gardner scored 8; Kyra Ramsey scored 6; Alex Botkin and Sarah Kreul had 4 apiece; Brooke Dutton and Kyla Fieth each added 3; and Elle Aston had 2.

Before the game, Republic honored its four seniors: Duvall, Aston, Gardner, and Jayme Sifferman.

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Lady Tigers Drop Thriller at Marshfield in OT

January 18, 2010 By David Leave a Comment

The Republic Lady Tigers clawed their way back from a 10-point deficit to force overtime at Marshfield Monday, before falling in overtime 58-57. Republic trailed 33-23 late in the 3rd quarter. They used a frenzied full-court press to get back in the game, and took the lead with :38 left on a layup by Elle Aston, 48-47. But Marshfield hit a free throw with :15 remaining in regulation to tie the game, and Sarah Kreul missed a jumper at the buzzer that would have won it.

In overtime, Marshfield jumped ahead 53-50 before Courtney Gardner tied it with a 3-pointer. After a Marshfield free throw, Gardner hit another 3-pointer to make the lead 56-54. But from that point, Republic missed five of six free throws, including two by Payton Rayl with :06 remaining. The Lady Tigers rebounded the second miss, but a three-point attempt by Gardner rattled in and out, and Sarah Kreul’s hurried follow-up shot failed to fall, giving Marshfield a 58-57 win.

Gardner led Republic in scoring with 19 points. Jayme Sifferman had 10. Sarah Kreul provided a key spark off the bench to get the Lady Tigers back in the game in the 2nd half, and she finished with 8. Elle Aston added seven points to go along with some important defensive plays during the Lady Tigers’ run. Kyra Ramsey had 6 points, Kayce Duvall had 5, and Payton Rayl had 2.

Jessie Bruton had 15 points to lead the Lady Jays. Amanda Gourley had 13.

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Nixa Dominates Lady Tigers

January 11, 2010 By David Leave a Comment

Nixa scored the first 11 points of the game and never looked back, dominating the Republic Lady Tigers 62-36.

Nixa used a big size advantage to dominate inside on both ends of the floor, especially early. Randa Raper, the 5’10″ Nixa forward, had 10 points in the first quarter. Republic’s only points of the first quarter came on a 3-pointer by Kayce Duvall, and Nixa led 16-3 after one period.

The Republic offense got going in the 2nd quarter, but still had no answer for Raper and 6’2″ Regan Peltier inside. At halftime, Nixa led 34-13.

Things didn’t get any better in the 2nd half, as Nixa ran its lead to 49-22 after three periods, before finishing with a 26-point victory.

Peltier had 17 points to lead all scorers for Nixa. Raper had 14, and Emily Walker added 10.

For Republic, Kayce Duvall was the leading scorer with 9 points. Payton Rayl had 8. Alex Botkin added 6. Elle Aston had 4, and Courtney Gardner, Kyla Feith and Jayme Sifferman had 3 apiece.

The Lady Tigers were winners in the JV game, 55-35.

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Lady Tigers Sweep Into New Arena

January 5, 2010 By David Leave a Comment

The Republic Lady Tigers opened their new gym with a bad case of nerves Monday night — but they got it turned around in a big way, and cruised to victory over Willard, 55-42. Republic fell behind to Willard 9-0, before whipping of a long run from about the three-minute mark of the first quarter. They outscored Willard 24-5 to take a 24-14 lead into the break.

Jayme Sifferman was the first Lady Tiger to score a varsity point in the new gym. Her bucket and free throw put Republic on the board for the first time, and started the early run that made the difference in the game. After Sifferman made it 9-3, Elle Aston hit one free throw. She missed the second, but Kyla Feith grabbed the rebound, hit a layup, and was fouled. She hit her free-throw, and in just a few seconds, the score was 9-7.

Republic trailed 9-7 after one quarter. But a three-pointer by Kayce Duvall and a layup by Courtney Gardner gave Republic its first lead with about 5:00 left in the half. The Lady Tigers never trailed again. They outscored Willard 31-5 in a run that stretched all the way into the second half.

Duvall led Republic with 19 points. Courtney Gardner scored 8. Elle Aston and Kyla Feith had 7 apiece. Jayme Sifferman scored 5 points, Payton Rayl had 5, and Kyra Ramsey had 3.

Earlier in the night, the freshmen had beaten Nixa 53-16 to christen the new arena. Kayla Bartelsmeyer scored the first-ever bucket in the new facility.

The JV team beat Willard 58-34.

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Another Pink & White Loss

December 28, 2009 By David Leave a Comment

Willard had four players in double-figures, including Sammie Gathercole with 18 points, as they edged Republic in the Pink & White Tournament consolation bracket, 58-52. [Read more...]

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Lady Tiger Rally Falls Short

December 5, 2009 By David Leave a Comment

The Republic Lady Tigers fell behind by 21 points at halftime, and rallied furiously down the stretch, but fell to Mount Vernon 60-53 in the finals of the Lady Houn’ Invitational at Aurora. [Read more...]

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Jones, Aston Named All-State

November 9, 2009 By David 2 Comments

Sophomore Jordan Jones and Senior Elle Aston have both earned all-state honors from the Missouri High School Volleyball Coaches Association. [Read more...]

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Volleyball Summary & Stats

November 3, 2009 By David 1 Comment

Republic’s volleyball team made it to the state quarterfinals for the second year in a row. They finished with an overall match record of 25-8-2 (winning 57 individual games and losing just 20). They were 5-2 in the COC, finishing second. And they were ranked as high as #4 in Class 3 by the state’s volleyball coaches.

Here are the team statistical leaders for the season:

Attack Percentage
1) 0.348 – Nicole Hallam
2) 0.295 – Jordan Jones
3) 0.264 – Elle Aston

Kills
1) 211 – Elle Aston
2) 173 – Nicole Hallam
3) 157 – Shelby Gordon

Assists
1) 680 – Jordan Jones
2) 35 – Sarah Kreul
3) 33 – Alex Botkin

Blocks
1) 62 – Nicole Hallam
2) 46 – Elle Aston
3) 28 – Shelby Gordon

Serving Percentage
1) 0.979 – Rachel Nichols
2) 0.972 – Mallory Long
3) 0.944 – Elle Aston & Jordan Jones

Aces
1) 37 – Mallory Long
2) 26 – Alex Botkin
3) 18 – Shelby Patton

Serving Average
1) 1.72 – Mallory Long
2) 2.00 – Rachel Nichols
3) 2.07 – Elle Aston

Digs
1) 368 – Mallory Long
2) 301 – Elle Aston
3) 237 – Shelby Patton

Service Receptions
1) 342 – Mallory Long
2) 259 – Alex Botkin
3) 238 – Shelby Patton

Passing Average
1) 2.30 – Mallory Long
2) 2.25 – Shelby Patton
3) 2.14 – Elle Aston

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