Kyla Fieth

Lady Tigers Fall to Top-Ranked Webb City

March 3, 2010 By David Leave a Comment

The Republic Lady Tigers struggled against the full-court pressure of top-ranked Webb City, and ended their season with a loss in the sectional round of the playoffs, 60-34. From the beginning, the Lady Cardinals used stifling full-court pressure to force turnovers and get easy baskets. After the Lady Tigers took a 3-2 lead, Webb City rattled off 17 points in a row. They led 23-6 at the end of the 1st quarter.

The 2nd quarter was the lone bright spot for Republic. They fought back to close the gap to 13 at one point, and trailed by 14 at the half, 33-19.

But Webb City dominated in the 2nd half, building a 20-point lead through three quarters, and outscoring Republic 14-8 in the final period.

Senior Kayce Duvall was the leading scorer for the Lady Tigers, with 9 points. Courtney Gardner had 6, Sarah Kreul had 5, and Kyla Fieth and Jayme Sifferman scored 4 apiece.

Webb City got 16 points from Kaitlin Jaeger, 15 from Halley Roderique and 14 from Kyndal Clark.

Webb City improves to 27-1. Republic ends its season at 12-13.

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Filed Under: Basketball, Basketball (Girls) Tagged With: Basketball, Courtney Gardner, Halley Roderique, Jayme Sifferman, Kaitlin Jaeger, Kayce Duvall, Kyla Fieth, Kyndal Clark, Sarah Kreul, Webb City

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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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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