Photos: Republic vs. Webb City
Webb City Dominates Tigers
Webb City showed why it’s one of the top-ranked teams in the state, in a dominating 41-6 victory over Republic Friday. [Read more...]
Lady Tigers Fall to Top-Ranked Webb City
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.
Tigers Whip Webb City
The Republic Tigers broke a conference losing streak and ended their regular season on a winning note at Webb City, beating the Cardinals 64-49. The Tigers got 26 points from Kevin Stander–16 in the 2nd half–to end their four-game losing streak in the Central Ozark Conference.
The Tigers fell behind by seven points in the 1st quarter, but closed the gap to trail 14-12 after one period. They outscored the Cardinals 13-9 in the 2nd quarter, and led 25-23 at halftime.
In the 3rd quarter, the Tigers outscored Webb City 19-11 to grab a 44-34 lead heading into the final period. Republic pulled away down the stretch, outscoring Webb City 20-15 in the 4th quarter, to secure the 15-point victory.
Besides Stander’s 26, the Tigers had two other players in double figures. Josh Morrow and Jonathan Combs each scored 12.
Breckin Williams scored 15 to lead Webb City.
The Tigers end their regular season with a 16-8 record. They’ll host the district tournament next week. Webb City falls to 10-14.
The JV team lost to Webb City 46-41.
Miscellaneous Volleyball Video
Here’s some volleyball video I took during the season, but hadn’t edited and posted here yet. [Read more...]
Lady Tigers Dominate Webb City
Republic’s Nicole Hallam showed Webb City what it missed the first time the two teams met, as the Lady Tigers cruised to a 25-17 25-18 victory Tuesday. The Lady Tigers had lost to Webb City in three games at the Springfield Classic Tournament — but were limited offensively, playing without Hallam. They showed big improvement in every aspect of their game in Tuesday’s win.
Hallam and Elle Aston each had six kills. And Mallory Long had a big defensive game with 16 digs for the Lady Tigers. Long also contributed two service aces.
For Webb City, Kaitlin Jaeger had five kills.
In the JV game, Republic dominated, 25-19 25-10. Brandy Glessner had 5 kills on 6 attempts with no errors (0.833 hitting %). Sarah Kreul had 15 assists, Rachelle Kipp had 6 digs, and Kelsey Forbis had 3 aces.
The freshmen also won easily, 25-11 25-13.
