Two days after dropping their first conference match at Willard, Republic’s tennis team rebounded with a win at Joplin Thursday, 6-3. The strength of Republic’s lineup one- through-six was the key to the night.
Joplin’s three wins all came in close matches at
Republic scored quickly to establish the tone at Carthage in an 8-1 win on the road. The win helped the Lady Tigers rebound from a 9-1 non-conference loss at Reeds Spring earlier in
The Class 6, state- ranked Joplin Eagles scored early and often, piling up 49 first-half points on the way to a 55-7 win in Republic Friday. Joplin scored a touchdown on all seven of its possessions in the first half.
In volleyball, the Lady Pirates defeated Buffalo in three sets, 25-20, 20-25 and 25-23. Ash Grove is now 3-2 on the season and was scheduled to host Skyline on Tuesday before heading to Sarcoxie tomorrow night.
The Ash Grove High School football team traveled to Class 1, second ranked Pierce City on Sept. 20 and the Lady Pirates volleyball team traveled to Buffalo on Sept. 19, one came home with a win, one didn’t.
The Willard High School volleyball and girls golf
teams were both in action last week, with the volleyball team picking up two wins and the golf team competing in two tournaments.
The Willard High School softball team went 1-1 last week, while the boys soccer team was 1-4 during the same period.
The Lady Tigers hosted Neosho on Thursday, Sept. 12, but fell to the Lady Wildcats, 3-2.
The Willard High School football team traveled to Nixa on Friday, Sept. 13 and came home with a 10-7 loss.
A late first quarter inter- ception by the Tigers Dylan Leach gave Willard the ball at the 20-yard line. Garrett Rice helped Willard turn
After two bad losses to Kickapoo and Glendale and an injury to one of its starters, Republic’s volley- ball team returned home to look for a little good news. They got it in the form of a straight-sets win over Moun- tain Grove, 25-14, 25-17.
