Miha Nambara continued her streak of medaling at every cross country meet this year, finishing fifth at the Central Ozark Conference championships in Nisa Tuesday. Nambara finished in 20:22.40.
Two of the Central Ozark Conference’s best offenses battled in Carthage Friday, and Carthage’s offense turned out to be a little bit better. In a game that showcased more than 900 yards of total offense, Carthage accounted for 560 of those yards in a 54-34 win.
Webb City pitcher Haidyn Berry shut down the Lady Tigers softball lineup for the second time this season, helping the Cardinals capture the district championship over Republic 4-0 in Carthage. Berry allowed just five hits and struck out 12 batters in a complete-game performance.
Republic’s seniors led the way in a victory over Springfield Parkview on Senior Night, beating the Vikings 20-25, 26-24, 25-8. Senior Rylee Moseman had 11 kills to lead Republic. Moseman and another senior, Emma Pearce, had 10 digs apiece.
Both the Ash Grove High School volleyball team and football were in action last week, with the volleyball team winning twice, while the foot- ball team fell abruptly.
Volleyball
The Republic boys swim team finished seventh out of 11 schools at the Red Bird Invitational in Webb City over the weekend. The Tigers scored 92 team points, despite having only six team members.
Republic grabbed an early lead but couldn’t hang on in an 8-1 loss at Ozark to close out the Central Ozark Conference season. Ozark had 10 base hits, four of them for extra bases. Megan Weis scored Republic’s only run on an RBI single by Katie Anderson.
High school tennis teams play two district tournaments: one as a team and one as individual entrants in singles and doubles play. Both district tournaments were very, very good for the Republic Lady Tigers.
Republic fought back from an early deficit in the third set to beat Joplin at home, 28-26, 22-25, 25-21. The Lady Tigers trailed 7-2 after the first nine points, but won 14 of the last 20 to pull out the victory.
