Republic opened its new basketball season under new coach Tim Brown with a third-place finish at the Republic Invitational. The Tigers opened the season with a blowout win over Marshfield before losing to eventual tournament champion Rolla in the semifinals.
Both the Ash Grove boys and girls basketball teams opened up their 2018-19 season last week, and both fell victim to losses, as the Lady Pirates bowed to Crane and the Pirates lost to Purdy.
Coach Kris Flood knew it might take a while for the offense to get rolling for his Lady Tigers. His worries were borne out in two road losses to start the season in the Kansas City area.
After a good run through the Class 5, District 5 playoff bracket, the 2018 season has come to an end for the Willard High School football team after their 32-19 loss to Lebanon in the district championship game at Lebanon on Nov. 9.
The 2018 Southwest Conference all-conference football team has been released and the Ash Grove Pirates placed five players, with Draven Zeigler being named twice.
A great season has come to end for the Willard high school volleyball team, as they fell in three sets to St. Teresa’s Academy in Cape Girardeau on Saturday, Nov. 3.
For some teams a bye week comes at a bad time, for others they use it to their advantage, for Willard it was the latter, as the Tiger squad ran all over the Waynesville Tigers in the Class 5, District 5 playoffs in Willard on Nov. 2.
