Republic beat Nixa 6-3 in September after winning two of the three doubles matches. When the teams met again Wednesday for the Class 3 District 5 championship, Nixa turned that around early, and Republic spent the rest of the afternoon trying to catch up.
The Lady Tigers got all the way back to 4-4 before Nixa won the last match in a third-set tiebreaker, taking the district title 5-4 and ending Republic’s season.
Nixa won at #1 doubles over Claire Norris and Abby Bremer and at #2 over Elaina Antonuk and Marlee Vasquez. Aubree Tinsley and Leighton Riffe won at #3 to keep Republic within 2-1…