Bland, Belle harriers run at Hermann Invitational

By Will Johnson, Sports Editor

Posted 10/14/26

HERMANN — Samantha Ridenhour’s Bland Middle School and Belle High School cross country runners opened the October portion of their season back on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at Loutre Shore Country Club and …

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Bland, Belle harriers run at Hermann Invitational

Two Belle high school runners are among the early leaders during the start of the junior varsity boys race at last Tuesday’s Hermann Invitational Cross Country meet.

Photo By Will JOhnson

Belle High School and Bland Middle School cross country runners make their way through Loutre Shore Country Club north of Hermann during the annual Hermann Invitational Cross Country meet held last Tuesday north of the Missouri River bridge. Belle will end their regular season on Monday, Oct. 19 at the Cuba Invitational Cross Country meet scheduled to be held at Hood Park. This will also double as the Gasconade Valley Conference (GVC) meet where both the Tigers and Lady Tigers have a chance to claim GVC titles.

photos by Will JOhnson

Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2026 11:16 am

By Will Johnson, Sports Editor

Belle’s Lady Tigers saw two of their runners post top-20 finishes good for medals helping them place sixth as a team with 129 points behind Washington (32), St. Francis Borgia (84), Fulton (86), Sullivan (103) and Hermann (110).

Junior Ellanor Kent narrowly missed the top 10 with an 11th-place time of 23:27 while freshman Skylar Stevens left Hermann with a medal following her 17th-place time of 24:25.

Also helping Belle place sixth as a team were Marianne Francis (47th, 27:32), Allania Moore (63rd, 30:47), Kenadie Bailey (68th, 31:35) and Sedora Carroll (71st, 32:31).

Jackson Prater continued his solid freshman season of high school cross country placing third in Hermann with a time of 17:20 good for the lone medal for the Tigers.

Placing eighth in the varsity boys team standings with 153 points, Belle finished behind Owensville (54), St. James (71), Union (98), Fulton (116), Hermann (126), Washington (142) and New Haven (150).

Fellow Tigers in the varsity boys race for Belle included Michael Felton (28th, 19:20), Malachi Fredendall (35th, 19:47), Ryker Huebner (52nd, 20:42), Braxton Ahart (54th, 20:47) and David Skaggs (55th, 20:59).

Two Tigers also earned medals in the JV boys race which included Alden Zabel (7th, 21:34) and Miles Frey (10th, 21:58).

Tharon Kent also ran for Belle’s JV Tigers crossing the finish line in a 48th-place time of 25:30.

Middle-school racing saw Bland’s Lady Bears place eighth as a team with 198 points behind Troy South (35), Washington (67), Union (97), Owensville (128), Hermann (145), South Callaway (156) and Fulton (160).

Roxy DeDual showed the way for the Lady Bears with a 31st-place time of 17:01.

She was followed across the finish line for Bland by Chelsey Frey (39th, 17:49), Gracelyn Jarvis (41st, 18:01), Cora Langston (67th, 20:01) and Harper Ridenhour (71st, 20:56).

Treyton Huebner (105th, 16:05) and Wyatt Skaggs (154th, 22:12) ran for Bland’s Bears at Hermann.