Lady Tigers shine at St. James Middle School Invitational

By Dave Roberts, Sports Writer
Posted 4/21/26

The host Lady Tiger track squad finished second in the 18-school St. James Middle School Invitational, held Monday, April 13 at the St. James High track.

Union won the girls’ meet with 114 …

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Lady Tigers shine at St. James Middle School Invitational

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The host Lady Tiger track squad finished second in the 18-school St. James Middle School Invitational, held Monday, April 13 at the St. James High track.

Union won the girls’ meet with 114 points while St. James was second with 91 and Owensville third with 60.

In the boys’ meet Salem easily won the team crown with 137.5 points while Bland was second with 63.33 and St. Clair third with 63. St. James’ boys were 16th with 3.5 points.

Highlighting the action for the Lady Tigers were first-place finishes from Kylie Stack in the 1,600-meter run at 6:16.52; Tara Murphy in the 100-meter hurdles at :17.55; Hattie Gruver in the long jump at 15-1 1/4; Jaida Denney in the triple jump at 32-2, and the 4x400-meter relay squad of Stack, Leightin Stubblefield, Denney and Murphy at 4:44.51.

St. James Middle School

Invitational

April 13 at St. James H.S.

Boys

Team Standings: 1. Salem 137.5, 2. Bland 63.33, 3. St. Clair 63, 4. Owensville 61, 5. Vienna 55, 6. Union 54, 7. Bourbon 38, 8. Iberia 26, 9. Newburg 25, 10. Cuba 24, 11. Viburnum 20.33, 12. Hermann 19, 13. Steelville 14, 14. Dixon 12.33, 15. Phelps County R3, 16. St. James 3.5, 17. Sullivan 2, 17. Stoutland 2.

Event winners and St. James results:

100-meter dash: 1. Jaxen Cain, St. Clair, :12.19. St. James results: 8. Carter Inman :13.19, 14. Jackson Huffman :13.65, 16. Cason Smith :13.78, 21. Colton Pruitt :14.11, 31. Amos Crites :15.59, 32. Tanner Satterfield :15.85, 35. James Kolbe :16.56, 39. Ryker Lussier :17.99.

200-meter dash: 1. David Brooks, Salem, :24.59. St. James results: 15. Huffman :28.36, 21. Remington Abercrombie :29.15, 27. Jax Holt :30.87, 30. Jace Cruz :32.33, 33. Lussier 33:81, 35. Josh Gibson :36.98.

400-meter dash: 1. Ben Hobson, Salem, :58.53. St. James results: 21. Brendyn Sydow 1:08.36, 27. Jonathan Apollo 1:14.02.

800-meter run: 1. Brody Carpenter, Salem, 2:12.83. St. James results: 20. Dylan Stricklin 2:48.58.

1,600-meter run: 1. Jackson Prater, Bland, 5:01.20. St. James results: 15. Stricklin 6:03.93. 

100-meter hurdles: 1. Corban Wheeler, Newburg, :15.39. St. James results: 11. Cason Smith :19.45, 22. Connor Otto :22.45.

4x100-meter relay: 1. Salem, :50.04; 8. St. James (Colton Pruitt, James Swopes, Otto, Carter Inman) :54.62.

4x200-meter relay: 1. St. Clair, 1:44.40; 14. St. James (Braxton Harmount, Jace Cruz, James Swopes, Inman) 2:03.09.

4x400-meter relay: 1. Salem, 4:00.37; 9. St. James (Swopes, Otto, Sydow, Smith) 4:42.00.

4x800-meter relay: 1. Salem, 10:03.84; 10. St. James (Apollo, Braxton Harmount, Stricklin, Sydow) 11:23.22.

Shot put: 1. Owen Bridges, Viburnum, 42-8. St. James results: 13. Gage Hudson 29-8 1/4, 15. Gabriel Roberge 29-0 1/2, 20. Josh Gibson 26-9 1/4, 23. Owen Bahr 26-5, 26. Holt 26-1, 35. Liam Wheeler 22-9 3/4, 36. Nolan Hadley-Bayless 21-3 1/2, 39. Arthur Junkerman 18-5 1/4, 40. Harrison Gardner 18-1 3/4, 41. Thatcher Midyett 18-0 1/2, 43. Elijah Evans 12-10 1/2.

Discus: 1. Bridges, Viburnum, 115-2. St. James results: 9. Hudson 88-11, 10. G. Roberge 85-6, 15. Holt 82-4, 30. Hadley-Bayless 62-6, 35. Gardner 50-4, 36. Gibson 50-0, 38. Wheeler 48-6, 39. Junkerman 48-6, 41. Evans 39-6, 42. Midyett 38-4.

High jump: 1. Brooks, Salem, 1.63 m. St. James results: 18. Inman 1.27 m.

Pole vault: 1. Westin Allard, Dixon, 2.44 m. St. James results: 7. Otto 1.98 m.

Long jump: 1. Wheeler, Newburg, 16-5 1/4. St. James results: 20. Gardner 12-7 3/4, 23. Apollo 11-11 3/4, 27. Lussier 11-7 ½, 30. James Kolbe 11-0, 32. Waylon Ferguson 9-7 3/4.

Triple jump: 1. Tanner Hallahan, Vienna, 35-5 3/4. St. James results: 19. Kolbe 27-0 3/4, 22. Tanner Satterfield 24-1 1/2.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Union 114, 2. St. James 91, 3. Owensville 60, 4. Sullivan 52, 5. St. Clair 46, 6. Iberia 45, 7. Salem 41, 8. Vienna 40, 9. Hermann 31, 10. Phelps Co. R3 28, 11. Bland 25, 12. Bourbon 17, 13. Steelville 15, 14. Cuba 11, 15. Viburnum 5, 16. Dixon 2.

Event winners and St. James results:

100-meter dash: 1. Ella Mathis Phelps Co. R3, :13.96. St. James results: 4. Hattie Gruver :14.19, 8. Paige Nesbitt :14.75, 16. Amira Jones :15.33, 20. Kaydenze Guinn :15.75, 21. Jaelynn Reed :15.80, 24. Adalyn White :15.99, 26. Drea Lewis :16.07, 36. Alexis Boultes :17.18, 40. Kiara McKisson :20.90.

200-meter dash: 1. Mathis, Phelps Co. R3, :29.00. St. James results: 3. Nesbitt :30.29, 12. Jones :31.90, 14. Leightin Stubblefield :32.14, 25. Willow Krawiecki :34.74, 30. Blair Burnett :36.52, 31. Brylie Pierce :36.57.

400-meter dash: 1. Mia Sykes, Union, 1:06.33. St. James results: 4. Tara Murphy 1:07.53, 5. Nesbitt 1:08.93.

800-meter run: 1. Addison Wheeler, Union, 2:54.94. St. James results: 19. Aubrey Black 3:28.51.

1,600-meter run: 1. Kylie Stack, St. James, 6:16.52. Other St. James results: 15. Black 7:43.12.

100-meter hurdles: 1. Tara Murphy, St. James, :17.55. Other St. James results: 4. Leah Adams :19.65, 11. Harper Kemnitzer :20.39, 22. Stubblefield :22.15, 23. Jones :22.25, 24. Brylie Pierce :22.34, 27. Alexis Boultes :23.59.

4x100-meter relay: 1. Iberia, :56.24.

4x200-meter relay: 1. Union, 1:58.61; 3. St. James (Alyah Jones, Kylie Stack, Jaida Denney, Gruver) 2:02.10.

4x400-meter relay: 1. St. James (Kylie Stack, Leightin Stubblefield, Jaida Denney, Tara Murphy), 4:44.51.

4x800-meter relay: 1. Union, 11:42.41.

Shot put: 1. Harlie Carpenter, Sullivan, 33-3 3/4. St. James results: 19. Kinley Lorts 23-6 1/4, 31. Blair McCurdy 18-10 3/4.

Discus: 1. Emilyn Lewis, Bland, 64-7. St. James results: 15. Lorts 50-10, 25. McCurdy 44-5, 31. Charlee Alterauge 32-11.

High jump: 1. Jazmine Dowell, Union, 1.42 m. St. James results: 3. Murphy 1.32 m., 7. Krawiecki 1.22 m., 9. White 1.17 m., 16. Boultes 1.17 m.

Pole vault: 1. Ambrosiah Salamone, Owensville, 2.44 m.

Long jump: 1. Hattie Gruver, St. James, 15-1 1/4. Other St. James results: 15. Lewis 12-2 1/4, 21. Jaelynn Reed 11-4 1/4, 23. Adeline Bahr 11-3 1/2, 30. Krawiecki 10-10, 34. Blair Burnett 10-4, 35. Stack 10-2.

Triple jump: 1. Jaida Denney, St. James, 32-2. Other St. James results: 8. Lewis 27-10 3/4, 16. Bahr 25-5 1/2, 22. Burnett 23-7 1/2.

Owensville Relays

St. James also competed in the Owensville Middle School Relays Thursday, April 16.
In the girls’ meet Washington won the team title with 149.5 points while St. James was second with 90.5. Washington also won the boys’ meet with 99 points while St. James was 14th with 2.5 points.
Winning events for the Lady Tigers were Tara Murphy in the 100-meter hurdles at :17.71; Jaida Denney in the triple jump at 9.03 meters, and the 4x400-meter relay squad of Kylie Stack, Leightin Stubblefield, Denney and Murphy at 4:37.08.