Zoey Johns and Lucas Riffe led Republic again at the Branson Invitational Saturday at Cedar Ridge Elementary, where the Republic girls finished fifth out of seven scoring teams and the boys finished seventh out of 10.
Johns finished 11th in the girls race in 21:33.6. Jovi Kirby was 29th in 22:54.4, and freshman Elin Waterman finished 34th in 23:22.9, 15.6 seconds ahead of Peyton Bodoin, who was 35th in 23:38.5.
Quinnlyn Keller ran a season best of 24:13.7 to finish 38th. Zoie Walker was 49th in 26:59.9 and Ellie Woolfenden was 50th in 27:24.4…