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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (June 21, 2022) – While the 126^th Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo hasn’t officially started yet, competition has been going on for nearly a week at Frontier Park.

With this year’s rodeo expected to top over $1 million in prize money and the legendary status of the “Daddy of ‘em All,” contestants came from across the U.S. and Canada hoping for an opportunity to advance into the quarter finals of the tournament style rodeo. Two women did that in record setting style.

Breakaway roper Peggy Garman, from Sundance, Wyoming had a disappointing first run competition on July 20 when her loop failed to connect. The breakaway roping field started with 200 that were split into two pools where 30 from each advanced. The remaining 140 spent the night in Cheyenne to compete in the wildcard round, held Wednesday morning before the barrel racing qualifying competition.

For fans of the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association, a day at Frontier Park, or watching on the Cowboy Channel online was time well spent on Wednesday, July 21. Garman was one of the early ropers to go and set the pace and a new arena record at 3.0 seconds. Riding her great horse “Cash,” the Wyoming cowgirl breathed a big sigh of relief. It was a huge confidence booster for Garman.

“This is such a prestigious rodeo and to be able to add my name to the record books is unbelievable,” she said. “I struggled after yesterday, but had some good friends talk me through that and get

me pumped up to rope today.” This is the third time that breakaway roping has been featured at CFD. The previous record was set by Carol Hollers at 3.4 seconds in 2021.

Garman wasn’t the only contestant pumped up and ready to compete. In the barrel racing it was the horses that took center stage, in particular Firewaterfrenchfame, “Apollo.” Ridden by Summer Kosel of Glenham, South Dakota, they broke an arena record in the barrel racing that was set over 25 years ago by Kristie Peterson and the famous French Flash Hawk, aka “Bozo.” They stopped the clock in 17.03 seconds in 1996.

Kosel’s time of 17.02 not only set the record, it also earned her the biggest check out of qualifying rounds at $7,414. When Peterson and Bozo had their run at Cheyenne, they ran from the opposite end of the arena. There are a lot of factors involved that make having an arena record accurate, but Kosel is now in the books as having made the fastest barrel racing run at CFD.

Team ropers Riley and Brady Minor have accomplished more as a brother duo than any other team roping family members in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, but one title has eluded them, the one from Frontier Park. With the younger of the duo, Riley, heading and Brady catching hind feet, they stopped the clock in 7.2 seconds to win $3,590.

Trell Etbauer is very familiar with Cheyenne Frontier Days. He traveled here as a toddler to watch his father, world champion saddle bronc rider Robert Etbauer compete. Then he competed in the saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling and tie-down roping here in 2014 and won the champions package as the all-around cowboy.

This year, Etbauer is after a steer wrestling title and came one step closer on July 19 when he stopped the clock in 5.7 seconds to win the qualifying round and $3,382. He will now hope to add to those earnings during the quarter finals and keep advancing all the way to Championship Sunday.

Cash Enderli, a college student at Weatherford College in Texas and resident of Liberty, Texas had the fast run in tie-down roping at 9.8 seconds. He won $5,172 and now has an opportunity to compete in front of a crowd for the first time at CFD. He had never competed here until July 18^th and was the best out of nearly 200 tie-down ropers.

All of these contestants will advance to the quarter finals where there will be 72 competitors in each discipline as well as in the bareback riding and saddle bronc riding. The bull riding quarter finals will see 60 competitors each making two appearances.

The first quarter finals will start at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 23.

 

 

The following are results from qualifying competition at the 126^th Cheyenne Frontier Days, July 16-20. 2022.

Steer Roping: (first round)1, Scott Snedecor, Fredericksburg, Texas, 12.5 seconds, $6,585. 2, Corey Ross, Liberty Hill, Texas, 13.4, $5,726. 3, Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla., 13.5, $4,867. 4, Clay Long, Stephenville, Texas, 14.1, $4,008. 5, Cash Myers, Kaufman, Texas, 14.2, $3,149. 6, Taylor Santos, creston, Calif., 14.6, $2,290. 7, (tie) Reo Lohse, Kaycee, Wyo., and Rob Denny, Willcox, Ariz., 14.8, $1,002. (second round) 1, Coleman Proctor, 11.4, $6,585. 2, Tom Fisher, 12.7, $5,726. 3, Tyler Waters, Stephenville, Texas, 12.8, $4,867. 4, Pake Sorey, Pendleton, Ore., 13.1, $4,008. 5, Hudson Wallace, George West, Texas, 13.2, $3,149. 6, Roger Nonella, Redmond, Ore., 13.6, $2,290. 7,(tie) Cole Patterson, Pratt, Kan., and Ora Taton, Rapid City, S.D., 13.9, $1,002 each. (Championship Finals qualifiers – total on two) 1, Proctor, 24.9. 2, Patterson, 29.7. 3, Myers, 30.9. 4, Lohse, 31.8. 5, Ross, 33.0. 6, Cooper Mills, St. John, Wash., 33.8. 7, Jess Tierney, hermosa, S.D., 34.3. 8, Chad Mathis, Morristown, Ariz., 36.4. 9, Zac Parrington, Hoyt, Kan., 36.5. 10, Rob Denny, Willcox, Ariz., 36.6. 11, Buck Mekelburg, Yuma, Colo., 37.2. 12, Shorty Garten, Claremore, Okla., 37.9.

Team Roping: (first round) 1, Riley and Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 7.1 seconds, $3,590. 2, (tie) Kyon and Clancey Kreutzer, Lake Creek, Texas, and Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D., and Levi Lord, Sturgis, S.D., 7.8 seconds and $2,957 each. 4, (tie) Jake Orman, Prairie, Miss., and Brye Crites, Welch, Okla.; Britt Williams, Hammond, Mont., and Cayden Cox, Arroyo Grande, Ariz.; and Reno Cash Stoebner, Stephenville, Texas, and Tyler McKnight, Pollok, Texas; 8.0 and $1,971 each. 7, (tie) Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla., and Logan Medlin, Tatum, N.M.; Rhett Anderson, Annabella, Utah, and Max Kuttler, American Falls, Idaho; and Garrett Rogers, Baker City, Ore., and Justin Davis, Cottonwood, Calif.; 8.1, $1,267. 10, Brayden Luke Schmidt, Benton City, Wash., and Andy Carlson, Hermiston, Ore., 8.2, $845. 11, (tie) Jay Ellerman, Fort Lupton, Colo., and Marcus Banister, Brighton, Colo.; and Beau Hebert, Shreveport, La., and Cody Hogan, Evelyn, La.; 8.3, $528. (Wild Card) 1, Hagen Peterson, Delta, Utah and Dylin Ahlstrom, Genola, Utah, 7.4 seconds, $2,394. 2, (tie) Chaz Kananen, Pocatello, Idaho and Colby Siddoway, Honeyville, Utah; and Cooper and Tucker James White, Hershey, Neb., 7.5, $1,971. 4, Brandon Beers, Powell Butte, Ore., and Daniel Braman, IV, Refugio, Texas, 7.7, $1,549. 5, Justin Yost, Citra, Fla., and Garrett Smith, Mt. Joliet, Tenn., 7.8, $1,267. 6, Garrett Tonnozzi, Lampasas, Texas, and T.J. Watts, Eads, Colo., 8.1, $1,126. 7, (tie) Marcus Theriot, Lumberton, Miss., and Cole Curry, Liberty, Miss.; and Paul David Tierney, Oklahoma City and Tanner Braden, Dewey, Okla., 8.3, $915. 9, (tie) Brandon Farris, Gracemont, Okla., and Derrick Jantzen, Ames, Okla.; and Cory Kidd, Statesville, N.C., and Lane Mitchell, Bolivar, Tenn.; 8.4, $634. 11, Miles Kobold, Huntley, Mont., and Clint Brower, Lander, Wyo., 8.7, $422. 12, Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., and Colter Todd, Willcox, Ariz., 9.0, $282.

Tie-Down Roping: (first round) 1, Cash Enderli, Liberty, Texas, 9.8, $5,172. 2, (tie) Colt Papy, Athens, La., and Rowdy Haferkamp, Cuero, Texas, 10.5, $4,260. 4, Haven Meged, Miles City, Mont., 10.6, $3,347. 5, (tie) Hudson Wallace, George West, Texas and Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas, 11.0, $2,586. 7, Beau Cooper, Stettler, Alberta, 11.1, $2,130. 8, Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, 11.2, $1,826. 9, Jake Harris, Canyon, Texas, 11.3, $1,521. 10, Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 11.4, $1,217. 11, Dakota Felton, Mountain Home, Texas, 11.5, $913. 12, Riley Webb, Denton, Texas, 11.6, $609. (Wild Card) 1, Lane Livingston, Seymour, Texas, 10.2, $3.448. 2, Zaine Mikita, Byers, Colo., 10.9 seconds, $3,043. 3, Walker Akins, Whitesboro, Texas, 11.0, $2,637. 4, Cash Edward Hooper, Carlsbad, N.M., 11.1. 5, (tie) Pryce Harris, Canyon, Texas, and Cody Craig, Wendell, Idaho, 11.2, $1,724 each. 7, Trevor Hale, Perryton, Texas, 11.3, $1,419. 8, Blake Ash, Aurora, Mo., 11.4, $1,217. 9, Tate Teague, Rankin, Texas, 11.5, $1,014. 10, (tie) Quay Howard, Canyon, Texas, and Chance Thiessen, Elk City, Okla., 11.8, $710. 12, (tie) Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas, and Colton Farquer, Oakdale, Calif., 12.0, $203.

Steer Wrestling: (first round) 1. Trell Etbauer, Goodwell, Okla., 5.7 seconds, $4,016. 2, (tie) Cody Cabral, Hilo, Hawaii, and Gary Gilbert, Paradise, Texas, 5.8, $3,382 each. 4, Mike McGinn, Haines, Ore., 6.3, $2,748. 5, (tie) Talon Roseland, Marshalltown, Iowa, and Marc Joiner, Loranger, La., 6.4, $2,114. 7, Denard Butler, Checotah, Okla., and Justin Simon, Florence, Ariz., 6.5, $1,268. 9, Ty Allred, Tooele, Utah, 6.6, $634. 10, Denton Good, long Valley, S.D., 6.7, $211. (Wild Card) 1, Caden Camp, Belgrade, Mont., 5.5, $3,286. 2, Colt Honey, La Junta, Colo., 5.7, $2,940. 3, Rhett John Witt, Valentine, Neb., 6.8, $2,594. 4, Jaret Whitman, Belgrade, Mont., 7.0, $2,248. 5, Walt Arnold, Coleman, Texas, 7.1, $1,902. 6, Wacey Real Bird, Sheridan, Wyo., 7.5, $1,556. 7, (tie) Brian Snell, Wheatland, Wyo., and Blare Romsa, Laramie, Wyo., 7.7, $1,038. 9, Denton Petersen, Payson, Ariz., 7.8, $519. 10, Winsten McGraw, Gill, Colo., 8.2, $173.

Breakaway Roping: (Pool A) 1, (tie) Shawnee Sherwood, San Tan Valley, Ariz., and Taya McAdow, Keensburg, Colo., 3.6, $3,845 each. 3, Sloan Anderson, Whitehorse, S.D., 3.9, $2,386. 4, (tie) Sage Kohr, Gillette, Wyo., and Tayler Bradley, Goldendale, Wash., 4.0, $1,260. 6, (tie) Josie Conner, Iowa, La.; Sje;bu Scjweotz. Cave Creek, Ariz.; and Mollie Bassett, Vinita, Okla.; 4.1, $221. (Pool B) 1, Anna Jorgenson, Watford City, N.D., 3.7, $4,375. 2, Taylor Hanchey, Carmine, Texas, 3.9, $3,315. 3, Sierra Galusha, Warrensburg, N.Y., 4.1, $2,386. 5, (tie) Shelby Boisjoli, Calgary, Alberta, and Rheagan, Cotton, Fairfield, Texas, 4.3, $795. (Wild Card) 1, Peggy Garman, Sundance, Wyo., 3.0, $990. 2, Martha Angelone, Stephenville, Texas, 3.1, $750. 3, (tie) Alex Loiselle, Paris, Texas, and Josie Goodrich, Stanfield, Ore., 3.4, $450. 5, (tie) Angie Green, Huntsville, Texas, and Kaylee Cornia, Cokeville, Wyo., 3.5, $180.

Barrel Racing: 1, Summer Kosel, Glenham, S.D., 17.02 seconds, $7,415. 2, Kassie Mowry, Dublin, Texas, 17.28, $6,356. 3, (tie) Shali Lord, Lamar, Colo., and Cindy Smith, Hobbs, N.M., 17.39 and $4,943 each. 5, Cheyenne Wimberley, Stephenville, Texas, 17.44, $3,531. 6, Ivy Saebens, Nowata, Okla., 17.48, $2,824. 7, Tarryn Lee, St. David, Ariz., 17.52, $2,119. 8, Katie Chism, Tiskilwa, Ill., 17.55, $1,412. 9, Sarah Rose Waguespack, 17.58, $1,059. 10, Megan McLeod-Sprague, Marsing, Idaho, 17.61, $706.

 

SHAWNEE, Okla. – As the action got underway at the 30th annual International Finals Youth Rodeo (IFYR) in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center, heated races for the $250,000 payout began to unfold. ckinlee Paschal (Nome, Texas) currently leads the Cowgirl All-Around standing with $2,080 in earnings, while Kiley Slavin (Goodwell, Oklahoma) sits a near No. 2 with $1,227 in earnings. In barrel racing, Mckinlee Paschal (Nome, Texas) set the bar high at an impressive 16.364 seconds, where she edged out the competition, out running Biloxi Shultz’s (Abilene, Texas) 16.413-second time. With a 4.1-second time, Jasper, Texas’ Cole Pugh notched the number one spot in steer wrestling, topping Ryden Martin’s (Sulphur, TX) and Reece Jordan’s (Tupelo, Oklahoma) 4.2-second time. Bryce Henderson (Del Rio, TX) beat out the competition by almost a full second in the tie-down roping. Henderson raised his hands at the 8.4-second mark while Cort Gambino (Lindale, Texas) had the second place time with a 9.0-second run. A battle for the breakaway roping title began as Summer Williams (Perkinston, Mississippi) surged to the top of the leaderboard with a 2.0-second time, good for the best time of the week. Williams is beating out the remaining of the competition by a tenth of a second.  Hannah Bass (Brenham, Texas) has earned the top time in the pole bending, posting a lightning fast 20.435-second run, besting Harley Potter’s (Waxahachie, Texas) 20.488-second time. Goat Tying became fiercely contested, where Gracie Roseberry (Weatherford, Texas) and Annamarie Pierce (Cloutuerville, Louisiana) found themselves both knotted up with a 7.3 second time. Besting Gentry Merkel’s (Yorkville, Illinois) 7.9-second run. In the team roping, Jim Watkins (Bristow, Oklahoma) and Bode Gatlin (Meeker, Oklahoma) notched a 6.0-second run, outdoing Jace Thorstenson (Morristown, Arizona) and Denton Dunning’s (Surprise, Arizona) 6.2-second run. Cooper Lane (Keller, Texas) and Wyatt Lavergne (Sulphur, Louisiana) are the only saddle bronc riders to cover. Lane earned the highest mark ride with a 77.0 performance while Lavergne had a 62.0 score in the first go. After the first-go, John Crimber (Decatur, Texas) holds onto the best score with an 83.0, while Tate Pollmeier (Fort Scott, Kansas) and Carter High (Weatherford, Texas) have tied for the number two position with a 71.0 score. As one of three bull riders to deliver a qualified ride, Quintonn Lunsford (Mccune, Kansas) found himself in the top position with a 75.0 score, edging out Clayton Hibler’s (Wheeler, Texas) 74.5 score. The IFYR will feature 11 total performances, beginning Sunday, July 10 at 8 p.m. with the final performance and championship round taking place Friday, July 15 at 7:30 p.m. with three arenas running simultaneously during each performance. The event will consist of two long-go’s and a short-go, made up of the top 15 contestants in each event.   INTERNATIONAL FINALS YOUTH RODEO 29 GO AROUND #1 Barrel Racing: McKinlee Paschal, Nome TX 16.364 $1,854.13; Biloxi Shultz, Abilene TX 16.413 $1,612.29; Kacey Bass, Brenham TX 16.429 $1,370.44; Kiley Slavin, Goodwell OK 16.486 $1,128.60; Kenley Beck, Broken Bow OK 16.532 $886.76; Kagan Davis, Purcell OK 16.550 $644.91; Alissa Flores, Laredo TX 16.553 $403.07; Shaeley Jenkins, Palatka FL 16.580 $161.23 Pole Bending: Hannah Bass, Brenham TX 20.435 $1,310.39; Harley Potter, Waxahachie TX 20.488 $1,084.46; Kenna McLemore, Gracemont OK 20.541 $858.53; Kaden Burger, Pauls Valley OK 20.707 $632.60; Chainey Weitz, London TX 20.731 $406.67; McKinlee Paschal, Nome TX 20.768 $225.93 Breakaway Roping: Summer Williamd, Perkinston MS 2.0 $2,169.89; Maci Harvey, Mead OK, Kaydence Tindall, Felda FL, Bleu Hall, Okmulgee OK, Avery Landry, Arnaudville LA split 2.1 $1,462.31 ea; Zaili Saculla, Bryan TX, McKinley Croffut, Boynton OK, Macy Hancock, San Angelo TX split 2.2 $471.71 ea Goat Tying: Gracie Roseberry, Weatherford TX, Annamarie Pierce, Cloutierville LA split 7.3 $1,044.86 ea; Gentry Merkel, Yorkville IL 7.9 $749.14; Kayleah Hurst, Slick OK, Sealey Bottom, Cheyenne OK split 8.1 $453.43 ea; Morgan Young, Vero Beach FL, Kiley Slavin, Goodwell OK split 8.2 $98.57 ea Calf Roping: Bryce Henderson, Del Rio TX 8.4 $1,467.07; Cort Gambino, Lindale TX 9.0 $1,275.71; Raesh Casebolt, Ryan OK 9.1 $1,084.36; Wyatt Kent, Brewton AL 9.6 $893.00; Coy Evans, Fort Supply OK 9.9 $701.64; Blake Carter, Seminole OK 10.1 $510.29; Garrett Leatherman, Bloomingdale IN, Cooper Fowler, Damascus AR split 10.2 $223.25 ea Steer Wrestling: Cole Pugh, Jasper TX 4.1 $989.31; Ryden Martin, Sulphur LA, Reece Jordan, Tupelo OK split 4.2 $733.46 ea; Kreece Dearing, Chico TX 4.3 $477.60; Clay Tom Hurt, Dilley TX 4.4 $307.03; Jake Shelton, Krum TX, Wyatt Newman, Wilsonville AL split 4.7 $85.29 ea Saddle Bronc: Cooper Lane, Keller TX 77.0 $1,010.57 ea; Wyatt Lavergne, Sulphur LA 62.0 $673.72 ea Bareback Bronc: Quintonn Lunsford, McCune KS 75.0 $877.72; Clayton Hibler, Wheeler TX 74.5 $585.14 Bull Riding: John Crimber, Decatur TX 83.0 $691.43; Tate Pollmeier, Fort Scott KS, Carter High, Weatherford TX split 71.0 $432.14 ea; Blake Blanchard, Pearland TX 67.0 $172.86 Team Roping: Jim Watkins, Bristow OK – Bode Gatlin, Meeker OK 6.0 $1,507.81; Jace Thorstenson, Morristown AZ – Denton Dunning, Surprise AZ 6.2 $1,311.14; Mason Stueve, New Ton KS – Trey Adams, Junction City KS, Jake Murray, Como TX – Brayden Morris, Poetry TX split 6.8 $1,016.14 ea; Bray Aymond, Pine Prairie LA – Hudson Gros, Sulphur LA 7.0 $721.13; Kase Busby, Leesville LA – Will Thibodeaux, Elmer LA, Cole Smith, Amazonia MO – Catcher Gasperson, Decatur TX split 7.2 $426.12 ea; Case Phillips, Wewoka OK – Jagger Baxstrom, Drumright OK, Braxton Hughes, Canyon TX – John Hisel, Clovis NM, Nick Achille, Alvin TX – Colin Fox, Manvel TX split 7.3 $43.70 ea ABOUT THE IFYR The IFYR has 11 total performances, starting with the kick-off, Sunday, July 10 at 8 p.m. Monday, July 10 through Friday, July 15 there are two performances daily, 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The finals performance is Friday, July 15 at 7:30 p.m. Events include cowgirls barrel racing, cowgirls pole bending, cowgirl’s breakaway roping, cowgirl’s goat tying, team roping, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, bull riding, saddle bronc riding and bareback riding. Events run simultaneously in three arenas during each performance.  The IFYR consists of two long-go’s and a short-go, made up of the top 15 contestants in each event.

 

Wyoming tie-down roper takes 2^nd-round lead while competing for John Jaros

ESTES PARK, Colo. – To be an elite athlete, it takes an attention to detail and an intense focus.

Forgive tie-down roper Hunter Reaume for having his mind wonder a bit during Saturday night’s fourth performance of Rooftop Rodeo. He tried to focus on his run and on his calf, but there were other things going on in his heart.

“Up here in Estes, I’m roping for John Jaros,” said Reaume, 28, of Meeteetse, Wyoming. “He was on the committee here, and he passed away a few weeks ago. I’m really thankful that I had a good calf and that I could make a good run for him.”

Jaros was an important part of Estes Park Western Heritage Inc., a group of volunteers that works with the town of Estes Park to produce the annual rodeo. He was also a volunteer fireman. He died June 18, and the committee has continued to produce this year’s event while also recognizing the efforts Jaros has provided the group over the years.

“John bought my truck from me last fall,” Reaume said. “He’s got a construction company here in town, and I met him in Vail because I was staying in the mountains. We met over the truck and just hit it off. I found out he was from here and on the rodeo committee and a big rodeo fan. He actually came to my circuit finals last fall.”

It was a bittersweet moment. Reaume stopped the clock in 8.2 seconds to take the second-round lead and sits third in the two-run aggregate. Both give him a solid chance to cash in, beyond the $100 he earned for having the fastest run of the night. After each event, the contestants with the best times or best scores take a victory lap, then stop in front of the grandstands, where they are handed a $100 bill.

“I know his family was here the other night,” he said. “This money is going to go to his family. I’m going to put it in the fund jar they have for it.”

Like Reaume, Rooftop Rodeo is part of the Mountain States Circuit, the region made up of contestants and events primarily in Colorado and Wyoming. The money he earns in the arena will help him toward another qualification to the circuit finals.

“I grew up on a horse in Wyoming, but I started taking calf roping serious in college,” Reaume said. “I couldn’t do it without this horse here. There’s definitely a bond you have with them. I’ve always been an athlete growing up, so calf roping is one of the most demanding events as far as horsemanship, roping ability and athleticism. I also like that it’s just me and my horse.”

That horse is Tango, a gelding he’s had for a couple months. Their Saturday night run was the best they’ve produced together. It just happened at a special time during a special moment.

“I come here every year,” he said. “This is one of my favorite rodeos. I love it up here. The committee’s awesome.”

 

Rooftop Rodeo
July 6-11
Bareback riding: 1. Bill Tutor, 87 points on Cervi Brothers’ Jelly Bean; 2. Chad Rutherford, 84; 3. (tie) Tyler Griffin and Waylon Bourgeois, 83.5; 5. Colton Crawford, 83; 6. (tie) Luke Thrash and Kory Hart, 80; 8. Will Lowe, 79.

Steer wrestling: First round: 1. Sam Goings, 3.8 seconds, $1,807; 2. Stockton Graves, 4.1, $1,495; 3. Travis Munro, 4.2, $1,184; 4. Cody Devers, 4.3, $872; 5. (tie) Ty Allred, Grady Payne and Landris White, 4.6, $291 each. Second round: Clayton Hass, 3.5 seconds; 2. (tie) Kyler Dick and Shane Frey, 3.6; 4. Landris White, 3.9; 5. Rowdy Parrott, 4.0; 6. (tie) Cody Devers, Riley Duvall, Colt Honey, Tait Kvistad and Cash Robb, 4.2. Average: (tie) Cody Devers, Sam Goings, Kyler Dick and Landris White, 8.5 seconds on two runs; 5. Rowdy Parrott, 8.9; 6. Grady Payne, 9.5.

Team roping: First round: 1. Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin, 4.3 seconds, $1,869; 2. Brenten Hall/Chase Tryan, 4.6, $1,547; 3. (tie) Chad Masters/Paul Eaves and Kolton Schmidt/Cole Davison, 4.7, $1,064 each; 5. (tie) Payden Emmett/Lucas Falconer, Luke Brown/Hunter Koch and Cody Snow/Wesley Thorp 4.8, $301 each. Second round: Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 3.9 seconds; 2. Tyler Wade/Trey Yates, 4.0; 3. Coy Rahlman/Douglas Rich, 4.1; 4. Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin, 4.5; 5. Austin Crist/Josh Fillmore, 5.2; 4. Todd Drommond/Jason DeVore, 5.5. Average: 1. Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin, 8.8 seconds; 2. Chad Masters/Paul Eaves, 10.3; 3. Kolton Schmidt/Cole Davison, 10.9; 4. Austin Crist/Josh Fillmore, 15.5; 5. Britt Smith/Jake Smith, 15.6; 6. Payden Emmett/Lucas Falconer, 17.1.

Saddle bronc riding: 1. Ross Griffin, 85 points on Cervi’s Two Cookies; 2. Statler Wright, 84.5; 3. Houston Brown, 83; 4. Jake Watson, 82.5; 5. Spencer Wright, 82; 6. (tie) Brody Cress and Will Pollock, 81; 8. Ben Anderson, 80.5.

Tie-down roping: First round: 1. Riley Pruitt, 7.4 seconds, $1,890; 2. Lane Livingston, 7.9, $1,644; 3. Cody Craig, 9.1, $1,397; 4. Ryan Thibodeaux, 9.4, $1,151; 5. Blane Cox, 9.8, $904; 6. Jeremiah Peek, 10.2, $657; 7. (tie) Macon Murphy, Brody Stallard and Buck Tate, 10.4, $192 each. Second round: 1. Hunter Reaume, 8.2 seconds; 2. Garrett Jacobs, 8.6; 3. Blake Chauvin, 8.8; 4. (tie) Brody Stallard and West Smith, 9.1; 6. (tie) Sy Felton, Tom Joe Crouse and Marcos Costa, 9.3. Average: 1. Brody Stallard, 19.5 seconds on two runs; 2. Marcos Costa, 19.8; 3. Hunter Reaume, 20.4; 4. Blane Cox, 20.6; 5. Jase Staudt, 20.9; 6. Jeremiah Peek, 21.1; 7. Cason Kingsbury, 21.3; 8. Colby Anders, 22.0.

Barrel racing: 1. Nicole Driggers, 16.39 seconds; 2. Josey Owens, 16.49; 3. Carly Cervi, 16.57; 4. Kathryn Varian, 16.62; 5. Keyla Costa, 16.66; 6. Elizabeth Ellis, 16.67; 7. (tie) Kaycee Willbanks Colletti and Reagan Laney, 16.70; 9. Wendy Hoefer, 16.74; 10. Brittyn Rocha, 16.77; 11. Leslie Smalygo, 16.85; 12. Peyton Stepanoff, 16.86.

Bull riding: 1. Jesse Flores, 87 points on Cervi’s Skim Walker; 2. Brody Yeary, 85.5; 3. Robbie James Taylor, 84.5; 4. J.R. Stratford, 84; 5. Koby Radley, 82; 6. Jackson Ward, 79; 7. Jeff Askey, 78.5; 8. Corye Daily, 70.

 

CODY, Wyo. July 4, 2022 — Nobody could have been any happier about winning the Cody Stampede than bareback rider Cole Reiner.

He grew up just across the Big Horn Mountains in Buffalo, Wyoming, and has dreamed of winning the Cody Stampede since he became a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in 2019. In those three years, he has chalked up a lot of different rodeo wins, qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) twice and now can add the Cody Stampede to his rodeo resume.

Reiner planned his Fourth of July rodeo run around a trip to Cody and competed here on the final day of what is known on the rodeo circuit as Cowboy Christmas. It paid off in a big way when he scored 88.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Southern Star. That was the highest bareback ride of the four-day rodeo and netted him $8,460. Before the Cody Stampede started, he was fourth in the world standings. The money he won here will keep him close to the top and help him secure a trip to Las Vegas in December to compete at rodeo’s championships for a third time.

Steer wrestler Kyle Irwin, left, Cody Stampede photo by Jason Koperski,  from Robertsdale, Alabama also competed here on the Fourth and got a portion of the win. His good friend Tyler Pearson was at the Cody Stampede earlier in the week and stopped the clock in 3.4 seconds giving the rest of the field a time to shoot for. Irwin nailed it on the final day of the rodeo and tied with Pearson. They each won $6,376, which Irwin is badly in need of to get him among the top 15 in the world standings. He was outside of that at 23^rd place.

He’s been in this position before and rallied to qualify for the NFR. He also won the big check here in 2017. That gave him a boost and helped his qualify for his third NFR. This year he is hoping to keep going and make it to the championships for a sixth time.

The big winner here was barrel racer Leslie Smalygo from Skiatook, Oklahoma. The barrel racer had a blazing-fast run at the first performance of the rodeo and her time held through over 100 additional barrel racers. Smalygo stopped the clock in 17.04 seconds to win $10,148.

Smalygo started her Cowboy Christmas run in 35^th place. With the money she won here and added at other rodeos, she will be inching towards the top 15 and could be headed to her first NFR. Her success came aboard her gelding “Gus” Justaheartbeattafame.

Team ropers Coleman Proctor from Pryor, Oklahoma and Logan Medlin from Tatum, N.M., got the win with a 4.3 second run. It netted each of them $5,743. Riley Pruitt had the fastest time in tie-down roping at 7.7 seconds to win $8,178.

There was a tie for the second consecutive year for the saddle bronc riding title. This year, it was Milford, Utah’s Spencer Wright and Zeke Thurston from Big Valley, Alberta that were at the top. They each scored 87.5 points. Wright rode on the third and Thurston was here on the Fourth of July. They each earned $7,324 for the win.

Brady Portenier had a night off on the second of July. He used it to relax, enjoy some bull riding camaraderie and get ready to ride the next night. It paid off with a 92.5 point effort to earn $8,432.

The breakaway roping championship went to Taylor Hanchey who has competed here in the barrel racing in the past. Last year she qualified for the National Finals Breakaway Roping and became the first woman to compete in that event that had also competed at the NFR in the barrel racing. Her roping skills came into play at Stampede Park where she stopped the clock in 2.3 seconds to earn $4,286.

The total payoff at the 103^rd Cody Stampede was over $350,000. Competition continues July 5^th with steer roping and at 8 p.m. the Cody Nite Rodeo will start back again.

 

103^rd Cody Stampede Champions

Bareback Riding, Cole Reiner, Buffalo, Wyo., 88.5 points, $8,460

Steer Wrestling, (tie) Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala., &

Tyler Pearson, Atoka, Okla., 3.4 seconds, $6,376 each.

Team Roping, Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla., and Logan Medlin, Tatum, N.M., 4.3 seconds, $5,743

Saddle Bronc Riding, (tie) Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah &

Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, 87.5 points, $7,324 each.

Breakaway Roping, Taylor Hanchey, Carmine, Texas, 2.3 seconds, $4,286

Tie-Down Roping, Riley Pruitt, Gering, Neb., 7.7 seconds, $8,178

Barrel Racing, Leslie Smalygo, Skiatook, Okla., 17.04 $10,148

Bull Riding, Brady Portenier, Caldwell, Idaho, 92.5, $8,432

 

The following are results from the 103^rd Cody Stampede, Monday, July 4, 2022

Fourth Performance —

Bareback riding: (three rides) 1, Cole Reiner, Buffalo, Wyo., 88.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Southern Star. 2, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 88. 3, R.C. Landingham, Hat Creek, Calif., 85.5.

 

Steer wrestling: 1, Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala., 3.4 seconds. 2, Paul Melvin, Paradise, Texas, 4.7. 3, Ryan Nettle, Goldthwaite, Texas, 5.0. 4, Grady Payne, Stephenville, Texas, 5.3.

 

Team roping: 1, Clint Summers, Lake city, Fla., and Ross Ashford, Lott, Texas, 5.3 seconds. 2, Curry Kirchner, Ames, Okla., and Reagan Ward, Edmond, Okla., 5.4. 3, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 9.6. 4, Jay Tittel, Pueblo, Colo., and Cole Cooper, Montrose, Colo., 15.1.

 

Saddle bronc riding: 1, Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, 87.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Cowboy Town. 2, Kole Ashbacher, Arrowood, Alberta, 85. 3, Layton Green, Millarville, Alberta, 83.5. 4, Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D., 81.

 

Breakaway roping: 1, Josie Conner, Iowa, La., 2.5. seconds. 2, Aspen Miller, Santa Fe, Texas, 2.7. 3, Coralee Spratt, Shoshoni, Wyo., 2.8. 4, Bradi Good, Abilene, Texas, 3.0.

 

Tie-down roping: (three times) 1, Kyle Lucas, Carstairs, Alberta, 7.9 seconds. 2, Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, 9.8. 3, Slade Wood, New Ulm, Texas, 19.4.

 

Barrel Racing: 1, Hallie Fulton, Miller, S.D., 17.46 seconds. 2, Ilyssa Riley, Hico, Texas, 17.49. Michelle Darling, Medford, Okla., 17.54. 4, Steely Steiner, Weatherford, Texas, 17.69.

 

Bull Riding: (two rides) 1, Tyler Ray Taylor, Stephenville, Texas, 87.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Gladiator’s Hammer. 2, Brody Yeary, Morgan Mill, Texas, 78.

 

Money earners —

 

Bareback riding: 1, Cole Reiner, Buffalo, Wyo., 88.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Southern Star, $8,460. 2, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 88, $6,466. 3, (tie) Cole Franks, Clarendon, Texas, Confused and Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa,  86.5  and $3,948 each. 5, R.C. Landingham, Hat Creek, Calif., 85.5, $1,974. 6, , Seth Hardwick, Ranchester, Wyo., 84, $1,410. 7, Keenan Reed Hayes, Hayden, Colo., 82.5, $1,128. 8, Guage McBride, Kearney, Neb., 82, $846.

 

Steer wrestling: 1, (tie) Tyler Pearson, Atoka, Okla., and Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala., 3.4 seconds and $6,376 each.  3, Jason Thomas, Bentonville, Ark., 3.6, $5,465. 4, (tie) Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev., and Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont., 3.7, $4,327. 6, (tie) Stetson Jorgensen, Blackfoot, Idaho and Jacob Edler, Alva, Okla., 3.8, $3,416.  8, (tie) Riley Duvall, Checotah, Okla., and Tyke Kipp, Lordsburg, N.M., 4.0, $2,505. 10, Remey Parrott, Mamou, La., 4.1, $1,822. 11, (tie) Jace Melvin, Paradise, Texas; Joe Wilson, Martin, S.D.; Dylan Schroeder, Waller, Texas; and Trell Etbauter, Goodwell, okla.; 4.3, $1,139. 15, (tie) Riley Riess, Manning, N.D., and Conner McKell, Springville, Utah, 4.4, $228.

 

Team Roping: 1, Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla., and Logan Medlin, Tatum, N.M., 4.3 seconds, $5,749 per man. 2, (tie) Tanner Tomlinson, Angleton, Texas, and Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas; and Kaleb Driggers, Hoboken, Ga., and Junior Nogueira, Presidente Prude, Brazil; 4.4, $5,081. 4, Pedro Egurrola, Florence, Ariz., and J.C. Flake, Laramie, Wyo., 4.5, $4,418. 5, Kreece Thompson, Munday, Texas, and Chad Williams, Stephenville, Texas, 4.6, $3,976. 6, (tie) Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D., and Levi Lord, Sturgis, S.D.; and Kolton Schmidt, Barrwood, Alberta and Cole Davison, Stephenville, Texas; 4.7, $3,314. 8, (tie) Tanner James, Porterville, Calif., and Max Kurrler, American Falls, Idaho; and Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz., and Paden Bray, Stephenville, Texas, 4.8, $2,540. 10, (tie) Coy Rahlmann, Elsinore, Mo., and Douglas Rich, Herrick, Ill.; and Kellan and Carson Johnson, Casper, Wyo.; 5.0, $1,988. 12, Jesse Staudt, Nathrop, Colo., and Riley Pedro, Honolulu, Hawaii, 5.1, $1,546. 13, (tie) Hayes Smith, Central Point, Ore., and Cullen Teller, Ault, colo.; Clint Summres, Lake City, Fla., and Ross Ashford, Lott, Texas; Cutter Machado, Santa Maria, Calif., and Dalton Pearce, San Luis Obispo, Calif.; 5.3, $884 each.

 

Saddle bronc riding: 1, (tie) Spencer Wright, Milford, Mont., on Frontier Rodeo’s Yellowstone and Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, on Frontier Rodeo’s Cowboy Town, 87.5 points and $7,324 each.  23 Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah, 86, $4,698. 4, (tie) Ross Griffin, Tularosa, N.M., and Kole Ashbacher, Arrowwood, Alberta, 85, $2,487. 6, Tanner Butner, Daniel, Wyoming, 84.5, $1,382. 7, (tie) Logan Cook, Alto, Texas, and Riggin Smith, Winterset, Iowa, 84 and $967.

 

Breakaway roping:  1, Taylor Hanchey, Carmine, Texas, 2.3 seconds, $4,286. 2, Charity Hoar, Pine Bluff, Wyo., 2.4, $3,429. 3, (tie) Sarah Verhelst, Pryor, Mont., Josie Conner, Iowa, La., and Cheyenne Guillory, Gainesville, Texas, 2.5 seconds and  $2,215 each. 6, (tie) Zoie Bedke, Oakley, Idaho, and Sawyer, Gilbert, Buffalo, S.D., 2.6, $1,179. 8, (tie) Aspen Miller, Santa Fe, Texas; Tiffany Schieck, Floresville, Texas; and Bailey Bates, Tohatchi, N.M.; 2.7 and $857. 11, (tie) Coralee Spratt, Shoshoni, Wyo.; Amanda Mader, Buffalo, Wyo.; and Sammy Taylor, Neola, Utah; 2.8, $536. 14, (tie) Erin Johnson, Fowler, Colo., and Carly Christian, Choteau, Mont., 2.9, $267.

 

Tie-down roping: 1, Riley Pruitt, Gering, Neb., 7.7 seconds, $8,178. 2, Kyle Lucas, Carstairs, Alblerta, 7.9, $7,088. 3, Zack Jongbloed, Iowa, La., 8.6, $6,542. 4, Tuf Case Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 8.8, $5,452. 5, Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 9.0, $4,907. 5, Wyatt Muggli, Wayne, Okla., 9.1, $4,362. 7, J.D. McCuistion, Collinsville, Texas, Okla., 9.2Tee, , $3,816. 8, Michael Otero, Millsap, Texas, 9.3, $3,271. 9, (tie) Haven Meged, Miles City, Mont.; J. Cody Jones, Ukiah, Calif.; and Beau Cooper, Stettler, Alberta, 9.6, $2,272. 12, Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, 9.8, $1,636. 13, (tie) Dakota Felton, Mountain Home, Texas, and Bo Pickett, Caldwell, Idaho, 10.0, $954. 15, Hunter Reaume, Meeteetse, Wyo., 10.1, $545.

 

Barrel Racing: 1, Leslie Smalygo, Skiatook, Okla., 17.04, $10,148. 2, Kylee Scribner, Azle, Texas, 17.08, $8,119. 3, Jordon Briggs, Tolar, Texas, 17.09, $6,596. 4, Londyn Ross, Bluff Dale, Texas, 17.14, $5,074. 5, Bryanna Haluptzok, Tennstrike, Minn., 17.20, $4,059. 6. ivy Saebens, Nowata, Okla., 17.24, $3,044. 7, (tie) Shelley Morgan, Eustace, Texas, and Cheyenne Wimberley, Stephenville, Texas, 17.25, and $2,410. 9, Taylor Arakelian, Clovis, Calif., 17.27, $2,030. 10, (tie) Nicole Driggers, Stephenville, Texas, and Sadie Wolaver, Weatherford, Okla., 17.28, $1,649. 12, Katie Halbert, Port Lavaca, Texas, 17.30, $1,269. 13, Emily Beisel, Weatherford, Okla., 17.31, $1,015. 14, Loni Lester, Gonzales, Texas, 17.35, $761. 15, Paige Jones, Wayne, Okla., 17.36, $507.

 

Bull Riding: 1, Brady Portenier, Caldwell, Idaho, 92.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Glory Days, $8,432. 2, Tyler Ray Taylor, Stephenville, Texas, 87.5, $6,464. 3, Creek Young, Rogersville, Mo., 87, $4,778. 4, (tie) Trevor Reiste, Linden, Iowa, and Trey Benton III, Richards, Texas, 86 and $2,530 each. 6, Tristen Hutchings, Monteview, Idaho, 84, $1,405. 7, Maverick Potter, Waxahachie, Texas, 81.5, $1,124. 8, Jace Tosclair, Chauvin, La., 79, $843.

 

 

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2022 NJHFR WORLD CHAMPIONS

Boys breakaway roping – Wyatt Howell (TX) Barrels – Skyler Nicholas (TX) Girls breakaway – Colee Cox(TX) Bare back steer – Taos Weborg (SD) Tie down roping – Reno Scribner (NM) Girls goats – Wacey Trujillo (NM) Boys goats – Cash Colcasure (AR) Team roping – Steele Smith and Logan Vander Hamm (KS) Ribbon roping – Craig and Bella Sciba (TX) Saddle bronc steer – Hardy Osborne (NM) Pole bending – Chaynee Slavin (OK) Chute dogging – Craig Sciba (TX) Bull riding – West Schroeder (MT) Rookie boy all around – Stetson Corman (IL) Rookie girl all around – Lana Houck (MN) All around cowgirl – Ella Kay (LA) All around cowboy Craig Sciba (TX)

Ella Kay from Iowa, Louisiana, had her mind set on winning a championship in either goat tying or breakaway roping at the National Junior High Finals in Perry, Georgia. The 13-year-old competed in those events as well as ribbon roping this past week and ended the week as the Girls All-Around Champion for the 2022 National Junior High Finals Rodeo. “It caught me by surprise; the hard work is finally showing.” She took reserve champion in the goat tying, fourth in breakaway and second in the second round of ribbon roping. Her hard work includes a routine of roping off both horses every afternoon, tying goats, and twice a week intense training at the gym. “I push sleds, tires, and run with resistance bands,” she said. “That’s helping my feet go faster and helping me be more mentally tough.”

“It takes a big crew to get this done,” said her dad, Brian, who used to compete in tie down roping. “All the grandparents at home are taking care of chores; her older sister, Addison, is helping in the barn, and her mom DeAnne is keeping track of forms, fees, clothes, and cooking.” They were joined by Ella’s coach, Kamryn Duncan, who flew in from Casper, Wyo., where she had just tied for the 2022 College National Finals Goat Tying championship. Ella took two horses to the Finals, a ten-hour trip from Iowa, and will turn around and head to the National Little Britches Finals in Guthrie, Oklahoma at the Lazy E Arena, the end of the week.

The seventh grader is quick to give all the credit to God. “You have to believe and trust God – he has a plan and you have to follow it. My parents remind me that I’m here to follow His plan and whenever He’s ready I’m ready. It’s a habit now – I say my prayers and I listen to the rosary with my parents every morning.”

Craig Sciba from Victoria, Texas, won the Boys All Around Champion, the World Champion Ribbon Team – roping for his sister, Bella, and the World Champion Chute Dogger and reserve champion goat tyer. His horse, Tag, took the title of AQHA Horse of the year. Tag is his roping horse, tie down horse as well as a goat tying horse. “It was a long shot to get All Around,” said the 14-year-old. “I was only there in three events and there were guys there in five and six events.” His game plan was doing the best he could. Going into the short go, he knew he needed to do his job in order to get the All Around title.  “I go at it the same way as I do any other round – make the run. In Ribbons we had to be 12 and we were a 6.3. I didn’t safety up at all. If I start thinking about all that then things go wrong.” His dad, Craig, is his main coach in the practice pen. Craig is moving into the high school competition next year and his goals for the future are simple. “Take one step at a time; high school next and probably college rodeo.”

 

 

 

 

 

Black Hills Roundup features top notch rodeo personnel

For the second year in recent history, the rodeo will include women’s ranch bronc riding, and Western Wishes will fulfill a child’s wish at the Roundup.

Ranch rodeo is the first event on the agenda for this year’s Roundup and takes place June 30 at 7 pm. It is followed by pro rodeo performances July 1-3 at 7 pm and on July 4 at 3 pm. Fireworks follow the rodeos on July 2-3.

Some of those men and women running the show, either in front of the spotlight or behind it, have excelled at their rodeo role for years.

Rodeo clown Trent McFarland returns for his second trip to the Roundup, with his own brand of comedy. The Alabama native loved the rodeo last year. “It’s an incredible show,” he said. His two young sons help him in the rodeo arena with his acts, and he enjoyed every part of the Roundup.

“They know what rodeo is there, and they do not disappoint,” he said. “They give their fans the entertainment value, in every bit they pay for a ticket.”

McFarland may be making his second trip to Belle Fourche, but for Hank and Lori Franzen, Powder River Rodeo Co., rodeo time is family time.

This will be the 34^th year that the Franzens will bring their best bucking horses and bulls to the Roundup, and for them, Belle Fourche is a special place.

“It’s simply one of those places embedded in our lives,” Lori said, “a place we’ve gone to since we were young in our twenties. It’s a special place with special friends, and it holds lots and lots of special memories.”

Other contract personnel working the 103^rd annual Roundup include announcers Steve Goedert and Andy Seiler (this is the first year for Seiler, a Florida native); rodeo clown Justin Rumford; specialty act horseman and rope artist Tomas Garcilazo; PRCA rodeo photographer Clay Guardipee; music director Nicky Kimm and video board by Frost View Productions.

July 1 is Family night, with four tickets for $48.

The Roundup will air live on the Cowboy Channel+ app and replayed a later date on the Cowboy Channel.

For more information, visit the website at BlackHillsRoundup.com or call the Black Hills Roundup Office at the Tri-State Museum and Visitor Center at 415 Fifth Avenue, Belle Fourche, S.D. (605.723.2010).

 

            CASPER, Wyo. (June 18, 2022) – When the final night of the 2022 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) began Saturday at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper, six reigning national champions had a chance to defend their titles and go home with back-to-back wins.

The bareback riding looked like a heavy weight match with reigning champion Cole Franks in the lead and 2017 winner Lane McGehee hot on his heels. But Ty Pope of Missouri Valley College who started the night in third place was not to be denied. Pope, who was among the top ten at last year’s CNFR, rode Vold Rodeo’s horse Capt. Hook for 85 points, the highest marked ride of the week. Pope’s teammate Franks, who won the title last year while attending Clarendon College but now rides for Missouri Valley, was last to compete and scored 81.5 on Vold’s Spicy Chicken. That left him one point short of Pope’s title, leaving him in the reserve spot.

Last year Panola College roper Kincade Henry watched teammate Macon Murphy win the national title in tie-down roping while Henry finished fifth. This year Henry came into the final night with the lead after three rounds and made a businesslike run of 9.0 seconds to capture the national championship. Henry, a sophomore ag business major, barely missed qualifying for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s National Finals Rodeo (NFR) last year. He is currently eighth in the pro ranks and could add his name to list of those who won a collegiate championship and qualified for the NFR in the same year.

Although he didn’t win a national title, Cisco College’s Trevor Hale made his mark in Casper. His time of 7.1 seconds in the tie-down roping set a CNFR record. That run secured him a reserve championship title.

Bryana Lehrmann, a graduate student in accounting at Texas A & M – Commerce had a half-second lead in the breakaway roping coming into the final round. While a half of second doesn’t sound like much, that is an eternity in an event where the fastest time of the week was 1.7 seconds. Lehrmann needed a solid run to rope her first national championship and delivered a time of 2.6. That was fast enough to tie for second in the final round and win the championship. She also tallied enough points to win the women’s all-around title by also earning points in the barrel racing.

McNeese State University came into Championship Saturday holding the top two spots in saddle bronc riding. Senior Ryder Sanford led junior teammate Shea Fournier by two and a half points. Fournier, an ag business major, scored 81 points on Vold Rodeo’s horse Jerry’s Delight for 315 total points. Sanford, an engineering major, was next to compete but he bucked off Frontier Rodeo’s Tickled Pink leaving Fournier as national champion.

Walt Arnold, a senior criminal justice major at Tarleton State University, won the steer wrestling national championship in commanding fashion. Arnold not only came into the finals with the overall lead, but he wrestled his steer in 3.7 seconds to win the final round as well. This is his third CNFR qualification, his third time to advance to the Championship Finals, but his only time to win a national title.

Goat tying was full of surprises. Kristin Reeves, a sophomore business major at Weatherford College, was the second athlete to set a CNFR record on Saturday. She came into the finals ranked eighth and set the record with a 5.5 second run. Maddie Doerr of Cochise College was ranked sixth until she made a 5.9-second run in the finals to take the national lead. McNeese State’s Kamryn Duncan was fifth, a tenth of a second faster than Doerr, and tied her goat in 6.0 to give both women a total of 24.9. Four women were still to compete, and none could clock a time faster than 6.5. That meant Doerr and Duncan tied for the national title.

The attention in team roping was on two pairs of brothers who were ranked first and second overall when the final round began. Mason and Logan Moore of Pleasanton, Texas, led the pack. Mason, a senior animal science major at Sam Houston State University, and Logan, a sophomore wildlife biology major at Wharton County Junior College, had roped three steers in 18 seconds and led Kellan and Carson Johnson, the reigning national champions and local favorites from Casper College by half a second. The third-place team of Riley Kittle and Jace Helton were 4.6 seconds behind the Johnsons. But Kittle of Woodland, Alabama, who competes for Cisco College in Texas where he is a sophomore welding major, and Helton, a sophomore business major at Weatherford College, caught their final steer and won the championship after the Moores and the Johnsons both failed to stop the clock in the finals.

Sadie Wolaver, a senior accounting major at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, was the barrel racing leader, but drew the last competition position giving her the worst ground conditions of the finals. She still made one of the fastest runs of the week – tying for fourth in the round with a time of 14.14 to win the national title. Taycie Matthews of East Mississippi Community College had not turned the barrel racing pattern in less than 14.40 during the first three rounds but qualified for the final round ranked eighth. The sophomore business and marketing major was the only barrel racer of the week to break the 14-second mark, winning the final round with a time of 13.86 and finishing as reserve national champion.

Casey Roberts of Munford, Alabama, was the only bull rider to ride three of four bulls. Roberts, a sophomore welding major at Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, took the lead when he rode Vold Rodeo’s bull Out Cold for 82.5 points. Reigning national champion Tristen Hutchings of Sul Ross University had the lead when the night began but couldn’t stay on Vold’s bull Night Trip.

The men’s all-around title went to Cole Walker of the University of Tennessee at Martin. Walker, a junior ag business major from Sparta, Tennessee, made the championship round in both tie-down and team roping. He finished fifth in both events.

Tarleton State University won the men’s team championship. Weatherford College earned the women’s team title by just 8.3 points over Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Reserve champion men’s team was McNeese State University which edged Missouri Valley College by 10 points.

 

2022 COLLEGE NATIONAL FINALS RODEO CHAMPIONS

 

Bareback – Ty Pope, Missouri Valley College, 318.5 points

Tie-Down Roping – Kincade henry, Panola College, 38.1 seconds.

Breakaway Roping – Bryana Lehrmann, Texas A & M University – Commerce, 9.2 seconds

Saddle Bronc Riding – Shae Fournier, McNeese State University, 315 points

Steer Wrestling – Walt Arnold, Tarleton State University, 16.9 seconds

Goat Tying – (tie) Kamryn Duncan, McNeese State University, 24.9 seconds

Maddee Doerr, Cochise College, 24.9 seconds

Team Roping – Riley Cittle, Cisco college and John Helton, Weatherford College, 34.4 seconds

Barrel Racing – Sadie Wolaver, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 56.86

Bull Riding – Casey Roberts, Three Rivers College, 239.5 points

Men’s All-Around – Cole Walker, University of Tennessee – Martin, 270 points

Women’s All-Around – Bryana Lehrmann, Texas A & M University – Commerce, 310 points

Men’s Team – Tarleton State University, 900 points

Women’s Team – Weatherford College, 538.33

Men’s Rookie – Andy Guzman, Mesalands Community College, 215 points

Women’s Rookie – Kenlie Raby, Missouri Valley College, 80 points

Men’s AQHA Horse of the Year – Kincade Henry, Panola College, “Duals Crescent Boon”

Women’s AQHA Horse of the Year – Sadie Wolaver, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, “I’m a Sharp Frost”

 

 

 

CASPER, Wyo.—The following are final results from the College National Finals Rodeo, June 18, 2022, courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Complete results are available at www.collegerodeo.com.

 

Bareback riding: (final round) 1, Ty Pope, Missouri Valley College, 85 points. 2, (tie) Dean Thompson, Western Texas College; Cole Franks, Missouri Valley College; and Brice Patterson, University of Wyoming, 81.5. (total on four) 1, Pope, 318.5. 2, Franks, 317.5. 3, Lane McGehee, Sam Houston State University, 315.5. 4, Tyler Griffin, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 312. 5, Thompson, 311.5. 6, Kolt Dement, Panola College, 300. 7, Patterson, 287.5. 8, Guage McBride, Panola College, 292.5.

 

Tie-Down Roping: (final round) 1, Trevor Hale, Cisco College, 7.1 seconds. 2, Kase Bacque, Sam Houston State University, 7.8. 3, Cole Walker, University of Tennessee – Martin, 8.0. 4, Scott Halverson, Iowa Center Community College, 8.4. (total on four) 1, Kincade henry, Panola College, 38.1 seconds. 2, Hale, 39.7. 3, Bacque, 41.1. 4, Halvertson, 43.4. 5, Walker, 44.1. 6, Marley Berger, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 44.2. 7, Linkyn Petersek, Casper College, 45.4. 8, Myles Kenzy, Gillette College, 46.9.

 

Breakaway Roping: (final round) 1, Kaylee Cornia, Idaho State University, 2.3 seconds. 2, (tie) Bryanna Lehrmann, Texas A & M University – Commerce, and Gracely Speth, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 2.6 each. 4, (tie) Briena Wells, Weatherford College, and Molly Salmond, Montna State University, 2/7. (total on four) 1,  Lehrmann, 9.2. 2, Briena Wells, Weatherford College, 10.3. 3, Cornia, 10.9. 4, Molly Salmond, Montana State University, 11.1. 5, (tie) McKenna Brennan, Panhandle State University, 11.3. 6, Gracely Speth, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 11.4. 7, Sarah Angelone, Tarleton State University, 19.7. 8, (on three) Alli Masters, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 7.1.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: (final round) 1, Cash Wilson, Tarleton State University, 82. 2, (tie) Quintin McWwhorter, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, and Shea Fornier, McNeese State University, 81.0. 4, Garrett Cunningham, Montana State University – Northern, 80. (total on four) 1, Fournier, 316. 2, Willson, 308.5. 3, McWhorter, 304. 4, Brody Wells, Tarleton State University, 299. 5, John Allen, Iowa Central Community College, 281. (on three) 6, Ryder Ssanford, McNeese State University, 236.5. 7, Garrett Cunningham, Montana State University – Northern, 230. 8, Reed Neely, California State University – Fresno, 223.5.

 

Steer Wrestling: (final round) 1, Walt Arnold, Tarleton State University, 3.7 seconds. 2, Ty Allred, Tarleton State University, 4.0. 3, (tie) Mason Couch, Southeastern Oklahoma State University; Gavin Soileau, McNeese State University; and Mike Nannini, Montana State University, 4.2. (total on four) 1, Arnold, 16.9. 2, Soileau, 18.7. 3, Tucker Alberts, Missouri Valley College, 19.0. 4, Allred, 22.4. 5, Nannin, Montana State University, 27.3, 6, Couch, 28.8. 7, Bryar Byrne, Feather Fiver College, 29.2. 8, Gus Franzen, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 35.2.

 

Goat Tying: (final round) 1, Kristin Reeves, Weatherford, College, 5.5 seconds. 2, Maddee Doerr, Cochise College, 5.9. 3, Kamryn Duncan, McNeese State University, 6.0. 4, (tie)Aimee Davis, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo; Kaytlyn Miller, Texas Tech University – Lubbock; and Sierra Spratt, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo; 6.5 each. (total on four) 1, (tie)Doerr and Duncan, 24.9 seconds. 3, Reaves, 25.0. 4, (tie) Aimee Davis, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, and Spratt, 25.2. 6, Sheyenne Anderson, Missouri Valley College, 25.5. 7, Kodey Hoss, Weatherford College, 26.2. 8, Miller, 26.4.

 

Team Roping: (final round) 1, Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College and Jaken Todacheenie, Northland Pioneer College, 4.8 seconds. 2, Logan Graham, and Latham Dickson, Southern Arkansas University, 7.0. Dylan Orr and Wyatt Vankoll, Blue Mountain Community College, 10.3. 4, Cobie Dodds, Feather River College, and Cole Dodds, California State University – Fresno, 11.0. (total on four) 1, Riley Kittle, Cisco College and Jace Helton, Weatherford College, 11.3. 2, Orr and Vankoll, 39.0. 3, Dodds and Dodds, 39.2. 4, Clay Cherry and Logan Cullen, Central Arizona College, 39.3. 5, Will McCraw and Cole Walker, University of Tennessee – Martin, 42.0. 6, Graham and Dickson, 42.1. 7, Moreno and Todacheenie, 43.1. 8, (on three) Mason Moore, Sam Houston State University and Logan Moore, Wharton County Junior College, 18.0

 

Barrel Racing: (final round) 1, Taycie Matthews, East Mississippi Community College, 13.86 seconds. 2, Bradi Good, Weatherford College, 14.03.3, (tie) . Sadie Wolaver, Southwestern Oklahoma State University and Ellie Bard, Gillette College, 14.14. (total on four) 1, Wolaver, 56.86. 2, Matthews, 57.23. 3, Good, 57.27. 4, Hailey Garrison, Montana State University, 57.30. 5, Bard, 57.42. 6, Victoria Procter, Texas A & M University, 57.60. 7, Emma Smith, Texas A & M University, 57.61. 8, Abby Hepper, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 57.62.

 

Bull Riding: (final round – one ride) 1, Casey Roberts, Three Rivers College, 82.5 points. (total on three) 1, Roberts, 239.5. (on two) 2, Tristen Hutchings, Sul Ross State University, 167. 3, Cole Skender, Three Rivers College, 159. 4, Andy Guzman, Mesalands Community College, 157.5. 5, Luke Parkinson, Western Texas College, 141.5. (on one) 6, Rawley Johnson, Western Texas College, 82. 7, T.J. Schmidt, Panhandle State University, 78. 8, Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, 68.5.

 

Men’s All-Around: 1, Cole Walker, University of Tennessee – Martin, 270 points. 2, Cole Dodds, California Stat3e University – Fresno, 245. 3, Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, 155. 4, Weston Patterson, Clarendon College, 120.

 

Women’s All-Around: 1, Bryana Lehrmann, Texas A & M University – Commerce, 310 points. 2, Kaytlyn Miller, Texas Tech University – Lubbock, 198.33.

 

Men’s Team: 1, Tarleton State University, 900 points. 2, McNeese State University, 780. 3, Missouri Valley College, 770. 4, Casper College, 620.

 

Women’s Team: 1, Weatherford College, 538.33. 2, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 533. 3, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 436.66. 4, Texas A & M University – Commerce, 330.

 

            CASPER, Wyo. (June 17, 2022) – The third round of the 2022 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) wrapped up Friday night at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper, setting the stage for Saturday’s Championship Finals. The top 12 fastest times and highest scores over the first three rounds qualified for Saturday night’s finals.

The competition began with bareback riding. Lane McGehee, who won the national title in this event as a freshman in 2017, rode Vold Rodeo’s bucking horse Classic Frontier for 81.5 points. That put the Sam Houston State University graduate student second in round three. He is just one and a half points behind Cole Franks in the overall standings. Franks is the reigning bareback riding and all-around champion who competes for Missouri Valley College. Only six points separate the top five bareback riders as the final round begins.

In breakaway roping Bryana Lehrmann, a graduate student in accounting at Texas A & M – Commerce clocked the fastest time of the night – 2.2 seconds. That tied her for fourth in the round. Her total of 6.6 seconds on three calves moved her into the overall lead by half a second. She is also one of two women who can win the all-around title.

McNeese State University heads into Championship Saturday holding the top two spots in saddle bronc riding. Shea Fournier held the lead when the night began, but his teammate Ryder Sanford overtook him after a 73.5-point ride on Triple V Rodeo’s horse Swan Lake. Sanford, a senior engineering major, had won the first two rounds and slipped past Fournier by two and a half points.

The goat tying competition was fierce. The second competitor – Sierra Spratt of Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo – set the pace with 6.6 seconds. She tied for the overall lead with her teammate Aimee Davis. Mersadie Martin, who competes for Sam Houston State University, had been the only cowgirl to clock a time under six seconds this week. Martin, a senior animal science major, won the first round with a time of 5.7 seconds. After a respectable but unspectacular 7.0 in round two, she came back in round three with the week’s second time under six seconds, winning the round with 5.9 and edging the Cal Poly contingent by one-tenth of a second.

Brothers Kellan and Carson Johnson of Casper College are crowd favorites at the Ford Wyoming Center. Not only are they local boys whose father is the college rodeo coach, but they are the reigning team roping champions at the CNFR. They brought the crowd to their feet with a time of 5 seconds which put them second in the round and second overall. They will have a chance to win a rare repeat title Saturday night.

Texas A & M’s Victoria Proctor was only able to place ninth in round three of barrel racing with her 14.34-second run. The junior ag business major had finished fourth in the first two rounds and her total time of 43.06 puts her second heading into the finals.

National championships in nine individual events along with the men’s and women’s all-around and team titles will be awarded following the Championship Saturday competition which begins at 7 p.m.

 

 

CASPER, Wyo.—The following are results after the fourth performance at the College National Finals Rodeo, June 17, 2022, courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Complete results are available at www.collegerodeo.com.

 

Bareback riding: (third round) 1, Kelby Schneiter, Western Texas College, 82 points. 2, Lane McGehee, Sam Houston State University, 81.5. 3, Weston Patterson, Clarendon College, 79. 4, Dean Thompson, Western Texas College, 79. 5, (tie) Darien Johnson, College of Southern Idaho, and Kolt Dement, Panola College, 76.5. each 7, (tie) Ty Pope, Missouri Valley College, and Guage McBride, Panola College, 74.5 each. (total on three) 1, Cole Franks, Missouri Valley College, 236. 2, McGehee, 234.5. 3, Pope, 233.5. 4, Griffin, 231. 5, Thompson, 230. 5, Myles Carlson, Casper, College, 223.5. 7, McBride, 222. 8, Dement, 221.5. 9, Denton Jacobson, Fort Scott Community College, 220.5. 10, Bradlee Miller, Sam Houston State University, 218.5. 11, Brice Patterson, University of Wyoming, 216.  12, Cooper Cooke, Western Texas College, 214.5.

 

Tie-Down Roping: (third round) 1, Chance Thiessen, Weatherford College, 7.3 seconds. 2, Chadron Coffield, University of Wyoming, 8.3. 3, Linkyn Petersek, Casper College, 8.4. 4, Kase Bacque, Sam Houston State University, 8.6. 5, Cole Dodds, California State University – Fresno, 9.0. 6, Zane Taylor, Treasure Valley Community College, 9.5. 7, (tie) Kincade Henry, Panola College, and Tanner Brown, East Mississippi Community College, 9.7 each. (total on three) 1, Henry, 29.1. 2, Petersek, 30.9. 3, Brayden Roe, Tarleton State University, 31.7. 4, Cody Stewart, Feather River College, 32.2. 5, Trevor Hale, Cisco College, 32.6. 6, Bacque, 33.2. 7, Macon Murphy, Panola College, 33.7. 8, Scott Halverson, Iowa Central Community College, 35.0. 9, Marley Berger, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 35.7. 10 Cole Walker, University of Tennessee – Martin, 36.1. 11, Myles Kenzy, Gillette College, 38.2. 12, Monty James, Central Arizona College, 41.0.

 

Breakaway Roping: (third round) 1, Kenlie Raby, Missouri Valley College, 1.7 seconds. 2, Alli Masters, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 2.0. 3, Hannah Hughes, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 2.1. 4, (tie) Bryana Lehrmann, Texas A & M University – Commerce; and Hayden Madsen, Laramie County Community College; and Kimberly Williams; Walla Walla Community College, 2.2 each. 7, Mikenna Schauer, University of Montana Northern, 2.3. 8, Delaney Kunau, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 2.4. (total on three) 1, Lehrmann, 6.6. 2, Masters, 7.1. 3, Sarah Angelone, Tarleton State University, 7.3. 4, (tie) Madalyn Richards, Texas A & M University and Briena Wells, Weatherford College, 7.6. 6, (tie) Blair Bryant, East Mississippi Community College, and Schauer, 7.7. 8, Maddy Deerman, Tarleton State University, 7.8. 9, McKenna Brennan, Panhandle State University, 8.3. 10, Molly Salmond, Montana State University, 8.4. 11, Kaylee Cornia, Idaho State University, 8.6. 12, Gracely Speth, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 8.8.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: (third round) 1, Shae Fournier, McNeese State University, 80.5. 2, Karson Mebane, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 77.5. 3, Cash Wilson, Tarleton State University, Tarleton State University, 76.5. 4, Quintin McWhorter, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 75. 5, (tie) John Allen, Iowa Central Community College, and Ryder Sanford, McNeese State University, 73.5 each. 7, (tie) Reed Neely, California State University – Fresno and Jarrod Hammons, Hill College, 72.5 (total on three) 1, Sanford, 236.5. 2, Fournier, 234. 3, Wilson, 226.5. 4, McWhorter, 222.5. 5, Brody Wells, Tarleton State University, 221. 6, Cable Wareham, Fort Scott Community College, 212. 7, Allen, 208. 8, Sage Miller, Laramie County Community College, 207.5. 9, Luke Price, Fort Scott Community College, 198. 10, Stade Riggs, Northern Arizona University, 197. (on two) 11, Garrett Cunningham, Montana State University – Northern, 150. 12, Reed Neely, California State University – Fresno, 149.5.

 

Steer Wrestling: (third round) 1, Gavin Soileau, McNeese State University, 3.8 seconds. 2, Blake Betz, Blue Mountain Community College, 4.0. 3, (tie) Sterling Lee, Dickinson State University; Rooster Yazzie, Navajo Technical College; and Bryar Byrne, Feather River College, 4.6 each. 6, Walt Arnold, Tarleton State University, 4.8. 7, (tie) Jesse Keysaer, University of Tennessee – Martin, and Mason Couch, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 4.9. (total on three) 1, Arnold, 13.2. 2, Tucker Alberts, Missouri Valley College, 13.7. 3, Souileau, 14.5. 4, Ty Allred, Tarleton State University, 18.4. 5, Hurlburt, 19.0. 6, Gus Franzen, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 22.1. 7, Mike Nannini, Montana State University, 23.1. 8, Byrne, 24.3. 9, Couch, 24.7. 10, Garrett Shell, Feather River College, 25.2. 11, Cache Burnside, Central Arizona College, 27.0. 12, Sterling Lee, Dickinson State University, 27.1.

 

Goat Tying: (third round) 1, Mersadie Martin, Sam Houston State University, 5.9 seconds. 2, Aimee Davis, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 6.0. 3, (tie) Taylour Latham, University of Wyoming, and Kamryn Duncan, McNeese State University, 6.1 seconds each. 5, Kaytlyn Miller, Texas Tech University – Lubbock, 6.2. 6, (tie) Jessi Jane Portenier, Cochise College; Emma Hodson, Weber State University; Sheyenne Anderson, Missouri Valley College; and Sierra Spratt, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo;  and Kodey Hoss, Weatherford College, 6.3. (total on three) 1, Martin, 18.6. 2, (tie) Davis, and Spratt, 18.7. 4, (tie) Anderson, and Duncan, 18.9. 6, Doerr, 19.0. 7, Hoss, 19.1. 8, Kristin Reaves, Weatherford College, 19.5. 9, Jaicee Bastian, Utah Valley University, 18.9. 10, (tie) Kaytlyn Miller, Texas Tech University, and Hailey Garrison, Montana State University, 19.9. 12, Wacey Day, Northeastern Junior College, 20.0.

 

Team Roping: (third round) 1, Bodie Mattson, Gillette College and Trae Smith, Casper College, 4.8 seconds. 2, Kellan and Carson Johnson, Casper College, 5.0. 3, Tristan Sullivan, Texas A & M University – Commerce, and Will Farris, Southwest Texas Junior College, 5.3. 4, Mason Moore, Sam Houston State University and Logan Moore, Wharton County College, 5.9. 5, (tie) Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, and Jaken Todacheerie, Northern Pioneer College; Riley Kittle, Cisco College and Jace Helton, Weatherford, College; and Cutter Machado, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo and Wyatt Hansen, West Hills College, 6.0. 8, Clay Cherry and Logan Cullen, Central Arizona College, 6.9.  (total on three) 1, Moore and Moore, 18.0. 2, Johnson and Johnson, 18.5. 3, Kittle and Helton, 6.0. 4, Cherry and Cullen, 23.5. 5, Nevada Berquist and Braden Brost, Casper College, 24.9. 6, Cobie Dodds, Feather River College and Cole Dodds, California State University – Fresno, 28.2. 7, Dylan Orr and Wyatt Vankoll, Blue Mountain Community College, 28.7. 8, Will McCraw and Cole Walker, University of Tennessee – Martin, 30.0. 9, Logan Grahm and Latham Dickson, Southern Arkansas University, 35.1. 10, Moreno and Todacheenie, 38.3. 11, Trystin Hooper, West Hills College and David Stark, California State University – Fresno, 40.6. 12, (on two) J.C. Yeahquo, Western Oklahoma State University and L.J. Yeahquo, Oklahoma State University, 14.9

 

Barrel racing: (third round) 1, Jaylie Matthews, East Mississippi Community College, 14.13 seconds. 2, Hailey Garrison, Montana State University, 14.19. 3, (tie) Sadie Walaver, Southwestern Oklahoma State University; Ellie Bard, Gillette College; and Bryana Lehrmann, Texas A & M University – Commerce; 14.22. 6, Abby Hepper, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 14.23. 7, Bradi Good, Weatherford College, 14.32. 8, Tayla Moeykens, Montana State University, 14.33. (total on three) 1, Wolaver, 42.72. 2, Victoria Procter, Texas A & M University, 43.06. 3, Garrison, 43.13. 4, (tie) Emma Smith, Texas A & M University, and Hepper, 43.21 each. 6, Bradi Good, Weatherford College, 43.24. 7, Bard, 43.28. 8, Taycie Matthews, East Mississippi Community College, 43.37. 9, Kenna McNeill, Oklahoma State University, 43.39. 10, Tayla Moeykens, Montana State University, 43.43. 11, Kiara Begay, University of Arizona, 43.44. 12, Shaw Nelson, South Dakota State University, 43.69.

 

Bull Riding: (third round – three rides) 1, Cole Skender, Three Rivers College, 84. 2, Tristen Hutchings, Sul Ross State University, 82.5. 3, Rawley Johnson, Western Texas College, 82. (total on two) 1, Hutchings, 167. 2, Skender, 159. 3, Andy Guzman, Mesalands Community College, 157.5. 4, Casey Roberts, Three Rivers College, 157. 5, Luke Parkinson, Western Texas College, 141.5. (on one) 6, Rawley Johnson, T.J. Schmidt, Panhandle State University, 78. 7, Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, 68.5. 8, Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, 68.5.

 

Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo took the lead in the goat tying when Aimee Davis stopped the clock in 6.0 seconds. Davis is at the top of the leaderboard and is in contention for a national title with  CNFR photo by Jackie Jensen

 

Competition heating up at College National Finals Rodeo 

 

            CASPER, Wyo. (June 16, 2022) – Two athletes moved into the overall lead in their events during Thursday night’s performance of the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper.

Aimee Davis, a junior majoring in child development, took the lead in goat tying. Davis, who competes for Cal Poly- San Luis Obispo, tied her goat in six seconds to have the fastest time in the third round. Her times in round one and round two were 6.2 and 6.5 respectively. The West Coast Region Goat Tying Champion has a lead of two-tenths of a second at 18.7 over McNeese State’s Kamryn Duncan.

Walt Arnold, a senior from Coleman, Texas, moved to first overall in steer wrestling. Arnold, a criminal justice major at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, stopped the clock in 4.8 seconds. Adding that to his times of 4.2 seconds in the first and second rounds gave him a total of 13.2 seconds on three steers. This is his third CNFR qualification and he will be qualifying for Saturday night’s championship finals for the third time. He is hoping that this year he leaves with the buckle that says he is college rodeo’s best.

Arnold is currently ranked 23^rd in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association steer wrestling standings. He has a chance to win a college title and qualify for the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in the same season if he can move into the top 15 in the pro ranks by September 30.

Montana State University’s Hailey Garrison moved to second overall in barrel racing. Her time of 14.19 was the second-fastest of the week and put her in second place in round three. The Dillon, Montana, cowgirl has a great shot at the women’s all-around title at her fourth CNFR. She will return for Championship Saturday in barrel racing and goat tying where she is tied for fifth overall with a total time of 19.9 seconds on three runs.

The fourth performance of the CNFR will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday. Those competing will have one final chance to move into the top 12 and qualify for Championship Saturday when the national champions in nine events, the men’s and women’s all-around and the men’s and women’s team champions will be determined.

 

 

CASPER, Wyo.—The following are results after the third performance at the College National Finals Rodeo, June 16, 2022, courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Complete results are available at www.collegerodeo.com.

 

Bareback riding: (third round) 1, Kelby Schneiter, Western Texas College, 82 points. 2, Kolt Dement, Panola College, 76.5. 3, (tie) Ty Pope, Missouri Valley College, and Guage McBride, Panola College, 74.5 each. 5, (tie) Tyler Griffin, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and Cole Franks, Missouri Valley College, 74. 6, Cooper Filipek, Mesalands Community College, 72. (total on three) 1, Franks, 236. 2, Pope, 233.5. 3, Griffin, 231. 4, McBride, 222. 5, Dement, 221.5. 6, Denton Jacobson, Fort Scott Community College, 220.5. 7, Bradlee Miller, Sam Houston State University, 218.5. 8, Brice Patterson, University of Wyoming, 216.

 

Tie-Down Roping: (third round) 1, Chance Thiessen, Weatherford College, 7.3 seconds. 2, Chadron Coffield, University of Wyoming, 8.3. 3, Linkyn Petersek, Casper College, 8.4. 4, Kase Bacque, Sam Houston State University, 8.6. 5, Zane Taylor, Treasure Valley Community College, 9.5. 6, (tie) Kincade Henry, Panola College, and Tanner Brown, East Mississippi Community College, 9.7 each. (total on three) 1, Henry, 29.1. 2, Petersek, 30.9. 3, Cody Stewart, Feather River College, 32.2. 4, Bacque, 33.2. 5, Scott Halverson, Iowa Central Community College, 35.0. 6, Marley Berger, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 35.7. 7 Myles Kenzy, Gillette College, 38.2. 8, Monty James, Central Arizona College, 41.0.

 

Breakaway Roping: (third round) 1, Kenlie Raby, Missouri Valley College, 1.7 seconds. 2, Alli Masters, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 2.0. 3, Hannah Hughes, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 2.1. 4, (tie) Hayden Madsen, Laramie County Community College and Kimberly Williams, Walla Walla Community College, 2.2 each. 6, Delaney Kunau, Univrsity of Nevada – Las Vegas, 2.4. (total on three) 1, Masters, 7.1. 2, (tie) Madalyn Richards, Texas A & M University and Briena Wells, Weatherford College, 7.6. 4, Blair Bryant, East Mississippi Community College, 7.7. 5, Maddy Deerman, Tarleton State University, 7.8. 6, Molly Salmond, Montana State University, 8.4. 7, Gracely Speth, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 8.8. 8, Catherine Clayton, Cochise College, 9.5

 

Steer Wrestling: (third round) 1, Blake Betz, Blue Mountain Community College, 4.0 seconds. 2, (tie) Sterling Lee, Dickinson State University; Rooster Yazzie, Navajo Technical College; and Bryar Byrne, Feather River College, 4.6 each. 5, Walt Arnold, Tarleton State University, 4.8. 6, (tie) Jesse Keysaer, University of Tennessee – Martin, and Mason Couch, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 4.9. 9, (tie) Wes Shaw, College of Southern Idaho; Austin Hurlburt, University of Wyoming;  and Garrett Elmore, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 5.1. (total on three) 1, Arnold, 13.2. 2, Tucker Alberts, Missouri Valley College, 13.7. 3, Ty Allred, Tarleton State University, 18.4. 4, Hurlburt, 19.0. 5, Mike Nannini, Montana State University, 23.1. 6, Byrne, 24.3. 7, Couch, 24.7. 8, Garrett Shell, Feather River College, 25.2.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: (third round) 1, Shae Fournier, McNeese State University, 80.5. 2, Karson Mebane, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 77.5. 3, Cash Wilson, Tarleton State University, Tarleton State University, 76.5. 4, Quintin McWhorter, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 75. 5, John Allen, Iowa Central Community College, 73.5. 6, (tie) Reed Neely, California State University – Fresno and Jarrod Hammons, Hill College, 72.5 (total on three) Fournier, 234. 2, Wilson, 226.5. 3, McWhorter, 222.5. 4, Allen, 208. 5, Miller, 207.5. 5, Stade Riggs, Northern Arizona University, 197. (on two) 7, Ryder Sanford, McNeese State University, 163. 8, Brody Wells, Tarleton State University, 153.

 

Goat Tying: (third round) 1, Aimee Davis, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 6.0. 2, (tie) Taylour Latham, University of Wyoming, and Kamryn Duncan, McNeese State University, 6.1 seconds each. 4, Kaytlyn Miller, Texas Tech University – Lubbock, 6.2. 5, (tie) Jessi Jane Portenier, Cochise College; Emma Hodson, Weber State University and Kodey Hoss, Weatherford College, 6.3. (total on three) 1, Davis, 18.7. 2, Duncan, 18.9. 3, Hoss, 19.1. 4, Jaicee Bastian, Utah Valley University, 18.9. 5, (tie) Kaytlyn Miller, Texas Tech University, and Hailey Garrison, Montana State University, 19.9. 7, Wacey Day, Northeastern Junior College, 20.0.  8, Lakin Cunningham, Missouri Valley College, 20.2.

 

Team Roping: (third round) 1, Bodie Mattson, Gillette College and Trae Smith, Casper College, 4.8 seconds. 2, Mason Moore, Sam Houston State University and Logan Moore, Wharton County College, 5.9. 3, (tie) Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, and Jaken Todacheerie, Northern Pioneer College; Riley Kittle, Cisco College and Jace Helton, Weatherford, College; and Cutter Machado, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo and Wyatt Hansen, West Hills College, 6.0. 6, Nevada Berquist and Braden Brost, Casper College, 7.0. (total on three) 1, Moore and Moore, 18.0. 2, Kittle and Helton, 6.0. 3, Berquist and Brost, 24.9. 4, Cobie Dodds, Feather River College and Cole Dodds, California State University – Fresno, 28.2. 5, McCraw and Walker, 30.0. 6, Latham Dickson, University of Tennessee – Martin, and Logan Graham, Southern Arkansas University, 35.1. 7, Moreno and Todacheenie, 38.3. 8, Trystin Hooper, West Hills College and David Stark, California State University – Fresno, 40.6.

 

Barrel racing: (third round) 1, Jaylie Matthews, East Mississippi Community College, 14.13 seconds. 2, Hailey Garrison, Montana State University, 14.19. 3, (tie) Sadie Walaver, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, and Bryana Lehrmann, Texas A & M University – Commerce, 14.22. 5, Abby Hepper, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 14.23. 6, Bradi Good, Weatherford College, 14.32. (total on three) 1, Wolaver, 42.72. 2, Garrison, 43.13. 3, (tie) Emma Smith, Texas A & M University, and Hepper, 43.21 each. 5, Bradi Good, Weatherford College, 43.24. 6, Taycie Matthews, East Mississippi Community College, 43.37. 7, Kenna McNeill, Oklahoma State University, 43.39. 8, Tayla Moeykens, Montana State University, 43.43.

 

Bull Riding: (third round – two rides) 1, Cole Skender, Three Rivers College, 84. 2, Tristen Hutchings, Sul Ross State University, 82.5 points.  (total on two) 1, Hutchings, 167. 2, Skender, 140. 3, Andy Guzman, Mesalands Community College, 157.5. 4, Casey Roberts, Three Rivers College, 157. 5, Luke Parkinson, Western Texas College, 141.5. (on one) 6, T.J. Schmidt, Panhandle State University, 78. 7, Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, 68.5.

 

Champions crowned in each event

 

HASTINGS, NEB. (June 12, 2022) – The Nebraska High School Rodeo season wrapped up today with the high school finals in Hastings at the Adams County Fairgrounds. Rodeo athletes from across the Cornhusker State competed in two go-rounds on June 10-11 and the short go-round on June 12. The top four contestants in each of fifteen events were determined, and they will go on to compete at the National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR) in Gillette, Wyoming July 17-23, 2022.

 

The 2021-2022 champions are Spencer Denaeyer, Mullen (bareback riding); Makayla Wray, Ord (pole bending and breakaway roping); Coy Johnston, Stapleton (steer wrestling); Monte Bailey, Seneca (saddle bronc riding); Sid Miller, Merna (tie-down roping); Libby Hegeman, Arlington (goat tying); Brent Charlton, North Platte and Jate Saults, Big Springs (team roping, header and heeler); Anna Clark, Thedford (barrel racing); Cooper Kursave, Arcadia (bull riding); Tatum Olson, Bloomfield (reined cow horse); Bo Bushhousen, St. Libory (boys cutting); Whitney Jennings, Seneca (girls cutting); Cale Buss, Atkinson (light rifle) and Tanner Ellis, Minden (trap shooting ).

 

Boys rookie of the year went to Koltdyn Heath, Minden, and girls rookie of the year is Reagan McIntyre, Grand Island. McIntyre also won the girls’ all-around title; for the second year, Cooper Bass, Brewster, is the year-end boys all-around champion.

 

Kylie Lancaster, Hastings, was crowned as the 2022-2023 Miss Nebraska High School Rodeo queen.

 

The following are synopses of some of the champions.

 

Pole Bending and Breakaway champion: Makayla Wray, Ord

Makayla Wray came into her junior year of state finals in second and third place in her three events, and left a state champion in two of them.

 

The seventeen-year-old cowgirl, a soon-to-be senior at Ord High School this fall, called her three days at state finals, “amazing.” She was cheering for her friend Gracey Taylor in the poles, but when Gracey knocked over a pole to get a five-second penalty in the short round, it opened the door for Wray.

 

“My heart broke for her, but I thought, ‘there’s a chance (for Wray to win the year-end title.) Then I went and knocked down a pole.” But there was no time for reflection; she had to compete in the breakaway roping next. “You have to have a short memory in rodeo,” she said.

 

The daughter of Mark and Denise Wray, Makayla will be vice-president of her school’s FFA chapter this fall, is a member of the National Honor Society, was just elected student president of the Nebraska State High School Rodeo Association, and plays basketball. She has a 4.0 GPA.

 

She has also qualified for the NHSFR in the team roping; this is her first trip to Nationals.

 

Bareback riding champion – Spencer Denaeyer, Seneca

For the second year in a row, Spencer Denaeyer took home the state saddle bronc riding title.

 

The eighteen-year-old, a 2022 graduate of Mullen High School, didn’t do well at the 2021 NHSFR.

 

“Last year, I went in hot-headed, thinking I was the state champ, I was going to (Nationals), and things were going to be all right.” He didn’t make the short go at the Nationals; his goals are higher this year. “I need to have my hammer cocked, and be ready to go. My goal is to win it.”

 

He will attend Odessa (Texas) College this fall on a rodeo scholarship and compete collegiately, majoring in ag technology.

 

He is the son of Mark and Bree Bailey.

 

Steer wrestling champion – Coy Johnston, Stapleton

Coy Johnston comes from a long line of steer wrestlers, and now he’s won his first state title.

 

The Stapleton cowboy finished last year’s season in second place, behind his good friend and fellow steer wrestler Dane Pokorny; the two cowboys switched spots this year, with Pokorny finishing as reserve champion.

 

For Sunday’s short round, he gave it his all. “I had to make a good run today,” he said. “I just went out there, not safetying up or anything, and beat Dane by a half-point.” There’s no animosity between the two; “we are really good friends,” Johnston said.

 

Johnston’s dad Jason was a steer wrestler, as were his uncles, Jeff, Chad and Joel. “If you’re a Johnston,” he joked, “you’re going to be a steer wrestler.”

 

This fall, Johnston will be a senior at Stapleton High School. He plays football and basketball and is an FFA member.

 

He is the son of Jason and Jennifer Johnston.

 

Saddle bronc riding champion: Monte Bailey, Hyannis

Hyannis cowboy Monte Bailey won the saddle bronc riding title.

 

The 2022 Hyannis High School graduate was the only cowboy who made three qualified rides.

 

He is coming off a knee injury from the football season, where he tore the meniscus and nearly pulled the ligaments off the bone.

 

“I hurt my knee a while back, so it was a little iffy on my first horse,” he said. “But I just let it all fly and left it out there, and it was pretty fun.” His third ride, in the short round, “wasn’t the prettiest one, but I got through it.”

 

He will compete for Montana State University in Bozeman this fall on a rodeo scholarship while he attends Gallatin College, majoring in carpentry.

 

He is the son of Ben and Shelly Bailey.

 

Team roping champions – Brent Charlton, North Platte (header) and Jate Saults, Big Springs (heeler)

 

Brent Charlton and Jate Saults teamed up for their first state title in the team roping.

 

The duo has roped together the past three years; Charlton just finished his junior year at Stapleton High School; Saults is a 2022 graduate of South Platte High School.

 

Both cowboys also competed in the tie-down roping, and Saults in the light rifle shooting.

 

This fall, Saults will attend Western Oklahoma State University in Altus on a rodeo scholarship, majoring in ag business. He is the son of Scott and Jill Saults. He has also qualified for Nationals in the light rifle.

 

Charlton, at Stapleton High School, plays basketball and is on the honor roll. He is the son of Philip and Sonya Charlton.

 

Barrel racing champion – Anna Clark, Thedford

Anna Clark is just a freshman, but she finished her first year of high school rodeo with a bang.

 

The fifteen-year-old cowgirl from Thedford won the barrel racing state title.

 

In the first round, she hit a barrel, adding a five-second penalty to her time. “I came into the arena, and we were going pretty fast, and I remember thinking, oh, no, we’re going to blow by this barrel. So I checked (her mare) up and I shouldn’t have.” They knocked over the first barrel.

 

But she redeemed herself, winning the second and third rounds “and today we became state champions,” she said, beaming.

 

“I wanted this all season, and I’ve worked for it a lot,” she said. “It feels good. It feels really good.”

 

She is the daughter of Adam and Alicia Clark.

 

For complete results, visit http://www.hsrodeo-nebraska.com/results. For more information on the state finals and the NHSFR, www.hsrodeo-nebraska.com and www.nhsra.com.

 

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Nebraska High School Qualifiers for the 2022 National High School Finals Rodeo in Gillette, Wyoming July 17-23.

 

Bareback riding

Champion: Spencer Denayer, Seneca

2. Tate Miller, Springview

3. Koltdyn Heath, Minden

4. Tanner Drueke, Sutherland

Alternate: Cinch Kiger, Overton

 

Barrel racing

Champion: Anna Clark, Thedford

2. Hailey Witte, Crookston

3. Taci Flinn, Arcadia

4. Camryn Kocian, Brainard

Alternate: Mekenna Fisher, Hershey

 

Boys cutting:

Champion: Bo Bushhousen, St. Libory

2. Cooper Bass, Brewster

3. Trey Vance, Inavale

4. Devin Konicek, Burwell

Alternate: Dakota Storer, Arthur

 

Breakaway roping

Champion: Makayla Wray, Ord

2. Reagan McIntyre, Grand Island

3. Whitney Jennings, Seneca

4. Shayda Vaughn, Hershey

Alternate: Kieley Walz, Ainsworth

 

Bull riding:

Champion:. Cooper Kursave, Arcadia

2. Hunter Boydston, Grover, Colo.

3. Jason Ducker-Kursave, Arcadia

4. Tanner Drueke, Sutherland

Alternate: Brady Painter, Ainsworth

 

Girls cutting:

Champion: Whitney Jennings, Seneca

2. Mekenna Fisher, Hershey

3. Brooke Forre, Newman Grove

4. Emma Pearson, Broken Bow

Alternate: Peyton Fisher, Hershey  

 

Goat tying:

Champion:. Libby Hegeman, Arlington

2. Reagan McIntyre, Grand Island

3. Ashlyn Henderson, Hyannis

4. Emma Warren, Thedford

Alternate: Laney Hoier, Herman

 

Pole bending

Champion: Makayla Wray, Ord

2. Gracey Taylor, Valentine

3. Reagan McIntyre, Grand Island

4. Raina Swanson, Genoa

Alternate: Emma Pearson, Broken Bow

 

Reined cow horse

Champion: Tatum Olson, Bloomfield

2. Charlie Bortner, McCook

3. Tucker Gillespie, McCook

4. Tate Talkington, Scottsbluff

Alternate: Jayda Meyring, Alliance

 

Saddle bronc riding

Champion: Monte Bailey, Lakeside

2. Leif Meidell, Harrison

3. Augustus Painter, Ainsworth

4. Carson Jones, Neligh

Alternate: Everett Blackburn, Bartlett

 

Steer wrestling

Champion: Coy Johnston, Stapleton

2. Dane Pokorny, Stapleton

3. Wyatt Reichenberg, Harrisburg

4. Taydon Gorsuch, Gering

Alternate: Beau Wiebelhaus, Springview

 

Team roping

Champions: Brent Charlton, North Platte, and Jate Saults, Big Springs

2. Cooper Bass, Brewster and Zack Bradley, Brewster

3. Makayla Wray, Ord and Brady Renner, Ericson

4. Carter Anderson, Merriman and Sage Schrunk, Valentine

 

Tie-down roping

Champion: Sid Miller, Merna

2. Jate Saults, Big Springs

3. Cooper Phillips, Burwell

4. Carter Anderson, Merriman

Alternate: Seth Glass, Central City

 

All results unofficial.

 

 

Merna’s Sid Miller is the 2021-2022 Nebraska State High School tie-down roping champion. Photo by Jill Saults. 

 

Hastings, Neb.  (June 6, 2022) The best high school rodeo athletes in the state will make their way to Hastings, Nebraska June 10-12 to compete for the title of Nebraska’s best.

The Nebraska High School Finals Rodeo features the top thirty contestants in each of thirteen events (top sixty in the team roping.) The high school students have accumulated points throughout the fall and spring seasons, and the following is a look at several of the event leaders.

Dane Pokorny is back to defend his 2021 steer wrestling title.

The Stapleton cowboy, a 2022 graduate of Thedford High School, leads the steer wrestling this year, a mere eight points ahead of his friend, Coy Johnston.

His rodeo year has been good, he said, “consistent. I’ve been picking up points every weekend.”

Not only does Pokorny excel in rodeo, but he was part of the Thedford High football team that won the state runner-up title in Class D2. He was all-state honorary caption and all-state running back, and started all four years in both football and basketball.

And this is the last state finals rodeo for Pokorny’s horse, Shorty. He will be retired after Pokorny rides him at state finals, and, if he qualifies, at the National High School Finals. After that, it’s out to pasture, to be “loved on,” Pokorny said.

Pokorny is the son of Brad and Paula Pokorny. He has also qualified for the finals in the team roping.

Reagan McIntyre, Grand Island, has burst into the high school rodeo world in grand fashion.

The fifteen-year-old cowgirl who just finished her freshman year is leading two events: the breakaway roping and the goat tying, with a double-digit lead in the breakaway over the number two cowgirl, Makayla Wray.

McIntyre excelled in junior high rodeo, finishing at the National Junior High Finals in sixth place in the world in the breakaway. “That gave me the confidence going into high school,” she said. “I knew there was tons of tough competition (in high school) so I’d have to take a step up, coming into the high school ranks.”

A student at Grand Island Northwest, she participates in volleyball, basketball and track, and was on the honor roll. Her 4×800 relay team finished seventh in Class B at the state track meet this year.

The oldest of four children of Jeremy and Karen McIntyre, Reagan admits the entire family is competitive when playing games, such as spoons. “It’s definitely pretty intense,” she laughed. “We have pretty much stopped playing because (the games) get so competitive.”

She has a plan for state finals. “I’m just going to go into it how I go into every run. It’s just another weekend where you have to lay down solid runs and stay on the top of your game.” She has also qualified for the state finals in the pole bending, team roping and barrel racing.

In the bareback riding, Tate Miller is confidently in first place.

The Springview cowboy has a six-point lead over the number two man, Spencer Denaeyer.

His strong rodeo season has been good, he said, after a weak showing at the 2021 National High School Finals Rodeo.

At Nationals last year, “I didn’t have the Nationals I’d have liked, and my confidence was down, coming into my junior year,” he said. “I’ve won a lot of (high school) rodeos this year, helping get my points up and my confidence built back up. I had a good season, so it boosted my confidence.”

Miller, who will be a senior at Keya Paha County High School this fall, plays football and is a member of the FFA and National Honor Society. He is the son of Will and Jamie Miller.

In the boys cutting, Cooper Bass sits atop the leaderboard.

The Brewster cowboy, a graduate of online high school, has had an exceptional year in the cutting. “I’ve done very, very well,” he said. “My mare has been working great.”

He will also come into state finals in first place in the team roping, heading for Zach Bradley, and in a third event, the tie-down roping, in fourteenth place.

Because Bass has taken classes online, he’s had time for a job, working at three different sale barns, sometimes putting in 24 hour shifts. He also rides horses for others, putting thirty days of training on them. He is the son of Steve and Teresa Bass.

Other leaders (as of press time) heading into the weekend’s finals include Hailey Witte, Crookston (barrel racing); Hunter Boydston, Grover, Colo. (bull riding); Brooke Forre, Newman Grove (girls cutting); Raina Swanson, Genoa (pole bending); Monte Bailey, Lakeside (saddle bronc riding); Sid Miller, Merna (tie-down roping) Brady Renner, Ericson (heeler); and Tatum Olson, Bloomfield (reined cow horse).

The thirteen events include bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, team roping, breakaway roping, goat tying, pole bending, barrel racing, boys cutting, girls cutting, reined cow horse and bull riding.

The first go-round takes place June 10 at 11 am and 6 pm. The second go-round is June 11 at 11 am and 6 pm. After the two rounds, the top ten contestants in each event will advance to the short round on June 12 at 1 pm. The cutting will be held at 7 am on June 10-11, with the final round at 8 am on June 12. The reined cow horse will be at 10 am on June 10-11.

The top four in each event, after the state finals are over, qualify for the National High School Finals Rodeo, held this year in Gillette, Wyo., July 17-23.

The 2022-2023 Miss Nebraska High School Rodeo Queen will be crowned prior to the performance on June 12.

For more information, visit www.AdamsCountyFairgrounds.com or call 402.462.3247. For information on the Nebraska State High School Rodeo Association, visit www.hsrodeo-nebraska.com.

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Qualifying high school rodeo contestants for the 2022 Nebraska State High School Finals Rodeo (unofficial listing; list is current as of 6-2-22, so contestants may have changed; qualifying contestants may choose to not compete at finals; hometown is in Nebraska unless specified):

 

Bareback Riding

 

1. Tate Miller, Springview
2. Spencer Denaeyer, Seneca
3. Cole Kerner, Sutherland
4. Koltdyn Heath, Minden
5. Tanner Drueke, Sutherland
6. Cinch Kiger, Overton
7. Taylon Pascoe, Lincoln

 

Barrel Racing

1. Hailey Witte, Crookston
2. Anna Clark, Thedford
3. Taci Flinn, Arcadia
4. Jacei Spangler, Arthur
5. Camryn Kocian, Brainard
6. Mekenna Fisher, Hershey
7. Summer Richardson, Ainsworth
8. Bradie Crouse, Blair
9. Clancy Jo Brown, North Platte
10. Bailey Bell, North Platte
11. Libby Hegemann, Arlington
12. Whitney Jennings, Seneca
13. Ashlyn Henderson, Hyannis
14. Blaise Lange, Harrison
15. Reagan McIntyre, Grand Island
16. Kinley Crow, Hershey
17. Peyton Fisher, Hershey
18. Laney Hoier, Herman
19. Jymmie Jensen, Burwell
20. Emma Pearson, Broken Bow
21. Morgan Rosander, Wolbach
22. Ashton Werth, Hyannis
23. Kieley Walz, Ainsworth
24. Jaycee Lambert, Harrison
25. Lillian Fletcher, Arnold
26. Jayda From, Crookston
27. Josie Anthony, Crofton
28. Dakota Glinn, Keystone
29. Gracey Rodocker-Peters, Taylor
30. Rylee Nall-Sillivan, St. Paul

 

Boys Cutting

1. Cooper Bass, Brewster
2. Bo Bushhousen, St Libory
3. Dakota Storer, Arthur
4. Trey Vance, Inavale
5. Devin Konicek, Burwell
6. Tatum Olson, Bloomfield
7. Alex Hathaway, Pender
8. Cody Miller, Broken Bow
9. Matt Symonds, Mitchell
10. Tate Talkington, Scottsbluff
11. Clancey Symonds, Mitchell
12. Tucker Gillespie, McCook

 

Breakaway Roping

 

1. Reagan McIntyre, Grand Island
2. Makayla Wray, Ord
3. Emma Ohm, Hyannis
4. Jace Hurlburt, Arcadia
5. Shayda Vaughn, Hershey
6. Whitney Jennings, Seneca
7. Summer Richardson, Ainsworth
8. Laynee Ohm, Hyannis
9. Bradie Crouse, Blair
10. Tacey From, Crookston
11. Fayth From, Crookston
12. Libby Hegemann, Arlington
13. Kieley Walz, Ainsworth
14. Ali Vaughn, Hershey
15. Clancy Jo Brown, North Platte
16. Jacei Spangler, Arthur
17. Brooke Forre, Newman Grove
18. Jacie Naprstek, Gothenburg
19. Laney Hoier, Herman
20. Jasmine Dyer, Crawford
21. Halee Sheffield, Farnam
22. Rylee Nall-Sillivan, St Paul
23. Jayda From, Crookston
24. Jaden Mathis, Atkinson
25. Mekenna Fisher, Hershey
26. Jenae Whitaker, Chambers
27. Kinley Greenough, Kearney
28. Emily Leach, Dunning
29. Kassidy Rambat, Ashby
30. Kirsten Koenig, Ewing

 

Bull Riding

1. Hunter Boydston, Grover, Colo.
2. Jason Ducker-Kursave, Aracdia
3. Cooper Kursave, Arcadia
4. Jett Sjeklocha, Hayes Center
5. Tanner Drueke, Sutherland
6. Koltdyn Heath, Minden
7. Brady Painter, Ainsworth
8. Slate Micheel, Sargent
9. Ashton Higgins, Neligh
10. Dalton Garey, Broken Bow
11. Cole Kerner, Sutherland
12. Colton Thornburg, Hastings

 

Girls Cutting

1. Brooke Forre, Newman Grove
2. Whitney Jennings, Seneca
3. Mekenna Fisher, Hershey
4. Emma Pearson Broken Bow
5. Ava Smith, Pender
6. Peyton Fisher, Hershey
7. Gracyn Hicks, Burwell
8. Jayda Meyring, Alliance
9. Jordan Downing, Dunning

 

Goat Tying

1. Reagan McIntyre, Grand Island
2. Libby Hegemann, Arlington
3. Laney Hoier, Herman
4. Ashlyn Henderson, Hyannis
5. Emma Warren, Thedford
6. Kinley Greenough, Kearney
7. Emma Ohm, Hyannis
8. Jacie Naprstek, Gothenburg
9. Jacei Spangler, Arthur
10. Clancy Jo Brown, North Platte
11. Mekenna Fisher, Hershey
12. Jenae Whitaker, Chambers
13. Laynee Ohm, Hyannis
14. Bradie Crouse, Blair
15. Tatum Reid, Crawford
16. Abigail Lawton, Overton
17. Sabrina Schemper, Holdrege
18. Brooke Forre, Newman Grove
19. Jace Hurlburt, Arcadia
20. Peyton Fisher, Hershey
21. Kylie Lancaster, Hastings
22. Lynsie Lancaster, Hastings
23. Kassidy Rambat, Ashby
24. Samara Ruether, Beaver Crossing
25. Winter Benscoter, Valentine
26. Kirsten Koenig, Ewing
27. Paityn Edwards, Waverly
28. Jaycee Lambert, Harrison
29. Whitney Jennings, Seneca
30. Jayda From, Crookston
31. Terrin Barthel, Ainsworth

(due to a tie for 30th place, there are 31 qualified goat tyers)

 

Pole Bending

1. Raina Swanson, Genoa
2. Gracey Taylor, Valentine
3. Makalya Wray, Ord
4. Clancy Jo Brown, North Platte
5. Emma Pearson, Broken Bow
6. Rylee Nall-Silivan, St. Paul
7. Reagan McIntyre, Grand Island
8. Abigail Lawton, Overton
9. Jymmie Jensen, Burwell
10. Tatum Reid, Crawford
11. Peyton Fisher, Hershey
12. Ashlyn Henderson, Hyannis
13. Addison Oliver, Holyoke, Colo.
14. Camryn Kocian, Brainard
15. Emily Ahlers, Clearwater
16. Sage Glinn, Keystone
17. Kieley Walz, Ainsworth
18. Emma Grube, Minden
19. Laynee Ohm, Hyannis
20. Dakota Glinn, Keystone
21. Jacei Spangler, Arthur
22. Rylee Legg, Kenesaw
23. Morgan Rosander, Wolbach
24. Sydney Fletcher, Arnold
25. Jenae Whitaker, Chambers
26. Josie Anthony, Crofton
27. Nevaeh Wild, Hay Springs
28. Lillian Fletcher, Arnold
29. Tacey From, Crookston
30. Mekenna Fisher, Hershey’
31. Kenna McCaslin, Broken Bow
32. Emily Bennett, Bayard

(due to a tie for 30th place, there are 32 qualified pole benders)

 

Saddle Bronc Riding

1. Monte Bailey, Lakeside
2. Leif Meidell, Harrison
3. Augustus Painter, Ainsworth
4. Carson Jones, Neligh

 

Steer Wrestling

1. Dane Pokorny, Stapleton
2. Coy Johnston, Stapleton
3. Taydon Gorsuch, Gering
4. Sage Schrunk, Valentine
5. Jaden Fanning, Ogallala
6. Slate Micheel, Sargent
7. Tucker Ravenscroft, Nenzel
8. Beau Wiebelhaus, Springview
9. Wyatt Reichenberg, Harrisburg
10. Cinch Painter, Springview
11. Gage Davis, Cody
12. TC Hughson, Morrill
13. Kyle Cox, Purdum
14. Dawson Doggett, Stapleton
15. Augustus Painter, Ainsworth
16. Brady Painter, Ainsworth
17. Cayson Johnston, Stapleton
18. Thayne Kimbrough, Ohiowa
19. Carson Cooksley, Valentine
20. Cody Miller, Broken Bow
21. Cale Buss, Atkinson
22. Dakota Storer, Arthur
23. Clayton Veldhuizen, Curtis
24. Wyatt Hajny, Nelson
25. Jett Sjeklocha, Hayes Cneter
26. Clayton Elliott, Valentine
27. Coy Fleming, Bayard

 

Team Roping

1. Brady Renner, Ericson
2. Cooper Bass, Brewster
3. Makayla Wray, Ord
4. Sid Miller, Merna
5. Zane Druery, Anselmo
6. Brent Charlton, North Platte
7. Carter Anderson, Merriman
8. Sage Schrunk, Valentine
9. Jate Saults, Big Springs
10. Seth Glass, Central City
11. Reagan McIntyre, Grand Island
12. Zack Bradley, Brewster
13. Summer Richardson, Ainsworth
14. Cinch Painter, Springview
15. Tyson Stracke, Stuart
16. Bradie Crouse, Blair
17. Dalton Garey, Broken Bow
18. Zane Kreikemeier, Callaway
19. Gage Davis, Cody
20. Jace Hurlburt, Arcadia
21. Coy Johnston, Stapleton
22. Tate Talkington, Scottsbluff
23. Skyler Hund, North Platte
24. Ryan Shepherd, North Platte
25. Emma Ohm, Hyannis
26. Fayth From, Croookston
27. Hayes Hammond, Valentine
28. Jace Richter, Ogallala
29. Cayson Johnston, Stapleton
30. Evan Richter, Ogallala
31. Trell Shrewsbury, Alliance
32. Joe Todd-Hopkins, Bayard
33. Montgomery Brown, Oshkosh
34. Garrett Harms, Brule
35. Jackson Wykert, Grant
36. Tatum Olson, Bloomfield
37. Jaden Fanning, Ogallala
38. Kohl Kramer, Hyannis
39. Cauy Preitauer, Stamford
40. Sage Dieter, Alma
41. Ashlyn Henderson, Hyannis
42. Ty Growcock, Bartlett
43. Taylor Drueke, Sutherland
44. Laynee Ohm, Hyannis
45. Jymmie Jensen, Burwell
46. Dane Pokorny, Stapleton
47. Jaden Mathis, Atkinson
48. Cale Buss, Atkinson
49. Layne Wallinger, Stuart
50. Everett Blackburn, Bartlett
51. Cooper Fay, Cody
52. Riggin Heikel, Hazard
53. Thayne Kimbrough, Ohiowa
54. Layton Lindner, Broken Bow
55. Matthew Miller, Callaway
56. Tate Miller, Springview
57. Tucker Ravenscroft, Nenzel
58. Dakota Storer, Arthur
59. Tacey From, Crookston
60. Cody Miller, Broken Bow

 

Tie-Down Roping

1. Sid Miller, Merna
2. Jate Saults, Big Springs
3. Cooper Phillips, Burwell
4. Carter Anderson, Merriman
5. Tate Talkington, Scottsbluff
6. Layne Wallinger, Stuart
7. Coy Johnston, Stapleton
8. Sage Schrunk, Valentine
9. Seth Glass, Central City
10. Brent Charlton, North Platte
11. Gage Davis, Cody
12. Matthew Miller, Callaway
13. Cale Buss, Atkinson
14. Cody Miller, Broken Bow
15. Cooper Bass, Brewster
16. Camilo Rios, Ashland
17. Zane Kreikemeier, Callaway
18. Trell Shrewsbury, Alliance
19. Cayson Johnston, Stapleton
20. Tyson Stracke, Stuart
21. Cauy Preitauer, Stamford
22. Montgomery Brown, Oshkosh
23. Hayes Hammond, Valentine
24. Layton Lindner, Broken Bow
25. Jace Richter, Ogallala
26. Cinch Painter, Springview
27. Zachary Miller, Callaway
28. Taylor Drueke, Sutherland
29. Dakota Storer, Arthur
30. Jaden Fanning, Ogallala

 

Reined Cow Horse

1. Tatum Olson, Bloomfield
2. Charlie Bortner, McCook
3. Tate Talkington,Scottsbluff
4. Jayda Meyring, Alliance
5. Tucker Gillespie, McCook
6. Abigail Russell, Hay Springs
7. Ashton Werth, Hyannis
8. Alyssa Hockenbary, Valentine
9. Paige Hoelting, Sutherland

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 2) – The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association announced in a press release that the Wrangler National Finals Breakaway Roping will take place at the South Point Arena & Equestrian Center in Las Vegas, Nov. 29-30. The Top 15 breakaway ropers will compete for prize money of $250,000 during the two-day, 10-round performance. “I’m pleased to see the continued success and growth of breakaway roping since the inaugural National Finals Breakaway Roping in 2020,” PRCA CEO Tom Glause said. “Breakaway roping has experienced rapid growth and it is now featured at over 300 PRCA rodeos annually. This success has resulted in an increase of prize money at the NFBR to reach $250,000.” The 2022 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo is Dec. 1-10 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Jimmie Munroe, WPRA president, also is excited for the 2022 NFBR. “The WPRA is looking forward to the National Finals in the Women’s Breakaway Roping being held at the South Point Hotel and Casino during the the PRCA Convention,” Munroe said. “So many committees are having breakaway roping at their rodeos and now they along with fans will have the opportunity to see the best women breakaway ropers in the world compete at the South Point.” The South Point Hotel, which is a hotspot for contestants and visitors during the Wrangler NFR, is glad to be the event venue for the 2022 Wrangler NFBR. “We are thrilled to host the National Finals Breakaway Roping at the South Point Arena & Equestrian Center,” said Ryan Growney, General Manager of the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa. “When Paula and Michael Gaughan built the South Point, they created a place that Cowboys and Cowgirls could call their home away from home – we call it Vegas Cowboy Central. With the addition of the Breakaway Finals, we’ll call it Vegas Cowgirl Central, and it will be an amazing addition to all of the other events and activities held at the South Point during those first two weeks in December.” The 2020 National Finals Breakaway Roping took place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, in conjunction with the NFR and Jackie Crawford captured the inaugural world championship. Last year the NFBR took place in Las Vegas at the Orleans Hotel and Casino and was won by Sawyer Gilbert.