National High School Finals Rodeo-Thursday Recap

After Thursday’s performances at the National High School Finals Wyoming holds 6^th place in the overall team standings while South Dakota is 11^th. Wyoming’s boys are 5^th while South Dakota has moved to 20^th and in the Girls Standings, South Dakota is 3^rd while Wyoming is 11^th. In yesterday’s action, Sydney Maher of Timber Lake was 4^th in Barrel Racing, Jackson Grimes of Kadoka tied for 10^th in Boys Cutting while Kailyn Groves of Faith tied for 5^th for the girls. Mikenzy Miller of Faith earned 8^th in Breakaway Roping. In Goat Tying, Molly Rotenberger of Buffalo had another strong performance with a 3^rd place finish. In Pole Bending, Shay Hough and Sage Kohr both of Gillette finished 3^rd and 8^th respectively. Trey Elshere of Quinn was 2^nd in the days final Saddle Bronc performance. Steer Wrestling saw Alzada’s Tanner McInerney and Alex Bergeson of Mitchell both earn 4^th place finishes.

Checking the average numbers heading into the final weekend, Bergeson is currently 7^th in the Steer Wretling average. Shayla Howell of Belle Fourche is 7^th in Barrel Racing, Molly Rotenberger holds the 9^th spot in goat tying, Shay Hough leads in Pole Bending, and Natalie Leisinger of Highmore holds the 5^th spot in Reined Cow Horse. The finals run through Sunday in Rock Springs.