BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. – Rodeo action at the Black Hills Roundup in Belle Fourche is headed into the final stretch with the fourth and final performance Sunday afternoon.
Here are the leaders headed into Sunday’s action:
Bareback riding leaders: 1. Cole Franks, 89 points on Powder River Rodeo’s Two Buck Chuck; 2. (tie) Clayton Biglow and R.C. Landingham, 86.5 each; 4. Jess Pope, 86; 5. Jamie Howlett, 83; 6. (tie) Shawn Perkins, Shane O’Connell and Zachariah Phillips, 81 each.
Steer wrestling leaders: 1. Riley Reiss, 3.3 seconds; 2. Rowdy Parrott, 3.6; 3. Riley Westhaver, 3.8; 4. Josh Garner, 3.9; 5. (tie) Tyler Thorson and Bridger Anderson, 4.4 each.
Team roping leaders: 1. Tyler Wade/Trey Yates, 4.3 seconds; 2. Brenten Hall/Chase Tryan, 4.5; 3. Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin, 4.7; 4. (tie) Cory Kidd V/Ryan Motes and Jade Stoddard/Max Kuttler, 4.8 each; 6. (tie) Chad Masters/Joseph Harrison, Brandon Webb/Kollin VonAhn, Curry Kirchner/Austin Rogers, Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira and Levi Simpson/Tyler Worley, 5.2 each.
Saddle bronc riding leaders: 1. Kole Ashbacher, 87.5 points on Burch Rodeo’s Lunatic From Hell; 2. Chase Brooks, 86.5; 3. (tie) K’s Thomson and Cody DeMoss, 86 each; 5. (tie) Jarrod Hammons, Stetson Dell Wright and Cash Wilson, 85 each.
Tie-down roping leaders: 1. Caleb Smidt, 8.5 seconds; 2. Beau Cooper, 8.7; 3. Marcos Costa, 9.0; 4. Trent Sorey, 9.1; 5. J.D. McCuistion, 9.2; 6. (tie) Chase Lako and Erik Dublanko, 9.3 each.
Barrel racing leaders: 1. Summer Kosel, 16.95 seconds; 2. Emily Miller-Beisel, 17.21; 3. Jessica Routier, 17.23; 4. Ashley Castleberry, 17.31; 5. (tie) Ericka Nelson and Amanda Welsh, 17.34 each.
Steer roping: First round: 1. Clay Long, 9.9 seconds, $1,427; 2. Thomas Smith, 10.2, $1,181; 3. Vin Fisher Jr., 10.4, $935; 4. Ora Taton, 10.7, $689; 5. Scott Snedecor, 10.8, $443; 6. Landon McClaugherty, 11.3, $246. Second round: 1. Cole Patterson, 8.8 seconds, $1,427; 2. Slade Wood, 9.5, $1,181; 3. Reo Lohse, 9.7, $935; 4. (tie) Vin Fisher Jr. and J. Tom Fisher, 9.8, $566 each; 6. Ryan Willberg, 10.2, $246. Third round: 1. Shay Good, 9.5 seconds, $1,427; 2. Rocky Patterson, 9.7, $1,181; 3. Ty Tillard, 10.4, $935; 4. Ryan Willberg, 10.6, $689; 5. Darin Suit, 10.8, $443; 6. Garrett Hale, 11.4, $246. Average: 1. Chet Herren, 35.2 seconds on three head, $2,140; 2. Shay Good, 36.3, $1,771; 3. Ora Taton, 36.4, $1,402; 4. Travis Mills, 43.5, $1,033; 5. Don Ed Eddleman, 44.8, $664; 6. Roger Branch, 45.6, $369.
Bull riding leaders: 1. Daylon Swearingen, 90 points on Powder River Rodeo’s Audacious; no other qualified rides.
Total payoff: $168,951. Stock contractor: Powder River Rodeo. Sub-contractors: Legend Rodeo Stock and Burch Rodeo. Rodeo secretary: Jackie Northrop. Officials: Wade Berry, Scot Quick and Butch Kirby. Timers: Kim Ridley and Pat Parks.