Four Chadron State College entries placed among the top five in their events at the rodeo hosted by Central Wyoming College in Riverton over the weekend.

The rodeo was the first of the school year in the Central Rocky Mountain Region. The second will be this weekend at CSC.
Three of the four CSC place winners at Central Wyoming are new to the team this fall.

The exception was Lane Day, a sophomore from Bartlett, Neb. He finished fifth in tie down roping after placing fourth in the opening go-round in 10.9 seconds and third in the finals in 11.4 seconds.

The others who earned paychecks are Shelby Winchell of Scottsbluff, Amy Tierney of Oral, S.D., and Colten Blanchard of Sulphur, La.

Winchell placed second in the goat tying averages. She was fourth in the first go-round in 9.1 seconds and won the second go-round in 8.4 seconds.

Tierney finished third in the barrel race. She was fourth on her first run in 18.21 seconds and was second in the finals in 17.83 seconds.

Blanchard was fourth in the bareback riding with scores of 72 points and 71 points. He was fifth in the opening go-round and third in the finals.

Tierney also reached the finals in breakaway roping by placing in the top 10 in the first go-round, but she failed to catch her second calf.

Three other Chadron State contestants also qualified for the finals, but didn’t score in them. They are Jace Bleckwell of Rapid City and Zane Smith of Broken Bow in saddle bronc riding and Clint Lambrecht of Wood River in steer wrestling.

The Chadron State rodeo will be at the Dawes County Fairgrounds in Chadron. Performances will be at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. on Sunday following Cowboy Church. Admission will be $5 each performance.

Sparked by Karissa Moreland’s round of 77, the Chadron State College women’s golf team leapt Colorado Christian to finish eighth with a two-day total of 691 at the Grizzly Invitational at Cattails Golf Course in Alamosa, Colo., Monday afternoon.

The Eagles were in ninth following the first round but shot a 343 to move past Colorado Christian in the team race.

Moreland fired an 81 during Sunday’s first round but she bettered that with a 77 on Monday to finish in a tie for ninth place.

Colorado State University-Pueblo won the team title with a 36-hole, 2-day total of 617.

CSU-Pueblo’s Michaela Breit won the individual title on the first hole of a playoff against her teammate Julie Sanchez. Both posted 2-day totals of 150.

Breit made a birdie putt of approximately 20 feet on the first playoff hole.

Western New Mexico’s Faylyn Beyale took third with a 2-day score of 154 and led her team to a second place finish in the team standings at 628.

In addition to Moreland, three other Eagles finished in the top 40. Emilee Pilkington shot a 172, Darcy Vernon shot 179 and Emma Harris shot 182.

The Eagles will be back in action Monday, Sept. 24 at Regis.

Team Scores
1, CSU-Pueblo, 307-310—617; 2, Western New Mexico, 315-313—628; 3, Montana State Billings, 323-334—657; 4, Adams State, 326-332—658; 5, Colorado Mesa, 316-346—662; 6, Regis, 334-329—663; 7, Black Hills State, 341-337—678; 8, Chadron State, 348-343—691; 9, Colorado Christian, 346-361—707.

Chadron State Scores
Karissa Moreland, 81-77—158; Emilee Pilkington, 88-84—172; Darcy Vernon, 89-90—179; Emma Harris, 90-92—182; Elysha Stahla, 94-102—196; Schuyler Wetzel, 89-84—173; Nicole Tlustos, 109-102—211.

After the first day of competition in Olympic Skeet Shooting, 2006 Alliance High School graduate Frank Thompson is in 8th place.

Thompson’s competition, which is a qualification round, began at 2 a.m. (MDT).

Thompson’s scores were 24, 23, and 24 of a possible 25 targets, or 71 of 75.

Thompson will compete in two more rounds on Tuesday.