The Chadron State rodeo team continues to rack up points, taking away an all-around award and placing a number of their cowboys and cowgirls at the Eastern Wyoming College rodeo in Torrington, Wyo.

Rodeo team coach Dustin Luper is optimistic for the Chadron State College rodeo team. With a number of cowboys and cowgirls on the CSC rodeo team being ranked regionally, it seems likely that they’ll add up another string of top 10 placer-holders to their spring season and opportunities for filling slots for nationals.

Last weekend the Chardon State rodeo team traveled to an event hosted by Lamar Community College in Lamar, Colo. Although no Eagle contestant placed first or second, CSC did finish with eight members placed between third and sixth.

This weekend’s rodeo took place at Casper College, with neither the men’s nor the women’s team placing overall.

Chadron State College rodeo’s Kelsey Scott junior of Douglas, Wyo., is again in the top spot in the Central Rocky Mountain Region for breakaway roping. She claimed the title for the fall half of the season with 265 points.

The Chadron State College Rodeo Team competed Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington, Wyo.

The Chadron State College women’s rodeo team placed fourth with 180 points at the Gillette College Rodeo, Gillette, Wyo., last Friday through Sunday. The men’s team did not place.

Dustin Luper’s rodeo team starts the second half of the 2010-2011 season. The Chadron State team has 32 riders including eight freshmen, nine sophomores, 13 juniors, and two seniors.

The Chadron State College Rodeo hosted its annual Black Tie Calf Fry Saturday at the Dawes County Fairgrounds. The event included a silent auction, a live auction and dinner donated by Feik’s 120 Bar and Restaurant.

Kaylee Gallino, junior of Wasta, S.D., was the first Chadron State rodeo member this semester to receive an all-around title at last weekend’s rodeo at Laramie Community College in Cheyenne, Wyo.