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Rodeo team is home for Family Day

Spike Jordan
A bull tosses dirt in a pen as it awaits the cowboy who will try to ride it during last year’s CSC home rodeo Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, at the Dawes County Fairgrounds, Chadron. — File photo by Jennifer Parker
A bull tosses dirt in a pen as it awaits the cowboy who will try to ride it during last year’s CSC home rodeo Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, at the Dawes County Fairgrounds, Chadron. — File photo by Jennifer Parker

The team heads into CSC’s only home rodeo after the season’s first rodeo last weekend, Central Wyoming College Rodeo in Riverton.

The women’s team shot to first in the Central Rocky Mountain Region with 320 points.  They secured the top slot in the seven-team field after three CSC cowgirls landed in the top five for their events.

Shaylee Hance, junior of Circle, Mont., took second in goat tying with 8.8 seconds in the long-go and tallied a 9.6-second run in the short-go for 18.4 seconds in the average.  Hance also finished fourth in breakaway roping with 15.9 seconds in the average.  She roped her calf in 3.4 seconds in the long-go, and took a 12.5-second run in the finals.  Hance recently transferred to Chadron State from Central Wyoming.

Amy Tierney, senior of Oral, S.D., finished third overall in goat tying.  She entered the finals in fifth place after a 9.5 second run in the long go-round. She tied her second goat in 9.0 seconds for an 18.5 second total in the average.

Amy Diechert, junior of Spearfish, S.D., finished fourth in the barrel race with 36.58 seconds in the average.  She ran the clover pattern in 18.48 seconds in the long go and cut that time to 18.10 seconds in the final go round.

The men’s team tallied 135 points at the Central Wyoming rodeo and is currently ranked seventh in the 10-team field.

Russel Hipke, senior of Stuart, took fourth in steer wrestling with a pair of 5.9-second runs, finishing with 11.8 seconds in the average.

Lane Day, junior of Bartlett, finished fifth in Tie Down roping.  He went into finals in second place after a 9.9-second run in the long go, but his calf came untied in the finals costing him a 100-second penalty in the short go, to finish with 109.9 seconds in the average.