Cowboys continue success in Lamar, Colo.

Success continued for the Chadron State College rodeo team, with the help of Colby Anders, junior of Bayard, earned All-Around Cowboy at Lamar Community College last weekend. Overall, the men finished third and the women placed fifth.

Thanks to some key performances, the CSC men’s team is still ranked first in the region. Anders placed first in steer wrestling with a time of 9.5 seconds and second in tie down roping with a time of 10.6. Other CSC cowboys, Samuel Boldon, junior of Oglala, South Dakota, placed first in tie down roping with a time of 10.9 and Clayton Van Aken, graduate student of Laramie, Wyoming, shared first place in team roping with a time of 6.2, to help the team. Two more CSC cowboys earned second in their events, Nate McFadden, senior of Dunning, in bareback riding, and Chasen Cole, sophomore of Hermosa, South Dakota, in bull riding.

Shelby Winchell, graduate student of Scottsbluff, has shown her value to the team by accumulating 550 points during the past four rodeos this fall. Last weekend, she placed second in goat tying with a time of 8.2. Another CSC cowgirl Kelsy Knust, junior of Verdigre, placed sixth in team roping.

Coach Dustin Luper is looking forward to seeing his team go into the last rodeo of the fall with some momentum. The rodeo will be held Friday through Sunday at Laramie County Community College.

The rodeo season will continue in the Spring. If the team keeps up the good work, we should expect to see some of our own cowboys or cowgirls compete in the College National Finals Rodeo in June.