Retchless wins all-around in Sheridan

A CSC Cowboy earned all-around honors, and several other CSC entries placed top-five in their events, helping the Eagles’ men’s rodeo team to third place finish at the Sheridan College Rodeo this past weekend.

“I was pretty happy overall with how it went,” Head Rodeo Coach Dustin Luper said. “I believe it’s a marathon that wins the race. I tell these kids we’re gonna stay in the middle and keep chipping away at it. Not change too much; just keep working hard. Consistency is what’s going to get us to the college Finals.

CSC junior of Bayard, cowboy Cole Retchless’ second place finish in steer wrestling, and fourth place effort in team roping, helped earn him the title of all-around cowboy, the competitor most successful in two or more events, during the rodeo. 

Retchless combined rounds of 4.6 and 4.9 seconds in steer wrestling to earn his second place finish. 9.3 and 7.4 second performances in team roping as heeler to University of Wyoming header Jaden Coseo earned him the fourth place finish.

Also in team roping, CSC’s Devin Dibbern, of Riverdale, was the heeler on the third-place finishing team with fellow Eagle Nolan Grint, of North Loup, as header. The pair combined for a final score of 15.5 seconds. 

Kalane Anders, of Bayard, put in steer wrestling times of 4.8 and 5.8 seconds to earn fourth in the event, while teammate Tate Petrak followed just behind in fifth with scores of 4.8 and 6.2 seconds. The event was won by University of Wyoming’s Kade Greer who also took top honors earlier this month at the CSC rodeo. 

CSC bareback riders Kyle Bloomquist, of Raymond, Minnesota, coming off a top finish at CSC’s rodeo, and Rowdy Moon, of Sargent, were fifth and sixth, respectively, in Sheridan. Bloomquist scored 141 points while Moon had 135.

The combined men’s performances were good for 355 points earning them third place behind host school Sheridan College in first place with 635 points, and Gillette College with 395.

Chadron’s Breanna Reimler, of Buffalo, Wyoming, was the Eagles’ highest finishing cowgirl taking third in goat tying with performances of 7.9 and 8.2 seconds. Teammate Kaycee Monnens, of Hulett, Wyoming, was fifth in the event with times of 8.1 and 8.2 seconds. 

This weekend the team travels to Central Wyoming College in Riverton, Wyoming.