Skavdahl leads team in final fall rodeo

By Eben Rosentrater

The CSC rodeo team finished well with a handful of individual placers in their final fall competition at the Laramie County Community College rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyoming from Oct. 14-16.

Of all of the Eagle cowboys, Jack Skavdahl, junior of Harrison, led the team placing third overall in saddle bronc riding. Skavdahl, a transfer student who previously rode broncs at Casper College, scored well in both go-rounds scoring 73 and 67 points in respectively for an overall score of 140.

Skavdahl is not new to having success in saddle bronc. Not only did he place third in Cheyenne, but he also snuck in a fifth-place finish at the Sheridan College rodeo two weeks prior. Skavdahl even qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo last year.

Skavdahl was not the only Chadron cowboy to find success in Cheyenne. Cinch Kiger, freshman of Overton, finished seventh in bareback riding. Grant Turek, freshman of St. Paul, found success again in tie-down roping finishing sixth. Colton Storer, senior of Arthur, and Blaine Fleck, senior of Crawford, worked together to earn seventh in team roping.

As for the women’s team, the Eagles were led by Phannette Gray, senior of Ridgeview, South Dakota, who finished fifth in barrel racing. Brooke Worman, junior of Sheridan, Wyoming, and Kadra Clark, junior of Yoder, Wyoming, finished seventh and eighth respectively in goat tying as well.

The Eagles will compete again when they start their spring season next March.