By Oaklee Fielder, Sports Editor
The NWOSU rodeo team was at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant to compete in the Savage Storm Rodeo.
Kerry Duval finished 5th in the tiedown event out of the eight competitors. Duval had 60 points.
In the breakaway event, Kendyll Miller placed 2nd with a total of 116 points. Payton Dingman placed 8th with 20 points.
Emmett Edler continues to dominate in the steer wrestling event as he placed 1st with a total of 175 points. Nathan Duvall had 50 points, putting him in 5th. Grady Aasby was 7th with 15 points.
Dingman also competed in the goat tying event, she finished in 5th with 65 points. In 8th place was Trinity Kruse, who had 15 points.
Cooper Mott finished 3rd in the team roping event with 85 points. Sage Bader was 5th with 50 points. Cory Weir and Payton Blank placed 7th together, earning 40 points for NWOSU.
Overall, the men and women finished 5th in their categories out of the seventeen teams that competed, earning a good finish for Northwestern.
The next competition for NWOSU is at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. After Stillwater, the Rangers and Lady Rangers come home to compete in the NWOSU rodeo and the final 2025 rodeo on Oct 30-Nov 1.
The NWOSU rodeo team will not stop after winter break.
Rodeo competes year round, so there will be many more rodeos that the Rangers and Lady Rangers compete in throuhghout the year. Although there’s only two more rodeos in 2025, there will be more in 2026.