The Northwestern rodeo team had success in front of the hometown crowd this past weekend.
The Rangers finished up the fall section of their rodeo season with three performances in Alva.
The men’s team won first place out of 10 teams, while the women’s team finished in fourth place out of six teams.
BREAKAWAY ROPING
For the women’s team, Lindy Munsell finished eighth in the long round but came up short in the short round. Lacey Geiger ended up fourth in the long round and split 6/7 in the short round to be sixth in the average.
BARREL RACING
Julianna Sprague was sixth in the long round and was eighth in the short round to be sixth in the average.
Samantha Chambers split 11/12/13 in the long round but came back to be fourth in the short go and win fourth in the average.
TIE-DOWN ROPING
Denton Oeastmann ended up fourth in the long round and third in the short round to be second in the average.
Brandon Hittle was third in the long round and fifth in the short round to be fifth in the average. Tyler Scheevel was 11th in the long round and 11th in the short round for no average points.
STEER WRESTLING
Cameron Fox was fifth in the long round but missed his steer in the short round for no average or short round points.
Tyler Scheevel was 12th in the long round and missed his steer for no points in the short or the average.
Emmett Edler was fourth in the long round but missed his steer for no points in the short or average.
Jeremy Plourde was sixth in the long round and came in fifth in the short round to place fifth in the average. Tevin Cowan was ninth in the long round to be third in the short round and third in the average.
Trisyn Kalawaia was seventh in the long round and second in the short round to be second in the average.
Kaden Greenfield was third in the long round and won the short round to win the average and win the entire rodeo.
Northwestern steer wrestlers were first, second and third overall.
For Greenfield, a junior from Lakeview, Oregon, the win caps off a successful first half of the season.
“I had a really good fall,” Greenfield said. “I placed in all four rodeos and had a really good end.”
Greenfield, a two-time qualifier for the College National Finals Rodeo, said he has his sights set on a hopefully successful spring season.
“It is going to be busy,” Greenfield said “We have six rodeos in the spring, so we’ll be having rodeos most weekends. But I am really hoping to make it back to the College Finals Rodeo again.”
TEAM ROPING
Northwestern’s team of Camden Hoelting and Austin Lampe were sixth in the long round and second in the short to be second in the average.
Header Ben Jackson from Northwestern was sixth in the long round with his partner. They missed for no points in the short or average.
Northwestern Heeler Rhett Murray, roping with his partner from Southwestern, was 10th in the long round and missed for no points on the short or average.