By OAKLEE FIELDER
The Rangers and Lady Rangers had two rodeos on the schedule, as they competed in Pratt, Kansas on Oct 8-10 and in Stillwater on Oct 15-17.
Pratt Community College hosted on Oct 8-10 for the second rodeo on the schedule in the Central Plains Rodeo Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association.
Carter Anderson finished 3rd in the tie down event. Anderson finished above a Fort Scott roper and below a Fort Hays roper.
Payton Dingman finished 5th in the breakaway event. Dingman wasn’t the only Lady Ranger to place in the event. Y’leigh Yarbrough finished 7th. Laynee Ohm and Minda Woodward finished tied for 8th with a roper from Northeastern Oklahoma State.
Samuel Daly finished 1st in the steer wrestling event, earning one of the event wins for NWOSU in Pratt, Kansas. Nathan Duvall finished 9th.
Ohm finished 4th in the goat tying event, the only Lady Ranger to place in the event.
Payton Blank brought the other win for the Rangers. Blank finished 1st in the team roping event with the help from a Pittsburg State roper.
Woodward finished 6th in the barrel racing event.
The Lady Rangers finished 4th in the all around final standings with a total of 141 points. The men finished 6th in the men’s standings with 255 points.
After a couple days off, the rodeo team headed to Stillwater to compete at Oklahoma State University.
Brylee Zook finished 6th in the breakaway event.
The Steer Wrestling event went well for Northwestern, as two Rangers finished on the podium. Daly finished 2nd and Creyo Koop finished 3rd. Duvall also placed in the event as he finished 6th.
Two Northwestern ropers finished 2nd in the team roping event. Cooper Mott and Colter Snook worked together and finished 2nd.
The men finished 3rd in the overall standings at the OSU Cowboy Stampede. The Rangers had 380 points.
Anderson currently sits 2nd in the tie down event standings three rodeos into the year. He has a total of 240 points. Zook and Bleu Hall sit 3rd and 4th in the breakaway event standings. Daly and Duvall sit 2nd and 3rd in the steer wrestling standings. Ohm is 2nd in the goat tying standings. Dingman sits 8th.
In the team roping header standings, Treagyn Duarte sits 10th. In the heeling side of the team roping standings, Blank is 3rd.
As the Rangers and Lady Rangers prepare for their next rodeo, they won’t have to travel far. The next rodeo on the schedule will be at home in Alva. Northwestern will be hosting the event at the new Salt Fork Event Center for the first NWOSU rodeo at the new venue.