LCCC notches three wins at Shawn Dubie Memorial Rodeo

Oct. 17—CHEYENNE — Last week, at the Lamar Community College rodeo, bull rider Dixon Tattrie injured his left foot when a bull stepped on him.

Tattrie didn't skip a beat in bull riding, picking up one of the Golden Eagles' three first-place finishes at the Shawn Dubie Memorial Rodeo on Sunday.

"I just kept my hand shut, nodded my head, and didn't think about what I was doing when I was on the bull," Tattrie said. "I just let my subconscious mind take over, and it made all the moves I needed to for me.

"(My foot) has been pretty sore all weekend, but I have a great team here with me that can help me relieve it as much as I can."

Tattrie rode Friday and Saturday. While he did not post a score Friday, he held on long enough to post a final score of 79 on Saturday.

He did not ride on Sunday, and was forced to watch as the other competitors went. Tensions were high for him as he watched each rider go.

In the end, only one rider came close to dethroning Tattrie. Sheridan College's Tipton Wilson was the lone rider to hold on in the final event, and he picked up a final score of 78.

"It's always a bit nerve-racking," Tattrie said. "There is tension, but we are all friends behind the bucking shoot."

Tattrie also competed in saddle bronc riding, but was unable to hold on for the full time due to his injury.

Rhet Witt won tie-down roping with a combined time of 23.7 seconds. Witt came out of the gate and quickly roped the calf, but fell off his horse trying to complete the tie-down. He quickly recovered and posted the third-fastest time on Sunday at 13.6 seconds.

"Watching the guys, everybody had a bit of trouble," Witt said. "I figured once I got (the rope) on there, I better just finish my run and see where it put me. Luckily, it fell apart, and I ended up winning the whole deal."

Witt also competed in the steer wrestling and team roping events. The steer got away from him when he tried to wrestle it and forced him to not record a score.

Witt competed with Payton Feyder in the team roping event, where the duo took home third place. The two were put together at the start of the season and placed for the first time.

"She needed a partner, and I needed a partner, and it just matched up to where we could practice and get good together," Witt said. "It was nice to make two good runs at the hometown rodeo."

Feyder scored the lowest time of the day with a final time of 3.1 seconds and a combined time of 5.7 to help lead her to victory in breakaway roping. Her final score was a full second faster than the next closest finisher.

"I wanted to make sure I saw point of shoulder with a couple girls breaking out," Feyder said. "(It then came down to) taking the first good shot I had."

Witt and Feyder also took home the all-around titles.

Goat tying

Gillette College's Haiden Thompson posted the fastest time in goat tying. She completed the event with a final time of 6.6 seconds. University of Wyoming's Faith Hoffman finished just behind Thompson, posting a final time of 6.7 seconds.

No contestants from LCCC competed in goat tying Sunday.

Bareback riding

Tanner Drueke and Jayce Harrison competed for LCCC in bareback riding, but neither was able to hold on long enough to post a final score.

UW's Brice Patterson and Donny Proffit tied for first place with a combined score of 154. Profit posted the better of the two scores Sunday, beating Patterson 79 to 76. Drake Amundsen took home the highest score for Sunday, posting an 81.

Steer wrestling

The Golden Eagles had five competitors participate in steer wrestling. Thayne Kimbrough posted the fastest combined time for LCCC, finishing with a 10.2. Jase Longwell posted the fastest time of the day for LCCC, finishing with a time of 5.1 seconds.

Kimbrough placed second in the aggregate race, while Longwell and Chance Derner split sixth.

Central Wyoming's Dustin Thompson posted a 5.2-second time Sunday, and had an aggregate time of 8.7 seconds to win the event.

Team roping

An unlikely duo took home the team roping title. Brayden Filmore of Otero Junior College (La Junta, Colorado) and Carson Johnson of Casper College posted a time of 7.8 seconds on Sunday, bringing their overall time to 13.1 seconds. The duo's final time was 2.1 seconds faster than the second-place finishers, Casper's Rowdy Weil and Roan Weil.

Saddle bronc riding

Sheridan's Clancy Glenn took home first in saddle bronc riding. He posted the highest score of the day (79) to put him at 157 on the weekend.

Alongside Tattrie, LCCC's Jase Longwell also competed in the event. However, like Tattrie, he was unable to hold on long enough to post a score for Sunday.

Breakaway roping

While Feyder won the event for LCCC, Hayden Madsen also finished in the top five. Despite being penalized, she finished in fourth with a combined time of 15.9 seconds.

Tie-down roping

Eastern Wyoming's Seth Glass came in just behind Witt, posting a combined time of 24.6 seconds. His final time for Sunday of 11.1 seconds was the fastest of any competitor on the day.

LCCC's Chance Derner finished fifth in the event.

Barrel racing

First, second and third place in barrel racing was separated by a razor-thin margin. UW's Sage Kohr posted a combined time of 32.25 seconds to win the event. LCCC's Rayne Grant and Kassidy Dunagan posted final times of 32.54 and 32.55, respectively to take home second and third place.

Bull riding

Tattrie and Wilson were the only two riders to post scores in bull riding, and were separated by just one point.

LCCC had two other riders — Tanner Drueke and Griffin Koester — participate, but neither was able to hold on long enough to record a score.

Matt Atencio covers Cheyenne prep sports for WyoSports. He can be reached at matencio@wyosports.net. Follow him on Twitter at @MattAtencio5.