Roughrider Days Rodeo completed at Stark County Fairgrounds
Jun. 26—DICKINSON — The Roughrider Days Festival got its traditional start last weekend with the Youth Rodeo at Stark County Fairgrounds and the adult version jumped out of the gate with a bang on Friday, June 23 and ran through Sunday, June 25. Hundreds of people were in the stands for all three days enjoying the preeminent Roughrider Days festivities, and the bareback-riding, breakaway-roping, steer-wrestling, team-roping and saddle-bronc competitors gave everybody a show worthy of the name.
The specialty act and barrel-man for the events was "Wild Child" Troy Lerwill.
Among the leaders after Friday night are bareback-riding leaders: 1. Luke Higgins, 75 points on Korkow Rodeos' No. 727; 2. Kaden Clark, 58; no other qualified rides.
Steer-wrestling leaders were: 1. Kaden Wooters, 3.9 seconds; 2. Rope Smith, 4.7; 3. Cyler Dowling, 5.3; 4. Nick Goelema, 6.1; no other qualified runs.
Team-roping leaders were: 1. Shay Dixon Carroll/Evan Arnold, 5.3 seconds; 2. Guy Howell/Riley Curuchet, 5.8; 3. Kelly Roshau/P-Money Monson, 11.5; 4. Jade Schmidt/Conner Herren, 15.7; no other qualified runs.
Saddle-bronc-riding leaders were: 1. Cole Elshere, 84 points on Korkow Rodeos' Innocent Dream; 2. Houston Brown, 79; 3. Sawyer Eirikson, 77; 4. Dylan Schofield, 69; no other qualified rides.
Tie-down-roping leaders were: 1. Chase Lako, 11.8 seconds; 2. Grey Gilbert, 12.2; 3. Peyton Hawtin, 13.9; 4. Justin Bridgeman, 20.5; no other qualified runs.
Barrel-racing leaders were: 1. Amanda Lewis, 17.51 seconds; 2. Calyssa Kindred, 17.65; 3. Mika Guty, 17.77; 4. Patty Finney, 17.81; 5. D'Ann Gehlsen, 17.94; 6. Layne Larson, 18.00.
When the events concluded on Sunday, the results were:
All-around cowboy: Paul Tierney, $2,333, tie-down roping and team roping.
Bareback riding: 1. Isaac Ingram, 84 points on Korkow Rodeos' Spanish Onion, $2,941; 2. Tristan Hansen, 77.5, $2,255; 3. (tie) Steven DeWolfe-Shedeed and Cole Gerhardt, 76, $1,373 each; 5. Andy Gingerich, 75.5, $686; 6. (tie) Owen Brouillette and Luke Higgins, 75, $441 each; 8. Donny Proffit, 74.5, $294.
Steer wrestling: 1. Kaden Wooters, 3.9 seconds, $2,865; 2. Colten Herbert, 4.0, $2,491; 3. (tie) Trell Etbauer and Kody Woodward, 4.4, $1,931 each; 5. (tie) Austin Anderson and Joe Nelson, 4.6, $1,183 each; 7. Rope Smith, 4.7, $623; 8. Brandon Harrison, 4.8, $249.
Team roping: 1. Rowdy Jones/Gage Williams, 4.4 seconds, $3,536 each; 2. Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp, 4.7, $3,120; 3. Bubba Buckaloo/JR Gonzalez, 4.8, $2,704; 4. Luke Brown/Hunter Koch, 5.0, $2,288; 5. Cody Snow/Jade Corkill, 5.1, $2,080; 6. Shay Dixon Carroll/Evan Arnold, 5.3, $1,872; 7. (tie) Jace Johnson/Cody Hill and Cooper White/Tucker White, 5.5, $1,560 each; 9. Jr. Dees/Ross Ashford, 5.7, $1,248; 10. Guy Howell/Riley Curuchet, 5.8, $832.
Saddle bronc riding: 1. Cole Elshere, 84 points on Korkow Rodeos' Innocent Dream, $3,297; 2. (tie) Jake Foster and Shorty Garrett, 81, $2,198 each; 4. (tie) Houston Brown and Parker Fleet, 79, $989 each; 6. Lane Schuelke, 78, $549; 7. Jade Blackwell, 77.5, $440; 8. (tie) Sawyer Eirikson, Tayson Jones and Ryder Sanford, 77, $110 each.
Tie-down roping: 1. Paul David Tierney, 9.1 seconds, $2,333; 2. (tie) Riley Pruitt and Trey Young, 9.7, $1,921 each; 4. Thane Lockhart, 10.1, $1,510; 5. Joe Schmidt, 10.7, $1,372; 6. Austin Hurlburt, 11.0, $1,235; 7. Ty Moser, 11.5, $1,098; 8. Chase Lako, 11.8, $961; 9. Brock Belkham, 11.9, $823; 10. Grey Gilbert, 12.2, $549.
Barrel racing: 1. Hallie Fulton, 17.38 seconds, $2,972; 2. Nicole Bice, 17.44, $2,526; 3. Amanda Lewis, 17.51, $2,081; 4. Jessica Routier, 17.61, $1,783; 5. Calyssa Kindred, 17.65, $1,486; 6. Mika Guty, 17.77, $1,040; 7. Patty Finney, 17.81, $743; 8. D'Ann Gehlsen, 17.94, $594; 9. Victoria Netzer, 17.97, $520; 10. Layne Larson, 18.00, $446; 11. Lisa Lockhart, 18.14, $372; 12. Courtney Presthus, 18.19, $297.
Bull riding: * 1. Riggin Shippy, 80.5 points on Korkow Rodeos' Screamer, $3,609; 2. Dustin Boquet, 80, $2,830; 3. Chance Schott, 78, $2,161; 4. Ben Bode, 77.5, $1,493; 5. Jayden Hicks, 66, $1,047; no other qualified rides. *(all totals include ground money).
The total payoff was $116,768, and the stock contractor is Korkow Rodeos. The rodeo secretary is Misty Korkow Clair, and officials are Bud Pauley, Mark McKinlay and Carl Burkholder. The timers are Carol Korkow and Brienna Korkow, and the announcer is Jody Carper. Among the bullfighters are Zachary Call and Gus Kronberg and the clown/barrelman is Troy Lerwill, with the flankmen Garrett Burruss and Daniel Yellow Hawk and chute bosses T.J. Korkow and Troy Heinert. The pickup men are Troy Heinert and Joe Wilson and the music director is Ben Bendele III.
Among the other events associated with Roughrider Days will include the parade on July 1 in which The Dickinson Press will have a float, along with Dickinson Speedway races the same day. There will be a Family Fun Day Walk/Run hosted on July 1 as well, and the contact information is 701-483-8615 or at
. The 4-H Club will be hosting activities from June 26-29, and for more information about that please call 701-456-7665.
The concert headliner on July 3 will be country singer Dustin Lynch, and the Independence Day fireworks will be hosted at the Sanford Sports Complex at 10 p.m. on July 4, with the Demolition Derby hosted at the Stark County Fairgrounds on July 9 to wrap up the events.
For more information about the Roughrider Days schedule of events, please visit
https://www.roughriderdaysfair.com/
and for more information about the PRCA Roughrider Days Rodeo, please visit
https://www.prorodeo.com/result/2023/roughrider-days-rodeo/13249
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