South Dakota Girls 2nd at NHSFR

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. – The South Dakota girls’ rodeo team moved up to second place in the team standings with 1,690 points at the National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs, Wyoming, as Belle Fourche’s Shayla Howell had a good day in barrel racing. Texas leads the way with 1,930 points. The South Dakota boys’ team dropped way down to 27th overall with 500 points. Shayla Howell of Belle Fourche had a very good day scoring a 20.503 for a third place finish in yesterday’s morning session and is 14th after the evening session. Sid Furguson of Dupree had a third place finish in pole bending in the morning session and is 12th overall with a 46.172. Sawyer Gilbert of Buffalo was ninth in breakaway roping in the morning and 10th in the night performance; Sage Gabriel of Quinn was sixth in morning girls’ cutting and 14th at the night performance; Natalie Leisinger of Highmore was fifth in reined cow horse with 288.5 points, while Jill Donnelly of Elk Point was 10th. Samuel Adams of Buffalo was fifth in steer wrestling in the morning performance at 7.38 seconds. The National High School Finals rodeo runs through Saturday.