Cowley Riding Club’s Pioneer Day Rodeo saw it all
Great stock, great athletes, hot temperatures, torrential rains, ravaging winds and a big day of rodeo is how organizers described this year’s annual Pioneer Day Rodeo, held Saturday.
This was the 75th year the rodeo has been held at the Cowley Rodeo Grounds. The Cowley Riding Club organizes the event.
It was notable this year that some riders had to literally cowboy-up and weather a storm that hit during the event, which eventually caused a 30-minute delay until the worst of it passed.
In the bareback event Keon Norris won with a score of 63. Dayne Hunes also rode but did not score in the event.
Syrus Bates won the bull riding event with a score of 80.
In calf roping, EJ Panetta won with a score of 13.97, and Tate Woodard took second with a score of 16.5.
In ladies barrels the placings were as follows: with a time of 18.586, Abby Eaton took first place; at 19.406, Kaitlyn Schmuck took second; next up at 19.63, Megan Welles took third place, followed by Aaliyah Lazorenko at 20.14, Virginia Lohr at 20.44 and Taylor Cheney at 21.213.
In ladies’ breakaway, Mesa Allen took first place at 3.28, followed by Arianna Stegall at 3.93, Virginia Lohr at 5.91 and Millie Woody at 21.52.
In mixed roping, the team of Lacee and Pablo Good took first place with a time of 14.93, followed by Calli Nelson and Tate Edeler at 20.53, Scott Collingwood and Casey Good at 21.68 and Jordan and Brandy Herman at 27.53.
In the ranch bronc competition, Cody Albrecht rode to a first-place win with a score of 70. Bryson Woody took second place with 67, followed by Colten Preator at 67, Matthew Duke also at 67 and Porter Duncan at 65.
In saddle bronc, Daniel Weyrich took first place at 66, and Wyitt Knight took second with a score of 65.
In steer riding, Gus Loyning took first with a score of 76, and Lincoln Shepperson took second at 71, followed by Dallas Workman at 70 and Cassidy Hahn at 69.
In team roping, Emile Shepperson and Lynn Stoll took first place with a time of 8.47, followed by Tucker and Cannon McKim at 9.34, Casey Good and Clark Hufty at 13.07, Austin Piper and Tucker McKim at 14.12, Austin Piper and Cannon McKim at 14.92 and Matt Paumer and Pablo Good at 23.54.
In youth barrels, the times were (in order of placing) 19.602 Taylor Sweet, 19.781 Talyn Perry, 21.85 MaKinley Lazorenko, 22.043 Latelee Sheeley, 23.448 Dahlia Lara, 24.34 Kyler Hopkin, 25.155 Harley Green, 25.245 Victoria Slabbert and 28.31 Lindsey Swanzy.
In youth breakaway, Joe Panetta took first at 2.12, with Howdy Hahn next at 4.76.
In youth bulls, Adam Cheney took first with a score of 69 in a tie with Brezhon Spang also at 69, followed by Riggin Pearce with a score of 67.