South Dakotans nab five first-place finishes at Burke Stampede Rodeo
Jul. 17—BURKE, S.D. — South Dakota participants were well-represented at the 33rd annual Burke Stampede Rodeo last weekend, securing five out of eight first-place honors in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association competition.
Midland's Jade Nelson and Hartford's Braden Purrung won the team roping competition with a time of 5.6 seconds to earn $1,708 each. Belle Fourche's TJ Schmidt scored an 84 in bull riding, good for first place and $2,030, Harrold's Tevin Cowan won steer wrestling in 4.9 seconds for $1,234 and Iona's Myles Kenzy won tie-down roping in 9.2 seconds to cash in $1,254. In breakaway roping, Spearfish's Taylor Engesser posted 2.1 second to tie for first and nab $1,954.
Locally, Letcher's Mason Moody finished tied for third in bull riding to win $948, and Colome's Riggin Shippy and Riley Shippy both failed to score in bull riding.
Additional winners included Lavern Borntreger from Elsmer, Nebraska, who earned a competition-best $2,448 for winning saddle bronc riding with a 83.5 score; Kearney, Nebraska native Gauge Mcbride, who won $1,929 cash prize in bareback riding; and Killdeer, North Dakota's Lackken Bice, who completed barrel racing in 16.93 seconds to win $1,263
The event ran from Friday, July 14 to Sunday, July 16 and was contested as a PRCA-sanctioned event for the third consecutive year.
