CSC Scores Well At Its Own Rodeo To Open Season

By Con Marshall

Led by saddle bronc riding winner Jack Skavdahl of Harrison, five Chadron State College contestants placed among the top six in their events at the CSC rodeo this past weekend.

Skavdahl won the long go-round of the bronc riding with 80 points and was second during Sunday’s finals with 78 points to win the championship. 

Two Chadron State cowgirls from along Highway 2 in the Nebraska Sandhills were the runners-up in their events.  Shailey McAbee of Hyannis was second in the barrel race and Brooke McCully of Mullen was the reserve champion in breakaway roping, catching her calves in 2.1 and 2.5 seconds.

Still another CSC entry from the same region, Elle Ravescroft of Nenzel and a graduate of Cody-Kilgore High School, was sixth in the barrels.  Both McCully and Ravenscroft were on the CSC basketball team the past two years, but switched to rodeo this year.

There were 91 barrel racers and 97 breakaway ropers at the rodeo.

CSC cowboy Grant Turek of St. Paul, Neb., was Chadron State’s other top six placewinner. He was fourth in tie down roping with times of 10.4 and 10.5 seconds.  Turek was tie down winner at last year’s CSC rodeo, when his total time was 20.4 seconds, a half second faster this year’s tally.

Chadron State placed fifth in both of the team standings. Casper College won the men’s team title and Gillette College won the women’s honors. Haiden Thompson of the Gillette team was the all-around cowgirl while Sutton Kohr of the University of Wyoming was the all-around cowboy.

The event winners included two more cowboys from along Highway 20. Carter Anderson of Gordon and Sage Shrunk of Valentine joined forces to win the team roping in 8.1 and 9.3 seconds while catching both hind legs on both runs.

This weekend’s rodeo in the Central Rocky Mountain Region will be at Central Wyoming College in Riverton.