The 2015 South Dakota 4-H Rodeo Finals wrapped up its three-day weekend yesterday in Fort Pierre. The winners of each of the 22 events won saddles.
Congratulations to Hannah Stroschein of Dell Rapids who was junior girl all-around saddle winner!
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The 2015 South Dakota 4-H Rodeo Finals wrapped up its three-day weekend yesterday in Fort Pierre. The winners of each of the 22 events won saddles.
Congratulations to Hannah Stroschein of Dell Rapids who was junior girl all-around saddle winner!
Two Dell Rapids youth are currently participating in the National Little Britches Rodeo Association (NLBRA) 2014 National Finals in Pueblo, Colorado. The event started on Monday, July 21st, and runs through Saturday, July 26th. Drew and Hannah Stroschein are registered for multiple events throughout the week of the National Finals.
Drew is participating in the Junior Boys Flag Racing, Goat Tying, and Ribbon Roping events. Hannah is participating in the Junior Girls Breakaway, Barrel Racing, Pole Bending, Trail Course, Goat Tying, and Ribbon Roping events.
Hundreds of youth are participating in this national event during the week. Each event is broken into four performances between Monday and Tuesday, and then repeated again on Thursday and Friday. Each participant has two runs, one either Monday or Tuesday, and the other coming on either Thursday or Friday. The top 15 cumulative scores of the two runs advance to the “Short Go” round on Saturday.After the first two days of Nationals, here are the results for Drew and Hannah:
Hannah – Results
Drew – Results
Team – Results
Drew and Hannah will have their second runs of all of their events on either Thursday or Friday.
The Northern Hills Little Britches Rodeo ran two days at the events center in Rapid City April 18 and 19. There were 144 contestants for each rodeo. Most of the junior and senior divisions are getting ready for junior and senior high school rodeos – and some of the region’s top young riders are getting into their spring and summer rodeo season. The rodeos technically are separate on each of the two days with separate winners in each division.
Except for the youngest cowboys and cowgirls in the “Little Wrangler” category, divisions are split into boys and girls junior and senior classes. In the team roping and ribbon roping the teams may be coed. Even in the Little Wrangler division, times are kept to the thousandth of a second on electronic timing equipment, and placings can be separated by hundredths of a second or less.
Along with trophy type awards, the buckles and bling of traditional rodeo, the riders do win checks to take home, just as in the PRCA but smaller.
Winning in the Junior Girls Division with all around honors: Hannah Stroschein of Dell Rapids.
In the Junior Boys Division in Goat Tying: third place went to Drew Stroschein and in Flag Racing, Drew took first place.
CONGRATULATIONS!