ALVA, Okla.

The Ranger men won the event by 80 points, scoring 595 points. Trenton Johnson finished up in second in the men’s all-around with 180 points.

Northwestern’s men took 1^st and 2^nd place in bareback riding and in steer wrestling. In bareback, Chancy Lovinggood won the event, while Cody Burkholder was right behind for a second place finish. Kody Woodward won the steer wrestling event, while Johnson came in second place.

Clay Cudmore finished sixth in bull riding, while Jordan Sanders took eighth place in team roping as a header.

Paul Tierney and Dawson McMaster placed in tie down roping, with Tierney receiving fourth and McMaster being awarded seventh.

Also in team roping, Tanner Braden took home first as a heeler while pairing with Ryan VonAhn of Southeastern Oklahoma State. Johnson finished in 8^th place as he was paired with Sanders.

The Ranger women were 50 points off of the leader Southwestern Oklahoma State for second place in the rodeo.

Karly Benzie won breakaway roping, while Jessica Koppitz and Haley Nida finished second and third, respectively, in barrel racing.

Molly Bates and Kaylee Nelson tied for seventh in breakaway roping and Brooke Boulware was  third place performer in goat tying.

Currently Kody Woodward leads the Central Plains Region in steer wrestling with 260 points, while Benzie is the leader in breakaway roping with 290 points.

Northwestern’s rodeo team will remain idle until next semester. The Rangers next rodeo is at Kansas State University on February 19-21.

Complete Results for Northwestern Oklahoma State Rodeo

The annual Ranger Rodeo presented by Northwestern Oklahoma State University will have its opening performance at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, at the Woods County Fairgrounds Arena. More than 500 student competitors from 20-plus colleges and universities are expected to participate. The rodeo is a sanctioned event of the Central Plains Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association.

Northwestern’s women’s rodeo team has a commanding lead, and sits at first place with the men’s team fourth in the Central Plains Region Standings going into the Ranger Rodeo.

In the individual events Northwestern has at least one member in the Top 15 in each event and completely dominates some events.

Nine out of 15 breakaway ropers are Northwestern women’s rodeo team members.

A list of events, student information and placement in the top 15 are as follows:

• Saddle bronc riding: Jesse Cassingham, Watonga freshman, 13;

• Bareback riding: Chancy Lovinggood, Coalgate junior, 2; Anthony Colletti, Pueblo, Colo., senior, 5; Kenny Feidler, Baltimore, Md., senior, 9;

• Bull riding: Clay Cudmore, Cherokee junior, 4; Steven Flitz, Pratt, Kan., senior, 8;

• Tie down roping: Tyrell Reynolds, Tribune, Kan., senior, 5; Clint Kindred, Oral, S.D., freshman, 6; Cole Wilson, Kinkaid, Kan., junior, 8;

• Steer Wrestling: Paul Tierney, Oral, S.D., sophomore, 5; Kody Woodward, Dupree, S.D., sophomore, 7; Lucas Camac, Augusta, Kan., sophomore, 12; Kindred, 14;

• Team roping header: Jessica Koppitz, Alva freshman, 3; Levi Burson, North Loop, Texas, sophomore, 5; Molly Bates, Estherville, Iowa senior, 9;

• Team roping heeler: Dakota Koehn, Logan freshman, 3; Tanner Braden, Dewey freshman, 4; Brice Buzzard, Colony, Kan., freshman, 5; Jenna Jo Jolly, Deer Trail, Colo., freshman, 8; Clay Phillips, Rexford, Kan., junior, 8;

• Barrel Racing: Haley Nida, Alva senior, 7; Brittany Young, Buffalo junior, 14; Kari Cable, Pukwana, S.D., freshman;

• Breakaway roping: Jacey Jandreau, Kimball, S.D., freshman, 1; Cindy Wood, Columbia, Mo., sophomore, 2; Janise Blanton, Lamont, freshman, 3; Karly Benzie, Alva freshman, 5; Keely Bemenderfer-Wren, Ignacio, Colo, freshman, 6; Kate Hansen, Everly, Iowa, sophomore, 9; Kaylee Nelson, Midland, S.D., junior, 10; Michelle Bartley, Emporia, Kan., senior, 12; Nida, 14.

• Goat tying: Toya Vogt, Corn junior, 2; Cable, 5; Gabriel Gregg, Highmore, S.D., junior, 8; Brooke Boulware, Scott City, Kan., junior, 11.

Performances start at 7:30 p.m., on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children. Tickets are being sold by all rodeo team members and by coach Tim Kolb, who can be reached at (580) 327-8688. They also will be sold at the gate.

“Everyone should be really excited about the rodeo because it is a great event for the community,” Kolb said. “Many competitors, along with their families and friends, are in town for at least two days, which really helps boost the community’s economy.” Barring inclement weather, “Rodeo Days” will be held on the square for Alva’s elementary school children on Thursday from 8:30 a.m. until approximately 2 p.m. Rodeo team members will be on hand to explain the different events and demonstrate some of them.

Ten to 12 contestants in each of the nine collegiate rodeo events will be on center stage during the Thursday and Friday night performances. The top 10 in each event will return for the championship go-round on Saturday night.

The events are bareback bronc riding, tie-down roping, breakaway calf roping, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, goat tying, team roping, barrel racing and bullriding. Two sections of the popular bull riding event will be run on Thursday and Friday nights.
The rest of the contestants will appear in the “slack” performances starting at 9 a.m. on both Friday and Saturday. Participation in the performance or slack rounds is decided by random draw.

Special events will occur at each evening performance. On Thursday night, Northwestern student teams will attempt to milk wild cows, and students will be admitted for $4 with a current I.D. card.

Friday will be children’s night and will feature a children’s calf scramble. Several animals will be marked to denote prize winners.

On Saturday night, when event and team winners are determined, there will be a relay race up and down the arena by cowboys and cowgirls representing different schools. However, they will all be on foot—not horseback.

Brett Wellden of Guthrie, will be the public address announcer. His love of rodeo began as a small child and grew into competitive bareback riding, team roping and bullriding. Wellden has enjoyed riding bareback horses for more than 16 years. Wellden is an official announcer and resides in Guthrie with his wife Shawn and their three children.

Bullfighters Ethan McDonald and Wacey Munsell will be performing cowboy protection duties. McDonald of Abilene, Kan., is a current student at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kan. He has fought bulls at Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma bull fighting events. Munsell was the 2005 and 2006 PBR Dickie’s World Champion Freestyle Bullfighter for the Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo and the National High School Finals Rodeo. His goals are to work for the NFR and PBR Finals.

“Our team members have been busy getting ready for our rodeo and practicing hard so they can make a good showing at home,” Kolb said. “I’m really proud of our student-athletes and their diligence because putting on a rodeo this size takes a lot of work. The team works hard, and I know it is going to pay off.”

COLEMAN, Okla.

Northwestern’s women tallied 85 points for the rodeo that Western Oklahoma State College won with 290 points.

Goat tying and breakaway roping were the most populated events for Northwestern, with Toya Vogt leading the way in goat tying with a fourth place finish. Brooke Boulware followed with a fifth place and Jade Inlow finished in eighth place. In breakaway roping, Cindy Wood and Jade Inlow took sixth and seventh place, respectively, while Brittany Young tied for ninth.

Kari Cable was the lone barrel racer, finished in ninth place.

Anthony Colletti and Chancy Lovinggood placed in bareback riding, with Colletti taking home a second place finish and Lovinggood coming in seventh.

Also placing individually was Clay Cudmore’s sixth place in bull riding, Lucas Camac’s fifth place in steer wrestling and Brice Buzzard’s third place finish in team roping as a heeler.

The Rangers’ next event will be the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Ranger Rodeo hosted by Northwestern at the Woods County Fairgrounds on November 5-7.

Complete Results for Southeastern Stampede

PRATT, Kan.

Northwestern was awarded three second place finishes, with Clay Cudmore finishing second in bull riding, Tyrell Reynolds taking second in tie down roping and Paul Tierney coming in second in steer wrestling.

In addition to Cudmore in bull riding, Steven Flitz was awarded third. Two more Rangers placed in tie down roping; Cole Wilson placed third while Clint Kindred took sixth in the event.

In bareback riding, Chancy Lovinggood finished in fourth place and Tanner Braden took sixth in team roping as a heeler.

The women placed in five of nine spots in breakaway roping. Karly Benzie won the event while Kate Hansen finished third. Kaylee Nelson tied for fourth. Michelle Bartley and Jacey Jandreau finished back-to-back, holding down sixth and seventh place.

Gabriel Gregg finished in fourth in goat tying to round out the Ranger women.

The Ranger Rodeo Team’s next performance will be at Southeastern Oklahoma State on Oct. 8-10.

Complete Results for Pratt Rodeo

CASPER, Wyo.

Out of the six Rangers competing, Joe Macoubrie, along with Southeastern Oklahoma State’s Daniel Reed, finished the highest of any Northwestern member, as they staked down seventh place. The duo had an average score of 29.1 seconds with a low round of 5.4 during their third go.

With three Rangers in the steer wrestling event, Colt Stearns headed Northwestern as he came in a tie for eighth place, recording a total score of 15.8. Kody Woodward finished in 17^th, while Trenton Johnson placed 35^th.

Johnson also ranked high in tie down roping, holding down the ninth spot with a 39.1 average. Luke Blanton, who was also competing in tie down roping, finished in a tie for 20^th through three rounds of competition.

In bareback riding, Chancy Lovinggood took home 19^th place after his three rounds and scored a 158.5.

On the women’s side, Toya Vogt was the high performer for Northwestern. She ended up in eighth place after her four rounds. Booke Inlow and Robbie Wilson placed after three rounds, taking 29^th and 38^th, respectively.

The Ranger women had two more place, with Haley Nida recording a 36^th place finish in barrel racing and Robbie Wilson rounded out the women’s performers with a tie for 47^th in breakaway roping.

“We are disappointed we couldn’t hold our place up in the standings, but know we came away with great ending result”, remarked head coach Tim Kolb. “We have some young guns coming up next year to add to what we already have. I look for us to be highly competitive next year and make another excellent run at the CNFR.”

Northwestern’s men’s team tallied 452.5 points in the team overall, while Western Texas College won the team event with 820 points.

Out of the women’s teams, Northwestern gathered 140 points and was just 30 points shy of 11^th place. The University of Wyoming took the women’s crown with 690 points.

Nationwide, 207 schools compete in college rodeo.

The complete breakdown of event scores and team totals can be found at www.cnfr.com.

CASPER, Wyo.

“We have had a banner day,” remarked coach Tim Kolb, talking about his team’s results after day two. “I am extremely proud of these kids. Dreams do come true, we’ll wait and see what is in store for us the rest of the finals.”

After the first two rounds, the men’s team leads the 51-team field with 325 points, 10 points ahead of second place University of Tennessee-Martin.

The team of Joe Macoubrie and Daniel Reed of Southeastern Oklahoma State improved from 18^th place after their round one performance of 17.5 in team roping, to a second place finish in the second round, with a score of 6.2.

Kody Woodward was a tenth of a second out of first place in the first go of steer wrestling, recording a time of 4.0 seconds. Also in steer wrestling after one round, Colt Stearns took 12^th with a  time of 5.5 seconds and Trenton Johnson finished 20^th with a 7.4. In round two, Stearns was the top Ranger with a score of 5.1, while Woodward recorded a 6.4 for 17^th place and Johnson turned in a no score.

Johnson, also competing in tie down roping, was 15^th in round one with a 14.2 and improved to 10.9 and is in fifth place during the second round.

Luke Blanton had a no score in the opening round and had a time of 14.7 in round two, putting him in 15^th place during the second round.

In bareback riding, Chancy Lovinggood tied for first during his first go, with a score of 82.0. In round two, Lovinggood ended in a three-way tie for fourth with a 76.5.

Northwestern’s women’s team is currently in 15^th place out of 23 teams through two rounds.

In goat tying, the Ranger women’s most populated event with three contestants, Brooke Inlow, Toya Vogt and Robbie Wilson have fared well.

Inlow finished in third place in the opening round with a 6.7, while Vogt was six spots behind with a time of 7.1. Wilson rounded out the times with an 8.2, putting her in 32^nd.

In round two, Inlow remained at the top out of the Northwestern crew, staking down 15^th with a 7.3. Vogt recorded a 7.9 for 26^th, while Wilson did not score.

Wilson, who is also competing in breakaway roping, didn’t score in her first two rounds.

Haley Nida, the Rangers’ only barrel racer, finished in 14^th after day one with a 14.76, and placed 41^st after a 19.78 in round two.

The CNFR will continue through Saturday, June 20^th.

Position Draws and Daily Results can be found by clicking on the links.

For more information about the CNFR, log on to www.cnfr.com.

ALVA, Okla.

Position Draws and Daily Results can be found by clicking on the links.

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ALVA, Okla.

After 10 rodeos throughout the 2008-09 season, Chancy Lovinggood, Kody Woodward, Joe Macoubrie, Colt Stearns, Trenton Johnson and Luke Blanton have earned the honor to attend the CNFR.

Steer wrestling is the most populated event by Northwestern, as three Rangers will compete. Woodward enters the CNFR as the leader in the Central Plains Region, while Stearns and Johnson are in 5^th and 7^th place spots, respectively.  

Johnson will additionally compete in tie down roping, where he is currently second in the Central Plains Region. He won the steer wrestling title at the Northwestern Rodeo.

Blanton will make back-to-back performances in tie down roping, finishing 28^th in the event at the 2008 CNFR. He is currently third in the region and ten points back of Johnson.

Macoubrie will be the header in team roping for Daniel Reid of Southeastern Oklahoma State University. The duo placed first at the Oklahoma Panhandle State Rodeo and at the Southwestern Oklahoma State Rodeo and is in second place in the region.

Lovinggood will be the lone Ranger in bareback riding. He leads the Central Plains Region by 220 points and placed first in the event during four rodeos, including winning the Pratt, Garden City, Southwestern Oklahoma and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Rodeos.

Three cowgirls will compete in goat tying, while one each will participate in breakaway roping and barrel racing.

Robbie Wilson will double up on two events, competing in breakaway roping and goat tying. Wilson is the regional leader in breakaway roping and is ranked third in goat tying. She finished first in goat tying at the Fort Scott (Kan.) rodeo.

Brooke Inlow and Toya Vogt will also enter in goat tying. Inlow won the event at the Oklahoma Panhandle State and Southwestern Oklahoma State rodeos, while Vogt took the title at Rogers State. Inlow finished second in the region ahead of Wilson and was 32nd at last year’s CNFR, while Vogt is in sixth place in the Central Plains Region.

Haley Nida, ranked fourth in the region, will be Northwestern’s only barrel racer. The Alva native won the barrel racing event at the Oklahoma Panhandle State rodeo.

“This is the rodeo team every coach dreams about and it is very humbling to be a part of it. I feel that we are taking the type of athletes who can come home with a National Title,” stated rodeo coach Tim Kolb.

 “Our women’s team is going to the CNFR in 11^th place nationally and our men’s team is in the top 25. Lovinggood is sitting in third place in the nation and I know he is eying the national bareback riding title. They all have the talent and dedication to win. Now we just have to go prove it.”

The CNFR is the “Rose Bowl” of college rodeo. It is where the National Intercollegiate Rode Association crown individual event champions in saddle bronc riding, bare back riding, bull riding, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, team roping, barrel racing, breakaway roping and goat tying. Over 400 cowboys and cowgirls from 100 universities and colleges compete each year. Contestants compete all year in one of the NIRA’s 11 regions for a chance to rope or ride at the CNFR.

For more information about the CNFR, log on to www.cnfr.com.

Central Plains Region Standings | 2009 CNFR Information

MIAMI, Okla.

The Ranger men had no trouble in taking home the first place spot out of the nine team field, doubling second place Oklahoma Panhandle State’s score of 325. The Rangers received 650 points as Kody Woodward placed first in the men’s all-around.

Woodward scored 210 points in the all-around while placing second in steer wrestling with a time of 7.8 and was fourth in tie down roping, with a 20.7.

Northwestern placed in all but one event. Chancy Lovinggood won the bareback riding event with a 157.0, while Kenny Feidler took third. Ryan Selzer finished in a tie for ninth in steer wrestling. Joe Macoubrie and Trenton Johnson placed in tie down roping along with Woodward, taking the second and sixth place spots. Joe Macoubrie and Cole Wilson placed in team roping.

The men’s team finished in second in the Central Plains Region standings with 3,595 points. They were 1,347 points back of the Oklahoma Panhandle State.

On the women’s side, the Ranger women accumulated 80 points, but still remained in the lead in the Central Plains Region standings. The Rangers hold a 399 point lead over second place Oklahoma Panhandle State University.

The Ranger women took seven places out of three events.

Four placed in barrel racing as Northwestern was responsible for the 2-5 spots. Blayne Kennedy was second with a 31.67, while Gabriel Gregg finished in third with a 31.78. Maggie Saylors took fourth place with a 31.81 and Haley Nida rounded out the Rangers in the event with a time a 36.59 for fifth place.

Morgan Blomgren and Kaylee Nelson placed in breakaway roping, while Robbie Wilson ended in sixth place in goat tying.

Though the Central Plains Region Rodeos are finished, the Rangers will have individuals that will participate in the Collegiate National Finals Rodeo during June 14-20 in Casper, Wyo.

Complete Results for Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Rodeo

Central Plains Region Standings