Northeast Nodaway student Kynder Florea won the breakaway roping contest in the Friday night division and her older sister Skyler finished third. It was a good night for local cowgirls as Brylea Paxson of Sheridan finished third Friday night, finishing with a time of 15.310 seconds. That was a second better than she did last year.
In the Friday night events, Lane Leeper backed up his flashy shirt, which was compared to John Travolta, and won the Saddle Bronc riding with a score of 71. Chase Kiefer barely made the necessary eight seconds in the bareback, but got credit for a full ride and scored 67.
In the breakaway roping contest, Skyler was the first to successfully catch a calf, doing it in 3.5 seconds. Kimberly Spurgeon of Eminence (MO) got one in 3.0, only for Kynder Florea to get a time of 2.7 seconds to win.
The new clown, Jeremy Muntz, kept everyone entertained with his jokes between events. Max Garrett brought his ice cream machine, the Henrys brought their colored popcorn, and there were some other vendors present.
The carpet rides were next. Tyson Troutwine pulled Brayden Stevens, while Dustin Rowen pulled his dad Henry. Brayden was so sure of himself that he didn’t need to know where the ambulance was. Sure enough, in a photo finish, the team of Tyson Troutwine and Brayden Stevens beat out Dustin and Henry Rowen in a photofinish, and they both took their partners around an extra lap for good measure.
Two cowboys, Dale Showers and Brayson Gebhard, successfully rode the saddle bronc event.
This was followed by Jeremy bringing in the hottest show on the planet. It was the Dinosaur 500, and there were no rules, meaning that contestants could punch and kick away at their competitors. The kid on the blue dinosaur was named “Ander Dingus 2.0.” The red one was named “Kwandale Dingle.” The orange one was named “Ander Dingus 1.0” Ander Dingus 1.0 won the race, which was close all the way, despite being tackled at the end; they managed to fall across the finish line for the win.
There were a lot of fast calves in the calf roping event, but Levi Nichols got his calf tied up in 13.1 seconds. Jeremy told a tale about the time when his wife texted him asking if he thought she was fat. He answered, “No,” which the technology autocorrected to “MOOO!!” The reader can imagine what went down after that. Winn Shipley won the Over 40 division of the calf roping, also with a time of 13.1 seconds.
The event that contestants had the most trouble with, as usual, was the team roping. Out of nine contestants during the Friday evening portion of the contest, none of them were able to rope a calf, with one (out of 14) finally doing it in 9.3 seconds in the portion they do after everything is over and the crowds go home. Meanwhile, Jeremy told the story about the time he wanted to take his wife anywhere she wanted to go in the world. But she couldn’t make up her mind where to go, so they finally threw a dart at a globe. “Now, I’m spending two weeks behind the freezer,” said Jeremy.
Jeremy then brought in a new contraption that he bought off a guy at a pawn shop. It was guaranteed to make the lucky entrepreneur billions, because it was guaranteed to take a woman and make her look beautiful. So Jeremy asked for anyone in the audience to volunteer, but there were no takers. Finally, “Julie” agreed to do it and got inside the machine.
But the buttons and dials on the machine were confusing, leading Jeremy to call Customer Service, which, naturally, wasn’t much help since the clerk on the other end didn’t speak English. Finally, Jeremy got it going and the lights, bells, and whistles were working. But unfortunately, when the door opened, it turned “Julie” into a little dog.
On the very first run in the barrels, Ashley Lattner completed the barrels in a time of 14.748, which stood up for the entire event and got her first place. In between the barrel races and the bulls, Jeremy talked about the time at work when he was playing on his computer and the boss came in to ask him what was going on. “I’m figuring out how to lead our employees,” said Jeremy. “But that’s kickboxing,” said the boss.
There was question whether they would even have the Saturday portion of the Sheridan Rodeo. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch was issued and a cloud came that was supposed to hit right as the Rodeo was supposed to start. But the clouds missed Sheridan to the south, and they were able to have a second night of the Rodeo.
The team roping got along better, with three able to catch the calves, but one got a broken barrier and two only caught one leg. Tuker Riley took a tumble after being on the bull for just 1½ seconds, but there were three qualified rides, headed by Dustin Sargent, who got a score of 75 on the next to last ride.
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