Kelsch continues domination in barrels, poles

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VALLEY CITY — The girl from just south of the state line continues to dominate her events in the North Dakota High School Rodeo Association.

Lexus Kelsch of McLaughlin, S.D., won the barrel racing and pole bending events both Saturday and Sunday at the Valley City Rodeo.

Kelsch had times of 17.17 seconds in the barrel racing and 20.958 in the pole bending Saturday. She won Sunday’s rodeo with times of 17.438 seconds in the barrels and 21.42 around the poles.

Killdeer’s Lakken Bice was second to Kelsch in the pole bending Saturday with a 21.399-second run.

Richardton’s Kasey Dressler won the saddle bronc riding with a 50-point ride Saturday and Jake Benson of Dunn Center won Sunday’s bull riding with a 74.

Kindred’s Riley Rustad won the steer wrestling both days with a time of 4.98 seconds on Saturday and a 4.11 on Sunday.

He claimed the boys all-around win on Sunday after also taking second in the tie-down roping and tying for second in the cow cutting.

Bismarck’s Colt Roshau was also a double winner, taking the boys cow cutting with 72- and 73-point scores, respectively.

Roshau won the boys all-around win Saturday, also gathering points in the tie-down roping and team roping.

The fall portion of the high school season concludes this weekend with the Watford City Rodeo at 8 a.m. CDT Saturday and the Velva Rodeo at 9 a.m. CDT Sunday.

Some contestants will also compete in the North Dakota Rodeo Association Finals, which are scheduled for Friday and Saturday night at the McKenzie County Fairgrounds in Watford City. The rodeo begins at 7 p.m. CDT both days.

Valley City Rodeo 1

Bareback riding: 1, Clay Jorgenson, Watford City, 62. 2, Logan Berg, Mandan, 58.

Barrel racing: 1, Lexus Kelsch, McLaughlin, S.D., 17.170. 2, Samantha Jorgenson, Watford City, 17.375. 3, Cydney Peterson, Minot, 17.383. 4, Cara Jo Hilzendeger, Baldwin, 17.561. 5, Chantel Fettig, Kintyre, 17.726. 6, Autumn Hove, Trenton, 17.851. 7, Sadie Kieson, Watford City, 17.859. 8, Madison Huber, Mandan, 17.873. 9, Lakken Bice, Killdeer, 18.010. 10, Kalli Jo Scherbenske, Lehr, 18.015.

Boys cow cutting: 1, Colt Roshau, Bismarck, 72. 2, Riley Rustad, Kindred, 71. 3, Keenan Kvamme, Carrington, 65. 4, Wyatt Bice, Killdeer, 64. 5, Levi Vangsness, Walcott, 63. 6, Lane Rossow, Herreid, S.D., 61.

Breakaway roping: 1, Jordyn Schaefer, Des Lacs, 3.240. 2, Samantha Jorgenson, Watford City, 3.440. 3, Libby Bateman, New Salem, 3.930. 4, Kit Miller, Amidon, 4.030. 5, Kalli Jo Scherbenske, Lehr, 4.310. 6, Rachel Timm, Rhame, 4.650. 7, Cydney Peterson, Minot, 4.710. 8, Hannah Hornberger, Blaisdell, 4.730. 9, Calby Hanson, Jamestown, 12.670. 10, Keaton Ell, Williston, 12.920.

Bull riding: No full rides.

Girls cow cutting: 1, Samantha Jorgenson, Watford City, 74. 2, Kassie Kautzman, Walcott, 70.5. 3, Kaden Schulte, Hazen, 70. 4, Cydney Peterson, Minot, 68. 5, Calby Hanson, Jamestown, 67. 6, Saige Feilmeier, Watford City, 66. 7, Kennedi Kautzman, Mandan, 65. 8, Mikaela Miller, Bismarck, 65. 9, Sadie Kieson, Watford City, 64.5. 10, Cara Jo Hilzendeger, Baldwin, 62.

Goat tying: 1, Brittany Jo Cudworth, Warwick, 8.060. 2, Lacey Grann, Sheyenne, 8.395. 3, Kit Miller, Amidon, 8.530. 4, Cassandra Bauske, Ray, 8.645. 5, Calby Hanson, Jamestown, 8.730. 6, Chantel Fettig, Kintryre, 8.895. 7, Kylie Kvamme, Carrington, 9.105. 8, Savanah Meyer, Stanley, 9.400. 9, Ashley Brew, Manning, 9.455. 10, Samantha Jorgenson, Watford City, 9.475.

Pole bending: 1, Lexus Kelsch, McLaughlin, S.D., 20.958. 2, Lakken Bice, Killdeer, 21.399. 3, Calby Hanson, Jamestown, 21.744. 4, Sadie Kieson, Watford City, 21.815. 5, Bailey Erickson, Northwood, 21.890. 6, Kassie Kautzman, Walcott, 22.003. 7, Kaden Schulte, Hazen, 22.060. 8, Megan Mai, Burlington, 22.260. 9, Autumn Hove, Trenton, 22.380. 10, Bailie Vandenburg, Flasher, 22.420.

Saddle bronc riding: 1, Kasey Dressler, Richardton, 50. 2, Logan Nielsen, Beach, 35.

Steer wrestling: 1, Riley Rustad, Kindred, 4.980. 2, Lane Dahl, Sawyer, 5.680. 3, Keaton Schaffer, Broadus, Mont., 5.910. 4, Joe Nelson, Alexander, 23.390.

Team roping: 1, Kali Anderson, Ross and Hannah Hornberger, Blaisdell, 14.370. 2, Seth Peterson, Minot and Logan Sailer, Hazen, 14.870. 3, Jordan Staton, Hickson and Trey Huber, Mandan, 17.190. 4, Kassie Kautzman, Walcott and Kasey Dressler, Richardton, 18.040. 5, Levi Vangsness, Walcott and Lane Kvien, Valley City, 20.440. 6, Austen Steffan, Manning and Lane Berg, Chaffee, 24.350. 7, Colt Roshau, Bismarck and Sadie Kieson, Watford City, 24.930.

Tie-down roping: 1, Keaton Schaffer, Broadus, Mont., 11.190. 2, Tate Benson, Scobey, Mont., 12.050. 3, Lane Rossow, Herreid, S.D., 12.900. 4, Colt Roshau, Bismarck, 14.020. 5, Chance Glass, Hebron, 20.710. 6, Wyatt Bice, Killdeer, 21.580. 7, Colton Blomberg, Stanley, 21.990. 8, Jordan Staton, Hickson, 22.500. 9, Seth Peterson, Minot, 23.00. 10, Hayes LeMieux, Manning, 26.280.

Boys all-around: 1, Colt Roshau, Bismarck, 21. 2, Riley Rustad, Kindred, 19. 3, Keaton Schaffer, Broadus, Mont., 18. 4, Kasey Dressler, Richardton, 17. 5, Lane Rossow, Herreid, S.D., 13.

Girls all-around: 1, Samantha Jorgenson, Watford City, 29. 2, Calby Hanson, Jamestown, 22. 3, Kassie Kautzman, Walcott, 21. 4, Lexus Kelsch, McLaughlin, S.D., 20. 5, Cydney Peterson, Minot, 19.

Valley City Rodeo 2

Bareback riding: 1, Jerald Berger, Mandan, 64. 2, Logan Berg, Mandan, 59. 3, Daltin Berger, Mandan, 54. 4, Clay Jorgenson, Watford City, 54.

Barrel racing: 1, Lexus Kelsch, McLaughlin, S.D., 17.438. 2, Samantha Jorgenson, Watford City, 18.597. 3, Cara Jo Hilzendeger, Baldwin, 17.617. 4, Lakken Bice, Killdeer, 17.699. 5, Cydney Peterson, Minot, 17.783. 6, Chantel Fettig, Kintyre, 17.859. 7, Bailey Erickson, Northwood, 17.899. 8, Madison Huber, Mandan, 18.032. 9, Kelsey Stenson, Williston, 18.166. 10, Katelyn Schaffner, Bismarck, 18.207.

Boys cow cutting: 1, Colt Roshau, Bismarck, 73. 2, Riley Rustad, Kindred, 71. 3, Keenan Kvamme, Carrington, 71. 4, Levi Vangsness, Walcott, 61.

Breakaway roping: 1, Calby Hanson, Jamestown, 2.910. 2, Kristy Langseth, Minot, 3.260. 3, Cydney Peterson, Minot, 3.280. 4, Kennedi Kautzman, Mandan, 3.440. 5, Sadie Kieson, Watford City, 3.520. 6, Madison Huber, Mandan, 3.590. 7, Bailie Vandenburg, Flasher, 3.620. 8, Baili Nielsen, Beach, 3.700. 9, Brittany Jo Cudworth, Warwick, 3.810. 10, Lakken Bice, Killdeer, 3.870.

Bull riding: 1, Jake Benson, Dunn Center, 74. 2, Devin Boltz, Belfield, 57. 3, Drew Bercier, West Fargo, 57.

Girls cow cutting: 1, Mikaela Miller, Bismarck, 72.5. 2, Kennedi Kautzman, Mandan, 72. 3, Kassie Kautzman, Walcott, 71.5. 4, Cara Jo Hilzendeger, Baldwin, 71. 5, Sadie Kieson, Watford City, 70. 6, Saige Feilmeier, Watford City, 69. 7, Calby Hanson, Jamestown, 66.5. 8, Kaden Schulte, Hazen, 66. 9 (tie), Samantha Jorgenson, 65; Kylie Kvamme, Carrington, 65.

Goat tying: 1, Jordyn Schaefer, Des Lacs, 7.85. 2, Brittany Jo Cudworth, Warwick, 8.0. 3, McKenzie Wiest, Lincoln, 8.18. 4, Lacey Grann, Sheyenne, 8.2. 5, Chantel Fettig, Kintyre, 8.69. 6, Kyle Kvamme, Carrington, 8.76. 7 (tie), Kassie Kautzman, Walcott, 9.39; Kit Miller, Amidon, 9.39. 9, Ashley Brew, Manning, 9.49. 10, Savanah Meyer, Stanley, 9.86.

Pole bending: 1, Lexus Kelsch, McLaughlin, S.D., 21.42. 2, Bailey Erickson, Northwood, 22.22. 3, Kassie Kautzman, Walcott, 22.259. 4, Ahnna Peterson, Velva, 22.324. 5, Lacey Grann, Sheyenne, 22.356. 6, Nicole Fladeland, Watford City, 22.55. 7, Kaden Schulte, Hazen, 22.571. 8, Micaela Meyer, Flasher, 22.658. 9, Kylie Kvamme, Carrington, 22.765. 10, Flynn Muscha, Colfax, 22.932.

Saddle bronc riding: 1, Callen Clarys, Mandan, 55. 2, Wyatt Bice, Killdeer, 50. 3, Kasey Dressler, Richardton, 49.

Steer wrestling: 1, Riley Rustad, Kindred, 4.11. 2, Lane Dahl, Sawyer, 7.52. 3, Joe Nelson, Alexander, 10.76. 4, Levi Vangsness, Walcott, 14.13. 5, Colton Backhaus, Bismarck, 25.47.

Team roping: 1, Jordan Staton, Hickson, and Trey Huber, Mandan, 7.54. 2, Jamie Fredrickson, Upham, and Lane Rossow, Herreid, S.D., 7.85. 3, Wyett Magilke, McLaughlin, S.D., and Wyatt Rising, Wibaux, Mont., 8.57. 4, Logan Nielsen, Beach, and Chance Glass, Hebron, 9.41. 5, Seth Indergard, Sidney, Mont., and Hayes Lemieux, Manning, 9.55. 6, Tate Benson, Scobey, Mont., and Keaton Schaffer, Broadus, Mont., 11.69. 7, Levi Vangsness, Walcott, and Lane Kvien, Valley City, 13.32. 8, Katelyn and Matthew Schaffner, Bismarck, 14.65. 9, Kassie Kautzman, Walcott, and Kasey Dressler, Richardton, 17.65. 10, Tyler Kress and Colton Backhaus, Bismarck, 18.14.

Tie-down roping: 1, Tate Benson, Scobey, Mont., 11.65. 2, Riley Rustad, Kindred, 13.62. 3, Jordan Staton, Hickson, 16.69. 4, Colt Roshau, Bismarck, 18.13. 5, Lane Rossow, Herreid, S.D., 19.31. 6, Keenan Kvamme, Carrington, 19.65. 7, Cole Peterson, Des Lacs, 19.90. 8, Hunter Volk, Bismarck, 20.11. 9, Hayes Lemieux, Manning, 20.40. 10, Trey Huber, Mandan, 20.82.

Boys all-around: 1, Riley Rustad, Kindred, 27.5. 2, Levi Vagsness, Walcott, 18. 3, Jordan Staton, Hickson, 18. 4, Colt Roshau, Bismarck, 17. 5, Lane Rossow, Herreid, S.D., 15.

Girls all-around: 1, Kassie Kautzman, Walcott, 21.5. 2, Lexus Kelsch, McLaughlin, S.D., 20. 3, Jordyn Schaefer, Des Lacs, 17. 4, Kennedi Kautzman, Mandan, 15. 5, Cara Jo Hilzendeger, Baldwin, 15.

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