Schaper twins dominate opening round of NDHSRA State Finals

BOWMAN -- The Schaper twins had a great start to the North Dakota High School Rodeo Association State Finals.

Skye Schaper and Logan Schaper, twins and recent Killdeer High School graduates, won a combined three events in the first round and placed high in two more Friday during the first of two long rounds at Dakota Winds Arena.

"It means a lot to us because we've all put a lot of hard work into it," Skye Schaper said.

Skye Schaper started out her day with the winning time of 8.11 seconds in the goat tying during the morning performance and won the breakaway roping during the evening performance with a time of 3.7 seconds. She was also third in the pole bending at 21.072 seconds.

Her brother Logan Schaper won the tie-down roping with a time of 12.86 and teamed up with classmate Tate Harris to place second in the team roping in 12.065 seconds.

Lexus Kelsch of McLaughlin, S.D., was also a double winner. She finished first in barrel racing (17.307 seconds) and pole bending (20.652).

Dunn Center's Jake Benson and Belfield's Devin Boltz tied for the first-round win the bull riding with a 70.

Killdeer's Wyatt Bice made a move to stay in second place in the saddle bronc riding season standings with a 71 to win the first round. Richardton's Dalton Rixen has the season title wrapped up but didn't hold on for a qualified ride Friday.

Bismarck's Justice Johnson and Mandan's Logan Berg all but sealed state championships of their own with wins in the steer wrestling and bareback riding, respectively.

Johnson had a quick turn of 6.65 seconds. Berg had a 61, the lone qualified ride of the first round.

Kindred's Ryan Thompson and Riley Rustad won the team roping in 10.51 seconds.

Chase Lako of Arthur made a push toward defending his boys all-around title by winning the boys cow cutting (147), taking third in the steer wrestling (10.01) and eighth in the tie-down roping (17.28). He entered the day seven points behind Colt Roshau in the standings.

Roshau, however, got the last laugh in the cow cutting, beating Lako by two season standings points (143 to 141) to win the championship in the event. The Bismarck cowboy was second in the event Friday.

Saige Feilmeier of Watford City used a performance win in the girls cow cutting to edge Sadie Kieson, also of Watford City, by one point to win the season championship.

The rodeo continues today with the second long round and concludes Sunday with the championship round. Today's performances start at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

North Dakota High School Rodeo Association State Finals

At Dakota Winds Arena, Bowman

Bareback riding: 1, Logan Berg, Mandan, 61.

Barrel racing: 1, Lexus Kelsch, McLaughlin, S.D., 17.307. 2, Ahnna Peterson, Velva, 17.534. 3, Samantha Jorgenson, Watford City, 17.835. 4, Haley Hughes, Almont, 17.848. 5, Teddi Schwagler, Mandan, 17.961. 6, Brandi Davidson, Mandan, 18.096. 7, Chantel Fettig, Kintyre, 18.2098. 8, Cydney Peterson, Minot, 18.211. 9, Kassie Kautzman, Walcott, 18.241. 10, Cassandra Bauske, Ray, 18.256.

Boys cow cutting: 1, Chase Lako, Arthur, 147. 2, Colt Roshau, Bismarck, 142. 3, Riley Rustad, Kindred, 139. 4, Hayes Feilmeier, Watford City, 138; Jake Herman, Halliday, 138. 6, Levi Vangsness, Walcott, 131. 7, Logan Schaper, Halliday, 63.

Breakaway roping: 1, Skye Schaper, Halliday, 3.7. 2, Ashley Bateman, New Salem, 4.15. 3, Calby Hanson, Jamestown, 4.16. 4, Morgan Lemieux, Manning, 4.33. 5, Kennedi Kautzman, Mandan, 4.73. 6, Ashley Brew, Manning, 4.86. 7, Kylie Kvamme, Carrington, 5.09. 8, Kassie Kautzman, Walcott, 6.63. 9, Shannon Ellig, Horace, 6.85. 10, Alexis Olson, Kindred, 12.49.

Bull riding: 1 (tie), Jake Benson, Dunn Center, 70; Devin Boltz, Belfield, 70. 3, Weston Hartman, Mandan, 66. 4, Alex Kleinsasser, Menoken, 63. 5, Coleman Entze, Golden Valley, 62.

Girls cow cutting: 1, Saige Feilmeier, Watford City, 146. 2, Kassie Kautzman, Walcott, 144.5. 3, Mikaela Miller, Bismarck, 143. 4, Sadie Kieson, Watford City, 142. 5, Cydney Peterson, Minot, 140. 6, Brooke Lillis, Mandan, 139. 7, Teddi Schwagler, Mandan, 138. 8, Kelsey Rogstad, Bismarck, 137. 9, Kennedi Kautzman, Mandan, 136. 10, Haley Johnson, Kindred, 135.

Goat tying: 1, Skye Schaper, Halliday, 8.11. 2, Chantel Fettig, Kintyre, 8.13. 3, Kylie Kvamme, Carrington, 8.13. 4, Billie Jo Miller, Menoken, 8.2 5, Kit Miller, Amidon, 8.27. 6, Jordyn Schaefer, Des Lacs, 8.41. 7, Tracy Ellig, Horace, 8.97. 8, Brittany Jo Cudworth, Warwick, 9.06. 9, Ahnna Peterson, Vevla, 9.54. 10, Ashley Brew, Manning, 9.59.

Pole bending: 1, Lexus Kelsch, McLaughlin, S.D., 20.652. 2, Layne Larson, Marion, 20.855. 3, Skye Schaper, Halliday, 21.072. 4, Siggy Scheid, Hazen, 21.788. 5, Kennedi Kautzman, Mandan, 21.823. 6, Brittany Jo Cudworth, Warwick, 22.337. 7, Alexis Olson, Kindred, 22.843. 8, Stephanie Kropp, Jamestown, 22.915. 9, Jessica Johnson, Minnewaukan, 22.964. 10, Katie Grefsrud, Hawley, Minn., 23.018.

Saddle bronc riding: 1, Wyatt Bice, Killdeer, 71. 2, Taylor Buchholz, Fort Ransom, 68. 3, Kasey Dressler, Richardton, 55.

Steer wrestling: 1, Justice Johnson, Bismarck, 6.65. 2, Colt Roshau, Bismarck, 9.06. 3, Chase Lako, Arthur, 10.01. 4, Colton Backhaus, Bismarck, 10.11. 5, Hayes Feilmeier, Watford City, 12.2. 6, Cameron Morman, Glen Ullin, 15.67. 7, Zachery Johnson, Minnewaukan, 19.02. 8, Keaton Schaffer, Broadus, Mont., 19.71.

Team roping: 1, Ryan Thompson and Riley Rustad, Kindred, 10.51. 2, Tate Harris, Killdeer, and Logan Schaper, Halliday, 12.065. 3, River Voigt, Killdeer, and Keaton Schaffer, Broadus, Mont., 13.36. 4, Megan Danks, Killdeer, and Gus Nelson, Alexander, 15.21. 5, Jordan Stanton, Hickson, and Calby Hanson, Jamestown, 15.38. 6, Weston Hartman, Mandan, and Levi Vangsness, Walcott, 19.52. 7, Jamie Fredrickson, Upham, and Lane Rossow, Herreid, S.D., 19.55. 8, Kelby Indergard, Sidney, Mont., and Rory Irwin, Alexander, 22.66. 9, Ryder Bohlman and Layton Bohlman, Richardton, 24.77. 10, Tate Benson, Scobey, Mont., and Cotey Hanson, Berthold, 26.48.

Tie-down roping: 1, Logan Schaper, Halliday, 12.86. 2, Tate Benson, Scobey, Mont., 14.08. 3, Lane Rossow, Herreid, S.D., 14.72. 4, Lane Dahl, Sawyer, 15.18. 5, Levi Vangsness, Walcott, 15.42. 6, Colt Roshau, Bismarck, 16.07. 7, Keaton Schaffer, Broadus, Mont., 17.27. 8, Chase Lako, Arthur, 17.28. 9, Ryan Thompson, Kindred, 17.52. 10, Zachery Johnson, Minnewaukan, 18.51.

FINAL SEASON STANDINGS

Boys cow cutting: 1, Colt Roshau, Bismarck, 143. 2, Chase Lako, Arthur, 141. 3, Riley Rustad, Kindred, 120.5. 4, Jake Herman, Halliday, 114. 5, Logan Schaper, Halliday, 109. 6, Hayes Feilmeier, Watford City, 92.5. 7, Levi Vangsness, Walcott, 58.

Girls cow cutting: 1, Saige Feilmeier, Watford City, 110. 2, Sadie Kieson, Watford City 109. 3, Samantha Jorgenson, Watford City, 107. 4, Mikaela Miller, Bismarck. 5, Teddi Schwagler, Mandan. 77. 6, Cydney Peterson, Minot, 70.5. 7, Kennedi Kautzman, Mandan, 66. 8, Kassie Kautzman, Walcott, 65. 9 (tie) Skye Schaper, Halliday, 50; Kelsey Rogstad, Bismarck, 50.