As adopted as a ground rule at the mid winter meeting of the SDHSRA state finals:
The long gos' will be run with 1 loop in breakaway and calf roping, 1 jump in steer wrestling and 2 loops in team roping, with the short go to remain as it was.
This is implemented as a SDHSRA State Finals Ground Rule beginning in 2009.    1/31/2009

2017 Highlights

Rookie Cowboy	Bodie Mattson, Sturgis
Rookie Cowgirl	Sawyer Gilbert, Buffalo
All Around Cowboy	Myles Kenzy, Iona
All Around Cowgirl	Emilee Pauley, Wall
Reserve All Around Cowboy	Blasius Steffen, Gregory
Reserve All Around Cowgirl	Karissa Rayhill, Martin
Queen	Tyler Hintz, Timber Lake
Team Trophy	Wall High School
NRA Shooting Contest
Small Bore Champion	Tee McAmis, Belle Fourche
Small Bore Reserve	Kaycee Szymanski, Sturgis
Trap Shooting Champion	Greg Voller, Bison
Trap Shooting Reserve	Tucker Rozell, Mansfield

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Fast Times & High Scores for 2017

Bareback Riding	Lante'l Swallow - 70
Barrel Racing	Karissa Rayhill - 17.309
Breakaway Roping	Kate Helmer - 2.20
Bull Riding	Christopher Fisher - 73
Boy's Cutting	Myles Kenzy - 148
Goat Tying	Mary Risse - 6.56
Girl's Cutting	Ciara Stoddard - 146.5
Pole Bending	Riley Donnelly - 20.621
Reined Cow Horse	Myles Kenzy - 147.5
Saddle Bronc	Dylan Schofield - 75
Steer Wrestling	Jake Foster, Brent Woodward - 5.43
Team Roping	Winston Brown & Nolan Smith - 6.87
Tiedown Roping	Trevor Olson - 9.59

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2017 South Dakota High School Rodeo Queen Contest Award Winners

Queen: Tyler Hintz, SD
1st Runner Up: Sage Gabriel, Philip, SD
2nd Runner Up: Jayton McKay, Wall, SD

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2017 SDHSRA Persons of the Year

Glenn and Lisa Evenson Don Nixon

Ed Risse

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