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

2016 Highlights

Rookie Cowboy	Blasius Steffen, Gregory
Rookie Cowgirl	Wacey Brown, Piedmont
All Around Cowboy	Myles Kenzy, Iona
All Around Cowgirl	Emilee Pauley, Wall
Reserve All Around Cowboy	Jacob Kammerer, Philip
Reserve All Around Cowgirl	Taylor Bothwell, Pierre
Queen	Kelly Schopp, Meadow
Team Trophy	Belle Fourche High School
NRA Shooting Contest
Small Bore Champion	Kaycee Szymanski
Small Bore Reserve	Tee McAmis
Trap Shooting Champion	John Gropper
Trap Shooting Reserve	Sam Gropper

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Fast Times & High Scores for 2016

Bareback Riding	Colt Hokana - 65
Barrel Racing	Makayla Kroeplin - 17.325
Breakaway Roping	Tanegai Zilverberg - 2.35
Bull Riding	Jake Foster - 75
Boy's Cutting	Chet Crago, Myles Kenzy, Reis Bruley- 146
Goat Tying	Rickie Engesser - 7.12
Girl's Cutting	Jessica Ryan - 147
Pole Bending	Alyssa Lockhart - 20.368
Reined Cow Horse	Myles Kenzy - 149
Saddle Bronc	Jacob Kammerer - 75
Steer Wrestling	Sawyer Strand - 4.73
Team Roping	Rance Johnson & Jacob Kammerer - 7.00
Tiedown Roping	Brock Belkham - 9.28

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2016 South Dakota High School Rodeo Queen Contest Award Winners

Queen: Kelly Schopp, Meadow, SD
1st Runner Up: Tyler Hintz
2nd Runner Up: Jayton McKay

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2016 SDHSRA Persons of the Year

Brian Fulton

Norman Negaard

Sanford Deal

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