Hold on Tight- Bulls, broncs and cowboys in Ronan Pioneer Days rodeo
<p>Leyton Lawrence of Great Falls get bucked off a bull at the Pioneer Days rodeo in Ronan on Friday evening.</p>
<p>Kyler McDonald competes in mini bull riding at the Bulls and Broncs rodeo on Friday night in Ronan.</p>
<p>Austin Reynolds of Ronan competes in bull riding at the rodeo in Ronan on Friday.</p>
The Ronan Pioneer Days Rodeo took place last weekend over three days. On Friday night, it was all about the bulls and broncs, with saddle bronc riding, mini bull riding, and bull riding. The evening also featured a scholarship competition where students competed for money to help pay for school.
Friday started with the Kiddie Rodeo at noon that included sheep riding, sheep dressing, stick horses races, and more. Then later on in the day the open rodeo started up again. It continued again after the parade on Sunday afternoon with more action, including the wild buffalo ride.
There were many local winners in the open rodeo. Payton Fitzpatrick won the bull riding competition with a score of 81. Will Powell of St. Ignatius continued his winning ways with a first place finish in steer wrestling. Zane Walchuk of Ronan was second in junior breakaway roping. Pete White took second in calf roping with a time of 16.8. The ladies breakaway competition had a crowd of local top finishers, including Hailey O’Hern of Ronan, who took first, Arlee’s Callie Otaupalik, who was second, Abby Knight of Charlo, who finished third, and Sara Crimmins of Ronan, who was fourth.
Josie Moulding of Arlee and Adrianna Johnson of Polson tied for the win in the junior barrel racing.
In the Ladies barrels, Abby Knight was first with a time of 15.91. Also from Charlo was Becky Jo Dumont, who was second. Will Powell and Riley Bailey were second in team roping with a time of 6.5 seconds.
Bull Riding
1.Payton Fitzpatrick, Polson, 81, 2. Tyler Sutti, Lolo, 66, 3. Austin Reynolds, Ronan, 60
Saddle Bronc
1.Doug Hall, Browning, 74, 2. Josh Monroe, Browning, 50
Bareback Riding
1.Justin Hanson, Fairfield, 73
Steer Wrestling
1.Will Powell, St. Ignatius, 7.8
Junior Breakaway
1.Gosaye Robertson, Augusta, 3.6, 2. Zane Walchuk, Ronan, 17.5
Calf Roping
1.Ben Powell, Babb, 15.1, 2. Pete White, Ronan, 16.8
Ladies Breakaway
1.Hailey O’Hern, Ronan, 3.4, 2. Callie Otaupalik, Arlee, 3.5, 3. Abby Knight, Charlo, 4.7, 4. Sara Crimmins, Ronan, 4.8
Junior Barrels
1.tie- Josie Moulding, Arlee, 16.67, Adrianna Johnson, Polson, 16.67, 3. Hailey Weible, Charlo, 17.61, 4. Cadence Schweigert
Ladies Barrels
1.Abby Knight, Charlo, 15.91, 2. Becky Jo Dumont, Charlo, 16.16, 3. Heather Dunning, Arlee, 16.36, 4. Brooke Wilson, Bigfork, 16.39
Team Roping
1.Craig Kallenburger/Ray Champ, 6.2m 2. Will Powell/Riley Bailey, 6.5, 3. Angel Crosthwaite/ Dallas VonHeeder, 7.1, 4. Hoke Lytton, Jesse Lytton
Mini Bulls
1.Zack Morrison, Libby, 62