Storm Wrap Fall With Solid Finish at NWOSU

ALVA, Okla. – Southeastern rodeo closed out the fall portion of its schedule with a solid outing at the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rodeo in Alva, Okla., as the women posted a second-place finish and the men finished fourth.
 
Dylan Riggins got the Savage Storm started in the bareback making the whistle with a score of 64, good enough for a 5th place finish in the long go.  He came back in the short round turning in a score of 70 earning him a second place finish in the round and his combined score of 134 was good enough for a 3rd place finish for the weekend.
 
Regionally, Riggins will end the semester in second place, while Jasper Dunn is currently ranked eighth among bareback riders.
 
SE has a tough outing in the saddle bronc where Rowdy Chesser and Parker Glenn were both unable to make the whistle for a score.
 
Chesser ends the semester in 4th place while Glenn is sitting in sixth.
 
The Bull Riding competition saw only three qualified rides for the weekend.
 
Hayden Harris wraps the semester and is currently in fourth place in the Central Plains Region, while Mason Ward hangs onto 5th place.
 
The tie down competition featured 100 entries and saw Holden Myers stop the clock with a 9.6, which gave him a 6th place finish in the long round.  Myers was unable to connect in the short go and recorded a no time.
 
Regionally, Myers rounds out the semester holding onto ninth place, while Gus Franzen ends the semester in 14^th.
 
Franzen got the steer wrestling competition going with a 5.0 second run in the opening round, putting him in a three-way split for sixth place. He followed up with a 4.7 second run in the finals, giving him a 3rd place finish in the short go round.  His combined time of 9.7 was good to split 3^rd/4^th for the weekend.
 
Franzen currently holds down fourth in the regional rankings among steer wrestlers, while Myers and Garrett Guillot round out the semester in the top 15 in the standings.
 
On the women's side Kaycee Hollingback opened the breakaway competition with a 2.4 run, placing her with a four way 6th place split in the first round.  She followed that with another 2.4 in the finals, giving her a 3rd place finish in the short round rounding out the weekend with a 4.8 in the average which was good for third place overall.
 
Hollingback used the finish to round out the fall holding onto fifth place in the Central plains region among breakaway ropers.
 
The barrel racing saw 160 competitors battle it out with Peyton Glenn turning in a 13.07 second run in the long go which was good enough for a 6th place finish. She had some tough luck in the short round and came up with a five-second penalty taking her out of the average competition.
 
Glenn ends the semester in a tie for 11^th regionally in the barrel racing.
 
The goat tying competition saw the strongest presence for the savage storm women's team, led by Martie Shockley who had the strongest average finish on the weekend.
 
Shockley turned in a 6.2 in the first round of competition, splitting 2^nd/3^rd with teammate Bailey Witt and followed it up in the finals with another 6.2, splitting first in the short go round turning in a 12.4 for the weekend, good enough for a second place finish in the average.
 
Witt also turned in a 6.2 to split 2nd/3rd in the first round. She came back and was able to clock a 7.3 in the finals, giving her a 9th place finish in the short go round and a 6th place split in the average for the weekend.
 
Hollingback turned in a 6.6 in the long round of competition to finish sixth in the round, while Cierra Doyal rounded out the round with a 6.8 ending the long round with a 8th/9th and 10th place split.
 
Doyal came back and improved her time to a 6.5 placing her 5th in the short round and the average for the weekend with a 13.5, while Hollingback turned in a 6.9 in the short go round giving her a 7th place finish with a combined average of 13.5 splitting a 6th place finish on the weekend. 
 
Shockley used the event to lift herself to second-place in the regional standings among goat tyers, while Doyal is sitting 4th, Witt is in 7th, and Hollingback is ranked 11th. 
 
Regionally the Savage Storm women's team ended the semester holding onto second place, while the men's team is in a close race and is currently sixth 6th place finish with only 125 points separating second through sixth places.