Men's Rodeo Picks Up Win at NWOSU

ALVA, Okla. – For the third time in four outings Southeastern's men's rodeo team took home the top spot, this time winning the Northwestern Oklahoma State college rodeo over the weekend in Alva, Okla., while the women turned in a ninth-place finish.
 
The win pushes the Storm lead in the Central Plains Region to 620 points over second place NWOSU, while the women's squad rank eighth in the region as a team.
 
Labrent Wilson picked up a championship in the bull riding after turning in an 82.5-point ride in the first round and upping his game with an 88 in the finals to win both rounds and the average.
 
Waylon Buquoi continues to lead the Central Plains bull riding, while Wilson moves to second in the standings after four events.
 
Cole Beasley took the top spot in the saddle bronc riding, opening with an 81 to take the first round and posting a 79.5 in the short-go to finish third in the round and maintain the top spot in the average.
 
Brady Irvine and Riley Smith each made the finals in the event as well, with Irvine finishing second in the first round on a 78.5-point ride and sixth in the finals on a 77.5-point ride to finish third int h average overall. Smith split fifth in the first round with a 74 and was fourth in the finals with a ride of 78.5 to finish fourth in the average.
 
Tucker Willis and Cutter Cain took home the top spot in the team roping event, splitting third place with a 7.7 in the first round and following with a 6.7 to win the finals and the average.
 
Case Phillips and Levi James checked in fourth overall, missing points in the first round on a run of 8.5 before coming back with an 11.4 in the finals to finish fourth and move to fourth in the average.
 
Delton O'Steen and Corbin Bowen split third in the first round with a 7.7, but a no time in the finals would take them out of the average.
 
Willis and Cain currently sit in fourth regionally in the team roping.
 
Blake Carter turned in a second-place finish in the tie down roping, clocking an 11.3 in the first round to finish third before taking the finals with a run of 9.8 which lifted him to second in the average.
 
Riley Smith split sixth in the event, finishing sixth in the first round with an 11.8 and adding a run of 12.8 in the finals and finishing sixth in the average.
 
Carter sits atop the regional standings in the tie down roping.
 
In the bareback riding competition, the Storm had two riders pick up points, with Kash Martin finishing sixth in the first round with a 58 and third in the finals on a 72 point ride to finish the weekend in fifth-place in the average.
 
Meanwhile, Tanner Drueke was right behind, posting a second-place ride of 77 in the first round and closing the weekend with a no score to drop to sixth in the average.
 
Martin and Drueke come out of the weekend ranked second and third, respectively, in the regional bareback rankings.
 
Lauren Weller picked up points for the women, splitting fifth in the first round with a run of 7.4, while Kassidy Howard picked up points with an 8.0 second run in the finals, while both missed out on the average.