Bareback rider Rowdy Moon will represent the Mid-Plains Community College Rodeo Team at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo. in June. Pictured left to right are: Dustin Elliott, MPCC Rodeo Team rough stock coach, Moon and Garrett Nokes, MPCC Rodeo Team timed event coach.
He’s going to nationals.
Mid-Plains Community College Rodeo Team member Rowdy Moon won the bareback riding during the Hastings College Rodeo in Hastings over the weekend.
The Sargent native went into the rodeo second in the region and ended up winning both rounds and the average. It was more than enough to secure him a spot at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo. in June.
He clinched it, said Dustin Elliott, MPCC Rodeo Team rough stock coach. He cannot, mathematically, get knocked out at this point.
Moon wasnt the only one to win his event at Hastings.
Riley Weehler, of Maloy, Iowa, was first in the tie down roping, after consistently placing fifth and sixth in the event all year.
His teammates, Reece Weber, of Valentine, and Wyatt Killion, of Ainsworth, who came in third in the team roping.
In the steer wrestling, Cyler Dowling, of Newell, S.D., was second and Kris Rasmussen, of Riverdale, was third.
Garrett Heinert, of Papillion, placed third in the bull riding and Garrett Wickett, of Norfolk, ended up fifth.
MPCC finished first in the mens team standings for the second time this season. The college has been leading the category in the Great Plains Region since winning its hometown rodeo back in September.
We just dominated, said Elliott. There were a lot of kids who contributed to the weekend as a whole. Basically, anyone who wasnt on our six-person points team was playing defense. Its never just about those six. Its an entire team effort.
The final rodeo of the season will be Friday and Saturday in Dickinson, N.D.
