WINNEMUCCA – Over Memorial Day weekend, Elko County was well represented at the Nevada High School Rodeo Association state finals.
In Winnemucca, two local cowboys and a pair of local cowgirls (four state champions in total) took home five state titles in their respective events.
Eyer Morrison of Wells captured two state championships, winning in both saddle and bull riding.
Aboard the Broncs, Morrison accumulated 328.5 points and entered the state finals with a total of 226.
At state, he earned the average win with a three-horse score of 196 points.
He won the second round with a 69 points, led the putt with a mark of 62, and took second place in the first round with a 65-point effort.
In bull riding, Morrison accumulated 299 points on the season (194 before state) and led second place by 209 points.
He achieved his second average victory with a score of 228 points between three bulls.
Morrison won all three rounds with respective rounds of 76, 73 and 79, saving his best round for the short round.
Lamoille’s Emmett Silva led all competitors in roping, scoring 322 points on the year and 242 heading into the state rodeo.
At state, Silva was the average winner: tying and tying three calves in 44.18 seconds.
He saved his best run for last, winning the final round with a time of 11.02.
Silva was fifth in the second round with a run of 12.35 seconds and opened with his longest run of the week of 20.81 seconds to take seventh place.
AUDREY WRIGHT
Spring Creek’s Audrey Wright was the state champion in the girls cut with 310.25 points, totaling 216.5 heading into the finals.
Wright topped the average with a score of 415 points in three papers.
He closed the state rodeo with his best results (second place in the first round and putt with marks of 138 and 139 points, respectively) and split third place in the second round with a work of 138.
Jack Creek’s Marinna Mori topped all dissident ropers and accumulated 271.25 points, recording 224.5 ahead of state.
She finished fifth in the average with a three-calf total of 19.37 seconds, which included a 10-second penalty.
His fastest run came in the first round with a time of 3.36 seconds, tying for fourth place, and he solidified his state title with a 3.61-second catch in sixth place on the putt.
In the second round, Mori tied his calf lariat in 2.4 seconds but broke the barrier.
She also qualified for the national finals in the reined cow horse, finishing second in the state with a total of 215 points, 11 points less than Humboldt County’s Natalie Mori.
At the state level, Marinna Mori ranked second in the average with a total of three works of 850.5 points.
In the short term, he scored 288 points, his best streak of the week, to take second place.
She was third in the first round with a score of 282 and finished fourth in the second round with a score of 280.5 points.
INDIVIDUAL HONORS
full cowgirl
Fernley’s Olivia Process: 1,115.75 points
Versatile jean
Fernley’s Kade McKnight: 1,085.25 points
Whole Cowgirl Reserve
Humboldt County’s Matti DeLong: 1,079.25 points
Off-Road Cowboy Reserve
Billy DeLong of Humboldt County: 1,043.25 points
rookie cowgirl
Quil Filippini from Eureka: 819.75 points
rookie cowboy
Humboldt County’s Lane Byrd: 384.75 points
STATE CHAMPIONS
bareback riding
Fernley’s Ian Leavitt: 210 points
barrel racing
Brynn Barto of Humboldt County: 294.5 points
boys cutting
Fernley’s Kade McKnight: 347.75 points
Breaking rope
Marinna Mori from Tuscarora: 271.25 points
bull riding
Wells’ Eyer Morrison: 299 points
Girls cutting
Audrey Wright of Spring Creek: 310.25 points
Goat Tying
Kylie Ann Behrendt of Fernley: 341.5 points
Pole bending (mooring)
Quil Filippini of Eureka and Emma Garijo of Humboldt County: 282 points each
cow horse with reins
Natalie Mori of Humboldt County: 226 points
Riding Bronc in saddle
Wells’ Eyer Morrison: 328.5 points
Steer wrestling
Douglas-Carson’s Andrew Morian: 266 points
rope equipment
Walker River’s Blake VanStavern and Noah Williams: 329 points each
mooring ropes
Emmett Silva de Lamoille: 322 points
rifle shot
Ainsley Woodward of Spanish Springs: 103 points
Shoot trap
Quinn Rasmussen of Douglas-Carson – 90 points
Queen for the 2024-2025 season
Washoe County’s Kashlin Hill
national qualifiers
bareback riding
Ian Leavitt of Fernley – 210
barrel racing
Brynn Barto of Humboldt County: 294.5
Emma Garijo of Humboldt County – 248
Quil Filippini from Eureka — 230
Brooklynn Sena from White Pine – 209.5
boys cutting
Kade McKnight of Fernley: 347.75
Wells’ Tucker Ship – 328
Billy DeLong of Humboldt County: 317.25
Lane Byrd from Humboldt County: 266.25
Breaking rope
Marinna Mori from Jack Creek – 271.25
Emma Garijo of Humboldt County – 219
Scarlett Buchanan from Eureka – 211.5
Matti DeLong of Humboldt County – 211.5
bull riding
Eyer Morrison by Wells – 299
Travis Rimington of White Pine – 90
Elko County’s Ethan Wakefield: 84.5
Zachary Golds of Wells – 74
Girls cutting
Audrey Wright of Spring Creek – 310.25
Ellie Gansberg by Douglas-Carson – 297
Taylor Gardner of Wells – 296
Fernley’s Ollivia Process – 277
Goat Tying
Kylie Ann Behrendt of Fernley – 341.5
Scarlett Buchanan from Eureka – 260.5
Matti DeLong of Humboldt County: 237.5
Fernley’s Ollivia Process – 237
pole bending
Quil Filippini from Eureka – 282
Emma Garijo of Humboldt County — 282
Fernley Ollivia Process – 281.5
Italy by Battle Mountain Jo Holman – 235.5
cow horse with reins
Natalie Mori of Humboldt County – 226
Marinna Mori from Jack Creek – 215
Fernley’s Olivia Process – 200
Maggie Van Norman from Reed Station: 160.75
Riding Bronc in saddle
Wells’ Eyer Morrison: 328.5
Billy DeLong of Humboldt County – 263
Wells’ Ian Livingstone: 212.5
Wells’ Wade Wakley: 82.5
Steer wrestling
Douglas-Carson’s Andrew Morian – 266
Kade McKnight of Fernley – 253
Fallon’s Jace Jepson – 241.5
Billy DeLong of Humboldt County – 225
rope equipment
Walker River’s Blake VanStavern and Noah Williams – 329
Fallon’s Jace Jepson and Fernley’s Kade McKnight – 306
Fallon’s Jarrett Peek and Wyatt Peek – 207
Amelia Lancaster and Eli Lancaster from Battle Mountain – 206.5
mooring ropes
Emmett Silva de Lamoille – 322
CJ Christian of Alamo – 287.5
Fallon’s Jace Jepson – 266.5
Walker River’s Noah Williams: 262.5
rifle shot
Ainsley Woodward of Spanish Springs – 103
CJ Christian of Alamo – 97.5
Alamo Flint Higbee – 83
Alamo’s Matt Higbee – 74.5
Shoot trap
Douglas-Carson’s Quinn Rasmussen – 90
Oliver Buchanan from Eureka – 89.5
Hannah Benjamin from White Pine – 70.5
Logan Marshall of Humboldt County – 65
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FINALS RODEO
The National High School Finals Rodeo will be held July 14-20 at the Sweetwater Events Complex in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
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