The long high school rodeo season comes to an end in the next week, with the 69th Annual National High School Finals Rodeo in Gillette, Wyo.
As it has been in the past, the Humboldt County Rodeo Club will be well represented in the event that starts on Sunday evening.
Chris Gleason, a 2017 graduate of Lowry High School, is the Nevada state champion in bull riding. He will look for a good finish at the national finals. His two performances will be on Monday night and Friday morning.
Gleason has signed a letter of intent to rodeo for Frank Phillips College in Borger, Texas, where he will pursue his welding and pipe fitting degrees.
Bailey Reynolds, the state champion in rifle shooting, will compete on Tuesday. Reynolds is a sophomore at Lowry.
Julianne Montero placed fourth in the season-long goat tying standings and will make her runs on Wednesday morning and Wednesday afternoon.
Steven Bosch notched a second-place finish in the bareback standings and will try his luck in Wyoming. His performances are set for Tuesday night and Thursday morning. He will also compete in trap shooting on Thursday.
Quint Bell was second in the Nevada steer wrestling standings and will be in action on Tuesday morning and Thursday night.
Marie Curtis placed third in the Nevada rifle standings and will shoot on Tuesday.
The rodeo begins Sunday evening and concludes on Saturday, July 22. For daily results, visit www.nhsra.com.
The championship performance will be televised as part of the Cinch Highschool Rodeo Tour telecast series on RFD-TV.
Live broadcasts of each performance will also air online at NHSRATV.com. Performance times are 6 p.m. on July 16, and 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. each day thereafter.
The NHSFR is the “World’s Largest Rodeo,” featuring approximately 1,750 contestants from across the United States, Canada and Australia. Athletes vie for national titles, assorted prizes and their share of thousands of dollars in college scholarships.
Action at the event is non-stop, with rodeo performances being conducted twice each day.
The top 20 contestants in each event then advance to a final round of competition to determine who will walk away with the coveted championship buckles.
Boys events at the NHSFR include bareback riding, bull riding, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, team roping and cutting.
Girls events include breakaway roping, barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, cutting, team roping and the NHSRA queen contest. Boys and girls compete together in team roping, but are separate in all other events.
The association sanctions over 1,100 rodeos each year. The NHSRA is governed by a national Board of Directors, which consists of one member from each state or province.
Each year, the NHSRA produces the two elite youth rodeo events in the world — the National Junior High Finals Rodeo (NJHFR) and the National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR).
