Paradise Valley’s Quint Bell ended his stay at the National High School Finals Rodeo in Gillette, Wyo., with a fourth-place finish in steer wrestling.
Bell was seventh in his performance on Tuesday, July 18 with a time of 9.81 seconds. He finished 36th in the first go-around. He improved his time to 8.0 in the second performance on Thursday, July 20 to place fifth in the performance and 18th in the go-around.
He saved the best for last in the short go-around with a time of 7.8 to place second. His total time of 25.61 put him in fourth-place overall.
Julianne Montero took part in goat tying and ran into bad luck in her first performance with a no time. She bounced back to tie her goat in 9.81 seconds in the second go-around but did not make it into the finals.
Chris Gleason, the Nevada bull riding champion, did not record a score in either of his performances. Steven Bosch took part in bareback riding and did not receive a score in either performance. Bosch also took part in trap shooting and had scores of 22 and 19 points in the first two rounds.
Marie Curtis scored 261 points in rifle shooting and Bailey Reynolds at 189 points.
Stetson Wright of Milford, Utah, was the all-around cowboy with 1,135 points, Jakob Dees of Elgin, Okla., was second at 1,035. Abdiel Zamora (820), Jesse Pope (760) and Austin Christensen (720) rounded out the top five.
Kasen York of Saratoga, Wyo., was the all-around rookie cowboy. Tom Crouse of Gallatin, Mo., was second. Braidy Randolph, Culley Morgan and Jacob McGinn completed the top five.
Shay Hough won the all-around cowgirl on her home turf with 930 points. Kelly Valdez of LaJunta, Colo., was second with 792 points. Kaycee Hollingback, McKenna Coronado and Kelly O’Neal tied for third with 675 points.
Josey Murphy of Keachi, La., was the all-round rookie cowgirl. Maci Zimmerman of New Ross, Ind. Was second. Brighton Bauman, Anna Jorgeson and Chenoa VandeStouve rounded out the top five.
Texas led the way in the girls team standings with 4,687.50 points and California was second at 3,340. Nevada was 23rd with 705 points.
Texas (8,000) and Oklahoma (4,943.333) were first and second in the boys team standings. Nevada was 19th with 1,310 points.
Texas, Oklahoma and California swept the top three spots in the overall team standings. Nevada placed 19th.
