After giving up the crown to her younger sister a year ago, Battle Mountain’s Dally Goemmer is back atop the standings after the Nevada State High School Finals Rodeo.
Goemmer was the all-around cowgirl in 2015, only to see her sister Riata take over the title a season ago. The older sister reclaimed her title in Winnemucca at the state finals at the end of May. Dally finished with 634 points and Riata was second with 573.
Dally Goemmer also claimed the state championship in pole bending after starting the rodeo in second place.
She had a time of 21.213 seconds in the first performance, but bounced back to win the second performance at 20.645. She had a time of 21.211 in the short go and was third in the average at 63.579.
Goemmer placed fifth in reined cow horse and girls cutting, just one spot out of qualifying for the national finals. She finished sixth in breakaway roping.
Goemmer had scores of 285, 288.50 and 281 for an average of 891, but it was not enough to move to fourth.
Goemmer missed out on fourth in cutting by .25 points. She was second in the first performance with 140 points, but did not record a score in the second go-around.
She came back to place fourth in the short go-around with 138 points, but dropped in the average because of the second go-around.
Goemmer was hurt in the breakaway roping with no time in the first performance. She battled back with times of 3.68 and 3.02 in the final two performances.
In addition, Goemmer was given a $1,000 scholarship that started by pro rodeo cowboys Dakota Eldridge and Matt Shiozawa.
Riata Goemmer is headed to the National High School Finals Rodeo in cutting, as she was the one that beat her older sister by. 25 points. She was third in the first performance with 139 points and finished with 124 and 135 in the final two performances.
Goemmer also had a chance to go to Wyoming in pole bending, but she experienced a scary sight when her horse slipped and fell in the short go-around. She was able to get the horse back up and finish with a time of 23.398. She missed out on the national finals by seven points.
Goemmer was sixth in barrel racing and qualified for the Silver State International Rodeo in Winnemucca in July.
Kaylee Filippini took home her second straight state championship in girls cutting, winning by more than 20 points. After finishing in the middle of the pack in the first performance with 135 points. Filippini bounced back to win the second performance with 145 points. She was second in the short go with 143 points and was second in the average with 423 points.
Filippini earned the runner-up spot in reined cow horse with 149 points. She tied for second in the first performance with 285.5 points. She dropped down a few spots in the second go-around with 273 points, but came back to finish second in the short go with 284 points.
In the junior high division, Emma Lemaire finished third in the all-round cowgirl standings. She is headed to the National Junior High Finals Rodeo in Tennessee in pole bending after a second-place finish in pole bending.
She captured first in the first performances with times of 21.043 and 20.796. Lemaire was third in the short go with a time of 21.757 and she was the average winner at 63.596.
She notched a third-place finish in barrel racing. Lemaire had a tough start in the event, but came back with times of 18.237 and 18.037 in the final two performances.
Lemaire and Wells’ Riley Roderick combined to qualify for nationals in team roping and ribbon roping.
Desi Coombs left the state finals as the all-around rookie cowgirl. Coombs finished second in barrel racing and fourth in goat tying. She paced the barrel racing field in the first performance with a time of 18.037.
Coombs tied for second in the second performance at 18.161, but hit a barrel in the short go to finish with a time of 23.329, which dropped her in the average.
Coombs had three strong runs of 11.940, 11.970 and 14.730 in goat tying to keep her fourth-place spot. She added a fifth-place finish in breakaway roping and sixth in pole bending.
The National Junior High School Finals Rodeo takes place June 18-24 in Lebanon, Tenn.
The Silver State International Rodeo is July 3-8 at the Winnemucca Events Complex.
The high school season concludes with the national finals from July 16-22 in Gillette, Wyo.
