Team South Dakota gets strong performances at National Junior High Finals Rodeo

Jun. 28—GUTHRIE, Okla. — Hadley Peppel and Team South Dakota had a strong showing at the National Junior High Finals Rodeo, which ran from June 21-27 at the Lazy E Arena.

Peppel, who hails from Herrick, was the winner in the bareback riding short-go on Saturday and finished second in the aggregate over three runs, finishing with 192 points and earning $870.71. Jace Wild Green, of Dexter, New Mexico, was the aggregate champion with a score of 198 and claiming $1,160.

95.Peppel was first in the short-go with 67 points and Wild Green was second with 62 points. Wild Green won both of the first two performances during the week, scoring 73- and 63-point rides, respectively.

Peppel also took fourth in the first-go with a ride of 66 points.In boys goat tying, Henry's Ace Lammers finished as the champion with a total time of 27.99 seconds, powered by a first-place effort in the short-go (8.

28 seconds). Lammers earned $1,608.53, plus another $618.

66 for the short-go.Powered by Lammers and Peppel, South Dakota's boys participants finished third as a team with 4,525 points, only behind Texas (7,080) and Utah (6,585). Overall, South Dakota finished fourth in the team standings with 5,865 points, which was won by Texas (10.

208.33), followed by Utah (7,780) and Oklahoma (7,520) and South Dakota. The South Dakota girls participants were fifth in the girls team standings with 1,920 points.

In the second-go of the ribbon roping event, a pair of South Dakota teams fared well. Colome's Jakob Heath and Miller's Grace Saiegna had the second-best time in 7.64 seconds, earning $1,497.

02. Salenga was also sixth in the all-around cowgirl final standings, scoring 670 points. Wessington Springs' Wyatt Fagerhaug and Buffalo's Tommi Holmes teamed up to finish fourth in their ribbon roping performance in a time of 7.

87 seconds, earning $953.63.In barrel racing, Fort Pierre's Emry Dowling took third in the aggregate timing with a time of 45.

51 seconds, good for $1,201.43. Hadlee Landers, of Lawton, O