STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Tarleton State University’s men’s rodeo team dominated the bronc riding events on its way to a 545-point effort and first place at the weekend Ranger College Rodeo at the Nolan County Coliseum in Sweetwater.
The women’s team, which placed six barrel racers in the event’s top 10, accumulated 215 points to finish second behind Weatherford College.
Both teams retain the top spot in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s Lone Star Region with two stops left in the 2025-26 season.
Daxtyn Field scored a rodeo-best 88 in the championship finals in Sweetwater to go with his first go-round 82 for a whopping 170 on two head. Teammate Devon Moore’s runner-up 167 in the average came on scores of 85 and 82, while Jace Lomheim posted a two-ride 162 on twin 81 rides.
Clay Greenslade turned in a fourth-place 150 including a 76 in the long go and a 74 in the finals, and Weston Chandler’s 85 in the preliminary round gave him fifth overall.
Devon Hay won the saddle bronc riding on the strength of his 165.5 total, which featured scores of 82.5 and 83. Montgomery Parsons posted scores of 80 and 79.5 for a second-place 159.5; Cauy Masters’ 143 on rides of 80 and 63 points gave him fourth; and teammate Cooper Lane scored an 84 in the opening round for fifth.
Steer wrestler Dalton Porch flashed a 5.6 in the finals after turning in a first-go time of 5.7 for his runner-up 11.3 in the average.
Kreece Dearing qualified for the finals in three events, taking fifth in steer wrestling with a pair of 6.3-second times for a 12.6 on two runs, then took ninth with his 30-second combined time in tie-down roping. He and team roping partner Levi DeLuna were sixth in the event, highlighted by a 6.2 in the long go-round.
Lindsey-Kay Reichert’s 15.07 in Saturday’s finals was top among barrel racers at Sweetwater. Her two-ride total of 30.35, including a long go 15.28, was second overall. Patton Lynch was third with runs of 15.29 and 15.16 for a 30.45 on two. Rylee Abel’s fifth place came on rides of 15.25 and 20.05 for a combined 35.30, and Brooklyn Balch turned in a 15.35 in the opening go-round and a 20.22 in the finals for a combined 35.57 and sixth place.
Jordyn Koonsman posted a seventh-place 35.85 in the average, featuring a 15.28 first round time and a 20.57 in the short go, and Skyler Sutton’s ninth-place 36.02 tally on two rides featured a rodeo-best 15.2 in the first round.
Both teams return to action for the Pecos College Rodeo April 9-11, then finish the season at home with the April 16-18 Tarleton State Stampede.
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