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Action-packed weekend at high school rodeo

Snow and poor weather wreaked havoc at the Williams Lake High School Rodeo on the weekend at the Williams Lake Stampede Grounds.
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Savona’s Troy Gerard goes sailing into the mud at the Williams Lake High School Rodeo on Sunday

Snow, mud, rain, and almost everything else in between wreaked havoc at the Williams Lake High School Rodeo Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Williams Lake Stampede Grounds.

Cowboys and cowgirls, competing in both the junior and senior rodeos held during the weekend, struggled to post top-10 times and scores.

From Williams Lake Kate Barnett rode to a 61-point girls cutting score to finish third place on Sunday. Kaylee Billyboy, meanwhile, was eighth in pole bending, recording a 25.253-second time.

In the junior rodeo Friday and Saturday Brianna Billy placed second in pole bending, seventh in barrel racing, seventh in girls breakaway roping and fifth in girls goat tying.

Wyatt Armes placed second in boys goat tying and sixth in breakaway roping and Nic Flinton finished fourth in chute dogging Friday, third in chute dogging Saturday, sixth in goat tying and fourth in boys breakaway roping.

Other lakecity competitors were Lyssa Murray and Melanie Wintjes.



Greg Sabatino

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