MANDAN, N.D. -- Will DeMontigny won the men's all-around championship at the third-annual Mystics Stampede, and both Bismarck State teams were reserve champions at the Great Plains Region rodeo, held Oct. 2-3 at Dale Pahlke Arena in Mandan.
The BSC men's team was reserve champion with 515.00 points, trailing champion Mid-Plains Community College (Neb.), which finished with 615.00. The BSC women's team was also reserve champion with 210.00 points, behind champion Black Hills State (S.D.) at 480.00.
"We were proud of how our team competed in front of our home crowd," said head coach Jon Peek. "Will had a tremendous weekend, and we got contributions from across the roster on both the men's and women's sides."
DeMontigny earned the all-around championship with 350.00 points, 25 ahead of reserve champion Kahiwa Augustiro of Mid-Plains (325.00). He won two events outright, taking the bareback riding championship with a score of 146.0 and the steer wrestling championship with a time of 8.6 seconds.
Beau Hemmingson was reserve champion in bareback riding at 126.0, giving BSC the top two spots in the event. Elijah Ramos placed fifth (65.0).
Kale Hansen tied for fourth in the men's all-around (60.00 points) after placing in two events: eighth in tie-down roping (11.8) and a tie for seventh in steer wrestling (4.9). Tucker Turbiville was sixth in steer wrestling (19.4), and Holden Meyer placed seventh in tie-down roping (32.6).
On the women's side, CeeJay Bohmbach was second in breakaway roping (6.2), and Addison Salverson placed third (6.5). Gracee Thorlakson and Chloe Berger tied for seventh (2.8) in the same event. Callie Vollmer tied for seventh in barrel racing (36.26).
The Mystics next travel to Fort Dodge, Iowa, for the Triton Stampede, hosted by Iowa Central Community College. This will be the final rodeo of the fall season and runs Oct. 9-10, with performances at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. both days.
Results - BSC Competitors Only
Men's Team - Reserve Champion (515.00 pts)
Men's All-Around
Bareback Riding
Tie-Down Roping
Steer Wrestling
Women's Team - Reserve Champion (210.00 pts)
Barrel Racing
Breakaway Roping
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