Team Wyoming Has a Solid Night at the NFR

Seven rounds are in the books at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas and it was a very good night for the Wyoming contingent. In the saddle bronc, former Sheridan College cowboy Zeke Thurston had an amazing 92.5 point ride to take 1^st in the round and earned $26, 230.77. Thurston who was the 2016 world champion in this event is #1 in the world standings and moved up to 4^th in the average.

Cheyenne East high school grad Brody Cress took 4^th place in the round last night and he’s been in that 4 spot just about the entire time at the NFR. He had an 86^th so he won $11,000. Cress is the 4^th in the world standings and moved up to 1^st in the aggregate. In the tie-down roping, Riley Pruitt, the former Eastern Wyoming College Cowboy had an 8-4 on Wednesday night so that put him 4^th in the round. He hits the pay window for $11,000 and he is now 2^nd in the world standings and 6^th in the average.

Over in the team roping, Ty Blasingame who has been calling Casper home, won some money for the first time in 7 rounds. He and his partner Travis Lee Graves posted a 4 and 2 last night and that was 2^nd in the round. That earned them a paycheck of $20,730.77. Blasingame is 11^th in the world and 13^th in the average. Former Central Wyoming College cowboy Ty Breuer an 82 in the bareback Wednesday night but he was out of the money. Breuer is 11^th in the world and 13^th in the aggregate. The 8^th round of the National Finals Rodeo will be tonight from the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.