National High School Rodeo Finals: Utah team currently at second

GILLETTE, Wyo. — With one day to go, Utah's high school cowboys and cowgirls are holding on to second place after Friday morning's go-round at the National High School Finals Rodeo. The Texas team took the lead after Thursday night's performance and is still in the lead with 4,500 points. Utah and Oklahoma trail with 4,104.5 and 3,970 points, respectively.

Individually, Enterprise's Carol Lee Holt and Plain City's McKale Hadley are third and fourth in barrel racing, needing to make up 0.6 seconds to catch the overall leader.

On the boys side, bull rider Tim Bingham, of Honeyville, is in fifth place. Team ropers Taylor Christensen, of Plain City, and Ogden's Kelton Morse are in third place.

West Point's Colton Wade is still in second place in cow cutting, seven points behind the leader, while Plain City's Paige Hadlock and Chyanne Thacker of West Bountiful are in a tight race for second place in the girls' competition. Thacker stands second in the all-around rookie cowgirl race and eighth in the all-around cowgirl standings.

For updated results, please see http://www.nhsra.com/index.php/2010-nhsfr-results.

NHSRA results

At Gillette, Wyo.

Winners and Utah entries

After Friday evening performance

All-Around Cowboy: 1. Dalton Davis, Holcomb, Kan. 605.

All-Around Cowgirl: 1. Ceri McCaffery, Wayne, Okla. 470.

All-Around Rookie Cowboy: 1. Jared Parsonage, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan 295.

All-Around Rookie Cowgirl: 1. Alyshia Moe, Bemidji, Minn. 400; 4. Shaylee Thacker, Bluffdale, Utah 300; 10. Carol Lee Holt, Enterprise, Utah 120.

Team Standings: 1. Texas 5015; 2. Oklahoma 4048.3; 3. Utah 4044.5; 4. California 3535; 5. New Mexico 3138.3; 6. Nevada 2500; 7. Kansas 2445; 8. Louisiana 2403.3; 9. Alberta 2380; 10. South Dakota 2265.

Boys Team Standings: 1. Texas 3550; 2. California 2370; 3. Utah 1989.5; 4. Alberta 1880; 5. New Mexico 1848.3; 6. Oklahoma 1783.3; 7. Kansas 1715; 8. Arkansas 1635; 9. South Dakota 1575; 10. Oregon 1450.

Girls Team Standings: 1. Oklahoma 2265; 2. Utah 2055; 3. Texas 1465; 4. New Mexico 1290; 5. Nevada 1175; 6. California 1165; 7. Louisiana 1085; 8. Washington 1045; 9. Mississippi 900; 10. Colorado 740.

Breakaway Roping: 1. Cassie Harper, Sparks, Ga. 2.829.