Henry's Ace Lammers wins Junior All-Around Cowboy honors in State 4-H Finals Rodeo

FORT PIERRE — Ace Lammers of Henry earned Junior All-Around Cowboy honors and sparked a solid performance by area competitors in the South Dakota 4-H Finals Rodeo.

The rodeo ran Aug. 16-18 at the Stanley County Fairgrounds. More than 70 area cowboys and cowgirls competed.

Lammers won average honors in junior boys goat tying (19.77) and flag race (15.765).

Other area cowboys and cowgirls who recorded top-10 finishes in average include:

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Senior Boys

• Tie-down Roping — 7. Jimmy Lammers, Orient.
• Steer Wrestling — 5. Tyan Braskamp, Wentworth; 9. Lammers.
• Bareback Riding — 4. Grady Hemmingson, Bradley; 6. Beau Hemmingson, Bradley.

Senior Girls

• Barrel Racing — 4. Adysyn Wiesner, Clear Lake; 6. Paige Marzahn, Redfield.
• Pole Bending — 6. Marzahn.
• Goat Tying — 5. Candice Aamot, De Smet.
• Breakaway Roping — 3. Bryn Sippel, Pierpont; 10. Brielle Jenc, Watertown.
• Ribbon Roping — 7. Kylie Moyer, South Shore.
• Senior Team Roping — 4. Kaden-Kaleb TeKrony, Clear Lake; 8. Caleb Miller, Summit-Gage Wilk, Bristol.

Junior Boys

• Goat Tying — 1. Ace Lammers, Henry; 8. Reo Lammers, Henry; 9. Trace Gaikowski, Waubay.
• Flag Race — 1. Ace Lammers, Henry; 3. Trace Gaikowski, Waubay; 7. Reo Lammers, Henry.
• Cattle Riding —1. Coy Laurence, Rosholt; 8. (Tie) Knute Hemmingson, Bradley.
• Junior Team Roping —6. Ace-Reo Lammers, Henry; 10. Coy-Blake Tempel, Wilmot.

Junior Girls

• Goat Tying — 1. Brylee Redlin, South Shore
• Flag Race — 2. Kaylee Carlson, Britton; 8. Carlee Wik, Bristol; 9. Rylen Frericks, Frankfort.
• Junior Team Roping —6. Ace-Reo Lammers, Henry; 10. Coy-Blake Tempel, Wilmot.

A number of other area cowboys and cowgirls also tallied top-10 finishes in the first or second go-rounds.

They include Kinley Rymerson of Watertown and Hadley Edgar of Raymond, junior girls; Morgan Theisen of Clear Lake, Kylie Wittnebel of Castlewood, Sidney Johnson of Sisseton and Sage Sippel of Pierpont, senior girls.

Krew Gaikowski of Waubay, Tilden Edgar of Rockham and Garrett Goehring of Watertown, junior boys; and Teegan Gaikowski of Waubay and Tyan Braskamp of Wentworth, senior boys.

Aanya Fuller of Clark was the first runner-up in the Ambassador Contest.

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