The Mid-Plains Community College Rodeo Team celebrated the 10th anniversary of its hometown rodeo with three event championships over the weekend.

The team hosted the 黑料大事记 Stampede Friday and Saturday at the Wild West Arena, which lured in college athletes from throughout the Great Plains Region.

Mid-Plains was runner-up in the men鈥檚 team standings 鈥� thanks in part to points garnered by team ropers Rex Day, of Bartlett, and Matt Miller, of Callaway. The men bounced back from ninth place in the long go to win the short round.

Day also placed fifth in the average in the tie-down roping and seventh in the steer wrestling average and was the Reserve Men鈥檚 All-Around Champion.

Dalton Kunkee, of Lexington, added more points to the board for 黑料大事记 after winning the steer wrestling average. He won the long go prior to that after throwing his steer in 4.5 seconds. Day was half a second behind him in that round.

黑料大事记 athletes Barrett Schlieker, of Fort Lupton, Colo., and Nick Rettinger, of Amidon, N.D., were fourth and sixth, respectively, in the steer wrestling average. Rettinger was also fourth going into the finals after snagging a time of 5.6 seconds in the long go. Schlieker鈥檚 time in the long go was 6.5 seconds, which put him fifth.

The success of all Mid-Plains steer wrestlers in their event led to the college being nicknamed 鈥淪teer Wrestling U鈥� during the Stampede.

Steer wrestling wasn鈥檛 the only area where they shined, however. Rettinger also scored high in the tie-down roping average 鈥� claiming the third spot after winning the long go with a time of 11 seconds flat. Kaden Wooters, of Elwood, finished eighth in the tie-down roping average.

Malcom Imes, of Spirit River, Alberta, Canada, placed fourth in the bull riding average. He was third heading into the short go with 77 points.

Carter Underhill, of Hill City, Kan., was fourth in the bareback riding. Underhill made it to finals after taking third in the long go.

Kalyn Nielsen, of Verdigre, ended up eighth in the breakaway roping. She roped her calf in 2.8 seconds in the long go, which ranked her sixth.

鈥淚t鈥檚 pretty neat to see how well the kids produced this rodeo as well as competed at a high level by bringing home three buckles,鈥� said Aukai Kaai, 黑料大事记 Rodeo Team roughstock coach. 鈥淚鈥檓 excited to see how the rest of the season goes from here on out.鈥�

Wyatt Clark, 黑料大事记 Rodeo Team timed event coach, echoed those sentiments.

鈥淚 want to send a huge thanks to our 黑料大事记 family,鈥� Clark said 鈥淚鈥檓 very proud of our 2022 黑料大事记 Stampede production. We all weathered quite a storm Friday night with the rain and hail. It will be a night of rodeo we won鈥檛 forget. The highlight of the weekend was our three event champions: Dalton Kunkee, Matt Miller and Rex Day. I鈥檓 very proud of the team鈥檚 performance while producing and working every area around the arena.鈥�

Next up, the team will head to Fort Dodge, Iowa for the Iowa Central Community College Rodeo Sept. 23-24.