COLLEGE RODEO: Sul Ross takes third at championships

CASPER, WY. The Sul Ross State men’s rodeo team finished third in the NIRA Southwest Region at the College National Finals Rodeo in Wyoming this past weekend.

Tristen Hutchings took second in round three in the Bull Riding category.

In the championship round, he did not make the eight second mark on Harry Vold’s Night Trip yet scored high enough to claim the reserve bull riding championship.

He also qualified in the steer wrestling and finished 16 in that event.

In the team roping, heeler Mason Pitts roped with Brett Stuart of Tarleton State and the pair finished in the top 20.