Fairfield's Kortnee Hurless picked up 13 points and cut into Amanda Hill's girls' all-around lead during last weekend's Shoshone stop on the Fifth District high school rodeo circuit.
Hurless and Carey senior cowgirl Hill split the pole bending victories at Shoshone, but Hurless won a goat tying go-round and ended the weekend with 167 points on the season—just eight behind Hill (175).
The two cowgirls will battle it out once more when the circuit comes to Blaine County Fairgrounds in Carey this weekend for performances Friday, May 12 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 13 at 5 p.m.
Hurless currently leads the pole bending, breakaway roping and goat tying season standings. Hill stands in second place in barrel racing and pole bending for the spring circuit.
After this weekend's Carey rodeo, the circuit finishes May 26-27 at Jerome, with the state finals June 20-24 at Pocatello.
In other news, Wood River Middle School sixth-grader Haillie Taylor competed Saturday night at the Shoshone rodeo in a Wrangler Jeans-sponsored series of events for junior high school athletes.
Taylor won her division in barrel racing and pole bending, in the process beating high school girls with her times. The previous week in Gooding, Taylor captured barrel racing and pole bending and placed fourth in the goat tying competition.
Top Shoshone results and local placers, with season all-around totals after three rodeos at Glenns Ferry, Gooding and Shoshone:
All-around girls, season: 1—Amanda Hill (Carey) 175. 2—Kortnee Hurless (Fairfield) 167. 15—Brittany Hennefer (Carey) 29. 23—Kathryn Smith (WR) 5. All-around boys, season: 1—Jack Stevens (Gooding) 99. 2—Tyler Wines (Gooding) 88. 3—Rusty Gill (Gooding) 87. 6—Bryan Hill (Carey) 77. 17—Kade Smith (WR) 19.
Boys' cutting: 1—Kade Smith (WR) 72.5 and 73 points. 2—Taylor Stoecklein (WR) 71 and Austin Keys (WR) 72. Season leaders: 1—Kade Smith 56 points. 2—Austin Keys 51. 4—Taylor Stoecklein 40.
Girls' cutting: 1—Danielle Shubert (Gooding) 71 and 70. 5—Brittany Hennefer 67. Season leaders: 1—Hailey Turner (Gooding) 51.5. 6—Brittany Hennefer 30.5.
Pole bending: 1—Amanda Hill 21.359 seconds and Kortnee Hurless 21.223. 12—Kathryn Smith 26.509. 17—Brittany Hennefer 27.988. 21—Kelsey Green (Carey) 30.141. Season leaders: 1—Kortnee Hurless 55 points. 2—Amanda Hill 40.
Breakaway roping: 1—Kassandra Hall (Valley) 3.39 seconds and Hailey Harris (Shoshone) 3.11. 2—Amanda Hill 4.57 and Kortnee Hurless 4.20. Season leaders: 1—Kortnee Hurless 40 points. 4—Amanda Hill 27.
Goat tying: 1—Kortnee Hurless 9.00 and Jori Fleming (Jerome) 8.95. 5—Amanda Hill 11.64. 9—Brittany Hennefer 13.07. Season leaders: 1—Kortnee Hurless 57 points. 2 (tie)—Amanda Hill and Jori Fleming 43. 7—Brittany Hennefer 19.
Barrel racing: 1—Cheyanna Robinson (Gooding) 16.83 seconds and Kallie Axelson (Shoshone) 17.107. 2—Amanda Hill 17.163. 8—Kortnee Hurless 17.965. 10—Cassi Ann Rushton (WR) 17.946. 14—Brittany Hennefer 18.645 and Kathryn Smith 18.206. 28—Kelsey Green 22.849. Season leaders: 1—Cheyanna Robinson 47 points. 2—Amanda Hill 43. 13—Brittany Hennefer 9. 15—Kortnee Hurless 8. 18—Kathryn Smith 3. 19—Cassi Ann Rushton 2.
Bareback riding: 1—Cody Luper (Jerome) 68 and 60 points. Season leaders: 1—Cody Luper 50 points.
Steer wrestling: 1—Dusty Vader (Hagerman) 9.3 seconds and Jack Stevens 6.69. 2—Bryan Hill 12.15 and 15.32. Season leaders: 1—Bryan Hill 47 points.
Calf roping: 1—Rob Webb (Wendell) 12.02 and 12.50 seconds. 4—Bryan Hill 13.52. Season leaders: 1—Rob Webb 47 points. 9—Bryan Hill 14. 12—Andy Olson (Hill City) 11.
Saddle bronc: 1—Tyler Gebauer (Valley) 59. Season leaders: 1—Tyler Gebauer 10 points.
Bullriding: 1—Casey C.J. Santana (Richfield) 62 and 66 points. Season leaders: 1—C.J. Santana 20 points.
Team roping: 1—Cy Eames and Justin Parke (Gooding) 8.49 and 12.78 seconds. 3—Bryan Hill and Kade Smith 18.07. 5—Zachary Peterson (Fairfield) and Taylor Stoecklein 20.25. Season leaders: 1—Cy Eames and Justin Parke, Matt Ervin and Rusty Gill (Gooding) 39 points each. 5—Amanda Hill and Gary Kuhn (Jerome) 22. 8—Bryan Hill and Kade Smith 16.
