Browning’s Williams tops bull riding at day 2 of state rodeo

by Daily Inter Lake
| June 7, 2025 12:00 AM

Wace Williams held on and earned a 72-point score in his second go at bull riding at the Montana High School Rodeo State Finals Friday at Majestic Valley Arena.

The ride put him atop the standings as the rodeo heads into the championship rounds Saturday at 1 p.m.

Williams also scored a 49.5 in the bareback competition, placing him fourth with a 49.5-point effort.

Kalispell’s Zoey Bruyer clocked a 3.02 second run in breakaway roping Friday, good enough for fourth in the second go-round.

Isabella Moran was 10th in the barrel racing during the second go-round with a 16.29 second time, but sits fifth in the average with a total time of 32.37 seconds.

Whitefish’s Ruby Ray sits right behind Moran with a 32.62 total time.

Qualifiers for nationals in Rock Springs, Wyo. will be decided during the championship go-round on Saturday.

Montana High School Rodeo Finals

Majestic Valley Arena

Friday

Bareback

2nd go: 1, Leighton Lafromboise, Helena, 69.5; 2, Wyatt Warneke, Great Falls, 67; 3, Todd Wyatt, St. Regis, 51; 4, Wace Williams, Browning, 49.5.

Average: 1, Leighton Lafromboise, Helena, 145; 2, Wyatt Warneke, Great Falls, 133; 3, Wace Williams, Browning, 95.5; 4, William Barnett, Absarokee, 66/1; 5, Todd Wyatt, St. Regis, 51.

Barrel Racing

2nd Go: 1, Raenee Mapston, Belt, 15.83; 2, Abigail DeVos, Fort Shaw, 15.86; 3, Jocie Roen, Musselshell, 15.88; 4, Havyn Vermandel, Shepherd, 16.04; 5, Landry Larson, Sidney, 16.09; 6, Kaycee Salter, Potomac, 16.13; 7, Chloe Lafromboise, Helena, 16.21; 8, Mesa Radue, Belgrade, 16.21; 9, Taylor Cartwright, Townsend, 16.25; 10, Isabella Moran, Kalispell, 16.29.

Average: 1, Landry Larson, Sidney, 31.90; 2, Jocie Roen, Musselshell, 31.91; 3, Raenee Mapston, Belt, 32.13; 4, Havyn Vermandel, Shepherd, 32.27; 5, Isabella Moran, Kalispell, 32.37; 6, Ruby Ray, Whitefish, 32.62; 7, Brylan Garrett, Butte, 32.79; 8 (tie), Chloe Lafromboise, Helena, & Reece Conner, Conner, 32.79; 10, Mesa Radue, Belgrade, 32.83.

Steer Wrestling

2nd Go: 1, Tike Erickson, Hobson, 8.32; 2, Ryder Gaasch, Dillon, 8.98; 3, Teagen Arnold, Conrad, 11.82; 4, Tryan Knight, Wibaux, 12.57.

Average: 1, Ryder Gaasch, Dillon, 16.67; 2, Tike Erickson, Hobson, 22.59; 3, Teagen Arnold, Conrad, 23.53; 4, AJ Swenson, Huntley, 10.50/1; 5, Tryan Knight, Wibaux, 11.25/1.

Breakaway

2nd go. – 1, Taylor Cartwright, 2.79; 2, Reece Conner, Conner, 2.85; 3, Jocie Roen, Musselshell, 2.97; 4, Zoey Bruyer, Kalispell, 3.02; 5, Brooke Billingsley, Glasgow, 3.17; 6, Paisley Verhelst, Pryor, 3.2; 7, Blair Lytle, Ronan, 3.22; 8, Josie Robbins, Dillon, 3.23; 9, Madison Kruzich, Shepherd, 3.25; 10, Ali Erickson, Hobson, 3.36.

Average: 1, Reece Conner, Conner, 5.55; 2, Aspen Swenson, Huntley, 6.37; 3, Molly Gilbert, Billings, 7.0; 4, Paisley Verhelst, Pryor, 7.20; 5, Abigail DeVos, Fort Shaw, 7.90; 6, Jori Horsburgh, Cartwright, 8.02; 7, Allison Hershberger, Denton, 8.14; 8, Brooke Billingsley, Glasgow, 9.90; 9, Josephine Michael, Cut Bank, 16.15; 10, Ali Erickson, Hobson, 16.30.

Tie Down Roping

2nd Go: 1, Blaise Bolich, Belgrade, 10.06; 2, Bryton Mikkelson, Buffalo, 10.25; 3, Gage Mikkelson, Buffalo, 11.65; 4, Ryder Gaasch, Dillon, 11.67; 5, Pacen Buller, Glendive, 12.62; 6, Teagen Arnold, Conrad, 12.74; 7, Cooper McMillan, Huntley, 14.83; 8, Sam Peterson, Three Forks, 14.83; 9, Tate Poppe, Fallon, 16.90; 10, Cole DeVos, Fort Shaw, 16.90.

Average: 1, Blaise Bolich, Belgrade, 21.78; 2, Ryder Gaasch, Dillon, 23.39; 3, Gage Mikkelson, Buffalo, 24.04; 4, Pacen Buller, Glendive, 26.79; 5, Tryan Knight, Wibaux, 34.44; 6, Cooper McMillan, Huntley, 36.32; 7, Sam Petersen, Three Forks, 39.07; 8, Charlie Cornwell, Glasgow, 41.74; 9, Ty Field, Hardin, 46.31; 10, Bryton Mikkelson, Buffalo, 11.02/1.

Goat Tying

2nd Go – 1, Madison Kruzich, Shepherd, 7.17; 2, Aspen Swenson, Huntley, 7.23; 3, Raenee Mapston, Belt, 7.29; 4, Josie Robbins, Dillon, 7.30; 5, Josie Robb, Bozeman, 7.72; 6, Linden Schenk, Joliet, 7.77; 7, Sally Robb, Bozeman, 7.96; 8, Parker Lenhardt, Helena, 8.03; 9, Hayden Henderson, Lewistown, 8.09; 10, Braelyn Diegel, Glendive, 8.21.

Average: 1, Aspen Swenson, Huntley, 14.46; 2, Josie Robbins, Dillon, 14.74; 3, Natalie Krenning, Bridger, 16.0; 4, Parker Lenhardt, Helena, 16.04; 5, Josie Robb, Bozeman, 16.25; 6, Brylan Garrett, Butte, 16.25; 7, Linden Schenk, Joliet, 16.56; 8, Bailey Billingsley, Glasgow, 16.66; 9, Shaylee Berg, Lewistown, 17.40; 10, Sage Henderson, Lewistown, 17.43.

Team Roping

2nd Go: 1, Josephine Michael, Cut Bank & Brylee Wright, Vaughn, 6.45; 2, Trace & Tate Poppe, Fallon, 6.87; 3, Gage & Bryton Mikkelson, Buffalo, 7.19; 4, Paige Johnston, Polson & Cade Racine, Browning, 7.85; 5, Ali & Tike Erickson, Hobson, 8.72; 6, JP & Charlie Cornwell, Glasgow, 8.81; 7, Cooper Fisher, Hardin & Tryan Knight, Wibaux, 9.22; 8, Bless Espinoza & Teagan Calf Boss Ribs, Browning, 11.02; 9, Blaise & Brooks Bolich, Belgrade, 12.02; 10, Abigail & Cole DeVos, Fort Shaw, 12.48.

Average: 1, JP & Charlie Cornwell, Glasgow, 15.22; 2, Trace & Tate Poppe, Fallon, 18.63; 3, Blaise & Brooks Bolich, Belgrade, 20.66; 4, Raya Eslings, Shepherd & Curtis Pretty On Top, Fort Smith, 40.02; 5, Dylan Burger, Helena & Bode Auck, East Helena. 6, Brooke & Burke Nowak, Worden, 50.65; 7, Josephine Michael, Cut Bank & Brylee Wright, Vaughn, 10.64/1; 8, Gage & Bryton Mikkelson, Buffalo, 10.71/1; 9, Paige Johnston, Polson & Cade Racine, Browning, 10.71/1; 10, Ali & Tike Erickson, Hobson 10.87/1.

Pole Bending

2nd Go: 1. Brylan Garrett, Butte, 20.56; 2, Tess Megill, Bigfork, 20.77; 3, Aspen Swenson, Huntley, 20.87; 4, Laney Rose Cote, Eureka, 20.92; 5, Shelby Gobbs, Glendive, 21.22; 6, Ava Farve, Bozeman, 21.58; 7, Chloe Lafromboise, Helena, 21.91; 8, Paige Johnston, Polson, 22.09; 9, Olivia Martell, Three Forks, 22.20; 10, Brytin Steadman, Miles City, 22.24.

Average: 1, Tess Megill, Bigfork, 42.20; 2, Laney Rose Cote, Eureka, 42.37; 3, Shelby Gobbs, Glendive, 42.91; 4, Chloe Lafromboise, Helena, 43.74; 5, Natalie Krenning, Bridger, 45.02; 6, Paige Johnston, Polson, 45.38; 7, Brytin Steadman, Miles City, 45.5; 8, Allison Hershberger, Denton, 45.52; 9, Mackenzie Martell, Three Forks, 46.24; 10, Elle Werner, Clancy, 46.39.

Saddle Bronc

2nd Go: 1, Levi Noyes, Sarpy, 68; 2, Colton Haase, East Helena, 64; 3, Stetson Seemann, Big Timber, 46.5.

Average: 1, Levi Noyes, Sarpy, 136; 2, Stetson Seemann, Big Timber, 90.5; 3, Colton Haase, East Helena, 64/1; 4. Randon Boyce, Browning, 58/1.

Bull Riding

2nd Go: 1, Wace Williams, Browning, 72; 2, Andy Wagner, Billings, 64.5.

Average: 1, Wace Williams, Browning, 72/1; 2, Colt Holdbrook, Roberts, 71/1; 3, Andy Wagner, Billings, 64.5/1; 4, Rio Luger, Busby, 64.5/1; 5, Octavius Christianson, Columbia Falls, 56.5.