Spearfish, SD. – The Black Hills State Rodeo teams will travel to Fargo, ND for the 54^th annual Bison Stampede. Action begins Friday night at 7pm and continues Saturday afternoon at 1pm in the NDSU Equine Center. This will be the final rodeo for the fall.
 
Heading into the weekend, the Women's rodeo team is ranked first in the NIRA Great Plains Region while the men's team is fourth.
 
In the all-around, Jean Lockhart, Emilee Pauley, and Tayle Brink take the top three rankings. Lockhart and Emilee are joined by Chanci Kraft also dominating the top three spots in the Breakaway roping. In Barrel Racing, BHSU puts seven in the top ten.
 
Chandler Comfort is fourth in the men's all-around as well as the tie down roping. He leads the rankings in the Team Roping Heeler.