CCHS student places third at Montana High School Rodeo Association State Finals

After a season cut short by a global pandemic and state closures of public events, the Montana High School Rodeo Championships closed the 2020 season in style in Baker Saturday.

And they finished the multi-day event just in time to avoid a cloudburst that drenched Fallon County in the late afternoon Saturday.

At stake were berths in the national prep competition in mid-July at Guthrie (Oklahoma).

The week of rodeo started off Tuesday with cow cutting events at the nearby Graham Indoor Arena.

It ended Saturday with only one rider succeeding in staying on a bucking bull long enough to score in t...