Mason Moody competed at the annual Adrian Foote Sr. Memorial PRCA rodeo in New Town, N.D., on Saturday, June 17. He scored 86 points on the bull Peaches Pride to win the two day rodeo. Moody was awarded a memorial quilt, along with prize money for winning the rodeo. 

After finishing the PBR regular season in May, Moody is now choosing to enter some PRCA rodeos during the summer. He was in Clear Lake on Wednesday, June 21, for an extreme bulls competition and will be at the regular rodeo on June 24. He will travel to Buffalo and Granite Falls, Minn., on the two days in between.

…See a picture in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

Each year SD 4-H selects top senior division shooters for the four-person teams to represent South Dakota at the National 4-H Shoot.  This year, Sanborn County has three national team members:  Air Pistol – Alex Schelske, Compound Archery – Westin Hagman and Recurve Archery – Toby Kneen.  Sanborn County Shooting Sports Instructor Art Kneen was chosen to coach the National Air Pistol Team.

The National 4-H Shooting competition will be held June 25-30 in Grand Island, Neb. 4-H youth from across the country will compete in compound archery, recurve archery, air rifle, air pistol, .22 rifle, .22 pistol, shotgun, muzzleloading, and hunting skills. Each discipline has three days of competitive events, as well as practice opportunities for each event. 

The Air Pistol competition includes a rapid-fire event, silhouette competition and slow fire bullseye competition.  Compound Archery and Recurve Archery will each have their respective competitions in FITA, Field Round and 3D Round, each named based on the type of targets the archers shoot at.

The week kicks off with opening ceremonies and will offer a Teen Social night as well as multiple award ceremonies.

…See a picture in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!