My first official stop of the South Dakota summer rodeo season was at the Casey Tibbs Match of Champions held in Ft. Pierre, SD. The Friday before the match, I had the opportunity to promote the event with a radio interview at KGFX in Pierre. Thank you to Dorene Foster and Jeri Thomas for allowing me to talk about my job as Miss Rodeo South Dakota and for promoting the Match of Champions.
This is my fourth year as a visiting queen at the 17th annual Casey Tibbs Match of Champions and I must admit that it was definitely the COLDEST year of them all. Although it is June in South Dakota, you never know what type of weather you’ll get sometimes! Even though the temperatures were low many rodeo fans turned out to enjoy world class entertainment by watching the country’s best saddle bronc riders. During the match I was joined by Junior Miss Rodeo South Dakota, Kristina Maddocks, Miss Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo, McKenzie Haley, and the South Dakota 4-H Rodeo Ambassador, Kelli Jo Page. It was an action packed evening that concluded with a sudden death final round where Wade Sundell came out as the cowboy on top. It was a very special event and as my grandpa said, “Casey Tibbs would be grinning ear to ear to see what they’ve done in memory of his rodeo legacy.”
I owe a very special thank you to the Casey Tibbs Rodeo Center board for supporting me in my travels this year. I’ve always enjoyed attending their events and I am excited to participate in their rodeo center opening August 14th-16th in Ft. Pierre. I’m looking forward to my next stop on the rodeo trail, which will take me to the Miss Rodeo Nebraska pageant and the Nebraskaland Days Rodeo in North Platte, Nebraska.
This is my fourth year as a visiting queen at the 17th annual Casey Tibbs Match of Champions and I must admit that it was definitely the COLDEST year of them all. Although it is June in South Dakota, you never know what type of weather you’ll get sometimes! Even though the temperatures were low many rodeo fans turned out to enjoy world class entertainment by watching the country’s best saddle bronc riders. During the match I was joined by Junior Miss Rodeo South Dakota, Kristina Maddocks, Miss Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo, McKenzie Haley, and the South Dakota 4-H Rodeo Ambassador, Kelli Jo Page. It was an action packed evening that concluded with a sudden death final round where Wade Sundell came out as the cowboy on top. It was a very special event and as my grandpa said, “Casey Tibbs would be grinning ear to ear to see what they’ve done in memory of his rodeo legacy.”
I owe a very special thank you to the Casey Tibbs Rodeo Center board for supporting me in my travels this year. I’ve always enjoyed attending their events and I am excited to participate in their rodeo center opening August 14th-16th in Ft. Pierre. I’m looking forward to my next stop on the rodeo trail, which will take me to the Miss Rodeo Nebraska pageant and the Nebraskaland Days Rodeo in North Platte, Nebraska.
(L to R) South Dakota 4-H Rodeo Ambassador-Kelli Jo Page, Miss Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo-McKenzie Haley, myself, and Jr. Miss Rodeo South Dakota-Kristina Maddocks at the 17th annual Casey Tibbs Match of Champions.
Dorene Foster and I at my KGFX radio interview in Pierre, SD.
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