ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — Wall’s Piper Cordes highlighted South Dakota’s performers at Wednesday’s National High School Finals Rodeo.

Cordes ran a 20.494 seconds in Wednesday’s evening pole bending performance, the third fastest time of the night. Cordes is currently No. 3 the second go-round standings for the pole bending.  

Mobridge’s Taylon Carmody earned a top-five finish in the Wednesday evening performance in the bareback riding, scoring a 62. 

Sturgis’ Arina Haugen is currently No. 2 in the All-Around Rookie Cowgirl standings with 430 points. 

She’s also fourth in the All-Around Cowgirl standings, while Pierre’s Ryen Sheppick (358.33) is ninth.

In the boys team standings, South Dakota is 10th with 1,430 points. In the girls team standings, South Dakota is 14th with 1,173.33 points. 

South Dakota performance results from Wednesday, July 17:

Barrel racing: 6. Arina Haugen, Sturgis, 17.478; 7. Arina Haugen, Sturgis, 17.755

Bareback riding: 5. Taylon Carmody, Mobridge, 62. 

Boys cutting: 11. Clay Stevens, St. Lawrence, 135. 

Girls cutting: 8. Ryen Sheppick, Pierre, 136; 14. Ryen Sheppick, Pierre, 133.

Pole bending: 3. Piper Cordes, Wall, 20.494; 22. Aspen Vining, 25.462; 23. Piper Cordes, Wall, 25.764; 26. Aspen Vining, Buffalo, 26.582.

Reined cow horse: 8. Ryen Sheppick, Pierre, 278; 16. Garret Phillips, Winner, 269.5; 28. Chase Brunsch, Pine Ridge, 286.

Team roping: 8. Drew Harper, Faith/Jet Jensen, Belle Fourche, 10.79.

Tie-down roping: 17. Dalton Porch, Kadoka, 24.06.