Trapper men currently second in Big Sky regionThe Northwest College rodeo team ends a long winter layoff this weekend when the team travels to Montana State University for the start of spring semester action. The Trappers will compete in Bozeman tonight (Thursday), Friday and Saturday. A one-day event on Sunday, also hosted by Montana State, will be scored as a separate event for regional standing purposes. Northwest College's men's team currently sits second out of eight teams in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association's eight-school Big Sky Region. Through the fall semester, Northwest College amassed 1,897 points to lag well behind Montana-Western, which holds a commanding mid-season lead with 3,312.5 points.Miles Community College (1,852 points), Dawson Community College (1,709.16) and Montana St. (1,526.5) are hot on the chase to bypass the Trappers as the spring begins.The Northwest College women's team begins the spring season fourth out of seven schools with 1,078.5 points, a mere five points out of second place. Montana State leads the region with 1,583 points. Montana-Western (1,083.5) and the University of Montana (1,081) also sit above Northwest College in the standings. More than 250 points separate the Trappers from fifth-place Dawson Community College. Individually, Casey Good is in second place in the men's all-around competition entering the spring semester. Good is one of three Big Sky region competitors attempting to lay claim to the season's all-around title. Good currently leads the Big Sky region standings as a team roping header. He also sits fourth overall in the region's tie-down roping standings, just half a point out of third.Teammate Tyson Twitchell is the region's leading heeler in team roping. Northwest's Matthew Wznick and Mark Hamlin sit in 10th place as a header-heeler tandem in team roping. In addition to Good, the Trapper men have a second regional leader as the spring rodeo season dawns. Gus Thoreson leads the Big Sky saddle bronc standings with a first-semester total of 484.5 points. His success in the fall translates into more than a 100-point head-start over the competition entering the spring calendar. Cole Thoreson is sixth in the saddle bronc for the Trappers with 187 points. Tucker Zingg sits in third place in the bull riding standings, less than 20 points out of first place. Zingg carries a first-semester total of 251.5 points into spring competition. The Trappers' Tylor Bird is tied for eighth with 145 points. On the women's side of the event standings, Cody Proctor is fifth in the barrel race standings with a total of 223 points. Tia Brannan (189.5 points) is in seventh position as she heads to Bozeman for the weekend. Brannan sits in fifth place in the region's goat tying standings. Teammate Steffani Hofrichter is in sixth position. Three additional events dot the Big Sky region's spring rodeo calendar. The top two overall teams and the top three competitors in each event at the conclusion of the spring calendar will earn a place in the College National Finals Rodeo, held later this year in Casper.

Trapper men currently second in Big Sky region

The Northwest College rodeo team ends a long winter layoff this weekend when the team travels to Montana State University for the start of spring semester action. The Trappers will compete in Bozeman tonight (Thursday), Friday and Saturday.

A one-day event on Sunday, also hosted by Montana State, will be scored as a separate event for regional standing purposes.

Northwest College's men's team currently sits second out of eight teams in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association's eight-school Big Sky Region. Through the fall semester, Northwest College amassed 1,897 points to lag well behind Montana-Western, which holds a commanding mid-season lead with 3,312.5 points.

Miles Community College (1,852 points), Dawson Community College (1,709.16) and Montana St. (1,526.5) are hot on the chase to bypass the Trappers as the spring begins.

The Northwest College women's team begins the spring season fourth out of seven schools with 1,078.5 points, a mere five points out of second place. Montana State leads the region with 1,583 points. Montana-Western (1,083.5) and the University of Montana (1,081) also sit above Northwest College in the standings.

More than 250 points separate the Trappers from fifth-place Dawson Community College.

Individually, Casey Good is in second place in the men's all-around competition entering the spring semester.

Good is one of three Big Sky region competitors attempting to lay claim to the season's all-around title.

Good currently leads the Big Sky region standings as a team roping header. He also sits fourth overall in the region's tie-down roping standings, just half a point out of third.

Teammate Tyson Twitchell is the region's leading heeler in team roping. Northwest's Matthew Wznick and Mark Hamlin sit in 10th place as a header-heeler tandem in team roping.

In addition to Good, the Trapper men have a second regional leader as the spring rodeo season dawns. Gus Thoreson leads the Big Sky saddle bronc standings with a first-semester total of 484.5 points. His success in the fall translates into more than a 100-point head-start over the competition entering the spring calendar. Cole Thoreson is sixth in the saddle bronc for the Trappers with 187 points.

Tucker Zingg sits in third place in the bull riding standings, less than 20 points out of first place. Zingg carries a first-semester total of 251.5 points into spring competition. The Trappers' Tylor Bird is tied for eighth with 145 points.

On the women's side of the event standings, Cody Proctor is fifth in the barrel race standings with a total of 223 points. Tia Brannan (189.5 points) is in seventh position as she heads to Bozeman for the weekend.

Brannan sits in fifth place in the region's goat tying standings. Teammate Steffani Hofrichter is in sixth position.

Three additional events dot the Big Sky region's spring rodeo calendar. The top two overall teams and the top three competitors in each event at the conclusion of the spring calendar will earn a place in the College National Finals Rodeo, held later this year in Casper.