Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
Dacian Montoya of Logan High School rides a bull during a rodeo at Farmington. The senior qualified for this month's National High School Finals Rodeo in Wyoming.
Dacian Montoya, a senior at Logan High School, will compete in bull riding later this month at the 76th annual National High School Finals Rodeo after finishing second in that event in the state championships.
The NHSFR on July 14-20 in Rock Springs, Wyoming, features more than 1,700 contestants from 44 states, five Canadian provinces, Australia, Mexico and New Zealand.
Montoya, who lives in Tucumcari, earned a position on the New Mexico bull riding contingent after finishing second at the state championships in Lovington over Memorial Day weekend.
The top four finishers in each event qualify for the NHSFR.
In addition to competing for over $150,000 in prizes and over $200,000 in added money, NHSFR contestants will compete for more than $375,000 in college scholarships and the chance to be named an NHSFR World Champion.
To earn the title, contestants must finish in the top 20 - based on their combined times/scores in the first two rounds - to advance to Saturday evening's final round. World champions then will be determined based on their three-round combined times or scores.
The Saturday championship performance will be televised nationally as a part of the Cinch High School Rodeo Tour telecast series on RFD-TV. Live broadcasts of each NHSFR performance will air online at thecowboychannel.com.
Performance times begin at 7 p.m. on July 14, and competition continues daily at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. through July 20.
NHSRA.com also will post complete results from the rodeo daily.
Montoya also is a member of the winning Bar 3 team during Tucumcari Rawhide Days that qualified for the national ranch rodeo finals in November in Amarillo. He also is a competitive team roper and cutter.
