ND/SD State Match

For those of you that were with the Dakota RoughRiders contingency at the ND/SD State Match this past weekend in Enderlin, all I can say is thanks for coming and I’m sure you had a lot of fun. 139 shooters spent two days on ten stages of steel ringing fun. In the end, we brought home some hardware. First to Pistolero Shay and Joe Coe who shot the whole match clean, WOW! That is something to be proud of! Misty Target moved up to the Cowgirl division this year and took ND Champion and OVereall in that category. This left Striped Buffalo to bring home the Ladies Junior Championship (ND and Overall). Never a doubt and I do mean never. Not to brag, but I won the ND Gunfighter category, Dakota Maid won Ladies Senior (ND and Overall) and ND Ladies Championship for the second year in a row. CC Lakota won Senior Duelist (ND and Overall). Joe Coe won the Wrangler category (ND), Tom C took second in Senior (ND), and Blake Stone took 3rd in the 49er category (ND). For those of you wondering, this year Johnny Otter finally caught Chance Calhoun and won the ND State Championship. They ended up tied in rank points, but Johnny edged Chance out by less than 5 seconds total time. If anyone wants to see the rest of the eresults, check out the Sheyenne Valley Peacekeepers website. Striped Buffalo and Misty Target also showed they’re not afraid to run with the big dogs, as they each took home an award for Ladies side matches, with Striped Buffalo taking 2nd in Speed Shotgun and Misty taking 2nd in Speed Pistol.

Now for a little club business, there is going to be a work day at the Moffit Range on Saturday June 27th. We have access to a large loader and the plan is to move that gravel around to where it is going to be useful and to put a coat of sealer on the new stage front. As for the time, I believe that we will probably be at the range around 9:00. If it is hot, we don’t plan on working all day but we should get a few things in order before our July match. I understand that some people are not physically able to help out, but we could sure use the moral support. If anyone wants to know what to bring start with a shovel, rake, paint brush, paint roller and pan. Any one or all of these items will be helpful.

Until next time, remember I’m rootin’ for ya because we’re all in this together.

Dakota Dealer