GILLETTE, Wyo. - Recent Elko High graduate Casey Barton finished in a tie for seventh place in the championship performance of boys cutting at the National High School Finals Rodeo.
Dalton Davis of Holcomb, Kan., won the performance with a score of 225. Barton was in a three-way tie for seventh with a 215.
Barton helped Nevada to a fifth-place finish in the team standings behind Texas, Utah, Oklahoma and California.
More than 1,400 competitors from the United States, Canada and Australia participated in the event.