District 9 High School Rodeo was once again in Malad as they kicked off their fall season.  The two day rodeo event featured more Oneida County cowboys and cowgirls than it has had the previous years, true competitors in all their events.  Despite losing some graduating seniors, the upcoming freshmen have done well to fill the ranks and bring a little talent of their own to the arena.

On the Malad High School Rodeo team this is Karsen Thornock, Oaklynn Martin, Payton Johnson, Bella Smith, Mikell Keetch, Bronson Smith, Rusty Foy, Alex Marshall, Ruger Smith, Oak Smith, Krey Keetch, Colter Bennett, Rawzen Munns, and Carter Kimball.

The events they will compete in this season include:

Karsen Thornock- barrel racing, breakaway roping, and pole bending  

Oaklynn Martin- barrel racing, breakaway roping, and pole bending

Payton Johnson- barrel racing and pole bending

Bella Smith- barrel racing, breakaway roping, pole bending and team roping

Mikell Keetch- barrel racing, breakaway roping, goat tying, and team roping

Bronson Smith- bull riding, saddle bronc, steer wrestling, team roping, and tie down roping

Rusty Foy- bull riding

Alex Marshall- steer wrestling, team roping, and tie down roping

Colter Bennett-steer wrestling, team roping, and tie down roping

Oak Smith- steer wrestling, team roping, and tie down roping

Ruger Smith- steer wrestling, team roping, and tie down roping

Rawzen Munns- Steer Wrestling and tie down roping

Kimball Carter- team roping

Krey Keetch- team roping

The line up for the Malad 2025-2026 rodeo team has a lot of talent and experience.  Colter Bennett and Alex Marshall returned this summer from competing in the HS National rodeo where they both made it to the short go round.  Ruger Smith competed in the 2024 National rodeo and was just short of the 2025 competition.  Bronson Smith just came off an incredible year in the JHSRA, competing in the national finals in saddle bronc, chute dogging, bareback, and calf roping to land in the top 20 in each of these events.

The opening rodeo weekend started in a big way for the Oneida County cowboys and cowgirls as they tallied a combined total of 20 top 10 placings to earn them individual points that will be added to their final scores at the end of the spring rodeo season.  If this rodeo is any indicator as to what the rest of the season will look like for Malad rodeo, it is sure to be an exciting rodeo trail.

District 9 High School Rodeo

September, 5, 2025

Malad, Idaho

Friday Results

BARREL RACING

5.  THORNOCK, KARSEN 18.820

8.  MARTIN, OAKLYNN 18.984

9.  JOHNSON, PAYTON 19.001

SMITH, BELLA 24.030

KEETCH, MIKELL 24.890

BREAKAWAY ROPING

1.  SMITH, BELLA 2.960

MARTIN, OAKLYNN 4.730

THORNOCK, KARSEN 5.210

KEETCH, MIKELL NT

BULL RIDING

1.  SMITH, BRONSON 58.0

2.  FOY, RUSTY 55.0

GOAT TYING

4.  KEETCH, MIKELL 9.580

POLE BENDING

7.  JOHNSON, PAYTON 23.311

SMITH, BELLA 25.450

THORNOCK, KARSEN 27.640

SADDLE BRONC

SMITH, BRONSON NT

STEER WRESTLING

1.  MARSHALL, ALEX 5.840

2.  SMITH, BRONSON 6.080

3.  BENNETT, COLTER 7.210

6.  SMITH, OAK 9.080

8.  SMITH, RUGER NT

9.  MUNNS, RAWZEN NT

TEAM ROPING

2.  SMITH, RUGER (HD) & SMITH, OAK (HL) 7.150

CARTER, KIMBALL (HD) & UDY, CLANCEY (HL) 17.350

SMITH, BELLA (HD) & SMITH, BRONSON (HL) 21.600

WARR, KANYON (HD) & MARSHALL, ALEX (HL) NT

KEETCH, MIKELL (HD) & KEETCH, KREY (HL) NT

BENNETT, COLTER (HD) & SMITH, ZEB (HL) NT

TIE DOWN ROPING

1.  SMITH, OAK 11.710

2.  SMITH, BRONSON 12.430

SMITH, RUGER NT

KEETCH, KREY NT

BENNETT, COLTER NT

MUNNS, RAWZEN NT

Saturday Results

BARREL RACING

4.  THORNOCK, KARSEN 18.813

5.  JOHNSON, PAYTON 18.849

6.  KEETCH, MIKELL 18.893

MARTIN, OAKLYNN 25.316

SMITH, BELLA 37.965

BREAKAWAY ROPING

2.  SMITH, BELLA 3.650

4.  MARTIN, OAKLYNN 3.810

5.  KEETCH, MIKELL 4.300

THORNOCK, KARSEN NT

BULL RIDING

2.  FOY, RUSTY 54.0

3.  SMITH, BRONSON NT

GOAT TYING

3.  KEETCH, MIKELL 9.670

POLE BENDING

SMITH, BELLA 23.602

THORNOCK, KARSEN 26.755

JOHNSON, PAYTON 26.783

SADDLE BRONC

1.  SMITH, BRONSON 53.0

STEER WRESTLING

2.  MARSHALL, ALEX 5.610

3.  SMITH, OAK 6.760

4.  SMITH, RUGER 8.140

5.  SMITH, ZEB 8.280 

BENNETT, COLTER NT

MUNNS, RAWZEN NT

SMITH, BRONSON NT

TEAM ROPING

3.  SMITH, RUGER (HD) & SMITH, OAK (HL) 12.420

6.  WARR, KANYON (HD) & MARSHALL, ALEX (HL) 15.640

CARTER, KIMBALL (HD) & UDY, CLANCEY (HL) NT

KEETCH, MIKELL (HD) & KEETCH, KREY (HL) NT
BENNETT, COLTER (HD) & SMITH, ZEB (HL) NT

SMITH, BELLA (HD) & SMITH, BRONSON (HL) NT

TIE DOWN ROPING

1.  SMITH, OAK 12.400

3.  SMITH, RUGER 13.830

BENNETT, COLTER NT

SMITH, BRONSON NT
MUNNS, RAWZEN NT