The Black Hills State University men’s and women’s rodeo teams concluded the 2025-26 regular season at the Cornhusker College Rodeo this past Friday and Saturday, recording team finishes of sixth place with 100 points on the men’s side and third place with 330 points on the women’s side. The Yellow Jacket cowboys recorded a pair of top-10 finishes, including the fourth straight top-4 finish by tie down roper Luke Mavity to end the year. The Yellow Jacket cowgirls secured a second place finish in the Great Plains Region, qualifying themselves for the 2026 College National Finals Rodeo next month in Casper, Wyoming. In the Sandhills Global Event Center on Saturday, BHSU locked up a 1-2 finish in the regular season barrel racing standings as Jayda Reinert capped off one of the top seasons in recent history in the event, capturing her seventh title in ten tries this year to run away with a regional title while Sierra Steele earned her second straight top-5 finish to enter the CNFR as No. 2 in the region.