SANDPOINT — Gavin Knutson, two-time Big Sky Region bull riding champion at Montana Western University in Dillon, Mont., took home the biggest payoff from the Sandpoint Rodeo, held Friday and Saturday at Bonner County Fairgrounds' Mike Flanigan Arena.

Knutson, a native of Polson, Mont., who was selected 23rd overall by the Nashville Stampede in the 2024 PBR New Rider Draft, scored 87 points atop C5 Rodeo's Kung Pao to capture gold and a $8,602 payoff in the bull riding competition — the 21-year-old's best ride of the 2025 season.

Bodee Lammers, 28, a former football player at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, won the bareback riding competition. The Tolar, Texas native scored 82 points on C5 Rodeo's Young Flatts and earned $2,343 for his efforts.

Jacob Stacy, 38, of Moses Lake, Wash. won $1,615 for his first-place finish in steer wrestling. His time of 5.1 seconds was his third-fastest mark in the year of 2025.

Tyrel Roberts, 24, a former member of the Oklahoma Panhandle State University rodeo team in Goodwell, Okla., captured first in saddle bronc riding. The Charlie Lake, British Columbia resident scored 86 points on C5 Rodeo's North Country, earning $2,851 for what was his best ride of the 2025 season.

Dakota Felton, 28, of Mountain Home, Texas, put together a blistering fast time of 8.5 seconds to win the tie-down roping competition. It was the former Ranger College (Ranger, Texas) rodeo team member's tied-for-best time of the 2024-2025 campaign.

Teri Bangert of Olympia, Wash. took home gold in a close barrel racing competition that saw top 11 competitors all within .39 seconds of one another. Bangert, who placed third at the Newport Rodeo (15.17 seconds) in late June, put up a mark of 17.39 seconds for a payoff of $1,542. Sandpoint's very own Amber Villelli tied for 10th with a time of 17.78 seconds.

Taking home all-around cowboy honors and a $1,717 payoff was Shane Erickson, 45, of Winnemucca, Nevada. Erickson won the team roping competition in 6.2 seconds with partner Andy Carlson, 39, of Hermiston, Ore. 

The Sandpoint Rodeo, which joined the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in 2015, is part of the Columbia River Circuit. The top 12 earners in each event throughout the circuit will have a chance to compete at the Northwest Ford Columbia River Circuit Finals Rodeo, set to be held Oct. 16 through 18 in Redmond, Oregon. 

RESULTS

Total payoff: $57,464

All-around cowboy: Shane Erickson, Winnemucca, Nev., $1,717, tie-down roping and team roping.

Bareback riding: 1. Bodee Lammers, Tolar, Texas, 82 points on C5 Rodeo's Young Flatts, $2,343; 2. Clay Stone, Blackfoot, Idaho, 79, $1,797; 3. Tucker Zingg, Crow Agency, Mont., 76, $1,328; 4. Dylan Riggins, Kadoka, S.D., 75, $859; 5. Matt McLanahan, Canadian, Texas, 73, $547; t-6, Hunter Greenup, Lexington, Ore. and Casey Thomson, Clinton, British Columbia, 72, $352 each; 8. Cole Gerhardt, Mandan, N.D., 69, $234.

Steer wrestling: 1. Jacob Stacy, Moses Lake, Wash., 5.1 seconds, $1,615; t-2, Justus Peterson, Dillon, Mont., and Jaden Whitman, Whitehall, Mont., 5.2, $1,197 each; 4. Kris Anderson, Hamilton, Mont., 5.5, $780; 5. Hazen Sparks, 5.8, Talihina, Okla., $501; 6. Justin Kimsey, Kennewick, Wash., 5.9, $278.

Team roping: 1. Shane Erickson, Winnemucca, Nevada/Andy Carlson, Hermiston, Ore., 6.2 seconds, $1,717 each; 2. Bryan Reay, Homedale, Idaho/Chase Hansen, Adrian, Ore., 6.4, $1,421; 3. Riley Eres, Ellensburg, Wash./Chance Gleave, Cheney, Wash., 6.5, $1,125; 4. Quincy Crum, McArthur, Calif./Daniel Martin, Stanfield, Ore., 6.6, $829; 5. Bryce Palmer, Milton-Freewater, Ore./Garrett Jess, Grand Coulee, Wash., 11.3, $533; 6. Brent Baggarley, Yakima, Wash./Taylor Speer, Selah, Wash., 11.9, $296.

Saddle bronc riding: 1. Tyrel Roberts, Charlie Lake, British Columbia, 86 points on C5 Rodeo's North Country, $2,851; 2. Joe Harper, Paradise Valley, Nev., 83, $2,186; 3. Ryan Verling, Stanfield, Ore., 80, $1,616; 4. Traylin Martin, Faith, S.D., 79, $1,045; t-5, Luke Shields, Nanton, Alberta and Garrett Varilek, Rapid City, S.D., 78, $570 each; 7. Jake Watson, Hudson's Hope, British Columbia, 77, $380; 8. Paul Allyn O'Hair, Livingston, Mont., 75, $285.

Tie-down roping: 1. Dakota Felton, Mountain Home, Texas, 8.5 seconds, $1,788; t-2, Tucker Braa, Ellensburg, Wash. and Kass Kayser, Ellensburg, Wash., 9.4, $1,372 each; 4. Craig Bagnell, Polson, Mont., 10.1, $1,005; 5. Michael Pederson, Hermiston, Ore., 10.9, $745; 6. Nathan Ruth, Big Timber, Mont., 11.2, $261.

Barrel racing: 1. Teri Bangart, Olympia, Wash., 17.39 seconds, $1,542; 2. Ainsley Philippi, Hermiston, Ore., 17.53, $1,321; 3. Sami Sartin, Sunnyside, Wash., 17.57, $1,101; 4. Becky Fuson, Conrad, Mont., 17.62, $954; 5. Marty Warren, Deer Park, Wash., 17.63, $734; 6. Whitley Sharp, Parma, Idaho, 17.64, $587; 7. Jackie Lynch, Walla Walla, Wash., 17.66, $440; t-8, Pamela Capper-Coker, Cheney, Wash., and Britni Carlson, Hermiston, Ore., 17.69, $257 each; t-10, Abigail Knight, Charlo, Mont., and Amber Villelli, Sandpoint, Idaho, 17.78, $73 each.

Bull riding: *1. Gavin Knutson, Polson, Mont., 87 points on C5 Rodeo's Kung Pao, $8,602; no other qualified rides. *(all totals include ground money).

    Bodee Lammers
  

    Tyrel Roberts
  

    Dakota Felton
  

    Sergeant Valerie Parks (U.S. Army) of Rathdrum carried the American flag around the arena during the national anthem at the Sandpoint Rodeo this past Friday — a night that was deemed "Patriot Night". Parks, a barrel racer in her own right, served eight years in the military.