Martin teen claims Dupree Pioneer Days Bronc Match

  • Wyatt Schuelke, Faith, rides one down at the match bronc ride in Dupree last Friday. Photo by Jon Flatland
    Wyatt Schuelke, Faith, rides one down at the match bronc ride in Dupree last Friday. Photo by Jon Flatland
  • Nate Greub, left, president of the Dupree Rodeo Committee, presents Wild Ride winner Seth Longbrake of Milesville with the 2021 gold buckle. Longbrake also finished third overall in the saddle bronc competition during the Pioneer Days Rodeo on Saturday and Sunday. Courtesy photo
    Nate Greub, left, president of the Dupree Rodeo Committee, presents Wild Ride winner Seth Longbrake of Milesville with the 2021 gold buckle. Longbrake also finished third overall in the saddle bronc competition during the Pioneer Days Rodeo on Saturday and Sunday. Courtesy photo

    Ridge Ward of Martin - fresh off earning a trip to the National High School Finals Rodeo next month in Lincoln, NE - picked up a little cash to help pay his expenses for that trip by winning the Dupree Pioneer Days Bronc Match on Friday, June 25.

    Fifteen riders from South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana competed in two rounds riding broncs provided by Longbrake Rodeo and Lesmeister Bucking Horses.…