For the first time in history, Fort Pierre hosted the South Dakota High School Rodeo Finals this past weekend. It’s a big deal for the state’s capital – after all, rodeo has deep roots within the history of the community.
Belle Fourche had become known in recent years as the home for the high school rodeo finals, which makes sense. After all, they had hosted the event for the past fourteen years. But now it’s a new era of rodeo, one that is located as close to central South Dakota as you can get.
The High School Rodeo Finals took place on June 17-20, and now the event comes to television.
You can watch the State Finals live on July 9th at 8 pm CT/7 pm MT and again on July 12th at 1 pm CT/noon MT. On the 12th at 2:30 pm CT/1:30 MT, we’ll also air our broadcast of the Junior Rodeo Showcase event that also took place in Fort Pierre. All of these broadcasts will take place on SDPB1-TV.
You can also watch the 2020 high school rodeo finals now below, along with the junior showcase and some of our feature stories from the event.