Two Wyoming cowboys are ranked in the top 15 of the nation and are competing in the country’s largest and most prestigious rodeo — The National Finals Rodeo (NFR), taking place this week in Las Vegas.

Brody Wells of Powell and Brody Cress of Hillsdale are both members of Team Wyoming, the only state-sponsored rodeo team, that have qualified in the upper echelon of the saddle bronc competition.

To make it to the NFR, Cress won two Wyoming rodeos this year, The Cody Stampede Rodeo, and his fourth buckle at his home rodeo, Cheyenne Frontier Days.

On Sunday, Cress scored 86.25 points on the horse he drew, Dakota Rodeo’s Cash Deal, to place fifth in the fourth go-round of the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Cress is 10th in the aggregate with 329.25 points, an

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