With $11,910 going to each winner last night, every ride and run is high stakes from the start at the Governor’s Cup in Sioux Falls.

In bareback riding, World No. 5 Cole Franks got the first Go-Round win Friday night by riding Barnes PRCA Rodeo’s Trooper for 87.5 points, which was 2.5 points better the now World No. 2 Sam Petersen. No. 2 and No. 5 are currently separated by just $22,500 in the bareback riding with Rocker Steiner still out in front by more than $50,000.

Steer wrestling was FAST with nine times of 4.3 seconds or better and Rowdy Parrott won it with a 3.3. Right behind him was World No. 1 Will Lummus at 3.4 while bubble cowboys Cody Devers and Mike McGinn split third at 3.5.

Team roping featured even more bubble drama than the steer wrestling with Luke Brown/Trey Yates winning the Go-Round with a 4.2 to both jump to No. 12, up from No. 16 and No. 15 at the beginning of the evening.

Statler Wright won the saddle bronc riding with 87.25 points and behind him was basically the entire Top 6 in the World Standings. World No. 2 Damian Brennan was second, No. 4 Zeke Thurston took third, No. 6 Kade Bruno was fourth, No. 3 Dawson Hay was fifth and No. 1 Ryder Wright was sixth.

In tie-down roping, Shad Mayfield began his title defense with a 7.8-second run, but the second-ranked man in the World did not make up much ground was World No. 1 Riley Webb was second.

There was a tie in the breakaway roping between Taylor Munsell and Rylee George at 2.7 seconds while Megan McLeod-Sprague was 14.43 to win the barrel racing. For Munsell, it was enough for her to overtake Shelby Boisjoli-Meged as the top-ranked breakaway roper in the WPRA World Standings.

To close the night, Ky Hamilton stayed hot following his win at the Roughrider Cup with 88.75 on Muscle Man to win the bull riding. He has now covered nine of his last 13 bulls and won more than $90,000 since Aug. 29.