Photos: Last Chance Stampede Rodeo hits Helena

A young mutton buster, Kellan Williams, rides on Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Steer rider Caleb O'Shea rides Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Flags representing the Army, Marine Corps and Navy are shown Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

The American flag is presented on Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Fans cheer following the national anthem Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Cut Bank's Buck Lunak rides for 76 points Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Pascal Isabelle of Okotoks, Alberta scored the best in the bareback competition during the opening round of the Last Chance Stampede. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Rodeo funnyman John Harrison performs tricks Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Former Havre High and Carroll College quarterback Gary Wagner watches Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Will Stovall of Roberts competes in the steer wrestling Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Fans cheer and take pictures Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Saco's Shawn Downing posts a time of 4.9 seconds in the steer wrestling Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Cowboys in the chutes cheer on Helena cowboy Timmy Sparing during the steer wrestling event Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. Sparing's 4.4-second run led the event after the opening round. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Fans watch the bareback competition Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Team ropers JR Winter (right) and Rich Carpenter (left) compete in the team roping Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

A young rodeo fan smiles on Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Heeler Brett Fleming successfully ropes a calf during the team roping Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Canadian cowboy Kolby Wanchuk holds on while his bronc hits the dirt Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Alberta's Logan James Hay scores the top ride in Round 1 of the saddle bronc Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Alberta's Kolby Wanchuk gets tossed during a re-ride Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Jordan, Montana cowboy Connor Murnion performs in the saddle bronc during Thursday night's round of the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Rodeo funnyman John Harrison performs tricks Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Miss Rodeo Montana 2019 Kayla Seaman of Kalispell smiles at the crowd Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)

Kalispell's Tammy Carpenter and her horse turn on the final barrel Thursday at the Last Chance Stampede Rodeo. (RICHIE MELBY/MTN Sports)