Saturday was a pretty good day to be a Novotny.

Sisters Annie and Bailee Novotny of Helena highlighted the first day of the Helena high school rodeo at the Lewis and Clark County Fairgrounds.

Annie rode a 13.36 to an easy win in the barrel racing, while Bailee came through with an overwhelming 2.75-second run in the breakaway roping.

"I got out real good and my horse worked real hard," Bailee, a senior, said of her start on "Lacy" a six-year-old. "We might've pulled up a little bit at the barrier."

She admitted not a lot can go wrong in that amount of time.

Bailee also took seventh in the barrels.

Annie blew away the field on her eight-year-old, "Kiss," but things were a bit more difficult than they looked.

"I lost both stirrups and thought I'd fall off," she said. "I had to hold on for dear life."

Annie credited her horse for not losing its cool.

Elsewhere, a pair of Browning cowboys dominated the rough stock.

AJ St. Goddard and Chazz Racine won the bareback and saddle bronc, respectively. St. Goddard got 75 points for his eight-second ride, while Racine picked 76 as one of just two competitors to make the count.

Bridger Chambers was around the winner's circle a lot as he took home the calf roping win and finished third in team roping with partner Jessica Picchettie.

Picchetti, meanwhile, won the goat tying, was fifth in barrels and tenth in breakaway.

Levi Guenzler of Ronan won the steer wrestling in 6.12 seconds. Shaun Halko won the bull riding with a 73.

Results:

Barrel racing - 1, Annie Novotny, Helena, 13.36. 2, Kate Sharon, Dillon, 13.62. 3, Cadee Tew, Belgrade, 13.69. 4, Lexy Rianda, Kalispell, 13.70. 5, Jessica Picchetti, Arlee, 13.72. 6, Kahley Anzick, Livingston, 13.74. 7, Bailee Novotny, Helena, 13.75. 8, Madelie Matelli, Kalispell, 13.77. 9, Whitney Grice, Ballantine, 13.78. 10, Rachel Thomson, Columbia Falls, 13.85.

Bareback - 1, AJ St. Goddard, Browning, 75. 2, Matt Lodahl, Belgrade, 67. 3, Michael Miller, Helena, 64.

Calf roping - 1, Bridger Chambers, Stevensville, 11.74. 2, Ryan Ferguson Clyde Park, 11.77. 3, Shane McCafree, Columbia Falls, 12.47. 4, Levi Guenzler, Ronan, 12.85. 5, Trevor Sunvison, Livingston, 12.90.

Breakaway - 1, Bailee Novotny, Helena, 2.75. 2, Cadee Tew, Belgrade, 3.15. 3, Kelli Saltness, Three Forks, 4.06. 4, Mykayla Tatsey, Valier, 4.08. 5, Kelsey Pepion, Browning, 4.28. 6, Justine Reynolds, Melrose, 4.41. 7, Brooke Hirschy, Jackson, 5.04. 8, Courtney Johns, Deer Lodge, 5.55. 9, Cassie Jumper, Kalispell, 6.15. 10, Jessica Picchetti, Arlee, 12.68.

Goat tying - 1, Jessica, Picchietti, Arlee, 8.32. 2, Kate Sharon, Dillon, 8.82. 3, Abbileen Metcalf, Bozeman, 9.32. 4, Cassidy Nordahl, East Helena, 9.84. 5, Brady Nordahl, Frenchtown, 10.66. 6, Angela Schuman, Polson, 10.76. 7, Brooke Hirschy, Jackson, 11.04. 8, Kelli Saltness, Three Forks, 11.15. 9, Maddie Matelli, Kalispell, 11.43. 10, Danielle Staudenmeyer, Dillon, 11.67.

Steer wrestling - 1, Levi Guenzler, Ronan, 6.12. 2, Wyatt Zupan, Wilsall, 12.73. 3, Dennis Barta, Buffalo, 16.51. 4, Tuck Johnson, Browning, 17.04. 5, Josh Scheele, Clyde Park, 35.85.

Saddle bronc - 1, Chazz Racine, Browning, 76. 2, Gerald Eash, Trego, 63.

Pole bending - 1, Jessica Picchetti, Arlee, 21.13. 2, Maddie Matelli, Kalispell, 21.53. 3, Ali McCarty, Pryor, 21.88. 4, Erin Broadwater, Helena, 22.08. 5, Betsy Malecha, Seeley Lake, 22.12. 6, (tie) Rachel Thomson, Columbia Falls, and Justine Reynolds, Melrose, 22.28. 8, Abbileen Metcalf, Bozeman, 22.35. 9, Anna Haaland, Billings, 22.47. 10, Chelsea Brown, Big Sandy, 22.48.

Team roping - 1, Cadee Tew, Belgrade and Chase Tryan, Helena, 7.74. 2, Kate Sharon, Dillon and Grey, Dillon 8.45. 3, Jessica Picchetti, Arlee and Bridger Chambers, Stevensville, 9.08. 4, Kyle Davis and Bryson Murray, Ramsay, 9.35. 5, Sean Halko, Bozeman and Wyatt Zupan, Wilsall, 10.05.

Bull riding - 1, Shaun Halko, Bozeman, 73. 2, Jake Kearns, Melrose, 64. 3, Matt Triplett, Columbia Falls, 62.