Edilon “Cowboy” Mariano and Alyson Oliveira, of Holliston, Massachusetts, teamed up to win the Professional’s Choice #9 Gold Shootout—an exclusive, high-reward class offered by Cinch RSNC—on Friday, April 17, at the 2026 Northeast Regional Super Sort, produced at the Keystone Horse Center in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
Competing against a strong field of ranch sorters and navigating challenging cattle throughout the weekend, the duo secured the championship after four rounds of competition. They sorted 25 head in 210.01 seconds to earn $7,510.
Mariano and Oliveira, who are each competing in their first year with RSNC, carried that momentum through the remainder of the event, adding several more top 10 finishes to their list of weekend accomplishments.
Mariano also closed out the weekend as the third-highest regional point earner in the #3-4 Division, capping a successful showing at one of the Northeast’s premier ranch sorting events.
As with all Cinch RSNC members who competed at the Northeast Regional Super Sort, Mariano and Oliveira are one show closer to satisfying the five-show requirement to qualify and compete for the $10,000 Northeast Circuit Bonus at the Cinch RSNC Northeast Circuit Finals in Columbiana, Ohio, Aug. 21–23, 2026.
