Author: Susan Kanode

 

DENVER, Colo. (January 15, 2023) — A year ago, Rocker Steiner set the rodeo world on fire when he won the bareback riding at the National Western Stock Show Rodeo.

The 18-year-old, from Weatherford, Texas, was coming off a win at the Odessa (Texas) Stock Show Rodeo, came here ready to compete in the legendary Denver Coliseum and left with a brand-new championship buckle and nearly $10,000 in prize money.

That gave the rising star momentum and put him on a path towards his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualification. He competed at rodeo’s championships last December in Las Vegas and finished the season in 10^th place.

Steiner is hoping to be back in Las Vegas again in 2023 and another win in Denver could help him get on pace to do just that. The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association regular season actually started in October and many contestants tried to jump start their season with early wins. Steiner, who is a multi-generation rodeo competitor didn’t use that option.

The National Western Stock Show presented by Centura is his first rodeo of the season to compete in. He competed in both rounds on Sunday and had the most success during the evening performance.

It seemed appropriate that the horse he got on is named Time to Rock owned by Bailey Pro Rodeo. It was a great matchup. When the judges added up their scores, there was an 87 by Steiner’s name. Steiner is now headed for the semifinals for the second consecutive time in just his second trip to the rodeo here. He was leader of the pack in Bracket 4 with a total of 163 on two rides.

Coloradoans made a lot of noise here during the barrel racing on Sunday. Shali Lord from Lamar finished third during the matinee, then came back during the evening performance and stopped the clock in 15.01 seconds. Her total of 30.38 has her at the top of the leaderboard and she will be a fan-favorite next Saturday during the semifinals.

Bracket 4 was completed on Sunday. Monday’s matinee will be the beginning of Bracket 5. Then Monday evening, the Martin Luther King Jr. African American Heritage Rodeo of Champions will be held. ProRodeo returns to the Denver Coliseum on Tuesday where Bracket 5 will be completed.

 

DENVER, Colo. — The following are results from the National Western Stock Show Rodeo, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023.

 

Seventh Performance — 

Bareback Riding: 1, Mark Kreder, Claremore, Okla., 79.5 points on Big Rafter Rodeo’s Dark Rose.  2, Waylon Bourgeois, Church Point, La., 76. 3, Tyler Berghuis, Atwater, Minn., 73. 4, A.J. Ruth, Huntsville, Texas, 71.5.

 

Steer Wrestling: 1, Cal Wolfe, Palmer Texas, 4.1 seconds. 2, Cody Harmon, Dublin Texas, 4.8. 3, Jace Logan, Yampa, Colo., 5.5. 4, Tait Kvistad, Hudson, Colo., 5.7.

 

Team Roping: 1, Kellan and Carson Johnson, Casper Wyo., 4.9. 2, Jase Staudt, Saguache, Colo., and Jhett Tenary, Salida, Colo., 5.0. 3, Jake Clay, Sapulpa, Okla., and Kollin VonAhn, Blanchard, Okla., 5.3. 4, Luke Brown, Rock Hill., S.C., and Hunter Koch, Vernon, Texas, 6.4.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Dean Wadsworth, Buffalo Cap, Texas, 80.5 points on Generations Pro Rodeo’s, Doughboy. 2, Cash Wilson, Wall, S.D., 79. 3, Ian McGivney, Kaycee Wyo., 77. 4, Lane Schuelke, Newell, S.D., 76.5.

 

Tie-Down Roping: 1, Garrett Jacobs, Bosque Farms, N.M., 7.8. 2, Trevor Hale, Perryton, Texas, 8.9 seconds. 3, Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 10.7. 4, Darnell Johnson, Fowler, Colo., 11.1.

 

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Kylee Scribner, Azle, Texas, 14.88. 2, Cayla Small, Afton, Okla., 15.18. 3, Shali Lord, Lamar, Colo., 15.37. 4, Hailey Garrison, Glen, Mont., 15.41.

Bull Riding: 1, Tyler Bingham, Howell, Utah, 85 points on Bailey Pro Rodeo’s Hot Rocks. 2, Riley Barg, Lewisville, Idaho, 81. 3, Trey Kimzey, Strong City, Okla., 78.5. 4, JC Mortensen, Paulden, Ariz., 75.

 

Eighth Performance — 

 

Bareback Riding: 1, Rocker Steiner, Weatherford, Texas, 87 points on Bailey Pro Rodeo’s Time to Rock. 2, Jayco Roper, Oktaha, Okla., 84. Mark Kreder, Claremore, Okla., 82. 4, Waylon Bourgeois, Church Point, La., 81.5. (total on two — semifinal qualifiers) 1, Steiner, 163. 2, Kreder, 161. 3, Bourgeois, 157.5.

 

Steer Wrestling: 1, Justin Shaffer, Hallsville, Texas, 3.5 seconds. 2, Cody Harmon, Dublin, Texas, 5.0. 3, Cal Wolfe, Palmer, Texas, 5.2. 4, Tait Kvistad, Hudson, Colo., 5.5. (total on two — semifinal qualifiers) 1, Wolfe, 9.3. 2, Harmon, 9.8. 3, Jace Logan, Yampa, Colo., 11.2.

 

Team Roping: 1, Jake Clay, Sapulpa, Okla., and Kollin VonAhn, Blanchard, Okla., 5.1 seconds. 2, Jase Staudt, Saguache, Colo., and Jhett Trenary, Salida, Colo., 5.7. 3, Wyatt Murray, Neola, Utah, and Clay Futrell, Union Grave, N.C., 9.7. 4, Brenten Hall, Jay, Okla., and Paden Bray, Stephenville, Texas, 10.4. (total on two — semifinal qualifiers) 1, Clay and VonAhn, 10.4. 2, Staudt, and Trenary, 10.7. 3, Kellan and Carson Johnson, 16.6.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Jacobs Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, 82 points on Bailey Pro Rodeo’s Rip Cord. 2, Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, 81.5. Cash Wilson, Wall, S.D., 79. 4, Damian Brennan, 75. (total on two — semifinal qualifiers) 1, Wilson, 158. 2, Jacobs Crawley, 82. Sterling Crawley, 81.5.

 

Tie-Down Roping: 1, Trevor Hale, Perryton, Texas, 7.6 seconds. 2, Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 8.2. 3, Stetson Vest, Roosevelt, Utah, 9.2. 4, Darnell Johnson, Fowler, Colo, 9.8. (total on two  — semifinal qualifiers) 1, Hale, 16.5. 2, Shiozawa, 18.9. 3, Vest, 20.4.

 

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Shali Lord, Lamar, Colo., 15.01. 2, Hailey Garrison, Glen, Mont., 15.12. 3, Andrea Busby, Brock, Texas, 15.72. 4, Carlee Otero, Laundesboro, Ala., 16.35. (total on two — semifinal qualifiers) 1, Lord, 30.38. 2, Garrison, 30.53. 3, Sierra Williams, Sherwood Park, Alberta 30.89.

 

Bull Riding: 1, (tie) JC Mortensen, Paulden, Ariz on Bailey Pro Rodeo’s Rude Dude, and Riley Barg, Lewisville, Idaho, on Bailey Pro Rodeo’s Little Tyrant, 83.5 points each. 3, Riker Carter, Stone, Idaho, 81.5. 4, Trey Kimzey, Strong City, Okla., 78.5 (total on two — semifinal qualifiers) 1, Barg, 164.5. 2, Mortensen, 158.5. 3, Kimzey, 157.

 

 

About the National Western Stock Show — Established in 1906, the National Western Stock Show is a 501(c) (3) charitable organization that provides college and graduate level scholarships in agricultural-related fields of study. Its mission is to serve producers and consumers throughout the world by being the premier stock show, equestrian competitions, and center for year-round events. The 16-day show also serves as an entertainment arena, hosting one of the world’s richest regular season professional rodeos, family and educational shows plus Colorado’s largest western trade show. For more information, visit nationalwestern.com.

 

 

DENVER, Colo. (Jan. 11, 2023) — The action at the PBR Bull Riding at the National Western Stock Show presented by Centura Health came to a close in the Denver Coliseum on Wednesday night.

What started on Monday and Tuesday with 90 riders was narrowed down with two riders finishing the event with successful rides on all three of their bulls. At the top of the leaderboard by one point was Chase Dougherty who makes his home at Decatur, Texas.

Originally from Oregon, Dougherty started competing as a youngster. He qualified for the National Junior High School Finals Rodeo, then went on to compete at the National High School Finals Rodeo for four years. After graduating, he furthered his career at Montana State University in Bozeman and finished third at the College National Finals Rodeo.

He had success in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and competed at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in 2018. That was also the year that he won the bull riding championship at the National Western Stock Show Rodeo.

He started focusing on the PBR and qualified for the World Finals in 2020 and finished 38^th in the standings. He has been on the injured reserve but showed the fans in Denver that he is back full force and ready to be back on the Unleash the Beast Tour where the elite compete.  The Denver win will give him a boost in that department as he earned 120.5 Velocity Tour points with his win.

Right behind Dougherty was Josh Frost who won the rodeo in Denver a year ago. Frost, from Randlett, Utah had the highest marked ride of the entire event in the final round. When the judges added up their scores, he had earned a 92 after riding Montana Jacket from Berg/Coleman/Ogden/Hart.

Frost had a total of 251.5 points to earn $15,444. He also got 94 Velocity Tour points and is hoping that will help him qualify for his second consecutive World Finals. His name is on the short list of bull riders that have competed at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and the World Finals in the same year. He will be competing at the rodeo in the Denver Coliseum on Thursday and Friday and is hoping that his 2023 is even better than his 2022.

Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association action gets underway on Thursday at 7 p.m.

 

The following are unofficial results from the PBR Bull Riding at the National Western Stock Show, Jan. 9 – 11, 2022.

 

First Round:  1, Luciano De Castro, GUzolandia, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 89.5 points on Berg/Coleman/Ogen/Hart’s Montana Jacket. 2, Grayson Cole, New Ringold, Pen., 89. 3, (tie) Robbie Taylor Jr., Chinle, Ariz., and Braden Richardson, Jasper, Texas, 86.5 each. 5, Marcelo Procopio Pereira, Rinopolis, Sau Paulo, Brazil, 86. 6, (tie) Austin Richardson, Dallas, Texas; Caden Bunch, Tahlequah, Okla.; and Vinell Mariano, Church Rock, N.M., 85.5 each.

 

Second Round: 1, Elijah Mora, Wiggins, Colo., 88 points on Jenkin’s Cattle’s Juice. 2, Rafael Joe de Brito, Potirendaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 86.5. 3, Flavio Zivieri, Balsamo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 86. 4, Josh Frost, Randlett, Utah, 84.5. 5, Chase Dougherty, Decatur, Texas, 81.5. 6, Marcelo Procopio Pereira, Rinopolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 56.5.

 

Finals: 1, Josh Frost, Randlett, Utah, 92 points on Berg/Coleman/Ogden/Hart’s Montana Jacket. 2, Chase Dougherty, Decatur, Texas, 88. 3, Luciano De Castro, Guzolandia, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 86.

 

Total on three followed by total money: 1, Dougherty, 252.5, $19,979. 2, Frost, 251.5, $15,444. (on two)3, De Castro, 175.5, $11,665. 4, Mora, 170.5, $7,785. 5, de Brito, 168.5, $5,125. 6, Flavio Zivieri, Balsamo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 165, $3,401.

 

DENVER, Colo. (Jan. 7, 2023) — Opening Saturday at the National Western Stock Show presented by Centura has become a fan favorite for rodeo contestants and enthusiasts over the past 11 years.

This year was no exception as the 11^th Super Saturday showdown between contestants representing Colorado rodeos and world-renown rodeos dueled it out for winner-take-all prizes of $8,000. Along the way to the final championship, the tournament-style competition paid the competitors as well with a total of $90.000 paid during three performances.

Wyatt Casper, who lives in the panhandle of Texas, got his second-consecutive championship here in the saddle bronc riding. Casper was part of the world team representing Rodeo Houston. He finished second in the world performance to advance to the semi-finals where he was the best representative of that team. He went on to the finals and got the win with an 82-point effort on Painted Fling from Kirsten Vold Rodeo Company.

       The bull riding winner is coming off of his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualification. Tristen Hutchings finished third in the race for a world championship last year and is carrying that momentum over into 2023. Hutchings was on the Colorado team representing the Greeley Stampede. He watched as world team member Brody Yeary came off early and knew all he needed was to get a score to add $8,000 to his checking account. It worked in a big way when he scored 87 points on Cervi Brothers Rodeo’s Skin Walker.

Keenan Hayes from Hayden, Colorado won the bareback riding for the world team for the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo with a big 90-point score. The world team also got the win in the steer wrestling when Stetson Jorgensen stopped the clock in 4.7 seconds for the Dodge City (Kansas) Roundup. In the barrel racing team Colorado was at the top of the leaderboard when Brittney Barnett stopped the clock in 15.268 seconds. Barnett was entered here for the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo at Colorado Springs.

The 117th National Western Stock Show will be host to a cross-cultural event with the Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza in the Denver Coliseum on Sunday. Performances are at 2 and 6:30 p.m.

 

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DENVER, Colo. — The following are results from Super Saturday, Colorado Versus the World rodeo, Jan. 7, 2022.

 

Cinch Jeans Team World Performance – contestant, rodeo represented

 

Bareback Riding: 1, Cooper Cooke, Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, 89.5, $1,000. 2, Keenan Hayes, San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo, 83.5, $700. 3, Tucker Zingg, Rodeo Houston, 81, $600. 4, Bronc Marriott, Rodeo Austin, 80.5, $500.

 

Steer Wrestling: 1, Stetson Jorgensen, Dodge City (Kansas) Roundup, 4.1, $1,000. 2, J.D. Struxness, San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo, 4.8, $700. 3, Denver Roy, Calgary Stampede, 5.2, $600. 4, Trell Etbauer, Cheyenne Frontier Days, $500.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Brady Hill, Buffalo Bill Rodeo (North Platte, Nebraska), $85.5, $1,000. 2, Wyatt Casper, Rodeo Houston, 85, $700. 3, Jesse Kruse, San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo, 84, $600. 4, Mitch Pollock, Guymon (Oklahoma) Pioneer Days, 81.5, $500.

 

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Amanda Welsh, San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo, 15.381, $1,000. 2, Paisley Pierce, Buffalo Bill Rodeo (North Platte, Nebraska), $15.527, $700

3, Carley Cervi, Guymon (Oklahoma) Pioneer Days, 15.528, $600. 4, Tasha Welsh, Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, 15.528, $600.

 

Bull Riding: 1, John Crimber, Rodeo Houston, 86.5, $1,000. 2, Brody Yeary, Guymon (Oklahoma) Pioneer Days, 85, $700. 3, Toby Collins, San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo, 84, $600. 4, Garrett Uptain, Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.), 81.5, $500.

 

RAM Rodeo Team Colorado Performance – contestant, Colorado rodeo represented

 

Bareback Riding: 1, (tie) Donny Proffitt and Jamie Howlett both representing the National Western Stock Show Rodeo, 84.5, $850 each. 3, Drake Amundson, Greeley Stampede, 78.5, $600. 4, Kashton Ford, Rooftop Rodeo (Estes Park) 78, $500.

 

Steer Wrestling: 1, Tucker Allen, Larimer County Fair Rodeo, 4.1, $1,000. 2, Don Payne, National Western Stock Show Rodeo, 4.4, $700. 3, Jace Melvin, National Western Stock Show Rodeo, 5.0, $600. 4, Jacob Edler, Colorado State Fair Rodeo (Pueblo), 5.2, $500.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Ross Griffin, Elizabeth Stampede and Statler Wright, Rooftop Rodeo (Estes Park), 84, $850 each. 3, CoBurn Bradshaw, National Western Stock Show Rodeo, 83.5, $600. 4, Hardy Braden, Greeley Stampede, 82.5, $500.

 

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Brittney Barnett, Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs), 15,317, $1,000. 2, Shali Lord, Greeley Stampede, 15.322, $700. 3, Jessica Routier, National Western Stock Show Rodeo, 15.455, $600. 4, Jenna Pruitt, Colorado State Fair Rodeo (Pueblo), 15.691, $500.

 

Bull Riding: 1, Bubba Greig, National Western Stock Show Rodeo, 86.5, $1,000. 2, Brylen Dees, Larimer County Fair Rodeo (Loveland), 81.5, $700. 3, Tristen Hutchings Greeley Stampede, 77, $600. 4, Coby Johnson, Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs), 75, $500.

 

Showdown – Colorado Vs. The World – Contestant, followed by team, score and money.

 

Bareback Riding: (Semifinals) 1, Keenan Hayes, World, 85, $1,000. 2, 2, Kashton Ford, Colorado, 82.5, $1,000. (Final), Hayes, 90, $8,000

 

Steer Wrestling: (Semifinals) 1, Stetson Jorgensen, World, 3.6, $1,000. 2, Don Payne, Colorado, 4.5, $1,000. (Final), Jorgensen, 4.7, $8,000.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: (Semifinals) 1, CoBurn Bradshaw, Colorado, 85, $1,000. 2, Wyatt Casper, World, 87, $1,000. (Final) 1, Casper, 82, $8,000.

 

Women’s Barrel Race: (Semifinals) 1, Carley Cervi, World, 14.952, $1,000. 2, Brittney Barnett, Colorado, 15.413, $1,000 (Final) 1, Barnett, 15.268, $8,000

 

Bull Riding: (Semifinals) 1, Tristan Hutchings, Colorado, 83, $1,000. 2, Brody Yeary, World, 80, $1,000 (Final) 1, Hutchings, 87, $8,000.

 

2022 AMC Event deemed a success

Team roping showcases camaraderie

AMC photos by Click Thompson

                                      

FORT WORTH, Texas (Nov. 7, 2022) – What started in 2016 as a team roping school has turned into a four-day event that features dramatic roping competition.

Charly Crawford’s idea for a free roping school for the military has grown into the Hillwood Land and Cattle American Military Celebration presented by Douglas Allred Company. It is an extravaganza of roping and fundraising activities.

This year it started at NRS Arena in Decatur, Texas, with the Horns N’ Heroes Roping School for military and first responders sponsored by Garrett/Gowan, Joplin Stockyards, Integrity Team Roping Production and J5 Quarter Horses. There were two days of learning with Crawford leading the headers and Trey Johnson leading the heelers followed by a friendly competition. That was all preparation for Friday’s preliminary Military First Responder Roping sponsored by Flat Tail Ranch and Driver Land & Cattle.

Many of today’s top professional ropers competed in Friday’s Open Roping sponsored by Javelin. Then those same professionals paired up military and first responders in the Mil/Pro Roping sponsored by Kinetic Vet and Quanta. On Saturday action moved to Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth for the NFR Showdown sponsored by JPMorgan Chase. The final activity was the AMC Gala at The 81 Club at Billy Bob’s Texas where a live auction was held.

“It amazes me how people have responded to this event,” Crawford said. “I started it as a way to give back. I didn’t know I was gaining a new family. From our corporate partners to our participants, it’s turned into a brotherhood.”

Three years ago, AMC used their event as a fundraiser for charities that support those who serve. This year $160,000 was raised. It will support Building Homes for Heroes who has received approximately $200,000 in the past two years. In 2022, they also added the Fort Worth chapter of Brotherhood For the Fallen.

The Mil/Pro saw 21-year-old Andrew Shelton heading for Trey Yates for the win. The $3,800 didn’t compare to the experience that Shelton had. He grew up in Blanco, Texas, joined the Army, was deployed to the Middle East and returned in September. He is now part of the Army Reserves and is going to school at Texas A & M University.

“I don’t really rope,” Shelton said. “I did when I was younger and heard about this and had to come. It’s pretty cool how you get to be paired up with the pro guys. Lucky for me my brother ropes and had a horse for me. This is just awesome.”

In heeling, it was J.R. Berry that got to rope behind Kaleb Driggers for the win. Berry has been a firefighter for 18 years. He is a lieutenant in Blanco County. When Texas was hit in the spring with major grass fires, he was on 107 of those. Berry used lessons he learned from Johnson in the school to help him get the win.

“Roping with these pro guys and seeing how they handle cattle was amazing,” he said. “It’s been a ton of fun. I took a lot away from Trey’s school. The guys at the fire station are going to be real excited.”

In the Open Roping, Driggers took home checks in the top three spots and two of them were for heeling. He won first place with Jr. Dees heading, worth $6,300 for the team. Then he got the second-place check heading for Brazilian Vitor De Silva. His third-place win came behind Cory Kidd.

When action started at Cowtown Coliseum there were 13 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo teams along with two teams from the Open Roping. Between rounds of the professionals, the top 15 from the Military First Responder Roping had their finals. And just for fun, the finals of the Stray Gathering sponsored by Wrangler were held. It featured teams of four who had to rope, tie, gather and pen three steers. The big winners in the roping were Shawn Carrell and Justin Long who each earned $10,000, plus Elite Saddles and Legend Tack and Silver buckles. Carrell and Long met for the first time on Friday and now will be life-long friends. Just for fun, competitors also participated in the Stray Gathering sponsored by Wrangler.

“Not only is this the first saddle I’ve ever won, it’s my first check,” Carrell, who is a game warden in New Mexico. “I just started roping about 10 months ago and I can’t tell you how amazing this is.”

Justin, who is a lineman, started coming to the event three years ago. He volunteered during this year’s clinic and participated in 2020. “I’ve learned so much from Charly and Trey,” he said. “It’s a great thing they have going and I come every year.”

The final results of the NFR competition again saw Driggers at the top, but this time it was with his regular partner Jr. Nogueira. They were one of three teams that were successful on all five runs and split $20,000 for first place.

“Sometimes we take for granted that what we get to do everyday is something that a lot of these guys are passionate about too,” Driggers said. “We are forever indebted to them, so to be able to rope with them gives us a chance to give a little bit back. It’s amazing. I love everything about this roping, but especially getting the chance to interact with people that we wouldn’t normally. Seeing the smiles on their fafces is what is really important to me.”

Complete results from the 2022 American Military Celebration.

Money is per man —

Mil/Pro Roping Heading: (total on three) 1, Andrew Shelton, $3,800, roping with Trey Yates, 22.54 seconds. 2, Emily Gately, $3,200/Jr. Dees, 22.72. 3, Cole Turner, $2,500/Brye Crites, 22.77. 4, Dakota Lindboe, $1,900/Jr. Dees, 23.42. 5, Jerrod Miller, $1,300/Cory Petska, 23.58. Round 1: 1, Justin Long, $1,000/Coleby Payne, 6.77. 2, Scott Tripp, $500/Travis Graves. Round 2: Duane Boone, $1,000/Coleby Payne, 5.23/Coleby Payne. 2, Jerrod Miller, $500/Cory Petska, 5.98.

 

Mil/Pro Roping Heeling: (total on three) 1, Kaleb Driggers/J.R. Berry, $4,200, 29.56. 2, Tyler Wade/Dan Hernandez III, $3,100, 31.62. 3, Chad Masters/Clint Davis, $2,100, 32.17, $2,100. 4, Jake Orman/Jim Bay, $1,050, 35.09. First Round: 1, Tanner Tomlinson/Duane Boone, $1,000, 6.86. 2, Clint Summers/Jimmy Blake, $500, 8.69. Second Round: Lightning Aguilera/Marty McLaughlin, $1,000, 6.56. 2, Chad Masters/Clint Davis, $500, 6.08.

 

Money is per team–

Open Roping: (total on five) 1, Jr. Dees/Kaleb Driggers, 32.20, $6,300. 2, Kaleb Driggers/Vitor de Silva, 32.67, $5,300. 3, Cory Kidd V/Kaleb Driggers, 33.79, $4,250. 4, Dustin Egusquiza/Travis Graves, 34.02, $3,200. 5, J.C. Flake/Tyler Worley, 34.92, $2,200. Fast Time Short Go: 1, Laramie Allen/Truman Magnus, 6.50, $1,000

 

NFR Showdown: (total on five) 1, Kaleb Driggers/Jr. Nogueira, 28.82, $20,000. 2, Tyler Wade/Trey Yates, 28.91, $10,000. 3, Cody Snow/Wesley Thorp, 31.88, $8,000. (on four) 4, Jr. Dees/Levi Lord, 22.85, $6,000. 5, Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin, 24.60, $4,000. (on three)6, Dustin Egusquiza/Travis Graves, 16.99, $1,000. Round 1: 1, Clay Smith/Jake Long, 4.41, 3,000. 2, Tyler Wade/Trey Yates, 4.42, $2,000. 3, Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin, 4.46, $1,000. Round 2: 1, Dustin Eguisquiza/Travis Graves, 3.72, $3,000. 2, Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin, 4.23, $2,000. 3, Clay Smith/Jake Long, 4.31, $1,000. Round 3: 1, Jr. Dees/Levi Lord, 5.81, $3,000. 2, Tyler Wade/Trey Yates, 5.93, $2,000. 3, Kaleb Driggers/Jr. Nogueira, 9.63, $1,000. Round 4: 1, Lightning Aguilera/Jonathan Torres, 3.91, $3,000. 2, Tanner Tomlinson/Patrick Smith, 4.08, $2,000. 3, Clay Tryan/Jade Corkill, 4.19, $1,000. Round 5: 1, Dustin Egusquiza/Travis Graves, 3.51, $2,000. 2, Cody Snow/Wesley Thorp, 3.76, $2,000. 3, Lightning Aguilera/Jonathan Torres, 3.88, $1,000.

 

 

About American Military Celebration — American Military Celebration (AMC) is a non-profit 501c3 organization started by professional team roper Charly Crawford. AMC produces Western lifestyle events for veterans, retired and active service personnel, and first responders. Events promote leadership and teamwork while encouraging camaraderie, forming support systems and making memories. Through these events, opportunities for fund raising are utilized for charities that support the needs of our heroes.

 

 

PUYALLUP, Washington – With the best rodeo athletes in the world competing for a historic $1 million purse at the Cinch Playoffs at the Puyallup Rodeo, the action at the first performance did not disappoint.

Action in the grandstand at the Washington State Fair started with bareback riding where Leighton Berry from Weatherford, Texas, had the high-marked ride of the night. Berry rode Calgary Stampede’s great horse Cinchy Whitney for 88 points to win the first round of his group.

It was a very important win for Berry who added some much needed money to his checking account. More importantly, those dollars count towards the world standings. Berry, who qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in 2020 is looking for another opportunity to compete at rodeo’s championships. Prior to the start of the Puyallup Rodeo, he was 13^th in the world standings. The top 15 qualify for the NFR, so he needs to keep winning to secure his spot and is hoping any moves in the standings are up and not down.

Berry’s first NFR qualification was hosted in his home state of Texas because of the pandemic. Last year, he spent a good part of the season out with a back injury that required surgery. He grew up the son of a rodeo cowboy who always dreamed of competing at the NFR in Las Vegas. His success in Puyallup could make those goals a reality.

He will ride again here on Friday night. A solid score will see him among the top four that advance from this group to Sunday’s semifinals. Finding themselves in a similar situation were team ropers Cody Snow and Wesley Thorp.

With Snow, from Los Olivos, California, heading and Thorp, of Throckmorton, Texas, they stopped the clock in 4.2 seconds to win the round. It was a critical move for them also. Snow is 13^th in the world, while Thorp, the 2019 world champion is 14^th.

Friday’s rodeo will feature the same contestants as were here on Thursday. Their scores and times will be added together to see who advances to Sunday’s semifinals. The top four in each event will spend a little more time at the Washington State Fair as they compete for the championship and the lion’s share of the prize money.

 

 

The following are unofficial results from the Cinch Playoffs at the Puyallup Rodeo, part of the Washington State Fair. Payoffs are subject to change.

 

First Performance—

 

Bareback riding: 1, Leighton Berry, Weatherford, Texas, 88 points on Calgary Stampede’s Cinchy Whitney, $3,600. 2, Will Lowe, Amarillo, Texas, 85.5, $2,700. 3, Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D., 83, $1,800. 4, Chad Rutherford, Hillsboro, Texas, 82, $900.

 

Breakaway roping: 1, (tie) Jordi Edens, Gatesville, Texas; Beau Peterson, Council Grove, Kan.; Tacy Webb, Midway, Texas, 3.1 and $2,700 each. 4, Lari Dee Guy, Abilene, Texas, 4.0, $900.

 

Steer wrestling: 1, Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev., 4.2, $3,600. 2, Tristan Martin, Sulphur, La., 4.4, $2,700. 3, Trell Etbauer, Goodwell, Okla., 4.5, $1,800. 4, Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont., 5.1, $900.

 

Saddle bronc riding: 1, Kole Ashbacher, Arrowood, Alberta, 86 points on Calgary Stampede’s Business Girl, $3,600. 2, (tie) Layton Green, Millarville, Alberta, and Damian Brennan, Injune, Australia, 83, $2,250 each. 4, (tie)  Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah, and Mitch Pollock, Winnemucca, Nev., 81, $450.

 

Team roping: 1, Cody Snow, Los Olivos, Calif., and Wesley Thorp, Throckmorton, Texas, 4.2, $3,600. 2, Quinn Kesler, Holden, Utah and Caleb Hendrix, Fallon, Nev., 4.3, $2,700. 3, Erich Rogers, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., and Paden Bray, Stephenville, Texas, 4.4, $1,800. 4, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 6.0, $900.

 

Tie-down roping: 1, Jake Pratt, Ellensburg, Wash., 8.2, $3,600. 2, Luke Potter, Maple city, Kan., and Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 8.3 and $2,250 each . 4, Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas, 8.8, $900.

 

Barrel Racing: 1, Shelley Morgan, Eustace, Texas, 13.64, $3,600. 2, Ivy Saebens, Nowata, Okla., 13.85, $2,700. 3, Leslie Smalygo, Skiatook, Okla., 13.90, $1,800. 4, Emma Charleston, Reeds, Mo., 14.02, $900.

 

Bull riding: 1, Connor Murnion, Jordan, Mont., 84.5 points on Bridwell Pro Rodeo’s Catfish Clinger. 2, Josh Frost, Randlett, Utah, 82.5, $2,700. 3, Ky John Hamilton, Mackay, Australia, 81.5, $1,800.

 

For more information and tickets: https://www.thefair.com/rodeo/

 

 

Where:                                    Washington State Fair

110 9^th Ave SW, Puyallup, WA 98371

 

When:                                     Thursday, Sept. 8 – Sunday, Sept. 11

 

 

The Washington State Fair is one of the biggest fairs in the world, and the largest in the Pacific Northwest. It started in 1900 in Puyallup, and welcomes more than a million guests to the single largest attended event in the state. Star-studded entertainment, the Puyallup Rodeo, rides, exhibits, food, flowers and animals are mainstays of the 20-day event that kicks off the Friday of Labor Day weekend. For more information about the Sept. 2-25, 2022 Washington State Fair (closed Tuesdays and Sept. 7), visit www.thefair.com.

 

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CALDWELL, Idaho (Aug. 20, 2022)— When the dust settled in the D & B Arena at the Caldwell Night Rodeo on Saturday night, nearly $400,000 in prize money was paid out, 10 champions were crowned and the fans started planning for next year.

The big winner at the 98^th edition of the rodeo was tie-down roper Macon Murphy from Keatchie, Louisiana. Murphy finished third in the final round Saturday night but was fast enough to get the win. He started the night in first place, then stopped the clock in 8.9 seconds to give him a total of 24.8 on three runs. That was good for $10,629. And, it’s money that he is badly in need of to secure his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) qualification.

Murphy was just outside of the top 15 that earn a trip to Las Vegas to compete at rodeo’s championships at number 17. The money he won here should easily put him inside the top 15, but he will need to keep the momentum going through the end of September to stay there.

The saddle bronc horses from Powder River Rodeo were the stars on Saturday night, taking Canadians Zeke Thurston and Dawson Hay to record setting rides. The previous arena record here was set by Shaun Stroh at 91 points in 2010.

Hay, from Wildwood, Alberta, got on Miss Valley. Two-time world champion Thurston from Big Valley, Alberta rode Bet the Ranch. They each had scores of 92 points. Hay had a higher score starting the night so got the win based on his overall score of 177.5 points on two head. It added $6,768 to his earnings. Prior to Caldwell’s rodeo, he was 21 in the world standings, so this could help him move up and qualify for his third NFR.

A year ago, Stetson Wright, of Milford, Utah won the saddle bronc riding, bull riding and all-around titles here. Even though he didn’t get the saddle bronc riding this year, he did win money in that event and got wins in the other two categories.

Stetson was the lone bull rider to be successful on Saturday night and was one point shy of the arena record at 93 points. He got on Powder River Rodeo’s Domino for the win and $8,000. His total earning were over $10,000 for the all-around prize.

The Caldwell Night Rodeo hosted breakaway roping for the second consecutive year and it was also record setting. Taylor Munsell from Alva, Okla., won the final round with a 2.2-second run, the fastest here so far. The event was won by Beau Peterson, from Council Grove, Kansas with a total time of 8.4 seconds on three head.

Tim O’Connell, from Zwingle, Iowa, won $4,712 in bareback with 170.5 points on two head. The steer wrestling title went to Tanner Brunner, from Ramona, Kansas, with a total time of 13.0 seconds on three runs. Brunner collected $9,508.

South Dakota team ropers Jr. Dees and Levi Lord got the win with 17.8 seconds on three runs. With Dees, from Aurora, doing the heading and Lord, from Sturgis doing the heeling, they each earned $6,140.            Margo Crowther could win an award for being the rodeo contestant farthest away from home, but she is probably happier with the championship here. The barrel racer from Fort Myers, Florida had a time of 51.81 seconds and won $8,074.

 

 

2022 Caldwell Night Rodeo Champions

Bareback–Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa, 170.5 points, $4,712

Steer Wrestling–Tanner Brunner, Ramona, Kan., 13.0 seconds, $9,508

Team Roping–Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D., and Levi Lord, Sturgis, S.D., 17.8 seconds, $6,140 each

Breakaway Roping–Beau Peterson, Council Grove, Kan., 8.4 seconds, $4,806

Saddle Bronc Riding–Dawson Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, 177.5 points, $6,768.

Tie-Down Roping–Macon Murphy, Keatchie, La., 24.8, $10,629

Barrel Racing, Margo Crowther, Fort Myers, Fla., 51.81 seconds, $8,074

Bull Riding–Stetson Wright, Milford, Utah, 93 points, $8,000

All-Around–Stetson Wright, $10,236 won in saddle bronc and bull riding

 

 

CALDWELL, Idaho (Aug. 20, 2022) — The following are unofficial results from the Caldwell Night Rodeo.

 

Championship Night followed by overall winners–

 

Bareback Riding: (final round) 1, Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iwoa, 89.5 points on Powder River Rodeo’s Two Buck Chuck, $1,650. 2, Cole Reiner, Buffalo, Wyo., 87, $1,250. 3, Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn., 86, $900. 4, Keenan Reed Hayes, Hayden, Colo., 82.5, $600.  5, R.C. Landingham, Hat Creek, Calif., 82.5, $350. 6, Jacob Raine, Mount Pleasant, Tenn., 82, $250. (total on two) 1, O’Connell, 170.5, $2,916. 2, Rocker Shane Steiner, Weatherford, Texas, 169.5, $2,236. 3, Aus, 167, $1,652. 4, Reiner, 170.5, $1,069. 5, Landingham, 165, $680. 6, Hayes, 164.5, $486. 7, Raine, 154.5, $389. (on one) 8, Dean Thompson, Altamont, Utah, 86, $292.

 

Steer Wrestling: (final round) 1, Cameron Morman, Glen Ullin, N.D., 4.3 seconds, $1,436. 2, (tie) Dirk Tavenner, Rigby, Idaho; Ty Allred, Tooele, Utah; and Riley Duvall, Checotah, Okla.,; 4.6 and $941 each. 5, (tie) Travis Munro, Townsville, Australia and Tanner Brunner, Ramona, Kan., 4.8, $347. (total on three) 1, Brunner, 13.0, $5,449. 2, Duvall, 13.4, $4,736. 3, Morman, 13.6, $4,628. 4, Allred, 13.8, $3,317. 5, Tavenner, 14.0, $2,606. 6, Munro, 14.1, $1,185. 7, Remey Parrott, Mamou, La., 14.1, $1,185. 8, Will Lummus, Byhallia, Miss., 14.1, $1,185.

 

Team Roping: (final round) 1, Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D., and Levi Lord, Sturgis, S.D., 6.1. 2, Cory Kidd V, Statesville, N.C., and Lane Mitchell, Bolivar, Tenn., 6.2, $960. 3, Jeff Flenniken, Caldwell, Idaho and Jake Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 6.5, $760. 4, Clayton Hansen, Weiser, Idaho and Chase Hansen, homedale, Idaho, 7.9, $560. 5, Tyler Wade, Terrell, Texas, and Trey Yates, Pueblo, Colo., 8.3, $360. (total on three) 1, Dees and Lord, 17.8, $4,980. 2, Wade and Yates, 18.1, $4,330. 3, Kidd and Mitchell, 19.8, $3,681. 4, (tie) Hansen and Hansen; and Bryan Reay, Adrian, Ore., and Brent Falon, Yakima, Wash., 22.0, $2,706. 6, Flenniken and Minor, 22.1, $1,732. 7, Brenten Hall, Jay, Okla., and Chase Tryan, Helena, Mont., 22.3, $1,083. 8, Coy Rahlmann, Elsinore, Mo., and douglas Rich, Herrick, Ill., 24.9, $433.

 

Breakaway Roping: (final round) 1, Taylor Munsell, Alva, Okla., 2.2 seconds, $892. 2, Beau Peterson, Council Grove, Kan., 2.4. 3, Alex Loiselle, Paris, Texas, 2.6, $684. 4, Hope Thompaons, Abilene, Texas, 3.2, $431. (total on three) 1, Peterson, 8.4, $2,729. 2, Munsell, 8.6, $2,373. 3, Loiselle, 9.0, $2,017. 4, Thompson, 9.5, $1,661. (on two) 5, Hali Williams, Comanche, Texas, 6.1, $1,305. 6, Josie Conner, Iowa, La., 5.3, $949.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: (final round) 1, (tie) Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, on Powder River Rodeo’s Bet the Ranch, and Dawson Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, on Powder River Rodeo’s Miss Valley, 91, $1,450 each. 3, (tie) Allen Boore, Axtel, Utah, and Stetson Wright, Milford, Utah, 86, $750. 5, Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, 85, $350. 6, Kade Bruno, Challis, Idaho and Sage Newman, Melstone, Mont., 83, $125. (total on two) 1, Hay, 177.5, $3,184. 2, Thurston, 174, $2,441. 3, Newman, 173.5, $1,804. 4, Crawley, 171, $1,167. 5, Wright, 169.5, $743. 6, Boore, 168, $531. 7, Bruno, 167, $425. 8, Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah, 164.

 

Tie-Down Roping: (final round) 1, (tie) Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, and John Douch, Huntsville, Texas, 8.8, $1,338, 3, Macon Murphy, Keatchie, La., 8.9, $960. 4, (tie) J.C. Malone, Plain City, Utah and King Pickett, Stephenville, Texas, 9.2, $681. 6, Haven Meged, Miles, City, Mont., 9.5, $253. (total on three) 1, Murphy, 24.8, $5,752. 2, Douch, 25.2, $5,002. 3, Pickett, 26.2, $4,251. 4, Yates, 26.7, $3,501. 5, Meged, 27.0, $2,751. 6, J.C. Malone, Plain City, Utah, 27.2, $2,001. 7, (tie) Taylor Santos, Creston, Calif., and Riley Wakefield, ONeill, Neb., 28.0, $875.

 

Barrel Racing:  (final round) 1, Dona Kay Rule, Minco, Okla., 17.03, $1,836. 2, Megan McLeod-Sprague, Marsing, Idaho, 17.12, $1,377.42. 3, Shelley Morgan, Eustace, Texas, 17.20, $918. 4, Margo Crowther, Fort Myers, Fla., 17.35, $459. (total on three) 1, Crowther, 51.81 seconds, $3,719. 2, McLeod-Sprague, 52.02, $3,188. 3, Rule, 52.06, $2,656. 4, Morgan, 52.07, $2,302. 5, Bayleigh Choate, Fort Worth, Texas, 52.20, $1,771. 6, Stevi Hillman, Weatherford, Texas, 52.21, $1,417. 7, Macee McAllister, St. George, Utah, 52.24, $1,062. 8, Lynette Clyde, Heber, Utah, 52.32, $708. 9, Ashley Castleberry, Montgomery, Texas, 52.44, $531. 10, Shannon McReynolds, La Luz, N.M., 52.65, $354.

 

Bull Riding: (round 1 winners) 1, Stetson Wright, Milford, Utah, 93 points on Powder River Rodeo’s Domino, $8,000. 2, Trey Holston, Fort Scott, Kan., 85.5, $6,134. 3, Levi Gray, Dairy, Ore., 85, $4,534. 4, Canyon Wiley Bass, Johnson City, Texas, 82, $2,934. 5, Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas, 74, $1,867.

 

 

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (July 31, 2022) –The 126^th Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo (CFD) crowned a mixture of repeat and new champions on Sunday, July 31. Fourteen individuals left Frontier Park with coveted titles from America’s biggest outdoor western celebration known as the “Daddy of ‘em All.”

Clay Tryan and Jade Corkill, the final pair to rope on Championship Sunday, set personal and CFD records. They stopped the clock in 7.5 seconds to win the team roping. Tryan, from Billings, Montana, and Corkill, who lives in Fallon, Nevada, won Frontier Days for the second time roping together. They earned their first CFD championship in 2013.

Corkill, who also won titles here in 2009 with Chad Masters and last year with Clay Smith, joins three others who have won four championships at Frontier Park in a single event. With his winnings here, Tryan became the first team roper in the history of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) to pass $4 million in career earnings.

Andrea Busby, a Wyoming native who now lives in Brock, Texas, was the final barrel racer to compete. Five previous racers had stopped the clock in less than 17.3 seconds when Busby rode her mare Tito (registered name Blazin With My Dude) into the arena. Tito, who was making just her fifth run in a professional rodeo, crossed the finish line in a time of 17.13 seconds to win the title.

Busby, whose Wyoming roots are deep, grew up on a ranch near Lusk that has been in her family for more than a century. She made the 140-mile trip to Cheyenne many times growing up. She said that she always hoped she would ride and win at CFD, so this title made a childhood dream a reality.

Tim O’Connell of Zwingle, Iowa, joined the ranks of rodeo legends who have three bareback riding championships at Cheyenne. O’Connell, who has won three world titles, rode Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics’ horse Sozo for 88.5 points to win by a single point. He joins ProRodeo Hall of Fame cowboys Joe Alexander and Clint Corey as well as fellow three-time world titlist Will Lowe as three-time winners at “The Daddy.”

Tim O’Connell won his third and second consecutive Cheyenne Frontier Days title in the bareback riding on Sunday. The three-time world champion from Zwingle, Iowa scored 88.5 points on Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics’ Sozo to collect over $10,000. PRCA photo by Jackie Jensen.

 

 

 

Stetson Wright of Milford, Utah, rode another Sankey horse – Pendleton Roundup’s Marquee – for 88 points to win his second consecutive CFD title in saddle bronc riding. Wright had surgery on his hand in early July and stayed home for less than two weeks. He admits he may have started back too soon as he bucked off the first seven horses he got on after surgery. This week he turned the corner and has been on a winning streak. Wright’s family – his father, three brothers and four uncles – have competed at CFD, but Stetson is the only one to win championships at Frontier Park. He also has two CFD all-around titles.

Ora Taton, a 53-year-old cowboy from Rapid City, South Dakota, also won a second CFD title. Taton won the steer roping in 2003 and repeated the feat 19 years later. He was the first steer roper to ride from the box on Championship Sunday and set a pace of 13.6 seconds that no one else could beat.

Three timed events crowned co-champions on Sunday. In breakaway roping Macy Young of Whitman, Arizona, and Tiffany Schieck of Floresville, Texas, both caught their calves in 4.0 seconds. This was Young’s first time to compete in Cheyenne. She was not part of the invitational field when the event first was introduced in 2019; there was no CFD in 2020 due to the pandemic, and last year she was pregnant with her daughter Hadley. Schieck was roping here for the first time since 2019.

Ryan Thibodeaux of Stephenville, Texas, has competed in Frontier Park on Championship Sunday several times, finishing as reserve tie-down roping champion in 2019. He was the second roper to compete Sunday and turned in a time of 10.3 seconds. Two ropers later, eight-time National Finals Rodeo (NFR) qualifier Cory Solomon of Prairie View, Texas, tied Thibodeaux’s time. None of the next eight ropers could post a faster time.

Trell Etbauer of Goodwell, Oklahoma, grew up watching his father and uncles compete at The Daddy. His dad Robert won two world championships, his uncle Billy won five world titles and one CFD title, and his uncle Dan won two CFD titles, all in saddle bronc riding. Trell won the all-around title here in 2014. He set the pace in steer wrestling with the fastest time of the rodeo – 5.4 seconds –as the second cowboy to compete. No one came close to matching his effort until the final competitor, Justin Shaffer of Hallsville, Texas, managed to stop the clock in 5.4 as well. Schaffer had the quickest time in the finals last year, but a 10-second penalty cost him his shot at the title, so this year’s performance was redemptive.

Etbauer was riding a horse named Corduroy that his uncle Billy had raised and given to him as a wedding present 13 years ago. Trell had won calf roping money at Cheyenne riding Corduroy and started steer wrestling on him after an injury sidelined his steer wrestling horse last season.

The bull riding competition was feast or famine. Nine of the 12 finalists bucked off their bulls before the eight-second buzzer sounded. Garrett Smith of Rexburg, Idaho started the scoring with a 90-point effort on Dakota Rodeo’s bull Scary Larry. Josh Frost of Randlett, Utah, who is ranked second in the PRCA standings, matched Smith’s total on Dakota Rodeo’s bull Stretch.

But Caldwell, Idaho’s Brady Portenier made the ride of the day. He earned 92.5 points when he rode Stace Smith Pro Rodeos’ bull Let’s Gamble. Portenier, who qualified for the NFR in 2020, jumped from 23^rd to 16^th in the PRCA bull riding standings with his earnings at Frontier Park. That puts him in close contention for a return trip to Las Vegas to ride bulls in December.

Caldwell, Idaho’s Brady Portenier won his first Cheyenne Frontier Days bull riding championship with a 92.5 point effort on Smith Pro Rodeo’s Let’s Gamble. Prior to Cheyenne’s rodeo, he was outside of the top 20 in the world standings, so the win was important as he is trying to move into the top 15 and qualify for his second Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. PRCA photo by Jackie Jensen.

 

The all-around title went to Coleman Proctor of Pryor, Oklahoma. Proctor, who has qualified for six NFRs in team roping, recently began steer roping. He and partner Logan Medlin finished seventh in the qualifying round of team roping but did not advance beyond the quarter finals. The steer roping was a different story. Proctor won third in the first round and first place in the second round. He finished fourth overall in the event which was enough to earn him the all-around championship.

The 127th edition of Cheyenne Frontier Days is scheduled for July 21-30, 2023.

2022 Cheyenne Frontier Days Champions with total money

Bareback Riding, Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa, $10,264

Breakaway Roping, Macy Young, Whitmann, Ariz., $15,497

Breakaway Roping, Tiffany Schieck, Floresville, Texas, $18,078

Tie-Down Roping, Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas, $11,403

Tie-Down Roping, Ryan Thibodeaux, Stephenville, Texas, $11,000

Steer Wrestling, Trell Etbauer, Goodwell, Okla., $12,226

Steer Wrestling, Justin Shaffer, Hallsville, Texas, $12,010

Team Roping, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., $16,400 each

Saddle Bronc Riding, Stetson Wright, Milford, Utah, $12,198

Barrel Racing, Andrea Busby, Brock, Texas, $15,948

Steer Roping, Ora Taton, Rapid City, S.D., $12,453

Bull Riding, Brady Portenier, Caldwell, Idaho, $10,287

All-Around, Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Oklahoma

(money won in team roping and steer roping)

 

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (July 31, 2022)- The following are unofficial results from the 126^th Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo on Sunday, July 31, 2022.

 

Bareback Riding: 1, Tim O’ Connell, Zwingle, Iowa, 88.5 points on Sankey Pro Rodeo’s Sozo, $8,481. 2,  R.C. Landingham, Hat Creek, Calif., 87.5, $6,425. 3, (tie)Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn., and Garrett Shadbolt, Merriman, Neb., 86.5, $3,855. 5, (tie) Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D., and  Yance Day, Tahlequah, Okla., 85.5, $1,542.

 

Breakaway Roping:  1, (tie) Macy Young, Wittmann, Ariz., and Tiffany Schieck, Floresville, Texas, 4.0 seconds, $10,699 each. 3, Emma Charleston, Reeds, Mo., 4.1, $6,641. 4, Alli Masters, Leon, Iowa, 4.3, $4,427. 5, Lynn Smith, Elfrida Ariz., 5.0, $2,582. 6, Devan McAdow, Hyannis, Neb., 5.3, $1,844.

 

Tie Down Roping: 1, (tie) Ryan Thibodeaux, Stephenville, Texas, and Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas, 10.3 seconds, $8,600 each. 3, Blane Cox, Cameron, Texas, 11.1, $6,800. 4, Reese Riemer, Stinnett, Texas, 11.9, $5,600. 5, Kase Bacque, Huntsville Texas, 12.6, $4,400. 6, Trenton Smith, Bigfoot, Texas, 13.3, $3,200. 7, Trent Creager, Stillwater, Okla., 13.6, $2,000. 8, Tyler Milligan, Pawhuska, Okla., 13.8, $800.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Stetson Wright, Milford, Utah, 88 points on Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics’ Pendleton Roundup’s Marquee, $8,180. 2, Lefty Holman, Visalia, Cali., 87.5, $6,197. 3, Zeke Thurston, Big Valley Alberta, 87, $4,461. 4, Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, 86.5, $2,974. 5, Dean Wadsworth, Buffalo Gap, Texas, 85.5, $1,735. 6, Tanner Butner, Daniel, Wyo., 85, $1,239.

 

Team Roping: 1, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 7.5 seconds, $9,200 each. 2, (tie) Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz., and Paden Bray, Stephenville, Texas; and Chad Masters, Cedar Hill, Tenn., and Paul Eaves, Lonedell, Mo., 8.3, $7,400 each. 4, Rhett Anderson, Annabella, Utah, and Max Kuttler, American Falls, Idaho, 8.7, $5,600 each. 5, Garrett Rogers, Baker City, Ore., and Justin Davis, Cottonwood, Calif., 9.6, $4,400 each. 6, Brayden Parker and Dustin Searcy, Scottsdale, Ariz., 9.9, $3,200 each. 7, Paul David Tierney, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Tanner Braden, Dewey, Okla., 10.2, $2,000 each. 8, Turner Harris, Killdeer, N.D., and Matt Kasner, Cody, Neb., 10.4, $800 each.

 

Steer Roping: (three times) 1, Ora Taton, Rapid City, S.D., 13.6 seconds, $11,451. 2, Cole Patterson, Pratt Kan., 14.0, $9,733. 3, Shorty Garten, Claremore, Okla., 16.6, $8,016.

 

Steer Wrestling: 1, (tie) Trell Etbauer, Goodwell, Okla., and Justin Shaffer, Hallsville, Texas, 5.4 seconds, $6,450 each. 3, Talon Roseland, Marshalltown, Iowa, 6.2, $5,100. 4, Bridger Chambers, Stevensville, Mont., 6.9, $4,200. 5, Jesse Brown, Baker City, Ore., 7.0, $3,300. 6, Mason Owen Couch, Bronaugh, Mo., 7.3, $2,400. 7, Rowdy Parrott, Mamou, La., 7.5, $1,500. 8, Cody Harmon, Dublin, Texas, 10.2, $600.

 

Barrel Racing: 1, Andrea Busby, Brock, Texas, 17.13 seconds, $10,239. 2, Leslie Smalygo, Skiatook, Okla., 17.21, $8,474. 3, Jessica Routier, Buffalo, S.D., 17,24, $6,708. 4, Presley Smith, Danham Springs, La., 17.25, $4,943. 5, Katie Pascoe, Morro Bay, Calif., 17.26, $3,177. 6, Taycie Matthews, Wynne, Ark., 17.29, $1,765.

 

Bull Riding: 1, Brady Portenier, Caldwell, Idaho, 92.5 points on Smith Pro Rodeo’s Lets Gamble, $8,276. 2, (tie) Garrett Smith, Rexburg, Idaho, and Josh Frost, Randlett, Utah, 90, $5,329 each. 4, (tie) Shad Winn, Nephi, Utah, and Tristen Hutchings, Monteview, Idaho, $2,382 each. 6, Tyler Bingham, Howell, Utah, $1,253.

 

Wild Horse Race: 1, Small Miracles, $10,470. 2 (tie) Team Krening, and Leon Stewart. $6,686.

 

 

 

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (June 21, 2022) – While the 126^th Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo hasn’t officially started yet, competition has been going on for nearly a week at Frontier Park.

With this year’s rodeo expected to top over $1 million in prize money and the legendary status of the “Daddy of ‘em All,” contestants came from across the U.S. and Canada hoping for an opportunity to advance into the quarter finals of the tournament style rodeo. Two women did that in record setting style.

Breakaway roper Peggy Garman, from Sundance, Wyoming had a disappointing first run competition on July 20 when her loop failed to connect. The breakaway roping field started with 200 that were split into two pools where 30 from each advanced. The remaining 140 spent the night in Cheyenne to compete in the wildcard round, held Wednesday morning before the barrel racing qualifying competition.

For fans of the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association, a day at Frontier Park, or watching on the Cowboy Channel online was time well spent on Wednesday, July 21. Garman was one of the early ropers to go and set the pace and a new arena record at 3.0 seconds. Riding her great horse “Cash,” the Wyoming cowgirl breathed a big sigh of relief. It was a huge confidence booster for Garman.

“This is such a prestigious rodeo and to be able to add my name to the record books is unbelievable,” she said. “I struggled after yesterday, but had some good friends talk me through that and get

me pumped up to rope today.” This is the third time that breakaway roping has been featured at CFD. The previous record was set by Carol Hollers at 3.4 seconds in 2021.

Garman wasn’t the only contestant pumped up and ready to compete. In the barrel racing it was the horses that took center stage, in particular Firewaterfrenchfame, “Apollo.” Ridden by Summer Kosel of Glenham, South Dakota, they broke an arena record in the barrel racing that was set over 25 years ago by Kristie Peterson and the famous French Flash Hawk, aka “Bozo.” They stopped the clock in 17.03 seconds in 1996.

Kosel’s time of 17.02 not only set the record, it also earned her the biggest check out of qualifying rounds at $7,414. When Peterson and Bozo had their run at Cheyenne, they ran from the opposite end of the arena. There are a lot of factors involved that make having an arena record accurate, but Kosel is now in the books as having made the fastest barrel racing run at CFD.

Team ropers Riley and Brady Minor have accomplished more as a brother duo than any other team roping family members in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, but one title has eluded them, the one from Frontier Park. With the younger of the duo, Riley, heading and Brady catching hind feet, they stopped the clock in 7.2 seconds to win $3,590.

Trell Etbauer is very familiar with Cheyenne Frontier Days. He traveled here as a toddler to watch his father, world champion saddle bronc rider Robert Etbauer compete. Then he competed in the saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling and tie-down roping here in 2014 and won the champions package as the all-around cowboy.

This year, Etbauer is after a steer wrestling title and came one step closer on July 19 when he stopped the clock in 5.7 seconds to win the qualifying round and $3,382. He will now hope to add to those earnings during the quarter finals and keep advancing all the way to Championship Sunday.

Cash Enderli, a college student at Weatherford College in Texas and resident of Liberty, Texas had the fast run in tie-down roping at 9.8 seconds. He won $5,172 and now has an opportunity to compete in front of a crowd for the first time at CFD. He had never competed here until July 18^th and was the best out of nearly 200 tie-down ropers.

All of these contestants will advance to the quarter finals where there will be 72 competitors in each discipline as well as in the bareback riding and saddle bronc riding. The bull riding quarter finals will see 60 competitors each making two appearances.

The first quarter finals will start at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 23.

 

 

The following are results from qualifying competition at the 126^th Cheyenne Frontier Days, July 16-20. 2022.

Steer Roping: (first round)1, Scott Snedecor, Fredericksburg, Texas, 12.5 seconds, $6,585. 2, Corey Ross, Liberty Hill, Texas, 13.4, $5,726. 3, Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla., 13.5, $4,867. 4, Clay Long, Stephenville, Texas, 14.1, $4,008. 5, Cash Myers, Kaufman, Texas, 14.2, $3,149. 6, Taylor Santos, creston, Calif., 14.6, $2,290. 7, (tie) Reo Lohse, Kaycee, Wyo., and Rob Denny, Willcox, Ariz., 14.8, $1,002. (second round) 1, Coleman Proctor, 11.4, $6,585. 2, Tom Fisher, 12.7, $5,726. 3, Tyler Waters, Stephenville, Texas, 12.8, $4,867. 4, Pake Sorey, Pendleton, Ore., 13.1, $4,008. 5, Hudson Wallace, George West, Texas, 13.2, $3,149. 6, Roger Nonella, Redmond, Ore., 13.6, $2,290. 7,(tie) Cole Patterson, Pratt, Kan., and Ora Taton, Rapid City, S.D., 13.9, $1,002 each. (Championship Finals qualifiers – total on two) 1, Proctor, 24.9. 2, Patterson, 29.7. 3, Myers, 30.9. 4, Lohse, 31.8. 5, Ross, 33.0. 6, Cooper Mills, St. John, Wash., 33.8. 7, Jess Tierney, hermosa, S.D., 34.3. 8, Chad Mathis, Morristown, Ariz., 36.4. 9, Zac Parrington, Hoyt, Kan., 36.5. 10, Rob Denny, Willcox, Ariz., 36.6. 11, Buck Mekelburg, Yuma, Colo., 37.2. 12, Shorty Garten, Claremore, Okla., 37.9.

Team Roping: (first round) 1, Riley and Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 7.1 seconds, $3,590. 2, (tie) Kyon and Clancey Kreutzer, Lake Creek, Texas, and Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D., and Levi Lord, Sturgis, S.D., 7.8 seconds and $2,957 each. 4, (tie) Jake Orman, Prairie, Miss., and Brye Crites, Welch, Okla.; Britt Williams, Hammond, Mont., and Cayden Cox, Arroyo Grande, Ariz.; and Reno Cash Stoebner, Stephenville, Texas, and Tyler McKnight, Pollok, Texas; 8.0 and $1,971 each. 7, (tie) Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla., and Logan Medlin, Tatum, N.M.; Rhett Anderson, Annabella, Utah, and Max Kuttler, American Falls, Idaho; and Garrett Rogers, Baker City, Ore., and Justin Davis, Cottonwood, Calif.; 8.1, $1,267. 10, Brayden Luke Schmidt, Benton City, Wash., and Andy Carlson, Hermiston, Ore., 8.2, $845. 11, (tie) Jay Ellerman, Fort Lupton, Colo., and Marcus Banister, Brighton, Colo.; and Beau Hebert, Shreveport, La., and Cody Hogan, Evelyn, La.; 8.3, $528. (Wild Card) 1, Hagen Peterson, Delta, Utah and Dylin Ahlstrom, Genola, Utah, 7.4 seconds, $2,394. 2, (tie) Chaz Kananen, Pocatello, Idaho and Colby Siddoway, Honeyville, Utah; and Cooper and Tucker James White, Hershey, Neb., 7.5, $1,971. 4, Brandon Beers, Powell Butte, Ore., and Daniel Braman, IV, Refugio, Texas, 7.7, $1,549. 5, Justin Yost, Citra, Fla., and Garrett Smith, Mt. Joliet, Tenn., 7.8, $1,267. 6, Garrett Tonnozzi, Lampasas, Texas, and T.J. Watts, Eads, Colo., 8.1, $1,126. 7, (tie) Marcus Theriot, Lumberton, Miss., and Cole Curry, Liberty, Miss.; and Paul David Tierney, Oklahoma City and Tanner Braden, Dewey, Okla., 8.3, $915. 9, (tie) Brandon Farris, Gracemont, Okla., and Derrick Jantzen, Ames, Okla.; and Cory Kidd, Statesville, N.C., and Lane Mitchell, Bolivar, Tenn.; 8.4, $634. 11, Miles Kobold, Huntley, Mont., and Clint Brower, Lander, Wyo., 8.7, $422. 12, Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., and Colter Todd, Willcox, Ariz., 9.0, $282.

Tie-Down Roping: (first round) 1, Cash Enderli, Liberty, Texas, 9.8, $5,172. 2, (tie) Colt Papy, Athens, La., and Rowdy Haferkamp, Cuero, Texas, 10.5, $4,260. 4, Haven Meged, Miles City, Mont., 10.6, $3,347. 5, (tie) Hudson Wallace, George West, Texas and Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas, 11.0, $2,586. 7, Beau Cooper, Stettler, Alberta, 11.1, $2,130. 8, Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, 11.2, $1,826. 9, Jake Harris, Canyon, Texas, 11.3, $1,521. 10, Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 11.4, $1,217. 11, Dakota Felton, Mountain Home, Texas, 11.5, $913. 12, Riley Webb, Denton, Texas, 11.6, $609. (Wild Card) 1, Lane Livingston, Seymour, Texas, 10.2, $3.448. 2, Zaine Mikita, Byers, Colo., 10.9 seconds, $3,043. 3, Walker Akins, Whitesboro, Texas, 11.0, $2,637. 4, Cash Edward Hooper, Carlsbad, N.M., 11.1. 5, (tie) Pryce Harris, Canyon, Texas, and Cody Craig, Wendell, Idaho, 11.2, $1,724 each. 7, Trevor Hale, Perryton, Texas, 11.3, $1,419. 8, Blake Ash, Aurora, Mo., 11.4, $1,217. 9, Tate Teague, Rankin, Texas, 11.5, $1,014. 10, (tie) Quay Howard, Canyon, Texas, and Chance Thiessen, Elk City, Okla., 11.8, $710. 12, (tie) Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas, and Colton Farquer, Oakdale, Calif., 12.0, $203.

Steer Wrestling: (first round) 1. Trell Etbauer, Goodwell, Okla., 5.7 seconds, $4,016. 2, (tie) Cody Cabral, Hilo, Hawaii, and Gary Gilbert, Paradise, Texas, 5.8, $3,382 each. 4, Mike McGinn, Haines, Ore., 6.3, $2,748. 5, (tie) Talon Roseland, Marshalltown, Iowa, and Marc Joiner, Loranger, La., 6.4, $2,114. 7, Denard Butler, Checotah, Okla., and Justin Simon, Florence, Ariz., 6.5, $1,268. 9, Ty Allred, Tooele, Utah, 6.6, $634. 10, Denton Good, long Valley, S.D., 6.7, $211. (Wild Card) 1, Caden Camp, Belgrade, Mont., 5.5, $3,286. 2, Colt Honey, La Junta, Colo., 5.7, $2,940. 3, Rhett John Witt, Valentine, Neb., 6.8, $2,594. 4, Jaret Whitman, Belgrade, Mont., 7.0, $2,248. 5, Walt Arnold, Coleman, Texas, 7.1, $1,902. 6, Wacey Real Bird, Sheridan, Wyo., 7.5, $1,556. 7, (tie) Brian Snell, Wheatland, Wyo., and Blare Romsa, Laramie, Wyo., 7.7, $1,038. 9, Denton Petersen, Payson, Ariz., 7.8, $519. 10, Winsten McGraw, Gill, Colo., 8.2, $173.

Breakaway Roping: (Pool A) 1, (tie) Shawnee Sherwood, San Tan Valley, Ariz., and Taya McAdow, Keensburg, Colo., 3.6, $3,845 each. 3, Sloan Anderson, Whitehorse, S.D., 3.9, $2,386. 4, (tie) Sage Kohr, Gillette, Wyo., and Tayler Bradley, Goldendale, Wash., 4.0, $1,260. 6, (tie) Josie Conner, Iowa, La.; Sje;bu Scjweotz. Cave Creek, Ariz.; and Mollie Bassett, Vinita, Okla.; 4.1, $221. (Pool B) 1, Anna Jorgenson, Watford City, N.D., 3.7, $4,375. 2, Taylor Hanchey, Carmine, Texas, 3.9, $3,315. 3, Sierra Galusha, Warrensburg, N.Y., 4.1, $2,386. 5, (tie) Shelby Boisjoli, Calgary, Alberta, and Rheagan, Cotton, Fairfield, Texas, 4.3, $795. (Wild Card) 1, Peggy Garman, Sundance, Wyo., 3.0, $990. 2, Martha Angelone, Stephenville, Texas, 3.1, $750. 3, (tie) Alex Loiselle, Paris, Texas, and Josie Goodrich, Stanfield, Ore., 3.4, $450. 5, (tie) Angie Green, Huntsville, Texas, and Kaylee Cornia, Cokeville, Wyo., 3.5, $180.

Barrel Racing: 1, Summer Kosel, Glenham, S.D., 17.02 seconds, $7,415. 2, Kassie Mowry, Dublin, Texas, 17.28, $6,356. 3, (tie) Shali Lord, Lamar, Colo., and Cindy Smith, Hobbs, N.M., 17.39 and $4,943 each. 5, Cheyenne Wimberley, Stephenville, Texas, 17.44, $3,531. 6, Ivy Saebens, Nowata, Okla., 17.48, $2,824. 7, Tarryn Lee, St. David, Ariz., 17.52, $2,119. 8, Katie Chism, Tiskilwa, Ill., 17.55, $1,412. 9, Sarah Rose Waguespack, 17.58, $1,059. 10, Megan McLeod-Sprague, Marsing, Idaho, 17.61, $706.

 

CODY, Wyo. July 4, 2022 — Nobody could have been any happier about winning the Cody Stampede than bareback rider Cole Reiner.

He grew up just across the Big Horn Mountains in Buffalo, Wyoming, and has dreamed of winning the Cody Stampede since he became a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in 2019. In those three years, he has chalked up a lot of different rodeo wins, qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) twice and now can add the Cody Stampede to his rodeo resume.

Reiner planned his Fourth of July rodeo run around a trip to Cody and competed here on the final day of what is known on the rodeo circuit as Cowboy Christmas. It paid off in a big way when he scored 88.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Southern Star. That was the highest bareback ride of the four-day rodeo and netted him $8,460. Before the Cody Stampede started, he was fourth in the world standings. The money he won here will keep him close to the top and help him secure a trip to Las Vegas in December to compete at rodeo’s championships for a third time.

Steer wrestler Kyle Irwin, left, Cody Stampede photo by Jason Koperski,  from Robertsdale, Alabama also competed here on the Fourth and got a portion of the win. His good friend Tyler Pearson was at the Cody Stampede earlier in the week and stopped the clock in 3.4 seconds giving the rest of the field a time to shoot for. Irwin nailed it on the final day of the rodeo and tied with Pearson. They each won $6,376, which Irwin is badly in need of to get him among the top 15 in the world standings. He was outside of that at 23^rd place.

He’s been in this position before and rallied to qualify for the NFR. He also won the big check here in 2017. That gave him a boost and helped his qualify for his third NFR. This year he is hoping to keep going and make it to the championships for a sixth time.

The big winner here was barrel racer Leslie Smalygo from Skiatook, Oklahoma. The barrel racer had a blazing-fast run at the first performance of the rodeo and her time held through over 100 additional barrel racers. Smalygo stopped the clock in 17.04 seconds to win $10,148.

Smalygo started her Cowboy Christmas run in 35^th place. With the money she won here and added at other rodeos, she will be inching towards the top 15 and could be headed to her first NFR. Her success came aboard her gelding “Gus” Justaheartbeattafame.

Team ropers Coleman Proctor from Pryor, Oklahoma and Logan Medlin from Tatum, N.M., got the win with a 4.3 second run. It netted each of them $5,743. Riley Pruitt had the fastest time in tie-down roping at 7.7 seconds to win $8,178.

There was a tie for the second consecutive year for the saddle bronc riding title. This year, it was Milford, Utah’s Spencer Wright and Zeke Thurston from Big Valley, Alberta that were at the top. They each scored 87.5 points. Wright rode on the third and Thurston was here on the Fourth of July. They each earned $7,324 for the win.

Brady Portenier had a night off on the second of July. He used it to relax, enjoy some bull riding camaraderie and get ready to ride the next night. It paid off with a 92.5 point effort to earn $8,432.

The breakaway roping championship went to Taylor Hanchey who has competed here in the barrel racing in the past. Last year she qualified for the National Finals Breakaway Roping and became the first woman to compete in that event that had also competed at the NFR in the barrel racing. Her roping skills came into play at Stampede Park where she stopped the clock in 2.3 seconds to earn $4,286.

The total payoff at the 103^rd Cody Stampede was over $350,000. Competition continues July 5^th with steer roping and at 8 p.m. the Cody Nite Rodeo will start back again.

 

103^rd Cody Stampede Champions

Bareback Riding, Cole Reiner, Buffalo, Wyo., 88.5 points, $8,460

Steer Wrestling, (tie) Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala., &

Tyler Pearson, Atoka, Okla., 3.4 seconds, $6,376 each.

Team Roping, Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla., and Logan Medlin, Tatum, N.M., 4.3 seconds, $5,743

Saddle Bronc Riding, (tie) Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah &

Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, 87.5 points, $7,324 each.

Breakaway Roping, Taylor Hanchey, Carmine, Texas, 2.3 seconds, $4,286

Tie-Down Roping, Riley Pruitt, Gering, Neb., 7.7 seconds, $8,178

Barrel Racing, Leslie Smalygo, Skiatook, Okla., 17.04 $10,148

Bull Riding, Brady Portenier, Caldwell, Idaho, 92.5, $8,432

 

The following are results from the 103^rd Cody Stampede, Monday, July 4, 2022

Fourth Performance —

Bareback riding: (three rides) 1, Cole Reiner, Buffalo, Wyo., 88.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Southern Star. 2, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 88. 3, R.C. Landingham, Hat Creek, Calif., 85.5.

 

Steer wrestling: 1, Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala., 3.4 seconds. 2, Paul Melvin, Paradise, Texas, 4.7. 3, Ryan Nettle, Goldthwaite, Texas, 5.0. 4, Grady Payne, Stephenville, Texas, 5.3.

 

Team roping: 1, Clint Summers, Lake city, Fla., and Ross Ashford, Lott, Texas, 5.3 seconds. 2, Curry Kirchner, Ames, Okla., and Reagan Ward, Edmond, Okla., 5.4. 3, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 9.6. 4, Jay Tittel, Pueblo, Colo., and Cole Cooper, Montrose, Colo., 15.1.

 

Saddle bronc riding: 1, Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, 87.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Cowboy Town. 2, Kole Ashbacher, Arrowood, Alberta, 85. 3, Layton Green, Millarville, Alberta, 83.5. 4, Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D., 81.

 

Breakaway roping: 1, Josie Conner, Iowa, La., 2.5. seconds. 2, Aspen Miller, Santa Fe, Texas, 2.7. 3, Coralee Spratt, Shoshoni, Wyo., 2.8. 4, Bradi Good, Abilene, Texas, 3.0.

 

Tie-down roping: (three times) 1, Kyle Lucas, Carstairs, Alberta, 7.9 seconds. 2, Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, 9.8. 3, Slade Wood, New Ulm, Texas, 19.4.

 

Barrel Racing: 1, Hallie Fulton, Miller, S.D., 17.46 seconds. 2, Ilyssa Riley, Hico, Texas, 17.49. Michelle Darling, Medford, Okla., 17.54. 4, Steely Steiner, Weatherford, Texas, 17.69.

 

Bull Riding: (two rides) 1, Tyler Ray Taylor, Stephenville, Texas, 87.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Gladiator’s Hammer. 2, Brody Yeary, Morgan Mill, Texas, 78.

 

Money earners —

 

Bareback riding: 1, Cole Reiner, Buffalo, Wyo., 88.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Southern Star, $8,460. 2, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 88, $6,466. 3, (tie) Cole Franks, Clarendon, Texas, Confused and Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa,  86.5  and $3,948 each. 5, R.C. Landingham, Hat Creek, Calif., 85.5, $1,974. 6, , Seth Hardwick, Ranchester, Wyo., 84, $1,410. 7, Keenan Reed Hayes, Hayden, Colo., 82.5, $1,128. 8, Guage McBride, Kearney, Neb., 82, $846.

 

Steer wrestling: 1, (tie) Tyler Pearson, Atoka, Okla., and Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala., 3.4 seconds and $6,376 each.  3, Jason Thomas, Bentonville, Ark., 3.6, $5,465. 4, (tie) Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev., and Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont., 3.7, $4,327. 6, (tie) Stetson Jorgensen, Blackfoot, Idaho and Jacob Edler, Alva, Okla., 3.8, $3,416.  8, (tie) Riley Duvall, Checotah, Okla., and Tyke Kipp, Lordsburg, N.M., 4.0, $2,505. 10, Remey Parrott, Mamou, La., 4.1, $1,822. 11, (tie) Jace Melvin, Paradise, Texas; Joe Wilson, Martin, S.D.; Dylan Schroeder, Waller, Texas; and Trell Etbauter, Goodwell, okla.; 4.3, $1,139. 15, (tie) Riley Riess, Manning, N.D., and Conner McKell, Springville, Utah, 4.4, $228.

 

Team Roping: 1, Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla., and Logan Medlin, Tatum, N.M., 4.3 seconds, $5,749 per man. 2, (tie) Tanner Tomlinson, Angleton, Texas, and Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas; and Kaleb Driggers, Hoboken, Ga., and Junior Nogueira, Presidente Prude, Brazil; 4.4, $5,081. 4, Pedro Egurrola, Florence, Ariz., and J.C. Flake, Laramie, Wyo., 4.5, $4,418. 5, Kreece Thompson, Munday, Texas, and Chad Williams, Stephenville, Texas, 4.6, $3,976. 6, (tie) Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D., and Levi Lord, Sturgis, S.D.; and Kolton Schmidt, Barrwood, Alberta and Cole Davison, Stephenville, Texas; 4.7, $3,314. 8, (tie) Tanner James, Porterville, Calif., and Max Kurrler, American Falls, Idaho; and Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz., and Paden Bray, Stephenville, Texas, 4.8, $2,540. 10, (tie) Coy Rahlmann, Elsinore, Mo., and Douglas Rich, Herrick, Ill.; and Kellan and Carson Johnson, Casper, Wyo.; 5.0, $1,988. 12, Jesse Staudt, Nathrop, Colo., and Riley Pedro, Honolulu, Hawaii, 5.1, $1,546. 13, (tie) Hayes Smith, Central Point, Ore., and Cullen Teller, Ault, colo.; Clint Summres, Lake City, Fla., and Ross Ashford, Lott, Texas; Cutter Machado, Santa Maria, Calif., and Dalton Pearce, San Luis Obispo, Calif.; 5.3, $884 each.

 

Saddle bronc riding: 1, (tie) Spencer Wright, Milford, Mont., on Frontier Rodeo’s Yellowstone and Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, on Frontier Rodeo’s Cowboy Town, 87.5 points and $7,324 each.  23 Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah, 86, $4,698. 4, (tie) Ross Griffin, Tularosa, N.M., and Kole Ashbacher, Arrowwood, Alberta, 85, $2,487. 6, Tanner Butner, Daniel, Wyoming, 84.5, $1,382. 7, (tie) Logan Cook, Alto, Texas, and Riggin Smith, Winterset, Iowa, 84 and $967.

 

Breakaway roping:  1, Taylor Hanchey, Carmine, Texas, 2.3 seconds, $4,286. 2, Charity Hoar, Pine Bluff, Wyo., 2.4, $3,429. 3, (tie) Sarah Verhelst, Pryor, Mont., Josie Conner, Iowa, La., and Cheyenne Guillory, Gainesville, Texas, 2.5 seconds and  $2,215 each. 6, (tie) Zoie Bedke, Oakley, Idaho, and Sawyer, Gilbert, Buffalo, S.D., 2.6, $1,179. 8, (tie) Aspen Miller, Santa Fe, Texas; Tiffany Schieck, Floresville, Texas; and Bailey Bates, Tohatchi, N.M.; 2.7 and $857. 11, (tie) Coralee Spratt, Shoshoni, Wyo.; Amanda Mader, Buffalo, Wyo.; and Sammy Taylor, Neola, Utah; 2.8, $536. 14, (tie) Erin Johnson, Fowler, Colo., and Carly Christian, Choteau, Mont., 2.9, $267.

 

Tie-down roping: 1, Riley Pruitt, Gering, Neb., 7.7 seconds, $8,178. 2, Kyle Lucas, Carstairs, Alblerta, 7.9, $7,088. 3, Zack Jongbloed, Iowa, La., 8.6, $6,542. 4, Tuf Case Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 8.8, $5,452. 5, Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 9.0, $4,907. 5, Wyatt Muggli, Wayne, Okla., 9.1, $4,362. 7, J.D. McCuistion, Collinsville, Texas, Okla., 9.2Tee, , $3,816. 8, Michael Otero, Millsap, Texas, 9.3, $3,271. 9, (tie) Haven Meged, Miles City, Mont.; J. Cody Jones, Ukiah, Calif.; and Beau Cooper, Stettler, Alberta, 9.6, $2,272. 12, Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, 9.8, $1,636. 13, (tie) Dakota Felton, Mountain Home, Texas, and Bo Pickett, Caldwell, Idaho, 10.0, $954. 15, Hunter Reaume, Meeteetse, Wyo., 10.1, $545.

 

Barrel Racing: 1, Leslie Smalygo, Skiatook, Okla., 17.04, $10,148. 2, Kylee Scribner, Azle, Texas, 17.08, $8,119. 3, Jordon Briggs, Tolar, Texas, 17.09, $6,596. 4, Londyn Ross, Bluff Dale, Texas, 17.14, $5,074. 5, Bryanna Haluptzok, Tennstrike, Minn., 17.20, $4,059. 6. ivy Saebens, Nowata, Okla., 17.24, $3,044. 7, (tie) Shelley Morgan, Eustace, Texas, and Cheyenne Wimberley, Stephenville, Texas, 17.25, and $2,410. 9, Taylor Arakelian, Clovis, Calif., 17.27, $2,030. 10, (tie) Nicole Driggers, Stephenville, Texas, and Sadie Wolaver, Weatherford, Okla., 17.28, $1,649. 12, Katie Halbert, Port Lavaca, Texas, 17.30, $1,269. 13, Emily Beisel, Weatherford, Okla., 17.31, $1,015. 14, Loni Lester, Gonzales, Texas, 17.35, $761. 15, Paige Jones, Wayne, Okla., 17.36, $507.

 

Bull Riding: 1, Brady Portenier, Caldwell, Idaho, 92.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Glory Days, $8,432. 2, Tyler Ray Taylor, Stephenville, Texas, 87.5, $6,464. 3, Creek Young, Rogersville, Mo., 87, $4,778. 4, (tie) Trevor Reiste, Linden, Iowa, and Trey Benton III, Richards, Texas, 86 and $2,530 each. 6, Tristen Hutchings, Monteview, Idaho, 84, $1,405. 7, Maverick Potter, Waxahachie, Texas, 81.5, $1,124. 8, Jace Tosclair, Chauvin, La., 79, $843.

 

 

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            CASPER, Wyo. (June 18, 2022) – When the final night of the 2022 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) began Saturday at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper, six reigning national champions had a chance to defend their titles and go home with back-to-back wins.

The bareback riding looked like a heavy weight match with reigning champion Cole Franks in the lead and 2017 winner Lane McGehee hot on his heels. But Ty Pope of Missouri Valley College who started the night in third place was not to be denied. Pope, who was among the top ten at last year’s CNFR, rode Vold Rodeo’s horse Capt. Hook for 85 points, the highest marked ride of the week. Pope’s teammate Franks, who won the title last year while attending Clarendon College but now rides for Missouri Valley, was last to compete and scored 81.5 on Vold’s Spicy Chicken. That left him one point short of Pope’s title, leaving him in the reserve spot.

Last year Panola College roper Kincade Henry watched teammate Macon Murphy win the national title in tie-down roping while Henry finished fifth. This year Henry came into the final night with the lead after three rounds and made a businesslike run of 9.0 seconds to capture the national championship. Henry, a sophomore ag business major, barely missed qualifying for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s National Finals Rodeo (NFR) last year. He is currently eighth in the pro ranks and could add his name to list of those who won a collegiate championship and qualified for the NFR in the same year.

Although he didn’t win a national title, Cisco College’s Trevor Hale made his mark in Casper. His time of 7.1 seconds in the tie-down roping set a CNFR record. That run secured him a reserve championship title.

Bryana Lehrmann, a graduate student in accounting at Texas A & M – Commerce had a half-second lead in the breakaway roping coming into the final round. While a half of second doesn’t sound like much, that is an eternity in an event where the fastest time of the week was 1.7 seconds. Lehrmann needed a solid run to rope her first national championship and delivered a time of 2.6. That was fast enough to tie for second in the final round and win the championship. She also tallied enough points to win the women’s all-around title by also earning points in the barrel racing.

McNeese State University came into Championship Saturday holding the top two spots in saddle bronc riding. Senior Ryder Sanford led junior teammate Shea Fournier by two and a half points. Fournier, an ag business major, scored 81 points on Vold Rodeo’s horse Jerry’s Delight for 315 total points. Sanford, an engineering major, was next to compete but he bucked off Frontier Rodeo’s Tickled Pink leaving Fournier as national champion.

Walt Arnold, a senior criminal justice major at Tarleton State University, won the steer wrestling national championship in commanding fashion. Arnold not only came into the finals with the overall lead, but he wrestled his steer in 3.7 seconds to win the final round as well. This is his third CNFR qualification, his third time to advance to the Championship Finals, but his only time to win a national title.

Goat tying was full of surprises. Kristin Reeves, a sophomore business major at Weatherford College, was the second athlete to set a CNFR record on Saturday. She came into the finals ranked eighth and set the record with a 5.5 second run. Maddie Doerr of Cochise College was ranked sixth until she made a 5.9-second run in the finals to take the national lead. McNeese State’s Kamryn Duncan was fifth, a tenth of a second faster than Doerr, and tied her goat in 6.0 to give both women a total of 24.9. Four women were still to compete, and none could clock a time faster than 6.5. That meant Doerr and Duncan tied for the national title.

The attention in team roping was on two pairs of brothers who were ranked first and second overall when the final round began. Mason and Logan Moore of Pleasanton, Texas, led the pack. Mason, a senior animal science major at Sam Houston State University, and Logan, a sophomore wildlife biology major at Wharton County Junior College, had roped three steers in 18 seconds and led Kellan and Carson Johnson, the reigning national champions and local favorites from Casper College by half a second. The third-place team of Riley Kittle and Jace Helton were 4.6 seconds behind the Johnsons. But Kittle of Woodland, Alabama, who competes for Cisco College in Texas where he is a sophomore welding major, and Helton, a sophomore business major at Weatherford College, caught their final steer and won the championship after the Moores and the Johnsons both failed to stop the clock in the finals.

Sadie Wolaver, a senior accounting major at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, was the barrel racing leader, but drew the last competition position giving her the worst ground conditions of the finals. She still made one of the fastest runs of the week – tying for fourth in the round with a time of 14.14 to win the national title. Taycie Matthews of East Mississippi Community College had not turned the barrel racing pattern in less than 14.40 during the first three rounds but qualified for the final round ranked eighth. The sophomore business and marketing major was the only barrel racer of the week to break the 14-second mark, winning the final round with a time of 13.86 and finishing as reserve national champion.

Casey Roberts of Munford, Alabama, was the only bull rider to ride three of four bulls. Roberts, a sophomore welding major at Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, took the lead when he rode Vold Rodeo’s bull Out Cold for 82.5 points. Reigning national champion Tristen Hutchings of Sul Ross University had the lead when the night began but couldn’t stay on Vold’s bull Night Trip.

The men’s all-around title went to Cole Walker of the University of Tennessee at Martin. Walker, a junior ag business major from Sparta, Tennessee, made the championship round in both tie-down and team roping. He finished fifth in both events.

Tarleton State University won the men’s team championship. Weatherford College earned the women’s team title by just 8.3 points over Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Reserve champion men’s team was McNeese State University which edged Missouri Valley College by 10 points.

 

2022 COLLEGE NATIONAL FINALS RODEO CHAMPIONS

 

Bareback – Ty Pope, Missouri Valley College, 318.5 points

Tie-Down Roping – Kincade henry, Panola College, 38.1 seconds.

Breakaway Roping – Bryana Lehrmann, Texas A & M University – Commerce, 9.2 seconds

Saddle Bronc Riding – Shae Fournier, McNeese State University, 315 points

Steer Wrestling – Walt Arnold, Tarleton State University, 16.9 seconds

Goat Tying – (tie) Kamryn Duncan, McNeese State University, 24.9 seconds

Maddee Doerr, Cochise College, 24.9 seconds

Team Roping – Riley Cittle, Cisco college and John Helton, Weatherford College, 34.4 seconds

Barrel Racing – Sadie Wolaver, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 56.86

Bull Riding – Casey Roberts, Three Rivers College, 239.5 points

Men’s All-Around – Cole Walker, University of Tennessee – Martin, 270 points

Women’s All-Around – Bryana Lehrmann, Texas A & M University – Commerce, 310 points

Men’s Team – Tarleton State University, 900 points

Women’s Team – Weatherford College, 538.33

Men’s Rookie – Andy Guzman, Mesalands Community College, 215 points

Women’s Rookie – Kenlie Raby, Missouri Valley College, 80 points

Men’s AQHA Horse of the Year – Kincade Henry, Panola College, “Duals Crescent Boon”

Women’s AQHA Horse of the Year – Sadie Wolaver, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, “I’m a Sharp Frost”

 

 

 

CASPER, Wyo.—The following are final results from the College National Finals Rodeo, June 18, 2022, courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Complete results are available at www.collegerodeo.com.

 

Bareback riding: (final round) 1, Ty Pope, Missouri Valley College, 85 points. 2, (tie) Dean Thompson, Western Texas College; Cole Franks, Missouri Valley College; and Brice Patterson, University of Wyoming, 81.5. (total on four) 1, Pope, 318.5. 2, Franks, 317.5. 3, Lane McGehee, Sam Houston State University, 315.5. 4, Tyler Griffin, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 312. 5, Thompson, 311.5. 6, Kolt Dement, Panola College, 300. 7, Patterson, 287.5. 8, Guage McBride, Panola College, 292.5.

 

Tie-Down Roping: (final round) 1, Trevor Hale, Cisco College, 7.1 seconds. 2, Kase Bacque, Sam Houston State University, 7.8. 3, Cole Walker, University of Tennessee – Martin, 8.0. 4, Scott Halverson, Iowa Center Community College, 8.4. (total on four) 1, Kincade henry, Panola College, 38.1 seconds. 2, Hale, 39.7. 3, Bacque, 41.1. 4, Halvertson, 43.4. 5, Walker, 44.1. 6, Marley Berger, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 44.2. 7, Linkyn Petersek, Casper College, 45.4. 8, Myles Kenzy, Gillette College, 46.9.

 

Breakaway Roping: (final round) 1, Kaylee Cornia, Idaho State University, 2.3 seconds. 2, (tie) Bryanna Lehrmann, Texas A & M University – Commerce, and Gracely Speth, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 2.6 each. 4, (tie) Briena Wells, Weatherford College, and Molly Salmond, Montna State University, 2/7. (total on four) 1,  Lehrmann, 9.2. 2, Briena Wells, Weatherford College, 10.3. 3, Cornia, 10.9. 4, Molly Salmond, Montana State University, 11.1. 5, (tie) McKenna Brennan, Panhandle State University, 11.3. 6, Gracely Speth, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 11.4. 7, Sarah Angelone, Tarleton State University, 19.7. 8, (on three) Alli Masters, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 7.1.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: (final round) 1, Cash Wilson, Tarleton State University, 82. 2, (tie) Quintin McWwhorter, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, and Shea Fornier, McNeese State University, 81.0. 4, Garrett Cunningham, Montana State University – Northern, 80. (total on four) 1, Fournier, 316. 2, Willson, 308.5. 3, McWhorter, 304. 4, Brody Wells, Tarleton State University, 299. 5, John Allen, Iowa Central Community College, 281. (on three) 6, Ryder Ssanford, McNeese State University, 236.5. 7, Garrett Cunningham, Montana State University – Northern, 230. 8, Reed Neely, California State University – Fresno, 223.5.

 

Steer Wrestling: (final round) 1, Walt Arnold, Tarleton State University, 3.7 seconds. 2, Ty Allred, Tarleton State University, 4.0. 3, (tie) Mason Couch, Southeastern Oklahoma State University; Gavin Soileau, McNeese State University; and Mike Nannini, Montana State University, 4.2. (total on four) 1, Arnold, 16.9. 2, Soileau, 18.7. 3, Tucker Alberts, Missouri Valley College, 19.0. 4, Allred, 22.4. 5, Nannin, Montana State University, 27.3, 6, Couch, 28.8. 7, Bryar Byrne, Feather Fiver College, 29.2. 8, Gus Franzen, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 35.2.

 

Goat Tying: (final round) 1, Kristin Reeves, Weatherford, College, 5.5 seconds. 2, Maddee Doerr, Cochise College, 5.9. 3, Kamryn Duncan, McNeese State University, 6.0. 4, (tie)Aimee Davis, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo; Kaytlyn Miller, Texas Tech University – Lubbock; and Sierra Spratt, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo; 6.5 each. (total on four) 1, (tie)Doerr and Duncan, 24.9 seconds. 3, Reaves, 25.0. 4, (tie) Aimee Davis, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, and Spratt, 25.2. 6, Sheyenne Anderson, Missouri Valley College, 25.5. 7, Kodey Hoss, Weatherford College, 26.2. 8, Miller, 26.4.

 

Team Roping: (final round) 1, Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College and Jaken Todacheenie, Northland Pioneer College, 4.8 seconds. 2, Logan Graham, and Latham Dickson, Southern Arkansas University, 7.0. Dylan Orr and Wyatt Vankoll, Blue Mountain Community College, 10.3. 4, Cobie Dodds, Feather River College, and Cole Dodds, California State University – Fresno, 11.0. (total on four) 1, Riley Kittle, Cisco College and Jace Helton, Weatherford College, 11.3. 2, Orr and Vankoll, 39.0. 3, Dodds and Dodds, 39.2. 4, Clay Cherry and Logan Cullen, Central Arizona College, 39.3. 5, Will McCraw and Cole Walker, University of Tennessee – Martin, 42.0. 6, Graham and Dickson, 42.1. 7, Moreno and Todacheenie, 43.1. 8, (on three) Mason Moore, Sam Houston State University and Logan Moore, Wharton County Junior College, 18.0

 

Barrel Racing: (final round) 1, Taycie Matthews, East Mississippi Community College, 13.86 seconds. 2, Bradi Good, Weatherford College, 14.03.3, (tie) . Sadie Wolaver, Southwestern Oklahoma State University and Ellie Bard, Gillette College, 14.14. (total on four) 1, Wolaver, 56.86. 2, Matthews, 57.23. 3, Good, 57.27. 4, Hailey Garrison, Montana State University, 57.30. 5, Bard, 57.42. 6, Victoria Procter, Texas A & M University, 57.60. 7, Emma Smith, Texas A & M University, 57.61. 8, Abby Hepper, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 57.62.

 

Bull Riding: (final round – one ride) 1, Casey Roberts, Three Rivers College, 82.5 points. (total on three) 1, Roberts, 239.5. (on two) 2, Tristen Hutchings, Sul Ross State University, 167. 3, Cole Skender, Three Rivers College, 159. 4, Andy Guzman, Mesalands Community College, 157.5. 5, Luke Parkinson, Western Texas College, 141.5. (on one) 6, Rawley Johnson, Western Texas College, 82. 7, T.J. Schmidt, Panhandle State University, 78. 8, Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, 68.5.

 

Men’s All-Around: 1, Cole Walker, University of Tennessee – Martin, 270 points. 2, Cole Dodds, California Stat3e University – Fresno, 245. 3, Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, 155. 4, Weston Patterson, Clarendon College, 120.

 

Women’s All-Around: 1, Bryana Lehrmann, Texas A & M University – Commerce, 310 points. 2, Kaytlyn Miller, Texas Tech University – Lubbock, 198.33.

 

Men’s Team: 1, Tarleton State University, 900 points. 2, McNeese State University, 780. 3, Missouri Valley College, 770. 4, Casper College, 620.

 

Women’s Team: 1, Weatherford College, 538.33. 2, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 533. 3, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 436.66. 4, Texas A & M University – Commerce, 330.

 

            CASPER, Wyo. (June 17, 2022) – The third round of the 2022 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) wrapped up Friday night at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper, setting the stage for Saturday’s Championship Finals. The top 12 fastest times and highest scores over the first three rounds qualified for Saturday night’s finals.

The competition began with bareback riding. Lane McGehee, who won the national title in this event as a freshman in 2017, rode Vold Rodeo’s bucking horse Classic Frontier for 81.5 points. That put the Sam Houston State University graduate student second in round three. He is just one and a half points behind Cole Franks in the overall standings. Franks is the reigning bareback riding and all-around champion who competes for Missouri Valley College. Only six points separate the top five bareback riders as the final round begins.

In breakaway roping Bryana Lehrmann, a graduate student in accounting at Texas A & M – Commerce clocked the fastest time of the night – 2.2 seconds. That tied her for fourth in the round. Her total of 6.6 seconds on three calves moved her into the overall lead by half a second. She is also one of two women who can win the all-around title.

McNeese State University heads into Championship Saturday holding the top two spots in saddle bronc riding. Shea Fournier held the lead when the night began, but his teammate Ryder Sanford overtook him after a 73.5-point ride on Triple V Rodeo’s horse Swan Lake. Sanford, a senior engineering major, had won the first two rounds and slipped past Fournier by two and a half points.

The goat tying competition was fierce. The second competitor – Sierra Spratt of Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo – set the pace with 6.6 seconds. She tied for the overall lead with her teammate Aimee Davis. Mersadie Martin, who competes for Sam Houston State University, had been the only cowgirl to clock a time under six seconds this week. Martin, a senior animal science major, won the first round with a time of 5.7 seconds. After a respectable but unspectacular 7.0 in round two, she came back in round three with the week’s second time under six seconds, winning the round with 5.9 and edging the Cal Poly contingent by one-tenth of a second.

Brothers Kellan and Carson Johnson of Casper College are crowd favorites at the Ford Wyoming Center. Not only are they local boys whose father is the college rodeo coach, but they are the reigning team roping champions at the CNFR. They brought the crowd to their feet with a time of 5 seconds which put them second in the round and second overall. They will have a chance to win a rare repeat title Saturday night.

Texas A & M’s Victoria Proctor was only able to place ninth in round three of barrel racing with her 14.34-second run. The junior ag business major had finished fourth in the first two rounds and her total time of 43.06 puts her second heading into the finals.

National championships in nine individual events along with the men’s and women’s all-around and team titles will be awarded following the Championship Saturday competition which begins at 7 p.m.

 

 

CASPER, Wyo.—The following are results after the fourth performance at the College National Finals Rodeo, June 17, 2022, courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Complete results are available at www.collegerodeo.com.

 

Bareback riding: (third round) 1, Kelby Schneiter, Western Texas College, 82 points. 2, Lane McGehee, Sam Houston State University, 81.5. 3, Weston Patterson, Clarendon College, 79. 4, Dean Thompson, Western Texas College, 79. 5, (tie) Darien Johnson, College of Southern Idaho, and Kolt Dement, Panola College, 76.5. each 7, (tie) Ty Pope, Missouri Valley College, and Guage McBride, Panola College, 74.5 each. (total on three) 1, Cole Franks, Missouri Valley College, 236. 2, McGehee, 234.5. 3, Pope, 233.5. 4, Griffin, 231. 5, Thompson, 230. 5, Myles Carlson, Casper, College, 223.5. 7, McBride, 222. 8, Dement, 221.5. 9, Denton Jacobson, Fort Scott Community College, 220.5. 10, Bradlee Miller, Sam Houston State University, 218.5. 11, Brice Patterson, University of Wyoming, 216.  12, Cooper Cooke, Western Texas College, 214.5.

 

Tie-Down Roping: (third round) 1, Chance Thiessen, Weatherford College, 7.3 seconds. 2, Chadron Coffield, University of Wyoming, 8.3. 3, Linkyn Petersek, Casper College, 8.4. 4, Kase Bacque, Sam Houston State University, 8.6. 5, Cole Dodds, California State University – Fresno, 9.0. 6, Zane Taylor, Treasure Valley Community College, 9.5. 7, (tie) Kincade Henry, Panola College, and Tanner Brown, East Mississippi Community College, 9.7 each. (total on three) 1, Henry, 29.1. 2, Petersek, 30.9. 3, Brayden Roe, Tarleton State University, 31.7. 4, Cody Stewart, Feather River College, 32.2. 5, Trevor Hale, Cisco College, 32.6. 6, Bacque, 33.2. 7, Macon Murphy, Panola College, 33.7. 8, Scott Halverson, Iowa Central Community College, 35.0. 9, Marley Berger, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 35.7. 10 Cole Walker, University of Tennessee – Martin, 36.1. 11, Myles Kenzy, Gillette College, 38.2. 12, Monty James, Central Arizona College, 41.0.

 

Breakaway Roping: (third round) 1, Kenlie Raby, Missouri Valley College, 1.7 seconds. 2, Alli Masters, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 2.0. 3, Hannah Hughes, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 2.1. 4, (tie) Bryana Lehrmann, Texas A & M University – Commerce; and Hayden Madsen, Laramie County Community College; and Kimberly Williams; Walla Walla Community College, 2.2 each. 7, Mikenna Schauer, University of Montana Northern, 2.3. 8, Delaney Kunau, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 2.4. (total on three) 1, Lehrmann, 6.6. 2, Masters, 7.1. 3, Sarah Angelone, Tarleton State University, 7.3. 4, (tie) Madalyn Richards, Texas A & M University and Briena Wells, Weatherford College, 7.6. 6, (tie) Blair Bryant, East Mississippi Community College, and Schauer, 7.7. 8, Maddy Deerman, Tarleton State University, 7.8. 9, McKenna Brennan, Panhandle State University, 8.3. 10, Molly Salmond, Montana State University, 8.4. 11, Kaylee Cornia, Idaho State University, 8.6. 12, Gracely Speth, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 8.8.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: (third round) 1, Shae Fournier, McNeese State University, 80.5. 2, Karson Mebane, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 77.5. 3, Cash Wilson, Tarleton State University, Tarleton State University, 76.5. 4, Quintin McWhorter, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 75. 5, (tie) John Allen, Iowa Central Community College, and Ryder Sanford, McNeese State University, 73.5 each. 7, (tie) Reed Neely, California State University – Fresno and Jarrod Hammons, Hill College, 72.5 (total on three) 1, Sanford, 236.5. 2, Fournier, 234. 3, Wilson, 226.5. 4, McWhorter, 222.5. 5, Brody Wells, Tarleton State University, 221. 6, Cable Wareham, Fort Scott Community College, 212. 7, Allen, 208. 8, Sage Miller, Laramie County Community College, 207.5. 9, Luke Price, Fort Scott Community College, 198. 10, Stade Riggs, Northern Arizona University, 197. (on two) 11, Garrett Cunningham, Montana State University – Northern, 150. 12, Reed Neely, California State University – Fresno, 149.5.

 

Steer Wrestling: (third round) 1, Gavin Soileau, McNeese State University, 3.8 seconds. 2, Blake Betz, Blue Mountain Community College, 4.0. 3, (tie) Sterling Lee, Dickinson State University; Rooster Yazzie, Navajo Technical College; and Bryar Byrne, Feather River College, 4.6 each. 6, Walt Arnold, Tarleton State University, 4.8. 7, (tie) Jesse Keysaer, University of Tennessee – Martin, and Mason Couch, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 4.9. (total on three) 1, Arnold, 13.2. 2, Tucker Alberts, Missouri Valley College, 13.7. 3, Souileau, 14.5. 4, Ty Allred, Tarleton State University, 18.4. 5, Hurlburt, 19.0. 6, Gus Franzen, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 22.1. 7, Mike Nannini, Montana State University, 23.1. 8, Byrne, 24.3. 9, Couch, 24.7. 10, Garrett Shell, Feather River College, 25.2. 11, Cache Burnside, Central Arizona College, 27.0. 12, Sterling Lee, Dickinson State University, 27.1.

 

Goat Tying: (third round) 1, Mersadie Martin, Sam Houston State University, 5.9 seconds. 2, Aimee Davis, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 6.0. 3, (tie) Taylour Latham, University of Wyoming, and Kamryn Duncan, McNeese State University, 6.1 seconds each. 5, Kaytlyn Miller, Texas Tech University – Lubbock, 6.2. 6, (tie) Jessi Jane Portenier, Cochise College; Emma Hodson, Weber State University; Sheyenne Anderson, Missouri Valley College; and Sierra Spratt, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo;  and Kodey Hoss, Weatherford College, 6.3. (total on three) 1, Martin, 18.6. 2, (tie) Davis, and Spratt, 18.7. 4, (tie) Anderson, and Duncan, 18.9. 6, Doerr, 19.0. 7, Hoss, 19.1. 8, Kristin Reaves, Weatherford College, 19.5. 9, Jaicee Bastian, Utah Valley University, 18.9. 10, (tie) Kaytlyn Miller, Texas Tech University, and Hailey Garrison, Montana State University, 19.9. 12, Wacey Day, Northeastern Junior College, 20.0.

 

Team Roping: (third round) 1, Bodie Mattson, Gillette College and Trae Smith, Casper College, 4.8 seconds. 2, Kellan and Carson Johnson, Casper College, 5.0. 3, Tristan Sullivan, Texas A & M University – Commerce, and Will Farris, Southwest Texas Junior College, 5.3. 4, Mason Moore, Sam Houston State University and Logan Moore, Wharton County College, 5.9. 5, (tie) Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, and Jaken Todacheerie, Northern Pioneer College; Riley Kittle, Cisco College and Jace Helton, Weatherford, College; and Cutter Machado, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo and Wyatt Hansen, West Hills College, 6.0. 8, Clay Cherry and Logan Cullen, Central Arizona College, 6.9.  (total on three) 1, Moore and Moore, 18.0. 2, Johnson and Johnson, 18.5. 3, Kittle and Helton, 6.0. 4, Cherry and Cullen, 23.5. 5, Nevada Berquist and Braden Brost, Casper College, 24.9. 6, Cobie Dodds, Feather River College and Cole Dodds, California State University – Fresno, 28.2. 7, Dylan Orr and Wyatt Vankoll, Blue Mountain Community College, 28.7. 8, Will McCraw and Cole Walker, University of Tennessee – Martin, 30.0. 9, Logan Grahm and Latham Dickson, Southern Arkansas University, 35.1. 10, Moreno and Todacheenie, 38.3. 11, Trystin Hooper, West Hills College and David Stark, California State University – Fresno, 40.6. 12, (on two) J.C. Yeahquo, Western Oklahoma State University and L.J. Yeahquo, Oklahoma State University, 14.9

 

Barrel racing: (third round) 1, Jaylie Matthews, East Mississippi Community College, 14.13 seconds. 2, Hailey Garrison, Montana State University, 14.19. 3, (tie) Sadie Walaver, Southwestern Oklahoma State University; Ellie Bard, Gillette College; and Bryana Lehrmann, Texas A & M University – Commerce; 14.22. 6, Abby Hepper, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 14.23. 7, Bradi Good, Weatherford College, 14.32. 8, Tayla Moeykens, Montana State University, 14.33. (total on three) 1, Wolaver, 42.72. 2, Victoria Procter, Texas A & M University, 43.06. 3, Garrison, 43.13. 4, (tie) Emma Smith, Texas A & M University, and Hepper, 43.21 each. 6, Bradi Good, Weatherford College, 43.24. 7, Bard, 43.28. 8, Taycie Matthews, East Mississippi Community College, 43.37. 9, Kenna McNeill, Oklahoma State University, 43.39. 10, Tayla Moeykens, Montana State University, 43.43. 11, Kiara Begay, University of Arizona, 43.44. 12, Shaw Nelson, South Dakota State University, 43.69.

 

Bull Riding: (third round – three rides) 1, Cole Skender, Three Rivers College, 84. 2, Tristen Hutchings, Sul Ross State University, 82.5. 3, Rawley Johnson, Western Texas College, 82. (total on two) 1, Hutchings, 167. 2, Skender, 159. 3, Andy Guzman, Mesalands Community College, 157.5. 4, Casey Roberts, Three Rivers College, 157. 5, Luke Parkinson, Western Texas College, 141.5. (on one) 6, Rawley Johnson, T.J. Schmidt, Panhandle State University, 78. 7, Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, 68.5. 8, Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, 68.5.

 

Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo took the lead in the goat tying when Aimee Davis stopped the clock in 6.0 seconds. Davis is at the top of the leaderboard and is in contention for a national title with  CNFR photo by Jackie Jensen

 

Competition heating up at College National Finals Rodeo 

 

            CASPER, Wyo. (June 16, 2022) – Two athletes moved into the overall lead in their events during Thursday night’s performance of the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper.

Aimee Davis, a junior majoring in child development, took the lead in goat tying. Davis, who competes for Cal Poly- San Luis Obispo, tied her goat in six seconds to have the fastest time in the third round. Her times in round one and round two were 6.2 and 6.5 respectively. The West Coast Region Goat Tying Champion has a lead of two-tenths of a second at 18.7 over McNeese State’s Kamryn Duncan.

Walt Arnold, a senior from Coleman, Texas, moved to first overall in steer wrestling. Arnold, a criminal justice major at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, stopped the clock in 4.8 seconds. Adding that to his times of 4.2 seconds in the first and second rounds gave him a total of 13.2 seconds on three steers. This is his third CNFR qualification and he will be qualifying for Saturday night’s championship finals for the third time. He is hoping that this year he leaves with the buckle that says he is college rodeo’s best.

Arnold is currently ranked 23^rd in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association steer wrestling standings. He has a chance to win a college title and qualify for the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in the same season if he can move into the top 15 in the pro ranks by September 30.

Montana State University’s Hailey Garrison moved to second overall in barrel racing. Her time of 14.19 was the second-fastest of the week and put her in second place in round three. The Dillon, Montana, cowgirl has a great shot at the women’s all-around title at her fourth CNFR. She will return for Championship Saturday in barrel racing and goat tying where she is tied for fifth overall with a total time of 19.9 seconds on three runs.

The fourth performance of the CNFR will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday. Those competing will have one final chance to move into the top 12 and qualify for Championship Saturday when the national champions in nine events, the men’s and women’s all-around and the men’s and women’s team champions will be determined.

 

 

CASPER, Wyo.—The following are results after the third performance at the College National Finals Rodeo, June 16, 2022, courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Complete results are available at www.collegerodeo.com.

 

Bareback riding: (third round) 1, Kelby Schneiter, Western Texas College, 82 points. 2, Kolt Dement, Panola College, 76.5. 3, (tie) Ty Pope, Missouri Valley College, and Guage McBride, Panola College, 74.5 each. 5, (tie) Tyler Griffin, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and Cole Franks, Missouri Valley College, 74. 6, Cooper Filipek, Mesalands Community College, 72. (total on three) 1, Franks, 236. 2, Pope, 233.5. 3, Griffin, 231. 4, McBride, 222. 5, Dement, 221.5. 6, Denton Jacobson, Fort Scott Community College, 220.5. 7, Bradlee Miller, Sam Houston State University, 218.5. 8, Brice Patterson, University of Wyoming, 216.

 

Tie-Down Roping: (third round) 1, Chance Thiessen, Weatherford College, 7.3 seconds. 2, Chadron Coffield, University of Wyoming, 8.3. 3, Linkyn Petersek, Casper College, 8.4. 4, Kase Bacque, Sam Houston State University, 8.6. 5, Zane Taylor, Treasure Valley Community College, 9.5. 6, (tie) Kincade Henry, Panola College, and Tanner Brown, East Mississippi Community College, 9.7 each. (total on three) 1, Henry, 29.1. 2, Petersek, 30.9. 3, Cody Stewart, Feather River College, 32.2. 4, Bacque, 33.2. 5, Scott Halverson, Iowa Central Community College, 35.0. 6, Marley Berger, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 35.7. 7 Myles Kenzy, Gillette College, 38.2. 8, Monty James, Central Arizona College, 41.0.

 

Breakaway Roping: (third round) 1, Kenlie Raby, Missouri Valley College, 1.7 seconds. 2, Alli Masters, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 2.0. 3, Hannah Hughes, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 2.1. 4, (tie) Hayden Madsen, Laramie County Community College and Kimberly Williams, Walla Walla Community College, 2.2 each. 6, Delaney Kunau, Univrsity of Nevada – Las Vegas, 2.4. (total on three) 1, Masters, 7.1. 2, (tie) Madalyn Richards, Texas A & M University and Briena Wells, Weatherford College, 7.6. 4, Blair Bryant, East Mississippi Community College, 7.7. 5, Maddy Deerman, Tarleton State University, 7.8. 6, Molly Salmond, Montana State University, 8.4. 7, Gracely Speth, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 8.8. 8, Catherine Clayton, Cochise College, 9.5

 

Steer Wrestling: (third round) 1, Blake Betz, Blue Mountain Community College, 4.0 seconds. 2, (tie) Sterling Lee, Dickinson State University; Rooster Yazzie, Navajo Technical College; and Bryar Byrne, Feather River College, 4.6 each. 5, Walt Arnold, Tarleton State University, 4.8. 6, (tie) Jesse Keysaer, University of Tennessee – Martin, and Mason Couch, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 4.9. 9, (tie) Wes Shaw, College of Southern Idaho; Austin Hurlburt, University of Wyoming;  and Garrett Elmore, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 5.1. (total on three) 1, Arnold, 13.2. 2, Tucker Alberts, Missouri Valley College, 13.7. 3, Ty Allred, Tarleton State University, 18.4. 4, Hurlburt, 19.0. 5, Mike Nannini, Montana State University, 23.1. 6, Byrne, 24.3. 7, Couch, 24.7. 8, Garrett Shell, Feather River College, 25.2.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: (third round) 1, Shae Fournier, McNeese State University, 80.5. 2, Karson Mebane, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 77.5. 3, Cash Wilson, Tarleton State University, Tarleton State University, 76.5. 4, Quintin McWhorter, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 75. 5, John Allen, Iowa Central Community College, 73.5. 6, (tie) Reed Neely, California State University – Fresno and Jarrod Hammons, Hill College, 72.5 (total on three) Fournier, 234. 2, Wilson, 226.5. 3, McWhorter, 222.5. 4, Allen, 208. 5, Miller, 207.5. 5, Stade Riggs, Northern Arizona University, 197. (on two) 7, Ryder Sanford, McNeese State University, 163. 8, Brody Wells, Tarleton State University, 153.

 

Goat Tying: (third round) 1, Aimee Davis, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 6.0. 2, (tie) Taylour Latham, University of Wyoming, and Kamryn Duncan, McNeese State University, 6.1 seconds each. 4, Kaytlyn Miller, Texas Tech University – Lubbock, 6.2. 5, (tie) Jessi Jane Portenier, Cochise College; Emma Hodson, Weber State University and Kodey Hoss, Weatherford College, 6.3. (total on three) 1, Davis, 18.7. 2, Duncan, 18.9. 3, Hoss, 19.1. 4, Jaicee Bastian, Utah Valley University, 18.9. 5, (tie) Kaytlyn Miller, Texas Tech University, and Hailey Garrison, Montana State University, 19.9. 7, Wacey Day, Northeastern Junior College, 20.0.  8, Lakin Cunningham, Missouri Valley College, 20.2.

 

Team Roping: (third round) 1, Bodie Mattson, Gillette College and Trae Smith, Casper College, 4.8 seconds. 2, Mason Moore, Sam Houston State University and Logan Moore, Wharton County College, 5.9. 3, (tie) Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, and Jaken Todacheerie, Northern Pioneer College; Riley Kittle, Cisco College and Jace Helton, Weatherford, College; and Cutter Machado, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo and Wyatt Hansen, West Hills College, 6.0. 6, Nevada Berquist and Braden Brost, Casper College, 7.0. (total on three) 1, Moore and Moore, 18.0. 2, Kittle and Helton, 6.0. 3, Berquist and Brost, 24.9. 4, Cobie Dodds, Feather River College and Cole Dodds, California State University – Fresno, 28.2. 5, McCraw and Walker, 30.0. 6, Latham Dickson, University of Tennessee – Martin, and Logan Graham, Southern Arkansas University, 35.1. 7, Moreno and Todacheenie, 38.3. 8, Trystin Hooper, West Hills College and David Stark, California State University – Fresno, 40.6.

 

Barrel racing: (third round) 1, Jaylie Matthews, East Mississippi Community College, 14.13 seconds. 2, Hailey Garrison, Montana State University, 14.19. 3, (tie) Sadie Walaver, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, and Bryana Lehrmann, Texas A & M University – Commerce, 14.22. 5, Abby Hepper, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 14.23. 6, Bradi Good, Weatherford College, 14.32. (total on three) 1, Wolaver, 42.72. 2, Garrison, 43.13. 3, (tie) Emma Smith, Texas A & M University, and Hepper, 43.21 each. 5, Bradi Good, Weatherford College, 43.24. 6, Taycie Matthews, East Mississippi Community College, 43.37. 7, Kenna McNeill, Oklahoma State University, 43.39. 8, Tayla Moeykens, Montana State University, 43.43.

 

Bull Riding: (third round – two rides) 1, Cole Skender, Three Rivers College, 84. 2, Tristen Hutchings, Sul Ross State University, 82.5 points.  (total on two) 1, Hutchings, 167. 2, Skender, 140. 3, Andy Guzman, Mesalands Community College, 157.5. 4, Casey Roberts, Three Rivers College, 157. 5, Luke Parkinson, Western Texas College, 141.5. (on one) 6, T.J. Schmidt, Panhandle State University, 78. 7, Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, 68.5.