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High School Finals Rodeo
July 20-26, Farmington, N.M.

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Branquinho duo takes Nampa

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Photo by Kirt Steinke: Luke Branquinho of Los Alamos, Calif., won the steer wrestling average in 12.7 seconds on three head at the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho, that concluded on July 19. Branquinho's brother, Casey, won the tie-down roping average in 26.7 seconds on three head.

Timed-event cowboys Luke and Casey Branquinho, both of Los Alamos, Calif., have won some mighty big rodeos during their days in ProRodeo, but usually not in the same place at the same time. That all changed this weekend at the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho.

Luke Branquinho, the 2004 World Champion Steer Wrestler, won his discipline by turning three steers in 12.7 seconds. Meanwhile, his older brother, Casey, the tie-down roping champion at the 2005 Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo, won his event by recording a three-head time of 26.7 seconds

Luke, who last won the Snake River Stampede during his championship year of 2004, won $8,110 and solidified his No. 2 ranking in the Crusher Rentals PRCA World Standings, while Casey earned $7,271 and moved into the top 20 as he seeks his first Wrangler NFR qualification.

It’s the first time each Branquinho brother has won his event at the same rodeo since the 2003 Redding (Calif.) Rodeo.

Nampa gave contestants another shot at qualifying for the second Ariat Playoffs series, which starts next month in Caldwell, Idaho. At the conclusion of the final Tour stop in Dodge City, Kan., on Aug. 5, the top 35 contestants (35 teams in team roping) in total Tour points and the “Wild Cards,” event champions from the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo, presented by U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, will move on to the first Ariat Playoffs event, Aug. 12-16, in Caldwell, Idaho. Fox Sports Network and CBS are scheduled to televise the Playoffs.

Team ropers Speed Williams and Allen Bach, who have 12 world championships between them, broke through in Nampa for their first victory since April. Williams, of De Leon, Texas, an eight-time champion, and Bach, of Weatherford, Texas, roped three steers in 18.7 seconds, good for $3,089 each.

In the roughstock events, cowboys nearly swept their way to each title.

Bareback rider Royce Ford, of Briggsdale, Colo., split the first-round victory and won the final round outright en route to a two-head score of 168 points and checks worth $11,289. Last year, Ford won the title at the weekend’s other main-attraction rodeo, California Rodeo Salinas.

Saddle bronc rider J.J. Elshere, of Quinn, S.D., did exactly the same thing in winning his event title with 171 points on two head. He earned $12,362, the most of any contestant at the rodeo.

Bull rider Jake Wade, of Alamo, Nev., came on strong at the end to claim the two-head average title. After tying for sixth place in the first round with an 81, Wade won the final round with an 85 aboard Bar T Rodeo’s Frontier, giving him 166 points and the title, worth $8,524.

Barrel racer Shelley Murphy of Helena, Mont., the reigning DNCFR champion, bagged $11,141 after completing two patterns in 31.76 seconds.

Snake River Stampede
Nampa, Idaho, July 15-19

All-around cowboy: Ty Talsma, $2,010, steer wrestling and team roping.

Bareback riding: First round: 1. (tie) Will Lowe on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Blood Bath and Royce Ford on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Orphan Child, 84 points, $4,732 each; 3. (tie) Ryan Gray and Josi Young, 82, $2,500 each; 5. Kelly Timberman, 81, $1,250; 6. (tie) Bryan Jones and Tim Shirley, 80, $804 each; 8. (tie) Cimmaron Gerke and Nathan Bayes, 79, $268 each. Second round: 1. Royce Ford, 84 points on Bar T Rodeo’s Oakey Robin, $1,200; 2. Josi Young, 83, $900; 3. Ryan Gray, 82, $600; 4. Wes Stevenson, 79, $300. Average: 1. Royce Ford, 168 points on two head, $5,357; 2. Josi Young, 165, $4,107; 3. Ryan Gray, 164, $3,036; 4. Will Lowe, 159, $1,964; 5. (tie) Tim Shirley and Kelly Timberman, 158, $1,071 each; 7. Wes Stevenson, 157, $714; 8. Brian Bain, 153, $536.

Steer wrestling: First round: 1. (tie) Seth Hadlock and Wade Sumpter, 3.9 seconds, $3,317 each; 3. Darrell Petry, 4.2, $2,623; 4. Olin Hannum, 4.3, $2,160; 5. Jon Ragatz, 4.4, $1,697; 6. (tie) Ron Schenk, Craig James Smith, Ted Gollaher and Klate Greany, 4.5, $579 each. Second round: 1. (tie) Travis Carnine, Hunter Cure and Stan Branco, 4.0 seconds, $3,085 each; 4. (tie) Luke Branquinho and Ty Talsma, 4.2, $1,928 each; 6. (tie) Seth Hadlock and T.W. Parker, 4.3, $1,003 each; 8. (tie) Jason Miller, Todd Suhn and Dex Van Orden, 4.5, $103 each. Third round: 1. Luke Branquinho, 3.8 seconds, $860; 2. Todd Suhn, 4.2, $645; 3. Stockton Graves, 5.2, $430; 4. Casey Martin, 5.4, $215. Average: 1. Luke Branquinho, 12.7 seconds on three head, $5,322; 2. Seth Hadlock, 13.7, $4,628; 3. Todd Suhn, 15.1, $3,934; 4. Wade Sumpter, 15.2, $3,240; 5. Stockton Graves, 15.8, $2,545; 6. Casey Martin, 15.9, $1,851; 7. Craig James Smith, 16.5, $1,157; 8. T.W. Parker, 17.2, $463.

Team roping: First round: 1. Jake Cooper/Jim Ross Cooper, 4.8 seconds, $1,884 each; 2. Spencer Mitchell/Blaine Ketscher, 5.0, $1,638; 3. Matt Sherwood/Randon Adams, 5.1, $1,393; 4. Turtle Powell/Travis Graves, 5.2, $1,147; 5. Logan Olson/Broc Cresta, 5.3, $901; 6. Camish Jennings/Jay McClain, 5.4, $655; 7. David Motes/Richard Durham, 5.5, $410; 8. (tie) Jeff Johnston/Ty Talsma and Derick Fleming/Caleb Twisselman, 5.8, $82 each. Second round: 1. Luke Brown/Monty Joe Petska, 4.4 seconds, $1,884 each; 2. Jimmy Edens/Ryan Motes, 4.5, $1,638; 3. Colby Siddoway/Jesse Sheffield, 4.6, $1,393; 4. David Key/Kory Koontz, 4.8, $1,147; 5. Jake Barnes/Clay O’Brien Cooper, 5.1, $901; 6. Matt Sherwood/Randon Adams, 5.4, $655; 7. Travis Tryan/Michael Jones, 5.7, $410; 8. Clay Tryan/Walt Woodard, 5.9, $164. Third round: 1. Jimmy Edens/Ryan Motes, 5.5 seconds, $525 each; 2. John O’Connor/Levi Piquet, 5.9, $394; 3. Speed Williams/Allen Bach, 6.0, $263; 4. Jake Cooper/Jim Ross Cooper, 7.2, $131. Average: 1. Speed Williams/Allen Bach, 18.7 seconds on three head, $2,826 each; 2. Matt Sherwood/Randon Adams, 22.1, $2,458; 3. Jake Cooper/Jim Ross Cooper, 23.1, $2,089; 4. Jimmy Edens/Ryan Motes, 24.4, $1,720; 5. Colby Schneemann/Tommy Zuniga, 25.3, $1,352; 6. John O’Connor/Levi Piquet, 28.0, $983; 7. Derick Fleming/Caleb Twisselman, 28.4, $614; 8. Charly Crawford/Jhett Johnson, 34.1, $246.

Saddle bronc riding: First round: 1. (tie) Shawn Morehead on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Shady Spot and J.J. Elshere on Bar T Rodeo’s Betsy Brown, 83 points, $5,235 each; 3. Rod Hay, 81, $3,359; 4. Billy Etbauer, 80, $2,173; 5. (tie) Jesse Bail, Kayle Gray and Cody Wright, 79, $1,054 each; 8. (tie) Jesse Kruse and Bobby Griswold, 78, $296 each. Second round: 1. J.J. Elshere, 88 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Grit Your Teeth, $1,200; 2. Shawn Morehead, 83, $900; 3. (tie) Chet Johnson and Billy Etbauer, 81, $450 each. Average: 1. J.J. Elshere, 171 points on two head, $5,927; 2. Shawn Morehead, 166, $4,544; 3. Billy Etbauer, 161, $3,359; 4. (tie) Chet Johnson and Cody Wright, 158, $1,778 each; 6. Seth Glause, 156, $988; 7. Jesse Bail, 155, $790; 8. Isaac Diaz, 154, $593.

Tie-down roping: First round: 1. Jake Hannum, 7.6 seconds, $4,094; 2. (tie) Cody James and Randall Carlisle, 7.8, $3,293 each; 4. (tie) Cimarron Boardman and Cash Myers, 8.0, $2,225 each; 6. Kody Curry, 8.1, $1,424; 7. Ryan Jarrett, 8.3, $890; 8. Boe Brown, 8.4, $356. Second round: 1. Joseph Parsons, 7.4 seconds, $4,094; 2. Blair Burk, 7.6, $3,560; 3. Blake Huckabee, 7.7, $3,026; 4. (tie) Cash Myers, Jerrad Hofstetter and Seth Childers, 8.0, $1,958 each; 7. (tie) Doug Pharr and Michael Otero, 8.1, $623 each. Third round: 1. Casey Branquinho, 8.4 seconds, $1,130; 2. Michael Otero, 8.8, $848; 3. Stran Smith, 9.1, $565; 4. Blake Huckabee, 9.3, $283. Average: 1. Casey Branquinho, 26.7 seconds on three head, $6,141; 2. (tie) Stran Smith and Blake Huckabee, 26.8, $4,939 each; 4. Michael Otero, 27.3, $3,738; 5. J.W. Kirkham, 28.2, $2,937; 6. J.D. Miller, 28.3, $2,136; 7. Justin Maass, 29.4, $1,335; 8. Jerome Schneeberger, 36.8, $534.

Barrel racing: First round: 1. (tie) Megan McLeod and Shelley Murphy, 15.80 seconds, $4,399 each; 3. Sydni Blanchard, 15.81, $3,384; 4. (tie) Lindsay Sears and Nancy Hunter, 15.84, $2,594 each; 6. Deb Renger, 15.96, $1,805; 7. Annesa Self, 15.97, $1,353; 8. Mary Burger, 16.03, $902; 9. Nadine Lynn Kern, 16.08, $677; 10. Whitney Baker, 16.09, $451. Second round: 1. Shelley Murphy, 15.96 seconds, $2,005; 2. Nancy Hunter, 15.97, $1,504; 3. Deb Renger, 15.98, $1,003; 4, Sydni Blanchard, 15.99, $501. Average: 1. Shelley Murphy, 31.76 seconds for two runs, $4,737; 2. Sydni Blanchard, 31.80, $4,060; 3. Nancy Hunter, 31.81, $3,384; 4. Deb Renger, 31.94, $2,932; 5. Annesa Self, 32.07, $2,256; 6. Jamie Wells, 32.37; $1,805; 7. Whitney Baker, 32.39, $1,353; 8. Nadine Lynn Kern, 32.50, $902; 9. Megan McLeod, 32.61, $677; 10. Lindsay Sears, 36.98, $451.

Bull riding: First round: 1. Howdy Cloud, 86 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Mister Twister’s Vitalix, $6,216; 2. (tie) Bobby Welsh and Jason McClain, 84, $4,144 each; 4. (tie) Ardie Maier and Chris Roundy, 82, $1,865 each; 6. (tie) Tylee Lanham and Jake Wade, 81, $932 each; 8. (tie) Jordan Edward Hooton and Jerry Shepherd, 80, $311 each. Second round: 1. Jake Wade, 85 points on Bar T Rodeo’s Frontier, $1,000; 2. Howdy Cloud, 72, $750; no other qualified rides. Average: 1. Jake Wade, 166 points on two head, $6,216; 2. Howdy Cloud, 158, $4,765; 3. (tie) Jason McClain and Bobby Welsh, 84 points on one head, $2,901 each; 5. (tie) Chris Roundy and Ardie Maier, 82, $1,243 each; 7. Tylee Lanham, 81, $829; 8. (tie) Jerry Shepherd and Jordan Edward Hooton, 80, $311 each.

Total payoff: $363,376. Stock contractor: Cervi Championship Rodeo. Rodeo secretary: Sunni Deb Backstrom. Officials: Larry Davis, Stewart Schall and Terry Carlon. Timers: Terri Gay and Dee Dee Dickinson. Announcers: Bob Tallman and Boyd Polhamus. Specialty act: John Payne. Clown: Gizmo McCracken. Bullfighters: Cory Wall and Lance Brittan. Flankmen: Scotty Rodriguez, Chase Cervi, Trent West and Bud Kerby. Chute boss: Binion Cervi. Pickup men: Chase Cervi and Sonny Hansen.

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Cheyenne, Salt Lake, Deadwood highlight last weeke

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The month of July started with the lucrative Independence Day run, otherwise known as Cowboy Christmas, and ends with a bang as well, with the conclusions of several high-stakes rodeos.

The week got under way with “The Daddy of ’em All,” the Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days. One of the richest regular-season rodeos, Cheyenne began its 111th edition with the first of nine performances on July 19. Action wraps up with the final round on July 27. By then, more than 1,800 cowboys and cowgirls will have battled for the whopping purse of more than $850,000. Visitors can see more rodeo action in one day – more than 40 bucking bulls and 70 bareback and saddle bronc riders in each performance – than at any other rodeo.

The Cheyenne Frontier Days, the nine-time and reigning PRCA Large Outdoor Rodeo of the Year, holds daily performances at Frontier Park at 1 p.m. MT each day.

Cheyenne Frontier Days began in 1897 as the “business” plan of Frederick W. Angler. It still holds true to the principles of those early years. The biggest names in today’s national standings are competing in several events for a share of one of the largest purses in rodeo.

While Cheyenne is playing host to the week’s premier event, two other rodeos in relatively close proximity to Wyoming’s state capital also can help fatten a cowboy’s wallet.

The Days of ’47 Rodeo in Salt Lake City, which started July 16, continues through July 24. The rodeo, which pays a generous $12,500 of added money in each event, consists of seven performances. The first three of this week, July 21-23, start at 7 p.m. MT at Energy Solutions Arena. The last performance on July 24 is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.

The rodeo features the award-winning livestock of Flying U Rodeo Company, led by ProRodeo Hall of Fame stock contractor Cotton Rosser, and Rosser Rodeo Company.

The Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ’76 Rodeo, about a 300-mile drive northwest of Cheyenne, starts July 24 and runs through July 27. The rodeo, noted for its wooden bucking chutes and old West scenery, has been honored four times as the PRCA’s Small Outdoor Rodeo Committee of the Year and is the four-time and reigning Medium Rodeo Committee of the Year.

Texan wins Salinas for 1-2 weekend

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Two-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo bull rider Howdy Cloud capped off his most lucrative weekend of the year July 20 by winning the final round of California Rodeo Salinas, clinching the two-head average title and putting a charge into a disappointing season.

Cloud, of Kountze, Texas, who finished 10th in the final world standings a year ago, entered the weekend ranked 39th in the Crusher Rentals PRCA World Standings. But by winning $19,606 between Salinas and the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho, where he finished second, Cloud is right back in the game in 17th place as he seeks consecutive Wrangler NFR appearances.

In Salinas, Cloud scored 89 points on Western Rodeo’s No. 344 to win the final round and the two-head average with 170 points, eight better than runner-up Shawn Proctor of Tooele, Utah.

Cloud didn’t have the only “win-place” showing this weekend.

Tie-down roper Stran Smith, a nine-time Wrangler NFR qualifier, followed up a close second-place finish in Nampa with a victory in Salinas. Smith, of Childress, Texas, won the final round, placed in another and finished with a three-head time of 30.3 seconds. Smith earned $7,777 in Salinas and another $5,504 in Nampa, where he finished just one-tenth of a second behind event champion Casey Branquinho.

The $13,281 haul helped Smith jump five places to No. 4 in this week’s Crusher Rentals PRCA World Standings.

In terms of prize money, no one earned more than two-time and reigning Canadian Professional Rodeo Association saddle bronc riding champion Dustin Flundra of Pincher Creek, Alberta. In Salinas, Flundra won the first round and placed second in the finals en route to the average title (162 points on two head) and a $10,722 payout.

Flundra, who entered the weekend ranked 20th, vaulted into Wrangler NFR contention in 11th place after his Salinas haul. He finished 20th last year and has yet to qualify for the Wrangler NFR.

Another cowboy looking for his first Wrangler NFR berth is team roper Jojo Lemond of Andrews, Texas. Lemond joined forces with eight-time Wrangler NFR team roper Martin Lucero, to take top honors in Salinas with a five-head time of 47.2 seconds, good for $6,474 each. Lemond improved his ranking to third in this week’s Crusher Rentals PRCA World Standings.

Bareback rider Justin McDaniel is on track for his second consecutive Wrangler NFR qualification and won the two-head title in Salinas to further solidify his standing. McDaniel, of Porum, Okla., rode two horses for 164 points to win the title and $9,360.

In steer wrestling, two-time Wrangler NFR qualifier Brock Andrus took top honors after turfing three steers in 19.6 seconds. Andrus, of St. George, Utah, earned $7,217 for his efforts.

Barrel racer Rachael Ross, of Murrieta, Calif., completed four runs in 64.53 seconds to win the average title and $9,879.

California Rodeo Salinas Champions

Bareback Riding
Justin McDaniel (Porum, Okla.), 164/2, $9,360

Steer Wrestling
Brock Andrus (St. George, Utah), 19.6/3, $7,217

Team Roping
Jojo Lemond (Andrews, Texas)/Martin Lucero (Stephenville, Texas), 47.2/5, $6,474

Saddle Bronc Riding
Dustin Flundra (Pincher Creek, Alberta), 162/2, $10,722

Tie-Down Roping
Stran Smith (Childress, Texas), 30.3/3, $7,777

Barrel Racing
Rachael Ross (Murrieta, Calif.), 64.53/4, $9,879

Bull Riding
Howdy Cloud (Kountze, Texas), 170/2, $7,875

News from Days of '47 Rodeo

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Days of '47 Rodeo: Silcox happy to be home
By Sunnie Redhouse, The Salt Lake Tribune

Everybody knows Wesley Silcox.

At least almost everyone at the second day of the Days of '47 rodeo at EnergySolutions Arena on Thursday night. As Silcox wandered around the rodeo grounds, family, friends, rodeo staff and spectators stopped to shake his hand.

They had every reason to want to greet the 23-year-old cowboy. The Payson native is the 2007 World Champion bull rider, a title he intends to keep.

Rodeo news & notes 7/18/2008

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

After five months on the sidelines, steer wrestler Lee Graves returned to competition July 18 at a Canadian Tour rodeo in Morris, Manitoba, fully recovered from surgery to repair a torn patella tendon in his right knee. “The harder part for me,” Graves told Dwayne Erickson of the Calgary Herald, “is the stuff I do on the ground and how I handle my footwork. (Working in the practice pen) didn’t bother my knee at all.” Graves will be without his top horse Jesse for another week. Jesse injured a hind leg in a fence last month and isn’t ready to return to the arena. …

Two-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier Clay Cerny is back on horseback. Still recovering from surgery in April to repair a broken back, Cerny has gotten clearance from his doctor to “resume anything his body can endure,” according to wife Jodie. The bone graft on the tie-down roper’s L-5 vertebrae is taking hold and Cerny celebrated the good news from this three-month checkup by saddling up and going for a short ride with his family in Brazoria, Texas. …

Saddle bronc rider Jake Hayworth suffered a fractured transverse process of the cervical spine at the Dinosaur Round-Up Rodeo in Vernal, Utah, July 9-12, and doctors with the Justin Sportsmedicine Team are advising him to sit out competition for four to six weeks. Hayworth, who just missed his first Wrangler NFR qualification last year when he finished 16th, was 43rd in the Crusher Rentals PRCA World Standings at the time of his injury. …

Doctors in Vernal, Utah, have determined that bull rider Cameron Bland came out of his scary head-to-head collision with World Wide Suicide at the Dinosaur Round-Up without any brain trauma or facial fractures. Unconscious in the arena for more than five minutes, Bland escaped with a concussion and a laceration above the left eye. He should be able to return to competition in 10 days to two weeks … A recurring ACL sprain in the right knee, along with a meniscus tear, is threatening bareback rider Ryan Gray’s season. Ranked 11th in the world standings, Gray is taping the knee for every rodeo and pressing on in an effort to secure his fourth consecutive Wrangler NFR qualification.

A Travis County (Texas) grand jury indicted 2002 World Champion Steer Wrestler on July 15 on a felony charge of aggravated assault. Steiner, 33, is accused of threatening another driver with a firearm last December after a minor traffic accident near Steiner’s Northwest Austin home. If convicted, Steiner could face from two to 20 years in prison. …

Big double: Steer wrestler Wade Sumpter and barrel racer Lindsay Sears were the only two competitors to parlay wins in the $50,000 Shootout Round at RodeoHouston with a $100,000 check from the Championship Round at the Calgary Stampede. This could only have been better for the pair if the Calgary money counted in the Crusher Rentals PRCA World Standings.…

ProRodeo Hall of Fame announcer Clem McSpadden presents Feek Tooke with an award at the 1968 National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City, Okla.

The late stock contracting legend Chandler (Feek) Tooke, newly inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, will also be enshrined at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Museum on Oct. 26. Apart from Tooke, the induction ceremony at the Oklahoma City museum will honor bull riders Don Gay, Charles Sampson and Lane Frost, saddle bronc rider Marty Wood, announcers Hadley Barrett and Chuck Parkinson, female steer wrestler Claire Belcher Thompson and George Williams (Director’s Choice). All but Thompson and Williams are also in the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. The Ben Johnson Memorial Award is being presented to Billy Minick and the Tad Lucas Memorial Award to Shirley Lucas Jauregui.

Canadian bull rider Denton Edge has a second career, moonlighting as a movie stuntman. Edge, 27, has worked in The Assassination of Jesse James, starring Casey Affleck and Brad Pitt, and Open Range, starring Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall. …

Tie-down roper Stran Smith and his wife, Jennifer, are working with four-time world champion team roper Allen Bach to launch a high-end Western furniture company, according to a report from CBC Sports. The plan is to have Smith Von Bach unveil its product line at the 2008 Wrangler NFR. …

Officials of the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho, brought rodeo clown Leon Coffee to the floor of the Idaho Center on opening night July 15 to pay tribute to his more than 25 years of work at the rodeo. Coffee has retired his baggy pants and given way to Gizmo McCracken at Nampa this week. “My knees are so bad,” Coffee told the Idaho Statesman. “I just don’t have the ability to serve the people in the stands the entertainment they’re looking for. I’m my own worst critic, and when it’s not good enough for me, it’s not good enough for anyone else.”…

Tarleton State has gone to an alumnus to fill its vacant head coaching job, hiring former National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Coach of the Year Mark Eakin away from West Texas A&M. “It’s an honor to get to come back,” Eakin told the Stephenville Empire-Tribune. “I was part of the program, and now I get to lead it.” Eakin replaces the legendary Bob Doty, his coach at Tarleton, who retired after last month’s National College Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo.

Men’sJournal magazine is planning a photo shoot with PRCA rodeo cowboys Aug. 15-16 in Steamboat Springs, Colo., in conjunction with the city’s weekly rodeo series. As many as seven cowboys are to be featured in the November issue which will combine casual fashion with portraits and biographies of the competitors. Anyone interested in taking part should contact casting editor Tracy Evans at 310.871.7956 or at tracy@athletesourcecasting.com. …

The U.S. Embassy in Bolivia is looking for cowboys interested in an adventure of another sort this September, performing in a trade exposition in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The Embassy’s trade exposition is held annually with the purpose of promoting trade between businesses in the region and internationally. They are looking for rodeo cowboys who may be willing to perform and show a bit of American culture to the Embassy’s international partners. Airfare, hotel accommodations and food will be provided, but there is no appearance money available. Anyone interested in taking part should e-mail embassy contact, Vanna Chan, at ChanV@state.gov or call the embassy at 591.2.216.8745.

71st Kansas Largest Night Rodeo

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Night 2: Kansan wrestles into the lead in bulldogging
Click here for Night 1 press release

PRETTY PRAIRIE, Kan. – A.J. Griffin had a fan club at the Pretty Prairie rodeo on Thursday night during the second performance of the Kansas Largest Night Rodeo.

His 4.4-second run helped propel the Garden City, Kan., steer wrestler into the second-round lead heading into the weekend of hot rodeo action. Griffin is 19th in the Prairie Circuit bulldogging standings, and a nice payday in Pretty Prairie could help the cowboy move up on the money list.

Thursday’s performance is part of the second round for the steer wrestlers, and four of the top five cowboys in the show were from Kansas. Jeff Miller of Blue Mound turfed his steer in 4.8 seconds, while Shane Henderson of Winfield was 4.9. Nebraskan Mike Weverka scored a 5.4-second run, and Jason Blubaugh of Clearwater finished out the list with a 6.6.

Another western Kansas cowboy, Jim Boy Hash of Kendall, finished the first round of competition tied atop the leaderboard with Oklahoman Kurt Goulding, both of whom wrestled their steers to the turf in 4.3 seconds on Wednesday morning during the non-performance competition known as slack.

Hash, the rodeo coach at Garden City Community College, matched Goulding in earnings of $953. In tie-down roping, Kevin Loyd of Haysville, Kan., and Stephen Reagor of Tulsa, Okla., tied for the first-round win with 9.0-second runs. They each earned $887. Reagor won both rounds and the aggregate competition at Pretty Prairie a year ago.

Results

Pretty Prairie rodeo

Second performance (Thursday)

Bareback riding: 1. Scott Montague, Rapid City, S.D., 83 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Bartender; 2. Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., 81; 3. Justin Williams, DeSoto, Kan., 79; no other qualified rides. Leaders: Montague and D.V. Fennell, Neosho, Mo., 83 points; 3. Dent, 81; 4. Williams, 79; 5. Dustin Murray, Wellston, Okla., 77.

Steer wrestling: 1. A.J. Griffin, Garden City, Kan., 4.4 seconds; 2. Jeff Miller, Blue Mound, Kan., 4.8; 3. Shane Henderson, Winfield, Kan., 4.9; 4. Mike Weverka, Callaway, Neb., 5.4; 5. Jason Blubaugh, Clearwater, Kan., 6.6. Second-round leaders: 1. Griffin, 4.4; 2. Luke Boeser, Stapleton, Neb., 4.5; 3. Kurt Goulding, Camanche, Okla., 4.6; 4. Miller and Stan Williamson, Oklmulgee, Okla., 4.8. First round (complete): 1. Jim Boy Hash, Kendall, Kan., and Goulding, 4.3 seconds, $953; 3. Marty Musil, Guthrie, Okla., and Tom Duvall, Hitchita, Okla., 4.5, $409.

Tie down roping: 1. Cole Wilson, Kincaid, Kan., 10.0; 2. Stephen Reagor, Tulsa, Okla., 12.0; 3. Johnny Weil, Edna, Kan., 12.2; 4. Jeff Miller, Blue Mound, Kan., 19.2; 5. Chance Hays, Bristow, Okla., 19.9. Second-round leaders: Same. First round (complete): Reagor and Kevin Loyd, Haysville, 9.0, $887; 3. Quincy Kueckelhan, Bonham, Texas, $507; 4. Miller, 9.6, $253.

Saddle bronc riding: 1. Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., 76 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Dreamer; 2. Aaron Lide, Odessa, Texas, 75; 3. Josh Handy, Conway Springs, Kan., 74; 4. Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., 73; 5. Kobyn Williams, DeBerry, Texas, 61. Leaders: Derek Kenner, Woodlake, Neb., 82 points; 2. Merritt Smith, Gillette, Wyo., 80; 3. Matt Hebbert, Hyannis, Neb., and Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb., 79; 5. Griswold, 76.

Team roping: 1. Ty Smith, Edmond, Okla./Jace Crabb, Blair, Okla., 6.8 seconds; 2. Justin Turner, Vinita, Okla./Dale Simpson Jr., Beggs, Okla., 12.0; 3. Larry Snyder, Medicine Lodge, Kan.,/Jared Nuffer, Medicine Lodge, Kan., 13.8; 4. Rick Anderson, White City, Kan./Duane Carson, Bennington, Kan., 21.0; 5. John Byrd, Beller, Kan./Waide Jewell, Booker, Texas, 21.8. Leaders: A.J. and Kyle Horton, Stigler, Okla., 5.6; 2. Caleb Woodard, Zenda, Kan./Dusty Arnold, Hutchinson, Kan., 7.6; 3. Dustin Morgan, Ada, Okla./Earnie Bacon, Ada, Okla., 7.3; 4. Kyle Elwood, Salina/Jason Trent, Burrton, 7.5; 5. Adam Steve, Newton/Raylen Steve, Park City, 8.5.

Barrel racing: 1. Tammy Peterson, Cimarron, Kan., 17.56 seconds; 2. Delores Toole, Manter, Kan., 17.58; 3. Tiffany Teehee, Claremore, Okla., 17.65; 4. Rachael Reichenberg, Hershey, Neb., 17.69; 5. Lori Dolan, Keifer, Okla., 17.88. Leaders (from the first two performances only): 1. Tracy Nowlin, Nowata, Okla., 17.17; 2. Summer Terry, Anadarko, Okla., 17.31; 3. Jody Ray, Heavener, Okla., 17.47; 4. Peterson, 17.56; 5. Toole, 17.58.

Bull riding: 1. Dylan Werner, Bushnell, Fla., 88 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Shiner; 2. Tate Stratton, Stanley, N.M., 86; 3. Kyle Bell, Owasso, Okla., 72; no other qualified rides. Leaders: 1. Werner, 88 points; 2. Stratton, 86; 3. Noah Ray Schmidt, Rose Hill, Kan., 82; 4. Garet Slade Arnett, Rose Hill, Kan., 80; 5. Trent Cormier, Houma, La., 77.

Night 1: Veteran barekback rider takes lead

On Thursday night during the opening performance of the Pretty Prairie rodeo, the Missouri cowboy proved his mettle by scoring an 83-point ride atop the Beutler & Son Rodeo Co. bronc Conviction to take the early lead in that event.

This is a key spot for Fennell, the 2005 Prairie Circuit champion, as he winds his way toward what he hopes is his first National Finals Rodeo qualification.

A decade ago, Fennell made the rounds at rodeos across the country with a trio of world champions: 1997 champ Eric Mouton of Weatherford, Okla.; ’98 winner Mark Gomes of Nickerson; and 2000 champ Jeff Collins.

Now he’s the veteran, riding the rodeo trail with the younger generation as they all try to make a living at the sport they love.

Now Fennell must wait out the final three performances to see if his score will hold up for the championship. Competition continues at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday with a host of talented cowboys eager to knock Fennell off his perch.

Results

Pretty Prairie rodeo

First performance (Wednesday)

Bareback riding: 1. D.V. Fennell, Neosho, Mo., 83 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Conviction; 2. Dustin Murray, Wellston, Okla., 77; 3. Bee Jay Scott, Otley, Iowa, 76; no other qualified rides.

Steer wrestling: 1. Luke Boeser, Stapleton, Neb., 4.5 seconds; 2. Kurt Goulding, Comanche, Okla., 4.6; 3. Stan Williamson, Okmulgee, Okla., 4.8; 4. Daniel Adams, Weatherford, Okla., 5.2; 5. Jeff Richardson, Fullerton, Neb., 5.7.

Tie down roping: 1. Stephen Reagor, Tulsa, Okla., 9.0 seconds; 2. Craig Marsolf, Fall River, 12.2; 3. Johnny Weil, Edna, 12.4; 4. Chance Hays, Bristow, and Daniel Adams, Weatherford, 14.0.

Saddle bronc riding: 1. Derek Kenner, Woodlake, Neb., 82 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Spotted Pup; Merritt Smith, Gillette, Wyo., 80; 3. Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb., and Matt Hebbert, Hyannis, Neb., 79; 5. Seth Schafer, Mitchell, Neb., 67.

Team roping: A.J. Horton, Stigler, Okla./Kyle Horton, Stigler, Okla., 5.6 seconds; Caleb Woodard, Zenda/Dusty Arnold, Hutchinson, 6.7; Dustin Morgan, Ada, Okla./Earnie Bacon, Ada, Okla., 7.3; Kyle Elwood, Salina/Jason Trent, Burrton, 7.5; Adam Steve, Newton/Raylen Steve, Park City

Barrel racing: 1. Tracy Nowlin, Nowata, Okla., 17.17 seconds; 2. Summer Terry, Anadarko, Okla., 17.31; 3. Jodi Ray, Heavener, Okla., 17.47; 4. Debra Green, Dill City, 17.63; 5. Megan Williams, Dangerfield, Texas, 17.76.

Bull riding: 1. Noah Ray Schmidt, Rose Hill, 82 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s 218; 2. Garret Slade Arnett, Rose Hill, 80; 3. Trent Cormier, Houma, La., 77; no other qualified rides.

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