Monthly Archives: December 2015
Shiozawa earns first NFR win
Written on December 10, 2015 at 12:00 am, by admin
1. Matt Shiozawa, 6.7 seconds, $26,231; 2. (tie) Monty Lewis and Marty Yates, 6.9, $20,730; 4. Sterling Smith, 7.2, $11,000; 5. Caleb Smidt, 7.5, $6,769; 6. (tie) Cade Swor and Shane Hanchey, 7.7, $2,115 each.
Rusty Wright wins Round 7
Written on December 10, 2015 at 12:00 am, by admin
1. Rusty Wright, 83 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Tip Off, $26,231; 2. Cody DeMoss, 81.5, $20,731; 3. CoBurn Bradshaw, 79.5, $15,654; 4. (tie) Jacobs Crawley and Isaac Diaz, 79, $8,885; 6. Taos Muncy, 77.5, $4,231.
Brazile adds to victory title
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1. Trevor Brazile/Patrick Smith, 3.6 seconds, $26,231; 2. Colby Lovell/Kory Koontz, 4, $20,730; 3. (tie) JoJo LeMond/Junior Nogueira and Nick Sartain/Rich Skelton, 4.1, $13,327 each; 5. Chad Masters/Travis Graves, 4.2, $6,769; 6. Luke Brown/ Kollin VonAhn, 4.3, $4,231.
Waguespack posts fastest run so far
Written on December 10, 2015 at 12:00 am, by admin
1. Tyler Waguespack, 3.2 seconds, $26,231; 2. K.C Jones, 3.4, $20,730; 3. Tanner Milan, 3.9, $15,654; 4. Clayton Hass, 4.1, $11,000; 5. Dakota Eldridge, 4.3, $6,769; 6. (tie) Hunter Cure and Seth Brockman, 4.5, $2,115 each.
Feild takes rank Round 7
Written on December 10, 2015 at 12:00 am, by admin
1. Kaycee Feild, 82.5 points on Rafter H Rodeo Livestock’s Storm Cloud, $26,231; 2. Tim O’Connell, 82, $20,730; 3. Seth Hardwick, 81, $15,654; 4. Steven Peebles, 80, $11,000; 5. Austin Foss, 78.5, $6,769; 6. Evan Jayne, 75, $4,231.
Upbeat Scheer earns 2nd-place check
Written on December 9, 2015 at 12:00 am, by admin
LAS VEGAS – Cort Scheer looks at the struggles he’s had at this year’s National Finals Rodeo in a different way than many. “That’s the way rodeo goes,” said Scheer, a saddle bronc rider from Elsmere, Neb., who failed to earn a paycheck through the first five rounds of ProRodeo’s grand finale. “The guys that don’t let it get you down are the ones who just keep working at it. That’s what I’m doing. “I’m just having fun. There’s still a pile of money out there. My whole family’s out here. It’s been a blessing, and I am loving it.” His fun in Las Vegas got a little more exciting Tuesday night during the sixth round of the NFR, when he rode Andrews Rodeo’s Fire Lane for 81 points to finish second and collect a check worth $20,731. “I’m happy to get that monkey off my back and get things rolling,” said Scheer, who attended Garden City (Kan.) Community College, Montana State University and Oklahoma Panhandle State University on rodeo scholarships. “Vegas can be a love-you-or-hate-you kind of place. I’ve had chances to win some money, but that’s the way it goes. “Now I want to be that guy that doesn’t win a check in the first few rounds of the finals, and then comes back and puts it on them to finish things. As with any competitor, he found his early experiences in Las Vegas to be a bit frustrating, but he still has gained something each time. “I’ve screwed up some, but I’ve learned something from it,” he said, noting that he bucked off Outlaw Buckers’ Lunatic Party in Monday’s fifth round. “That horse just flat bucked me off. That’s the reason that horse has been Bucking Horse of the Year in Canada. That’s the kind of stuff you want to get on, because you know you can be a pile of points every time. “Yeah, I’ve only won a little (so far) this year, but that’s $20,000 more than the year I didn’t make the finals when I blew my knee out.” That happened in 2011, a few months after he earned more than $70,000 in his initial NFR qualification. He finished 25th in the world standings after having to miss most of the regular season; only the top 15 contestants in each event advance to the finale every year. “I can’t say enough about how much I’ve been loving it this year,” Scheer said. “I’ve laughed really hard in that locker room. There are a few people in that locker room that aren’t getting along good, but we have no pressure. We can just keep going at it. Everybody else has the pressure. “There’s a lot more about this sport than money.” Part of that is having a loving family and his girlfriend, Katelyn Webb, who support him through the roller coaster ride that is the NFR. “I think it helps immensely,” he said. “You’ve got somebody else in your corner for 10 days no matter what. Through the ups and downs, it doesn’t matter because they’re there for you.” That makes every experience in Las Vegas.
Jarrett finds relief in NFR check
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LAS VEGAS – Ryan Jarrett’s eighth trip to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo hasn’t gone the way he had hoped. That started to change Tuesday night during the sixth go-round. The 2005 all-around world champion roped and tied his calf in 7.2 seconds to capture fourth place in the sixth go-round and collect his first paycheck of his year’s finale, $11,000. “I rode a different horse,” said Jarrett, a Summerville, Ga., cowboy now living in Comanche, Okla. “I wouldn’t say I had any horse problems, but I hadn’t won anything so I decided make the switch. We’re at the halfway point of the rodeo, so we needed to change things up a bit.” He rode Nate the first five nights of the 10-round championship. While he was solid in the opening three rounds – he finished seventh three straight times – he had two straight no-times in Rounds 4-5. So he moved over to Barney. Both equines have been solid this season. “Barney’s been pretty good for me,” he said. “That’s the horse I won Houston on and the horse I won the match roping with Cody Ohl in San Angelo, Texas. He does his job and allows me to do mine. “I finally had a good calf. I knew she was dang sure a good chance when I saw I had her drawn. I bobbled my (tie) and cost me some precious money, but I finally cracked the ice. I picked a night to be 7.2 in a really fast round, and that would’ve won several other rounds.” Trevor Brazile, the most decorated cowboy in ProRodeo, won the tie-down roping round in 6.6 seconds and clinched his record 13th all-around championship. Tyson Durfey posted a 6.8, and Tuf Cooper finished in 6.9. Those times were all that stood between Jarrett and bigger money in the richest rodeo in the world – the NFR features an $8.8 million purse with go-round winners pocketing more than $26,000 a night for 10 rounds. “I sure would’ve liked to have won a little something in those first few rounds; it’d sure make things a little better,” Jarrett said. “I’m just looking at trying to get the $105,000 that’s still available for winning first in the go-rounds. I don’t have to win all four rounds, but if they let me place in theme, I can deal with it.” Waiting six days to earn a payday in this championship can be a tad bit frustrating. Fortunately Jarrett possesses a trait that allows him to look ahead. He doesn’t let those frustrations settle in the pit of his stomach for long. “I can let it go, but you have to give me a little bit,” he said. “I’m usually a 20-minute kind of guy – 10 minutes before I rope and 10 minutes after I rope. After that, it’s a new game.” Even though he has dropped from seventh to 14th in the world standings, he still likes his chances as he approaches the final four nights of the 2015 campaign. With two no-times, he knows a bonus that comes with placing in the 10-round cumulative time average race is out of the question. “There are a lot of guys that have a chance for a world title, where it’s usually two guys and maybe a third,” Jarrett said. “The next four rounds, I’m going to be roping at these go-rounds. Those guys in the average are going to try to keep their spots in the average. Maybe things will work out, and a man can move up a little bit.”
Proctor remains hot at the NFR
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LAS VEGAS – The tide continues to roll in the right direction for team roping header Coleman Proctor of Pryor, Okla. After sharing the victory in Round 5 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo on Monday, Proctor and heeler Jake Long of Coffeyville, Kan., posted another solid run on the sixth night of ProRodeo’s championship event to earn their third paycheck. Their Round 6 run of 4.3 seconds was good enough for a tie of fifth place, worth $5,500. They have now earned nearly $45,000 each with four rounds remaining in the 10-day championship. Proctor has pushed his 2015 earnings to $124,764 and sits fifth in the world standings – he remains more than $56,000 behind the leader, Derrick Begay. But that gap can be closed in a hurry with go-round winners pocketing more than $26,000 a night through the 10-round finale. Just as importantly as the go-round checks is the tandem’s place in the average race, which will pay out an end-of-the-Wrangler NFR bonus to the top eight teams that have the fastest times in the 10-run aggregate. Proctor and Long sit third with a total time of 33.9 seconds on six runs; they are just 3.5 seconds behind average leaders Erich Rogers and Cory Petska. Those average checks paid out after Saturday’s 10th go-round – the final night of the 2015 season – will make a huge difference in who is crowned world champion in both the heading and heeling disciplines. The average champions in each event will add $67,269. Should Proctor remain in third place in the average through the rest of the week, he would add $43,154 to his total. That means it is vital for he and Long to continue their hot streak. A year ago, they rolled through the momentum of the later rounds to finish fourth in the average and fourth in the final world standings. They’d like to better that this week. Proctor arrived in Las Vegas last week No. 13 in the world standings. His earnings in Sin City have given the Oklahoma cowboy with Cherokee heritage a shot at the elusive Montana Silversmiths world championship gold buckle. Now he has four days to make it all happen, all while roping with Long, the same cowboy with whom he has roped since childhood. The cowboys – who live just 70 miles from one another – began roping together at age 12. Now they’re closing out their second straight Wrangler NFR qualification together and hope to do so with a bang. That’s what this championship is all about.
Jayne boots his way into top finish
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LAS VEGAS – On Rusty Slim’s first jump out of the chute Tuesday night, Evan Jayne’s spur strap broke. That may not be much of a big deal to many cowboys, but it is to a bareback rider who makes a living matching the bucking action of a horse with spur strokes in perfect rhythm. It seemed to work for Jayne, who rode the Four Star Rodeo horse for 82.5 points to finish in a tie for third place. “I rode with a spur in my calf for the whole ride,” said Jayne, a first-timer to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo from Marseille, France. “That’s my only regret from tonight: I wasn’t able to enjoy this horse. “Right at the end, I got tapped off, but I was spurring him with my boot.” The ProRodeo officials didn’t care, and Jayne was rewarded with $13,327. That moved his NFR earnings to nearly $40,000 over six days. He has placed in three rounds. “What’s hard about the finals is it’s such a roller coaster,” he said. “You’re riding against some of the best beasts, the best 15 guys in the world. As someone who is very competitive, I always have a hard time not cashing a check or placing in a round. “That’s a whole new challenge of the finals: To wipe everything off your mind and say, ‘This is a new rodeo tonight, this is a new round, and we all start from scratch.’ I’m starting to figure that out and leave it behind so that each day I can nod my head for $26,000 that night.” That’s part of the equation at ProRodeo’s grand finale, which features the largest purse in the game at $8.8 million. Go-round winners earn more than $26,000 for each night, and he has already pocketed a $20,731 payday for placing second on opening night. This is a big opportunity for the cowboy that has been playing the game he loves for most of his life. He moved to the United States 17 years ago to pursue his rodeo dreams and earned the Texas High School Rodeo Association bareback riding championship in 2000. He then carried his dreams to Sam Houston State University, where he competed on a rodeo scholarship. Now he sits third in the world standings with $142,578 in season earnings. “It’s getting easier for me,” said Jayne, who lives in Rockwall, Texas. “I’m scary relaxed behind the chutes. It can be good; it can be bad. I could get used to this. I could come back for 60 more performances if I could – if my body and my wife allow me. It’s addictive. “It’s not just nodding your head and competing. It’s entering that locker room at 4:30 (p.m.) and having some of the single best bareback riders around you, it’s walking down the hallway and having multiple world champion bronc riders and bull riders around you. It’s an awesome feeling. I wish they had more TV shows that could show this stuff to these guys going down the road, because that would definitely light a fire under them.” It’s lit a fire in Jayne, and he hopes to take it all the way to the bank.
Martin places 3rd in Round 6
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LAS VEGAS – That’s more like it for steer wrestler Casey Martin. “I finally got a little better end of them,” Martin said, referring to the random draw that matched him with his steer for the Tuesday’s sixth round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. “We were on the slower end of them tonight. I got me a start; that was the biggest deal.” The draw can make a big difference in the way things fall each go-round. In Martin’s case, he utilized a good draw to post a 3.8-second run, good enough for third place on the sixth night of ProRodeo’s grand finale. It was worth $15,654. He virtually doubled his NFR earnings and has pushed his season payout to more than $105,000. “I finally hit the barrier like I needed to,” he said about the start, in which the steer is provided a head start; cowboys being on the barrier is a split-second difference – if they’re off the barrier too much, they’ll lose time, but if they go through the barrier before the steer releases it, then they’re saddled with a 10-second penalty. “I’ve been trying to do it all week, so it’s game on now.” Everything came together well for Martin, from his steer wrestling horse, Ote, to his hazer, Sean Mulligan, being in the right place at the right time. “Ote’s working great,” Martin said. “It was a fast round. I caught up to the steer really fast, maybe a stride too fast, and I couldn’t get everything set up very good. The steer let off there a little bit, and that’s where I got a two-point fall on him. “It worked out. I’ll take it.” Ote is owned by friend and traveling partner Bray Armes, who has ridden the talented palomino at the NFR each of the past three years. “The horse is working good, and I got the start like I was supposed to tonight,” Martin said. “That’s just how we need to have it happen the next four nights.”
Stall takes Round 6 title
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1. Brett Stall, 87 points on Championship Pro Rodeo’s Gold Buckle, $26,231; 2. Cody Teel, 84.5, $20,730; 3. Sage Kimzey, 82, $15,654; no other qualified rides.
McDonald, Jacob win Round 6
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1. (tie) Sarah Rose McDonald and Taylor Jacob, 13.91 seconds, $23,481; 3. Lisa Lockhart, 13.92, $15,654; 4. Callie DuPerier, 14, $11,000; 5. Michele McLeod, 14.12, $6,769; 6. Fallon Taylor, 14.17, $4,231.
Trevor secures No. 23
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With his victory in tie-down roping during the sixth round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo on Tuesday night, Trevor Brazile clinched the 2015 all-around world championship. It is his second of this year – he won the steer roping title a month ago – and the 23rd gold buckle of his storied career. It also is his 13th all-around world title. Brazile sits eighth in the heading world standings and second in tie-down roping. He trails brother-in-law Tuf Cooper by $8,500. Cooper is out of the average race, while Brazile is fourth. If he remains in that position, Brazile would add another $31,731 to his NFR earnings.
Brazile picks up another win
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1. Trevor Brazile, 6.6 seconds, $26,231; 2. Tyson Durfey, 6.8, $20,730; 3. Tuf Cooper, 6.9, $15,654; 4. Ryan Jarrett, 7.2, $11,000; 5. (tie) Marty Yates and Caleb Smidt, 7.8, $5,500 each.
Diaz wins Round 6
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1. Isaac Diaz, 83 points on The Cervi Brothers Rodeo’s Vitalix Hell’s Fire Hostage, $26,231; 2. Cort Scheer, 81, $20,730; 3. Wade Sundell, 80, $15,654; 4. Cody DeMoss, 79, $11,000; 5. (tie) Jake Wright and Heith DeMoss, 77, $5,500 each.
Navajo cowboy wins again
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Aaron Tsinigine of Tuba City, Ariz., joined heeler Ryan Motes in sharing the Round 6 victory on Tuesday night. It’s their third round win. It’s also the sixth straight time a cowboy from the Navajo Nation has earned at least a share of the round victory. 1. (tie) Aaron Tsinigine/Ryan Motes and Nick Sartain/Rich Skelton, 3.9 seconds, $23,481; 3. JoJo LeMond/Junior Nogueira, 4.1, $15,654; 4. Jake Cooper/Russell Cardoza, 4.2, $11,000; 5. (tie) Clay Smith/Paul Eves and Coleman Proctor/Jake Long, 4.3, $5,500 each
Hass wins for the second time
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1. Clayton Hass, 3.5 seconds, $26,231; 2. Hunter Cure, 3.6, $20,730; 3. Casey Martin, 3.7, $15,654; 4. (tie) Trevor Knowles and K.C. Jones, 4.3, $8,885; 6. Dakota Eldridge, 4.6, $4,231.
Brown wins on Painted River
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1. Jake Brown, 85.5 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Painted River, $26,231; 2. Bobby Mote, 83.5 $20,730; 3. (tie) Evan Jayne and Tim O’Connell, 82.5, $13,327 each; 5. Seth Hardwick, 81, $6,769; 6. Will Lowe, 80, $4,231.
Martin earns needed payday
Written on December 8, 2015 at 12:00 am, by admin
LAS VEGAS – Casey Martin need this. The steer wrestler from Sulpher, La., had seen paychecks slip out of his hands for three straight nights at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. He changed that Monday night during the fifth go-round inside the Thomas & Mack Center when he posted a 4.1-second run to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place. “Every time you win a check, I think it helps a lot, especially when things aren’t going your way a little bit,” said Martin, who is competing at ProRodeo’s grand finale for the fifth straight year. “It boosts everything.” He and his partners also made a few significant changes. Under the urging of his traveling partner, Bray Armes, Martin switched from utilizing Armes as his hazer to Sean Mulligan, who has spent more time in the hazing box at the NFR. “Bray thought it would be better,” Martin said. “It’s good to have ‘Mully’ over there. He’s one of the best in the game.” That’s not the only thing that has changed in the Louisiana cowboy’s camp. After missing his steer during the third round, Martin knows he stands little to no shot at an average check for finishing among the top eight cowboys in the 10-round cumulative standings. That means if he’s going to make a run at that elusive world championship, he’s going to have to do it in the remaining five go-rounds. “I’m just backing in there and going to try to win the go-round every night,” he said. “I’ve had some runners. The steer you draw isn’t a big deal until you look at things in a 10th of a second. I was 4.1, and 4.0 would’ve won a whole lot more money.” By finishing in a tie for fourth, Martin earned $5,500. The two cowboys who were a 10th of a second faster, Trevor Knowles and Seth Brockman, earned more than $18,000. “Going after the go-rounds wasn’t the way I was hoping to look at the NFR, but now it’s for sure,” Martin said. “I better get out there and win something. We want big checks from here on out.” Martin sits 15th in the world standings with $89,541, but the race is still tight. He trails world standings leader Ty Erickson by nearly $68,000. He can make a serious move with first-place finishes in three of the five rounds that remain. He’ll definitely make a run at it.
Silcox wins NFR’s fifth round
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LAS VEGAS – Bull rider Wesley Silcox qualified for the National Finals Rodeo six times in seven years from 2005-11. He’s waited four years for his seventh trip to the Nevada desert for ProRodeo’s championship event; he then waited for five nights to reach the pay window in Las Vegas. “It’s about time,” said Silcox, the 2007 world champion. He matched moves with Bar T Rodeo’s Broken Arrow for 86 points to win Monday’s fifth go-round and collect his biggest one-day check over his NFR career, $26,231. “It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the NFR, and I’m just happy to be back and feeling good,” he said. “I didn’t think I was riding bad but just had a little bad luck.” It’s true. Monday marked the first time this week Silcox has made a qualifying eight-second ride, but he was close in the four previous rounds. Close doesn’t pay the bills nor help grab gold buckles – in rodeo, money not only covers expenses but also counts as championship points; the contestants with the most money earned at the conclusion of the NFR is crowned world champion. “My confidence was still up,” Silcox said. “I wasn’t down at all. I knew that bull; I saw him a whole bunch but never got on him. I knew what he was going to do, and he tested me a little bit. “It felt really good, and I passed the test.” That was vital, especially after hitting the dirt hard on Sunday night. Silcox staggered out of the arena, but he was fine by the time he arrived at the Thomas & Mack Center a night later. “That (fourth round) bull just left, and I didn’t leave with him,” he said, noting he was a little behind on the start of the ride. “He rocked me back and whipped me down on the ground hard. I got a slight concussion and a sore neck, but other than that, I feel pretty good.” A big paycheck can help with any pain. The victory pushed his earnings to a little more than $142,000, and he sits fourth in the world standings – Silcox sits more than $72,000 behind world standings leader and reigning world champion Sage Kimzey, but the Utah cowboy can close the gap in a hurry. He can move into the lead if he wins three of the final five rounds. “You get one down, and that’s a good start,” he said. “You try to get the next ones down and get on a roll.” Momentum starts somewhere, and Silcox’s began Monday night.
Proctor splits the win in pink
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LAS VEGAS – Coleman Proctor and Jake Long are pretty good in pink. For the second straight year, the team ropers earned a share of the victory during the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo’s fifth go-round, which is dubbed “Tough Enough to Wear Pink Night” to help draw awareness to the fight against breast cancer. “We won Round 5 last year,” said Proctor, a header from Pryor, Okla., who is making his second straight appearance at the NFR. “It was really special to have my first go-round win with (Jake), and now I’ve got my second one with him. It’s just an awesome experience.” Proctor has been roping most of his life with Long, a five-time NFR qualifying heeler from Coffeyville, Kan. The two began competing as youngsters, and they’ve been partners on and off in ProRodeo. They plan to compete next year on the circuit with different partners, but they still plan to keep the partnership going in some ways as long as they can. “We’re going to continue to rope together, and you never know what the future brings, but for the time being, we’re going to try some new things,” Long said. “It’d be awesome to go out on a high note and put a bow on the fairytale that has been our last two years.” Proctor and Long stopped the clock in 4.0 seconds on Monday night to share the victory with Derrick Begay and Clay O’Brien Cooper – it marked the third time Begay and Cooper have earned at least a share of the round victory. It was the second paycheck for the Oklahoma-Kansas duo, who finished third place during the third go-round on Saturday night. They have earned more than $39,000 in five nights. That has pushed them to eighth in the world standings. Proctor has a season total of $119,264. “Tonight I got on my old faithful horse, Booger, that I’ve had since I was a little bitty kid,” Proctor said. “I’ve headed and heeled for Jake on him for many years. “We’ve been together a long time, 18 years. He’s just a winner. It doesn’t matter if I haze on him, bulldog, rope calves on him, head and heel; he’s always giving his all and trying to help you. It’s the confidence level I have with him.” It worked, and that $23,481 paycheck that came with sharing the round win didn’t hurt anything either. “Last night we had a strong one, and I thought we did a good job with getting by one,” he said. “I kind of wanted to start getting a little more aggressive in these go-rounds and stay in the average, so I got on my old horse, and it felt a lot better.” Sometimes getting on a winning streak in Vegas is all about feeling good. “Tonight was the first night we’ve drawn here that I was excited about,” Long said. “We liked his pattern and his speed. We knew if we could do our job, it would be good. “I thought we did the smart thing and took advantage of a good steer tonight.”
Aus places 2nd in the fifth round
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LAS VEGAS – Tanner Aus just didn’t feel very well when he arrived in Las Vegas. It’s nothing a few antibiotics and a big paycheck can’t cure. On Monday night, Aus rode J Bar J Rodeo’s Hell On Hooves for 86.5 points to finish second in the fifth go-round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, earning $20,731 in the process. “I had the option of a reride,” he said, noting that the horse slipped on its front feet during the ride, but still finished with a strong enough performance to match Aus’ moves well. “With an 86.5, I haven’t been that score on many horses, so I took the score right away and was on Cloud 9. “I was thinking that was going to be about fourth place in the round.” It wasn’t. In fact, the Granite Falls, Minn., cowboy was the fourth bareback rider to compete. He held the top score through 11 rides, then watched as four-time reigning world champion Kaycee Feild earned the round win with a 91. “I sure watched some good rides and thought, for sure, I was going to get bumped,” said Aus of Granite Falls, Minn. “When there was one guy left and I was sitting up there at the top, I thought, ‘man, that’s pretty awesome.’ ” It was awesome; it also was needed. “Everyone says it’s 10 nights long and you’ve got more chances to do it, but every night you go consecutively without making money makes it harder on your psyche,” he said. “I got a good night’s sleep last night. I felt better and more focused than I have all week, so I’m thankful for how it went.” He should be. Though he’s made five straight qualified rides, he sits seventh in the aggregate standings with 376.5 points – 45 points behind Feild, who leads the average race. “It seems like when I’m riding my best, I don’t have to think about anything,” said Aus, whose father, John, was a bareback rider. “I can just take care of my business, tuck my chin and look down the pipe. When you’re in the zone, everything goes good. I hadn’t had this feeling at all this week until tonight.” This is the 25-year-old cowboy’s first qualification to the NFR, so in addition to overcoming his illness, he’s had to get acclimated to the most prestigious rodeo of his career. “I think I’m over the jitters,” Aus said. “I’ve been riding over here with (fellow bareback riders) Austin Foss and Tim O’Connell. Their personalities are a lot different, but they’re positive. They say if you don’t do well, just shake it off go on to the next one. “I think that’s really what it takes here. Everyone in the locker room is like that, too. It’s a great group of guys. It’s an honor to be there.” He’s earned the right to be among the best in the game. He proved it Monday night.
Round 5 final results
Written on December 8, 2015 at 12:00 am, by admin
Bareback riding: 1. Kaycee Feild, 91 points on Calgary Stampede’s Reckless Margie, $26,231; 2. Tanner Aus, 86.5, $20,731; 3. (tie) Will Lowe and Steven Peebles, 85.5, $13,327 each; 5. Seth Hardwick, 83, $6,769; 6. Bobby Mote, 81.5, $4,231. Steer wrestling: 1. K.C. Jones, 3.3 seconds, $26,231; 2. (tie) Trevor Knowles and Seth Brockman, 4, $18,192; 4. (tie) Ty Erickson, Nick Guy, Tyler Waguespack and Casey Martin, 4.1, $5,500 each. Team roping: 1. (tie) Coleman Proctor/Jake Long and Derrick Begay/Clay O’Brien Cooper, 4.0 seconds, $23,481 each; 3. Luke Brown/Kollin VonAhn, 4.3, $15,654; 4. Erich Rogers/Cory Petska, 4.4, $11,000; 5. JoJo LeMond/Junior Nogueira, 4.6, $6,769; 6. Colby Lovell/Kory Koontz, 5.1, $4,231. Saddle bronc riding: 1. CoBurn Bradshaw, 90 points on Beutler & Son’s Would Up, $26,231; 2. Jacobs Crawley, 88.4, $20,730; 3. Wade Sundell, 87.5, $15,654; 4. Cody DeMoss, 85.5, $11,000; 5. Heith DeMoss, 83.5, $6,769; 6. Rusty Wright, 83, $4,231. Tie-down roping: 1. Cory Solomon, 7.4 seconds, $26,231; 2. Hunter Herrin, 7.7, $20,731; 3. Caleb Smidt, 8.5, $15,654; 4. Sterling Smith, 8.6, $11,000; 5. Trevor Brazile, 8.8, $6,769; 6. Tyson Durfey, 8.9, $4,231. Barrel racing: 1. Nancy Hunter, 13.62 seconds, $26,231; 2. Fallon Taylor, 13.71, $20,731; 3. Lisa Lockhart, 13.75, $15,654; 4. Taylor Jacob, 13.76, $11,000; 5. Callie DuPerier, 13.86, $6,769; 6. Sarah Rose McDonald, 13.97, $4,231. Bull riding: 1. Wesley Silcox, 86 points on Bar T Rodeo’s Broken Arrow, $26,231; 2. Ty Wallace, 85, $20,731; 3. Cody Teel, 83, $15,654; 4. Parker Breding, 82.5, $11,000; 5. Caleb Sanderson, 78, $6,769; 6. (tie) Shane Proctor and Sage Kimzey, 77, $2115 each.
Silcox wins the fifth round
Written on December 8, 2015 at 12:00 am, by admin
1. Wesley Silcox, 86 points on Bar T Rodeo’s Broken Arrow, $26,231; 2. Ty Wallace, 85, $20,731; 3. Cody Teel, 83, $15,654; 4. Parker Breding, 82.5, $11,000; 5. Caleb Sanderson, 78, $6,769; 6. (tie) Shane Proctor and Sage Kimzey, 77, $2115.