Twenty-eight contestants moved one step closer to the RodeoHouston Championship after the BP Super Series II Champions were named Sunday, March 7.
Ryan Jarrett came out on top in Tie-Down Roping with an overall time of 28.7 seconds in three rounds and $6,500. The Commanche, Okla., cowboy has made multiple trips to RodeoHouston and looks forward to the Semifinals.
“Houston is a great rodeo, for sure,” he said. “I just try to concentrate and focus on what I train to do all year long.”
Advancing with Jarrett are Scott Kormos, Ace Sloan and Clint Robinson.
BP Super Series II Bareback Riding Champion Kaycee Feild of Payson, Utah, held on for eight seconds and won big with an overall score of 245 points in three rounds, winning $7,000. This was his third time riding at Houston, and though he’s been riding for most of his life, Feild has been riding professionally for only three years. Advancing with Feild are Matt Bright, Eric Swenson and Chase Erickson.
Team Roping partners Luke Brown, header, and Martin Lucero, heeler, came together and won the BP Super Series II Team Roping Championship with an overall time of 25.1 seconds in three rounds, winning $12,250. Advancing with Brown and Lucero are Brady Tryan and Rhen Richard, Justin Yost and Kyle Crick, and Blaine Linaweaver and Brandon Bates.
The Saddle Bronc Champion for the BP Super Series II was Luke Butterfield of Ponoka, Alberta, Canada, with an overall score of 231 points in three rounds, winning $5,500. The 24-year-old cowboy grew up on a ranch and around rodeo, but not Bronc riding, he said.
“A lot of my family were bulldoggers, but I’m not that big of a guy, so I wanted to ride Broncs,” Butterfield said.
Jake Hayworth, Chad Ferley and Jeff Willert also advance to a semifinal round.
The BP Super Series II Steer Wrestling Championship title went to Trevor Knowles, of Mount Vernon, Ore., after total time of 13.3 seconds in three rounds, winning $7,000. After numerous trips to RodeoHouston, this is Knowles’ first time advancing to the Semifinals since the start of the BP Super Series in 2005.
“At this level I don’t really have a game plan,” he said. “Now it’s [competing] more of a natural reaction, not so much something you can prepare for.”
Advancing with Knowles are Justin Davis, Jule Hazen and Cody Cassidy.
Bull Rider Tyler Smith of Fruita, Colo., advances to the Semifinals as the BP Super Series II Bull Riding Champion during his first trip to RodeoHouston. The only cowboy to earn a qualifying ride in all three rounds, Smith had an overall score of 243, winning $6,000.
“Before a ride, I just hang out, joke around and try to stretch out,” he said. “You’re afraid to do bad, but not afraid to ride a bull.”
Advancing with Smith are Bobby Welsh, Clayton Foltyn and Jason Beck.
Two-time World Champion Barrel Racer Sherry Cervi advances to the Semifinals after an overall time of 45.26 seconds in three rounds, winning $9,500. Advancing with Cervi are Stephanie Fryar, Sabra O’Quinn and Mattie Little-Jackson.
Watch all of these contestants and more during the RodeoHouston BP Super Series Semifinals, March 17–18. The top four from each event in each Semifinal round will advance to the BP Super Series Championship March 20. The remaining six from each event in each Seminfinal will compete in the Wild Card March 19, where the top two from each event will advance to the BP Super Series Championship. RODEOHOUSTON BP Super Series Champions walk away with a $50,000 payout. The RODEOHOUSTON Super Series continues through March 20, with an Xtreme Bulls competition March 21.
