Park City, Kan.: (October 18, 2010) The list of entries has been set for the regional pro rodeo championship, the Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo, which will be held October 29-30, at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kan., just north of Wichita.
Nearly 100 of Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma’s best cowboys and cowgirls will travel to Park City to compete for prize money and the title of Prairie Circuit Champion.
Headlining the list of contestants are cowboys who have won world titles and those who have competed on the world’s stage numerous times. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, won the PRCA’s Bull Riding World title in 2004, and in 2005 Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla., won the PRCA’s All Around Championship. Team roper Charles Pogue, Ringling, Okla., has competed at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo twelve times, and tie-down roper Hunter Herrin, Apache, has competed there four times.
Several contestants at the Prairie Circuit Finals are ranked in the top fifteen in pro rodeo’s world standings and will compete for a world title at the WNFR in Las Vegas this December. They include Jule Hazen, Ashland, Kan., ranked eighth in the steer wrestling, Jeanne Anderson, White City, Kan., ranked eleventh in the barrel racing, and Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., who is ranked fourth in the tie-down roping.
Competitors entering the Prairie Circuit Finals in first place include bareback rider D.V.Fennell, Neosho, Mo., steer wrestler Shane Henderson, Winfield, Kan., team ropers Casper May, Pryor, Okla., and Derrick Peterson, Stillwell, Kan., saddle bronc rider Jesse James Kirby, Dodge City, Kan., tie-down roper Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., bull rider Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb., and barrel racer Anderson.
The Finals is the year-end championship for the 40 pro rodeos in Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma that make up the Prairie Circuit. The rodeo begins at 7:30 pm on October 29 and at 2 pm and 7:30 pm on October 30. For more information, visit the Prairie ProRodeo Circuit page on Facebook.
Cutline: PJ Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., at the Abilene, Kan. rodeo several years ago. She will compete at the 2010 Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo October 29-30. Photo by Kirk Voska, www.7mules.com
Qualifiers for the Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo, Park City, Kan.
October 29-30, 2010
Bareback Riding
1 DV Fennell, Neosho, MO 2 Caine Riddle, Vernon, TX 3 Dustin Murray, Wellston, OK; 4 Yance Day, Ft Scott, KS; 5 Codi Myers, Samnorwood, TX; 6 Jared Keylon, Ft Scott, KS; 7 James Bond, Goodman, OMO; 8 Chancy Lovinggood, Alva, OK; 9 Ted Osman, Ft Scott, KS; 10 Mark Owens, Amarillo, TX; 11 Brian Leddy, Roll, OK; 12 Francis Morton, Wright, KS
Steer Wrestling
1 Shane Henderson, Winfield, KS: 2 Sean Mulligan, coleman, OK; 3 Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, AL; 4 Stockton Graves, Newkirk, OK; 5 Clay Mindemann, Salina, OK; 6 Garrett Nokes, McCook, NE; 7 Cole Edge, Durant, OK; 8 Jeff Miller, Blue Mound, KS; 9 Ryan Swayze, Freedom, OK; 10 Jule Hazen, Ashland, KS; 11 John Kloeckler, Checotah, OK; 12 Stewart Gulager, Garland, KS
Team Roping (headers)
1 Casper May, Pryor, OK; 2 Jake Weddle, St Joe, AR; 3 Charles Pogue, Ringling, OK; 4 Coleman Proctor, Pryor, OK; 5 Philip McCoy, Beggs, OK; 6 Cale Markham, Vinita, OK; 7 Brian Dunning, McClave, CO; 8 Andrew Ward, Edmond, OK; 9 Cody Butler, Sanger, TX; 10 Brett Christensen, Alva, OK; 11 Kyle Elwood, Abilene, KS; 12 Gavin Foster, Elmore City, OK
Team Roping (heelers)
1 Derrick Peterson, Stillwell, KS; 2 Jett Hillman, Jones, OK; 3 Ty Knott, Oologah, OK; 4 Jeff Brown, Joplin, MO; 5 Jason Trent, Burrton, KS; 6 Reagan Ward, Edmond, OK; 7 JD Holland Jr, Bucyrus, KS; 8 Chance Frazier, Cimarron, KS; 9 Stitches Stanley, Wagoner, OK; 10 Pake Stamper, Mounds, OK; 11 Chuck Butler, Sanger, TX; 12 Kaleb Fort, Gravette, AR
Saddle Bronc Riding
1 Jesse James Kirby, Dodge City, KS; 2 Weston Ireland, Sallisaw, OK; 3 Bobby Griswold, Geary, OK; 4 Travis Sheets, Hyannis, NE; 5 Hardy Braden, Welch, OK; 6 Matt Hebbert, Hyannis, NE; 7 Brett Olive, Ford, KS; 8 Wes Bailey, Tampa, KS; 9 Casey McGooden, Doniphan, NE; 10 Ryan Bestol, Hyannis, NE; 11 Luke Rush, Natoma, KS; 12 RA Brown, Stinnett, TX
Tie-Down Roping
1 Hunter Herrin, Apache, OK; 2 Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, OK; 3 Cole Bailey, Okmulgee, OK; 4 Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, OK; 5 PJ Spencer, Collinsville, OK; 6 Cody McCartney, Ottawa Lake, MI: 7 Trenton Johnson, Mound City, KS; 8 Garrett Nokes, McCook, NE; 9 Blake Eliason, Ponca City, OK; 10 Kolby Ungeheuer, Columbus, KS; 11 Chris Neal, Muldrow, OK; 12 Cole Wilson, Kincaid, KS
Barrel Racing
1 Jeanne Anderson, White City, KS; 2 Tana Renick, Kingston, OK; 3 Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, OK; 4 Diane Martin, Ulysses, KS: 5 Jessi Eagleberger, Stringtown, OK; 6 PJ Burger, Pauls Valley, OK; 7 Tammy Peterson, Cimarron, KS; 8 Tanya Steinhoff, Vinita, OK; 9 Susan Kay Smith, Hodgen, OK; 10 Tracy Nowlin, Nowata, OK; 11 Hollie Etbauer, Edmond, OK; 12 June Holeman, Arcadia, NE
Bull Riding
1 Dustin Elliott, North Platte, NE; 2 Ty Clearwater, Weatherford, OK; 3 Cody Atwood, Decatur, TX; 4 Trevor Kastner, Ardmore, OK; 5 Cooper Kangiesser, Zenda, KS; 6 Blake Rowan, Muskogee, OK; 7 Sam Wyatt, Fittstown, OK; 8 Triston Boor, Medicine Lodge, KS; 9 Thad Newell, Muskogee, OK; 10 Jesse Pohlmann, Ft Scott, KS; 11 Brandon Wesson, Delaware, OK; 12 Nathan Klassen, Broken Arrow, OK
