There were probably not any happier cowboys at the fourth performance of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo than Steven Dent and Bradley Harter.
Dent, a bareback rider from Mullin, Neb., didn’t get to come to the “Daddy” last year as he had injured his knee and missed competition from June to September. That break from the action had him out of the top 15 and he narrowly missed qualifying for his third Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR). He finished the 2009 season in 19th place.
Dent didn’t like being at home in December and is on a mission to qualify for the NFR again this year. He is currently second in the world standings. He took the lead in the second round on Tuesday with an 80-point effort on Harry Vold Rodeo’s Midnight Annie. Combined with his score from Monday, he now leads the over-all standings with a total of 159 points. Caleb Bennett, from Bluffdale, Utah, took the lead in the first round on Monday and is second over-all with 157.
In the saddle bronc riding, Bradley Harter, from Weatherford, Texas, had an outstanding ride on Stace Sith Pro Rodeo’s Goin’ South to score 86. Harter leads the over-all standings with 165 points. He is 16th in the world standings so any money he can win here will help him make up ground.
Kory Koontz, from Sudan, Texas, found some rejuvenation in a young team roping partner, Colby Lovell from Madisonville, Texas. Sudan was about ready to hang up his rope and retire after a very successful career that has seen him qualifying for the NFR 14 times. The duo are just coming off of a Reno Rodeo win. With Lovell doing the heading and Koontz heeling, they stopped the clock in 7.6 seconds. Unfortunatley, a 17.5 second run Monday will keep them from qualifying for the finals.
The new leaders in the over-all category of team roping are Jesse Echtler, from Huntsville, Texas, and Pat Grieve, from Baggs, Wyo. Echtler who is originally from Eagle, Colo., roped two feet for Grieve in 8.0 seconds in the second round, which is currently second.
Hunter Cure from Holliday, Texas leads the second round of steer wrestling with an 8.5 second run. Casey McMillen, from Redmond, Ore., is first over-all with a total of 17.8 seconds. McMillen, has spent most of his life in Craig, Colo. He was born in Laramie, attended college in Casper, then back to Laramie at the University of Wyoming. He moved to Redmond after getting married just over a year ago.
Shane Proctor took the lead in the second round of bull riding with an 87-point ride on Stace Smith Pro Rodeo’s bull #441. Proctor lives in Moorseville, N.C., now and is strticlty a bull rider. However, growing up in Washington he competed in every event he could. He came through the ranks of high school, then went to Northwest College in Powell, Wyo., where he qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo. He had a banner year in the Professional Bull Riders in 2009 finishing in 11th place. There were no bull riders that rode both of their bulls on Monday and Tuesday. If that keeps up, there will be some qualify for next Sunday’s finals with just one ride.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. ---The following are current leaders from the 114th Annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo, after the fourth performance,Tuesday, July 27, 2010.
Bareback Riding: (first round) 1, Caleb Bennett, Bluffdale, Texas, 81 points on J Bar J Rodeo’s Up the River. 2, Jason Havens, Prineville, Ore., 80. 3, Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., 79. 4, (tie) Luke Creasy, Brownfield, Alberta; Dusty LaValley, Bezanson, Alberta; and Justin McDaniel, Porum, Okla., 78. 7, Jared Smith, Cross Plains, Texas, 76 . 8, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 75. (second round) 1, Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., 80 points on Harry Vold Rodeo’s Midnight Annie. 2, Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D., 79. 3, Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 79. 4, (tie) 2, D.V. Fennell, Neosho, Mo., and Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 77. 6, (tie) Micky Downare, Hartsel, Colo., and Bennett, 76. (total on two) 1, Dent, 159. 2, Bennett, 157. 3, Havens, 155. 4, Mote, 150. 5, Fennell, 149. 6, (tie) Luke Creasy, Brownfield, Alberta and Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 148. 8, Jared Smith, Cross Plains, Texas, 147.
Steer Roping: (first round) 1, Roy Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 13.9 seconds. 2, Chris Anderson, Merino, Colo., 14.5. 3, (tie) Dee Kyler Jr., Pawhuska, Okla., and Trent Mills, Gillette, Wyo., 14.6. 5, Chance Kelton, Mayer, Ariz., 14.7. 6, J.R. Magdeburg, III, Roland, Okla., 15.2. 7, Tim Abbott, Gardendale, Texas, 15.4. 8, Shandon Stalls, McClean, Texas, 15.8. (second round) 1, Kyler, 12.2. 2, Wade Shoemaker, DVM, Gill, Colo., 13.1. 3, Brady Garten, Pawhuska, Okla., 13.3. 4, Kelton, 13.5. 5, Chuck Thomson, Oklahoma City, 13.8. 6, Ty Herd, Irene, Texas, 13.9. 7, J.R. Olson, Greeley, Colo., 14.0. 8, Cody Garnett, Barnsdall, Okla., 15.6. (total on two) 1, Kyler, 26.8. 2, Kelton, 28.2. 3, Trent Mills, Gillette, Wyo., 33.3. 4, Will McBride, Ogallala, Neb., 35.3. 5, Ora Taton, Rapid City, S.D., 35.8. 6, Fred Brown, Colbert, Wash., 35.9. 7, Anderson, 36.6. 8, Paul Patton, Abilene, Texas, 37.3.
Tie-Down Roping: (first round) 1, Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 12.7 seconds. 2, Cimarron Boardman, Stephenville, Texas, 13.6. 3, Cheyenne Stanley, Wapanucka, Okla., 13.9. 4, Clay Cowan, Highmore, S.D., 14.1. 5, Britt Bath, Burns, Wyo., 14.7. 6, Clint Arave, Blackfoot, Idaho, 14.8. 7, (tie) Giovanni Davis, College Station, Texas, and Bubba Flores, Iraan, Texas, 15.0. (second round) 1, Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, 12.0. 2, Matt Kenney, Onawa, Iowa, 12.5. 3, Billy Hamilton, McAlester, Okla., 12.9. 4, (tie) Seth Hopper, Stanfield, Ore., and Clay Cerny, Brazoria, Texas, 13.0. 5, Monty Eakin, Benbrook, Texas, 13.1. 7, (tie) Owen Fagerhaug, Plankinton, S.D., and Jason Hubbard, Wheatland, Wyo., 13.4. (total on two) 1, Boardman, 28.4. 2, Arave, 29.5. 3, Miller, 29.8. 4, Hopper, 30.0. 5, Tyler Faugerhaug, 31.2. 6, Cowan, 31.5. 7, Wes Lockard, Susanville, Calif., 33.1. 8, Jim Bob Fritz, Whitesboro, Texas, 33.8.
Saddle Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, Sam Spreadborough, Snyder, Texas, 87 points on Vold Rodeo’s Fergie. 2, Shaun Stroh, Dickinson, N.D., 85. 3, Kaleb Asay, Powell, Wyo., 84. 4, Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., 83. 5, Dustin Flundra, Pincher Creek, Alberta, 82. 6, Jake Griffin, Powell, Wyo., 81. 7, Troy Crowser, Whitewood, S.D., 80. 8, (tie) Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, and Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., 79. (second round) 1, Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 86 points on Stace Smith Rodeo’s Goin’ South. 2, Tyrel Larsen, Whitewood, S.D., 83. 3, (tie) Louie Brunson, Interior, S.D.; Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D.; and Sam Kelts, Millarville, Alberta, 81. 6, (tie) Flundra, and Cody Martin, Eagle, Colo., 80. 8, Josh Reynolds, Ekalaka, Mont., 79. (total on two) 1, Harter, 165. 2, (tie) Ferley, and Spreadborough, 164. 4, Flundra, 162. 5, (tie) Brunson and Larsen, 158. 7, Raytom Meiers, Mills, Wyo., 155. 8, Kaleb Asay, Powell, Wyo., 154.
Team Roping: (first round) 1, (tie) Delon Parker, Worden, Mont., and Justin Viles, Cody, Wyo.; and Brady and Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash.; 8.2 seconds. 3, Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., and Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz., 8.5. 4, Josh Fillmore, Florence, Colo., and Lance Fillmore, Pueblo, Colo., 8.8. 5, Joel Bach, Milsap, Texas, and Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, 9.2. 6, Manny Eguisquiza, Jr., Madison, Ga., and Kelsey Parchman, Cumberland City, Tenn., 9.4. 7, Preston Billadeau, Parshall, N.D., and Jesse Fredrickson, Upham, N.D., 9.5. 8, Trey Johnson, Midland, Texas, and Justin Parish, Mineral Wells, Texas, 9.8. (second round) 1, Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, and Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas, 7.6. 2, Jesse Echtler, Huntsville, Texas, and Pat Grieve, Baggs, Wyo., 8.0. 3, Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn., and Jade corkill, Fallon, Nev., 8.1. 4, Cole Cooper, Grand Junction, Colo., and T.J. Watts, Eads, Colo., 8.2. 5, John Robertson, Polson, Mont., and Cody Tew, Harlowton, Mont., 8.6. 6, Jay Wadhams and J.D. Yates, Pueblo, Colo., 8.7. 7, (tie) Edward Hawley, Jr., Hays, ont., and Sid Sporer, Cody, Wyo.; and Wade Hooker, Winchester, Calif., and Blaine Linaweaver, Leavenworth, Kan., 8.7. (total on two) 1, Echtler and Grieve, 18.1. 2, Bach and Skelton, 18.2. 3, (tie) Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas, and Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas, 18.8. 5, Bobby Harris, highmore, S.D., and Britt Williams, Hammond, Mont., 19.2. 6, Wadhams and Yates, 19.3. 7Trey Johnson, Midland, Texas, and Justin Parish, Mineral Wells, Texas, 19.5. 8, Egusquiza and Parchman, 19.9.
Steer Wrestling: (first round) 1, T.J. Bohlender, Canyon, Texas, 6.4. 2, Seth Murphy, South Heart, N.D., 6.7. 3, Clay Schaack, Wall, S.D., 7.2. 4, Nick Guy, Sparta, Wis., 7.3. 5, Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., 7.4. 6, (tie) K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, and Sean Mulligan, Coleman, Okla., 7.6. 8, John Franzen, Riverton, Wyo., 7.9. (second round) 1, Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, 8.5. 2, Leon Garrett, Pierre, S.D., 8.8. 3, Casey McMillen, Redmond, Ore., 9.6. 4, Tommy Cook, McAlester, Okla., 9.8. 5, Clay Cowan, Highmore, S.D., 10.1. 6, Jones, 10.3. 7, Jessie Heggie, Raymond, Alberta, 10.4. 8, Russell Smith, Fort Morgan, Colo., 10.7. (total on two) 1, McMillen, 17.8. 2, Jones, 17.9. 3, Jarrett, 18.2. 4, Mulligan, 19.4. 5, Johnny Asher, Speedwell, Tenn., 20.1. 6, Schaack, 20.3. 7, John Franzen, Riverton, Wyo., 20.6. 8, Stan Branco, Chowchilla, Calif., 20.8.
Women’s Barrel Race: (second round) 1, Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta, 17.40. 2, Angie Meadors, Blanchard, Okla., 17.60. 3, Kim Schulze, Elbert, Colo., 17.69. 4, Ashley Leifeste, Willow City, Texas, 17.74. 5, Sue Smith, Blackfoot, Idaho, 17.80. 6, Rainy Graham, Gardendale, Texas, 17.81. 7, Brenda Mays, Terrebonne, Ore., 17.82. 8, Marvel Murphy, Fallon, Nev., 17.83. (total on two) 1, Sears, 35.24. 2, Smith, 35.50. 3, Meadors, 35.67. 4, (tie)Trula Churchill, Valentine, Neb., and Kelli Tolbert, Hooper, Utah, 35.68. 6, Graham, 35.69. 7, Jeanne Anderson, White City, Kan., 35.73. 8, Sydni Blanchard, Albuquerque, N.M., 35.76.
Bull Riding: (first round) 1, Seth Glause, Rock Springs, Wyo., 86 points on Triple V Rodeo’s 007. 2, (tie) Matt Pojanowski, Woodville, Wis., and Wesley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah, 85. 4, Jake Buller, Thermopolis, Wyo., 84. 5, (tie) Douglas Duncan, Alvin, Texas, and Chad German, Groesbeck, Texas, 83. 7, (tie) Cameron Bland, Maben, Miss., and Clayton Savage, Casper, Wyo., 81. (second round ) 1, Shane Proctor, Mooresville, N.C., 87 points on Southwick Rodeo’s 441. 2, Cody Gardner, Fort Lupton, Colo., 84. 3, Tyler Thomson, Black Diamond, Alberta, 83. 4, (tie), Travis Atkinson, Lehi, Utah; and J.W. Harris, Mullin, Texas; and Souli Shanklin, Rocksprings, Texas, 82. 8, (tie) Silcox, and Allen Helmuth, Ellensburg, Wash., 81. Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, 72. (total on two – two qualified) 1, Silcox, 166. 2, Pojanowski, 161.
Rookie Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, Hardy Braden, Welch, Okla., 69 points. 2, Justin McCauley, Boulder, Mont., 58. 3, Chris Klucas, Walkerville, Mont., 55. 4, Jace Hildreth, Gunnison, Colo., 53. (second round) 1, Brady Nicholes, hoytsville, Utah, 78. 2, Brazos Peacock, Fort Stockton, Texas, 63. 3, Brian Dawson, Wisdom, Mont., 61. 4, Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah, 60. (total on two) 1, McCauley 113. 2, Peacock, 111. 3, Wright, 110.
Wild Horse Race: 1, Matt Mead, $635. 2, Jeff Jackson, 476.
