Bull Riders Successful at CFD Rodeo

By Susan Kanode
Posted Monday, July 20, 2009

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – They may not have dominated the rodeo, and they didn’t overtake the early lead, but there were a lot of successful bull rides at the third performance of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo.

Lonnie Carpenter from Haysville, Kan., leads the first round with a 90. Leader of the pack today was Bradley Pierce, the 2007 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Rookie of the Year. Pierce, originally from Australia, came to the U.S. to rodeo and attend college at Western Texas College in Snyder. He went back to Australia to work on his family’s cattle ranch and was competing there, but missed the camaraderie and is still pursuing his goal of qualifying for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. He finished 22nd in 2007, just outside of the top 15 that qualify for rodeo’s championship event.

Pierce just recently made the trip back here and is living in Baird, Texas. He got on the bull named Reality TV owned by Four L Rodeo & Diamond S Rodeo. Coming back to the competition here was definitely a good decision as Pierce is now second in the first round with an 89 and stands to get a paycheck. There were a total of 10 successful rides out of the 30 bull riders here on Monday. All 30 of them will have their second appearance here Tuesday and be hoping for similar results. The 20 with the highest total combined scores from two rides will advance to Sunday’s finals.

Cody Gardner, who lives just down the road at Fort Lupton, Colo., and Marcus Michaelis from Caldwell, Idaho were next in line with 85-point efforts. They are now tied for third place in the first round.

Ryan Gray is just coming off of a win at the California Rodeo Salinas and is keeping the momentum going. He had an 84 point ride on Kinney Rodeo’s Stepper to move into a tie for the lead in the first round. Gray has won the Salinas buckle three times and is looking to add the Cheyenne Frontier Days buckle to his collection.

Not only are buckles and cash up for grabs at the 113th Daddy of ‘em All, it is also a stop on the Wrangler Million Dollar Tour presented by Justin Boots. This rodeo is the seventh of eight in the gold-tier. At the end of the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo, the top 24 competitors in all of the events will advance to the first leg of the Justin Boots Playoffs in Puyallup, Wash., Sept. 11-13. The tour standings as well as the world standings are based on earnings so every dollar won here at Cheyenne has double importance for the competitors.

The fourth performance of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo will begin at Frontier Park at 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
 

Bareback Riding: (first round) 1 (tie), Zach Curran, Arvada, Colo., on Five Star Rodeo’s Marbles and Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., on Kinney Rodeo’s Stepper, 84 points. 3 (tie), Jessy Davis, Payson, Utah, and Jason Havens, Prineville, Ore., 82. 5, Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 81. 6 (tie), Cody DeMers, Kimberly, Idaho, and Luis Escudero, Vado, N.M., 80. (second round) 1, Kaycee Feild, Elk Ridge, Utah, 88 points on Faded Charm. 2, Jared Smith, Williston, Fla., 85. 3, Tim Shirley, Grant, Colo., 84. 4, Micky Downare, Hartsel, Colo., 80. 5, Zach Curran, Arvada, Colo., 81. 6, Monte Downare, Hartsel, Colo., 80. (total on two) 1, Curran, 165. 2, Shirley, 162. 3, Davis, 181. 4, Micky Downare, 159. 5 (tie), Feild and Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., 158.

Tie-Down Roping: (first round) 1, Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 11.4 seconds. 2, Garrett Nokes, McCook, Neb., 11.5. 3, Alwin Bouchard, Scandia, Alberta, 12.4. 4 (tie), Rusty Sewalt, Del Rio, Texas, and Tyler Fagerhaug, Wessington Springs, S.D., 12.5. 6 (tie), John Brian, Weatherford, Texas; Justin Maass, Giddings, Texas; and Tim Pharr, Resaca, Ga.; 12.8. (second round) 1 (tie), Seth Childers, Cameron, Texas, and Cliff Kirkpatrick, Post, Texas, 16.2. 3, Sterling Smith, Stephenville, Texas, 16.3. 4, Blake Huckabee, Shreveport, La., 16.7. 5 (tie), Scott White, Oelrichs, S.D., and Randall Carlisle, Lipan, Texas, 17.0. (total on two) 1, Ohl, 25.1. 2, Joseph Gernentz, Colorado City, Texas, 26.8. 3, Maass, 27.5. 4 (tie), Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., and Rusty Sewalt, Del Rio, Texas, 27.8. 6, Rick Greiner, Highmore, S.D., 29.9.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 80 points on Mossbrucker Rodeo’s Silverado. 2 (tie), Mike Outhier, Utopia, Texas, and Wace Snook, Hulett, Wyo., 79. 3 (tie), Frank McKay, Burns, Ore.; Louie Brunson, Interior, S.D.; Curtis Garton, Kaitaia, New Zealand; Jesse Kruse, Great Falls, Mont.; and Jesse James Kirby, Dodge City, Kan.; 78. (second round) 1, Brody Bolton, Odessa, Texas, 78. 2, Andy Clarys, Mandan, N.D., 76. 3, Townsend Prince, 75. 4, Curtis Garton, Kaitaia, New Zealand, 74. 5 (tie), Max Filippini, Battle Mountain, Nev., and Jake Griffin, Powell, Wyo., 73. (total on two) 1, Bolton, 153. 2, Garton, 152. 3, Filippini, 150. 4, Outhier, 148. 5, Sam Spreadborough, Snyder, Texas, 146. 6 (tie), Clarys; Prince; and Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., 142 each.

Team Roping: (first round) 1, Jay Wadhams, and J.D. Yates, Pueblo, Colo., 7.8 seconds. 2 (tie), Joe Day, Howe, Texas, and Cody McMinn, Caddo Mills, Texas; and Josh and Lance Fillmore, Pueblo, Colo., 8.5. 4, Britt Bockius, Claremore, Okla., and Justin Yost, Mt. Morris, Pa., 8.7. 5 (tie), Casey Chamberlain, Colorado City, Texas, and Charles Pogue, Ringling, Okla.; and Chris Anderson, Merino, Colo., and Randy Mekelburg, Yuma, Colo., 8.9. (second round) 1, Chamberlain and Pogue, 8.6. 2, Jake and Jim Ross Cooper, Monument, N.M., 8.8. 3 (tie), Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo., and Steve Purcella, Hereford, Texas; Rory Brown, Edgemont, S.D., and Scott White, Oelrichs, S.D., 8.9. 5, Brady and Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 9.2. 6, Jed Middleton, Wofforth, Texas, and Colby Schneemann, Big Lake, Texas, 9.3. (total on two) 1, Chamberlain and Pogue, 17.5. 2, Joe Day, Howe, Texas, and Cody McMinn, Caddo Mills, Texas, 18.1. 3, Bucky and B.J. Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 19.0. 4, Minor and Minor, 19.1. 5, Caleb Twisselman, Santa Margarita, Calif., and Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont., 19.5. 6, Cody Doescher, Mineral Wells, Texas, and Mike Fletcher, Stephenville, Texas, 21.5.

Steer Wrestling: (first round) 1 (tie), Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., and Jake Rinehart, Highmore, S.D., 6.9 seconds. 3, Ethan Thouvenell, Menifee, Calif., 7.0. 4, Nick Guy, Rapid City, S.D., 7.5. 5, Trevor Cox, Purdum, Neb., 7.6. 6, Matt Gilbert, Camp Crook, S.D., 8.0. (second round) 1, Beau Franzen, Sidney, Mont., 8.6. 2, Aaron Vosler, Cheyenne, Wyo., 10.3. 3, Garrett Nokes, McCook, Neb., 10.8. 4, Travis Muir, Pierce, Colo., 11.3. 5, Clay Dahl, Camp Crook, S.D., 13.4. 6, Will Stovall, Roberts, Mont., 13.4. (total on two) 1, Nokes, 19.5. 2, Dahl, 22.4. 3, Knutson, 22.7. 4, Franzen, 25.8. 5, Will Stovall, Roberts, Mont., 26.8. 6, Muir, 31.3.

Women’s Barrel Race: (second round) 1, Jordon Peterson, Chilton, Texas, 17.39 seconds. 2, Sabra O’Quinn, Ocala, Fla., 17.4. 3, Laura Lambert, Wiggins, Colo., 17.55. 4 (tie), Timi Lickley, Jerome Idaho, and Rachael Myllymaki, Arlee, Mont., 17.66. 6 (tie), Kim Schulze, Elbert, Colo., and Mandi Jo Fox, George West, Texas, 17.73. (total on two) 1, O’Quinn, 35.02. 2, Peterson, 35.34. 3, Kelli Tolbert, Hinckley, Utah, 35.78. 4, Lambert, 35.78. 5, Diann Bukowski, Falcon, Colo., 35.8. 6, Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., 35.83.

Bull Riding: (first round) 1, Lonnie Carpenter, Haysville, Kan., 90. 2, Brad Pierce, Baird, Texas, 89. 3 (tie), Cody Gardner, Fort Lupton, Colo., and Marcus Michaelis, Caldwell, Idaho, 85. 5, Danny McDowell, Jena, La., 83. 6 (tie), Cameron Castleberry, Gillette, Wyo., and Jeremy Kolich, Norco, Calif., 82. (second round) 1 (tie), Matt Austin, Sulphur Springs, Texas, and Zack Elliott, Thatcher, Utah, 83. 3, Wesley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah, 83. 4, Shawn Hogg, Odessa, Texas, 80. (total on two – two qualified) 1, Elliott, 161. 2, Silcox, 157.

Rookie Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, Tyrel Larsen, Goodwell, Okla., 71 points. 2 (tie) Wayne Kogianes, Provo, Utah, and Brett Olive, Ford, Kan., 70. 4, Cody Allred, Emmett, Idaho, 63. 5, Dan Yeager, Durango, Colo., 61. 6, Ryan Dale Bestol, Hyannis, Neb., 60. (second round) 1, Brett Olive, Ford, Kan., 73. 2, Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D., 72. 3, Tyrel Larsen, Goodwell, Okla., 71. 4, Wayne Kogianes, Provo, Utah, 68. 5, Chase Bennett, Payson, Utah, 62. 6, Colt Hamaker, Centennial, Wyo., 57. (total on two) 1, Olive 143. 2, Larsen, 142. 3, Kogianes, 138. 4, Bennett, 118. 5, Hamaker, 114. 6, Dan Yeager, Durango, Colo., 105.

Steer Roping: (first round) 1, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 12.5. 2, (tie), Tony Reina, Wharton, Texas, and Scott Snedecor, Uvalde, Texas, 13.2. 4, Dan Fisher, Andrews, Texas, 13.6. 5, Buster Record, Jr., Buffalo, Okla., 13.7. 6, Tom Sorey, Pendelton, Ore., 14.2. (second round) 1, Travis Mills, Gillette, Wyo., 12.8. 2, J.P. Wickett, Salisaw, Okla., 13.1. 3, C.A. Lauer, Buffalo, Okla., 13.3. 4, Shane Suggs, Granbury, Texas, 13.6. 5, (tie), Jarrett Blessing, Paradise, Texas; Doug Clark, Wayne, Okla.; and Chris Glover, Keenesburg, Colo.; 14.0. (total on two) 1, Fisher, 28.0. 2, Snedecor, 28.1. 3, Record, 28.8. 4, Troy Hill, Allen, Okla., 30.0. 5, Cody Dutton, Boerne, Texas, 30.6. 6, Justin McKee, Lenapah, Okla., 31.2.

Senior Steer Roping: (first round winners) 1, Dan Fisher, Andrews, Texas, 13.5 seconds, $1,139. 2, Buster Record, Jr., Buffalo, Okla., 13.7, $943. 3, Stewart Allen, North Platte, Neb., 16.2, $746. 4, Bobby Brock, Cushing, Okla., 16.6, $452. 5, Roy Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 16.6, $452. 6, Mike Lohof, Baker, Mont., 16.9, $196.

Wild Horse Race: (three qualified) 1, Above Plumbing $540. 2, Howard Gaffney, $405. 3, Randy Stewart, $270.