Brazile and Cannon Increase Leads thanks to CNR Championships

By Susan Kanode
Posted Monday, August 24, 2009

CALDWELL, Idaho --- Trevor Brazile and Clint Cannon both helped solidify their number one positions in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world standings on Saturday night.

Cannon, from Waller, Texas, won the bareback riding championship and$6,616 with a total score of 172 points on two rides. He also placed second in the final round behind his traveling partner Heath Ford from Greeley, Colo. Ford rode the Calgary Stampede horse, Coconut Roll for 87 points and thought it was a great way to celebrate his birthday. He turned 32 on Saturday. He then took the victory lap in front of the sold-out crowd.

“That’s something I’ll want to tell my grandkids about,” he said. “It’s not every day you get on a great bucking horse and win the round. Doing that on my birthday was really special.”

Cannon rode the Powder River Rodeo horse Big Show for 86 points. Cannon’s win will certainly help him in his quest for his first world championship, but he is not slowing down until he achieves that goal.

“I’m not going to be comfortable until that gold buckle is on my belt,” he said. “That’s the ultimate goal I’m shooting for. This is a good rodeo to win and it all helps.”

Trevor Brazile is in the lead of the tie-down roping and all-around standings. He won the tie-down roping here for the second consecutive year and also earned money in team roping to increase his lead in the all-around. Brazile roped and tied three calves in 25.5 seconds to be the high-money earner of the rodeo with $7,834. He and team roping partner Patrick Smith, from Midland, Texas, tied for first in the second round of team roping for another $1,715 making Brazile’s total take $9,549.

“If the fans here don’t make you try harder, nothing will,” Brazile said. “I love it. They’re fun to compete in front of, and the victory laps are something else. You can go to a rodeo with twice as many people in attendance and they never get as loud as the fans do here.”

Billy Etbauer is staying on the winning streak that he started at Cheyenne Frontier Days in July. He tied for the arena record in the final round with an 89-point effort on the Calgary Stampede Horse named Knife Rocket. The record had been held since 1999 by Kevin Small.

“What a horse,” Etbauer said of his ride. “It’s always fun when you get to get on an outstanding animal like that. I’m really blessed. To stay healthy, keep riding and enjoying it is great.”

Etbauer who is originally from South Dakota but now makes his home in Edmond, Okla., had a total score of 173 points. He added nearly $5,000 to his earnings and is solidifying his qualification for his 21st Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

Total pay-off at the 75th annual Caldwell Night Rodeo was $254,668.

Caldwell Night Rodeo Champions

Bareback riding, Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas, 172 points, $6,616

Team Roping, Jay and Austin Adams, Logandale, Nev., 16.8 seconds, $3,559 each

Steer Wrestling, Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo., 12.3 seconds, $7,129

Saddle Bronc Riding, Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., 173 points, $4,964

Tie-Down Roping, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 25.5 seconds, $7,834

Barrel Racing, Sue Smith, Blackfoot, Idaho, 52.29, $6,108

Bull Riding, J.W. Harris, May, Texas, 90 points, $6,877

CALDWELL, Idaho --- The following are final and over-all results from the Caldwell Night Rodeo, Saturday, August 22, 2009..

Bareback Riding: (final round), Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., 87 points on Calgary Stampede’s Grated Coconut, $1,650. 2, Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas, 86, $1,250. 3, Steven Peebles, Redmond, Ore., 85, $900. 4 (tie), Zac Compton, Hermiston, Ore.; Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo.; and Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore.; 84, $400. (total on two) 1, Cannon, 172, $3,425. 2 (tie), Royce Ford and Mote, 171, $2,283 each. 4, Peebles, 169, $1,256. 5, Heath Ford, 168, $799. 6 (tie), Noah Bayes, Adrian, Ore., and Jessy Davis, Payson, Utah, 167, $514. 8, Jsutin McDaniel, Porum, Okla., 166, $343.

Team Roping: (final round) 1, Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 4.8 seconds, $1,180. 2 (tie), Brandon Beers, Powell Butte, Ore., and Jim Ross Cooper, Monument, N.M.; and Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore., and Russell Cardoza, Farmington, Calif.; 5.6, $737 each. 4, David Motes, Tolar, Texas, and Travis Woodard, Stockton, Calif., 5.7, $295. (total on three) 1, Jay and Austin Adams, Logandale, Nev., 16.8, $2,816. 2 (tie), Masters and Corkill, and Crawford and Cardoza, 17.0, $2,087. 4, Steve Purcella, Hereford, Texas, and Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo., 17.1, $1,359. 5, Motes and Woodard, 17.6, $874. 6, Beers and Cooper, 20.3, $485.

Steer Wrestling: (final round) 1 (tie), Casey McMillen, Craig, Colo., and Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo., 3.9 seconds, $1,047 each. 3, Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, 4.3, $750. 4, B.J. Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 4.6, $553. 5, Seth Hadlock, Liberty, Utah, 4.9, $355. 6, Ken Lewis, La Junta, Colo., 5.4, $198. (total on three) 1, Sumpter, 12.3 seconds, $3,747. 2, McMillen, 12.9, $3,259. 3, Cure, 13.5, $2,770 . 4, Campbell, 13.8, $2,281. 5, Ken Lewis, La Junta, Colo., 13.9, $1,792. 6, Seth Hadlock, Liberty, Utah, 14.0, $1,303. 7, Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 23.0, $815. 8, Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., 23.6, $326.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (final round) 1,Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., 89 points on Calgary Stampede’s Knife Money*, $1,200. 2, Tyrell James Smith, Vaughn, Mont., 87, $900. 3, Tyler Corrington, Guymon, Okla., 85, $600. 4 (tie), Chet Johnson, Gillette, Wyo.; Cody Wright, Milford, Utah; and Jesse Kruse, Great Falls, Mont., 82, $100 each. (total on two) 1, Etbauer, 173, $2,999. 2, Smith, 170, $2,299. 3, Corrington, 168, $1,699. 4, Kruse, 167, $1,099. 5 (tie), Wright and J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 166, $600. 7, Chet Johnson, Gillette, Wyo., 165, $400. 8, Justin Arnold, Santa Margarita, Calif., 164, $300.

Tie-Down Roping: (final round) 1, Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas, 8.5 seconds, $1,189. 2, Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 8.8, $984. 3, Seth Childers, Cameron, Texasa, 9.2, $779. 4, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 9.4, $574. 5, Cimarron Boardman, Stephenville, Texas, 9.6, $369. 6 (tie), Joseph Parsons, Marana, Ariz., and Justin Macha, Needville, Texas, 9.9, $103. (total on three) 1, Brazile, 25.6, $3,824. 2, Boardman, 26.2, $3,325. 3, Shiozawa, 26.5, $2,826. 4, Colomon, 26.7, $2,328. 5 (tie), Seth Childers, Cameron, Texas, and Shank Edwards, Levelland, Texas, 26.8, $1,579. 7, Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La., 27.0, $831. 8, Justin Macha, Needville, Texas, 27.7, $333.

Barrel Racing: (final round) 1, Sue Smith, Blackfoot, Idaho, 17.32 seconds, $1,331. 2, Sheena Robbbins, Fresno, Calif., 17.47, $998. 3, Brenda Mays, Terrebonne, Ore., 17.52, $665. 4, Kyna Schrader, Wickenburg, Ariz., 17.54, $333. (total on three) 1, Smith, 52.29, $2,695. 2, Sheena Robbins, 52.46, $2,310. 3, Mays, 52.87, $1,925. 4, Danyelle Campbell, Beaumont, Calif., 52.90, $1,668. 5, Schrader, 52.91, $1,283. 6, Brittany Pharr, Victoria, Texas, 52.99, $1,027. 7, Sammi Bessert, Loma, Colo., 53.11, $770. 8, Shelley Morgan, Eustace, Texas, 53.28, $513. 9, Vauna Walker, Pingree, Idaho, 53.57, $385. 10, Benette Barrington, Lubbock, Texas, 57.79, $257.

Bull Riding: (final round) no qualified rides. (winners on one) J.W. Harris, May, Texas, 90 points, $3,890. 2, Beau Schroeder, China, Texas, 87, $2,982. 3, Will Farrell, Thermopolis, Wyo., 84, $2,204. 4, Luke Haught, Weatherford, Texas, 82, $1,426. 5, Shane Gordon, Fort Jones, Calif., 80, $908.

*Etbauer tied the arena record for a single saddle bronc ride with the 89-point ride in the final round. The record had been held by Kevin Small since 1999.