Champions Add Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo To Their ‘To Do’ List

By Lauranne Smith
Posted Tuesday, January 27, 2009

FORT WORTH. - Four years ago J.W. Harris of May, Texas won the Xtreme Bull Riding here. At the time Harris was 19, not very well known and scrapping his way from rodeo to rodeo. Now he is the reigning world champion bull rider and is leading the bull riding at the 113rd Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo.

Fresh off his Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) championship and sitting first in every category here in the bull riding, the young bull rider is already mapping a plan for the 2009 NFR in December and defending his title. He has scores of 82 and 83 for a total of 165 points which will mostly likely get him to the final round.

Saddle bronc rider Bradley Harter, from Weatherford, Texas; returned from the National Western Stock Show in Denver, after being crowned champion, to ride his first of three horses. With a solid ride of 77 points, Harter’s momentum here is rolling.

Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo presented by the Southeastern Exposition and Livestock Show, goes pink for the seventh performance, Tuesday, Jan., 27, at the 7:30 p.m. Breast cancer survivors will be honored with free tickets to the evening’s rodeo. Plus, in partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 50% of all general admission and rodeo ticket sales from the day's events will be donated to this worthy cause. Tyson Durfey, who won the first round here in the tie-down roping, is a one of rodeo’s biggest advocates of Komen For The Cure and donates a portion of each of his winnings checks to the cause.

FORT WORTH. --- The following are results from the Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo presented by the Southeastern Exposition and Livestock Show, Monday, Jan., 26, 2009. Results are updated daily and available at fwssr.com/results.asp

Sixth Performance --

Bareback Riding: (three rides) 1, Bryan Portie, Lake Charles, La., on Gold Buckle Rodeo’s Will He Jump Or, 69 points. 2, Wade Romero, Bell City, La., 62. 3, Zane Caddell, La Grange, Texas, 59.

Steer Wrestling: 1, Lane Holland, Walker, La., 5.7 seconds. 2, Ryan Swayze, Freedom, Okla., 5.9. 3, Chad Van Campen, Granada, Colo., 6.9. 4, A.J. Griffin, Garden City, Kan., 9.6.

Team Roping: 1, Justin Yost, Hico, Texas, and Britt Bockius, Claremore, Okla., 5.4 seconds. 2, Jake Cooper, Stephenville, Texas, and Jim Ross Cooper, Stephenville, Texas, 7.4 seconds. 3, Travis Sterling, Adkins, Texas, and Paul Sterling, Montgomery, Texas, 8.7. 4, Kevin Daniel, Franklin, Tenn., and Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas, 10.6.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (three rides) 1, Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 77 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Ringo. 2, Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah, 73. 3,Leland Wood, Silverton, Texas, 60.

Tie-Down Roping: 1, J. Cody Jones, Kelseyville, Calif., 8.9 seconds. 2, Wes Borders, Arriba, Colo., 9.1. 3, Casey Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 10.6. 4, Rusty Sewalt, Del Rio, Texas, 11.9.

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Rylee McKenzie, St. Paul, Alberta, Canada, 17.20 seconds. 2, Jo Scarmardo, Caldwell, Texas, 17.27. 3, Angela Gilliam, Pelahatchie, Miss., 21.96. 4, Kimmi Byler, Bellville, Texas, 22.20.

Bull Riding: (two rides) 1, J.W. Harris, May, Texas, 80 points on Rafter G’s Mission Impossible. 2, Brent Menz, Delta, Mo., 76. 3, Dustin Wright, DeLeon, Texas, 74. 4, Ted Bert, Modesto, Calif.,73.

The following are current leaders --

Bareback Riding: (first round) 1, (tie) Kaycee Feild, Elk Ridge, Utah, on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Real Deal and Jared Keylon, Fort Scott, Kan., on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Cool Runnings, 82 points each. 3, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 79. 4, Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., 78. (second round) 1, Feild, 83 points on Western Rodeo’s WR. 2, Hooper, 78. 3, Josh Cole, Quitman, Texas, 70. 4, (tie) Logan Hodson, Telkwa, B.C., Canada, and Bryce Case, Raymond, Iowa, 67 each. (third round) 1, Feild, 88 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Citation. 2, Hooper, 82. 3, Bryan Portie, Lake Charles, La.,69. 4, Cole, 67. (total on three) 1, Field, 253. 2, Hooper, 239.

Steer Wrestling: (second round) 1, Lane Holland, Walker, La., 5.7 seconds. 2, Ryan Swayze, Freedom, Okla., 5.9. 3, Jeff Miller, Blue Mound, Kan., 6.7 seconds. 4, Erik Johnson, Eltopia, Wash., 7.6. 5, Todd Anderson, Fulsher, Texas, 8.2. 6, Zac Parrington, Hoyt, Kan., 9.3. (total on two) 1, Swayze, 11.0 seconds. 2, Miller, 14.5. 3, Holland, 17.8. 4, Shane Henderson, Winfield, Kan., 19.6.

Team Roping: (first round) 1, Kevin Daniel, Franklin, Tenn., and Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas, 5.8 seconds. 2, Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo., and Kinney Harrell, Marshall, Texas, 6.0. 3, Matt Petrus, Skidmore, Texas and Dee Rampy, Bertram, Texas, 6.5 seconds. 4, , (tie) Jake Cooper, Stephenville, Texas and Jim Ross Cooper, Stephenville, Texas; Logan Olson, Flandreau, S.D., and Walt Woodard, Stephenville, Texas, 6.6 seconds per team. (second round) 1, (tie) Brad Hamilton, Pollock, Texas, and Joe Day, Howe, Texas; Justin Yost, Hico, Texas, and Britt Bockius, Claremore, Okla., 5.4 seconds per team. 3, Cooper and Cooper, 7.4. 4, Petrus and Rampy, 7.5 seconds. (total on 2) 1, (tie) Petrus and Rampy; Cooper and Cooper, 14.0 seconds. 3, Daniel and Lucero, 16.4. 4, Yost and Bockius, 17.2.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 85 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Teddy Bear. 2, JJ Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 84. 3, (tie) Cody Taton, Newell, S.D., and Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 77. (second round) 1, Elshere, 87 points on Western Rodeo’s Pine Ridge. 2, Trell Etbauer, Goodwell, Okla., 84. 3, (tie) Alex Wright, Milford, Utah, Jordan Furnish, Baird, Texas, and Taton, 79 each. (third round) 1, (tie) Elshere on Rafter G Rodeo Company’s Red River and Max Filippini, Battle Mountain, Nev., on Rawhide, 82 points each. 3, Cody Taton, Newell, S.D., 81. 4, Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 79. (total on three) 1, Elshere, 253. 2, Bail, 241. 3, Taton, 237. 4, Mike Outhier, Utopia, Texas, 205.

Tie-Down Roping: (second round) 1, (tie) J. Cody Jones, Kelseyville, Calif., and C.R. Bradley, Collinsville, Texas, 8.9 seconds each. 3, Wes Borders, Arriba, Colo., 9.1. 4, Casey Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 10.6. (total on two) 1, Branquinho, 18.7. 2, Borders, 21.1. 3, Nate Baldwin, Blackfoot, Idaho, 23.1. 4, Cheyenne Stanley, Wapanucka, Okla., 24.0.

Women’s Barrel Race: (first round) 1, Angela Gilliam, Pelahatchie, Miss., 16.87 seconds. 2, Shawna Bourne, Chapel Hill, Tenn., 17.04. 3, Lisa Ogden, Gail, Texas, 17.13 seconds. 3, Tara Lee Woodall, Merkel, Texas, 17.26. 4, (tie) Shari Amiotte, Ft. Pierre, S.D., and Christy Lauflin, Walsh Colo., 17.27. (second round) 1, Bourne, 17.02 seconds. 2, Amy Schimke, Wessington Springs, S.D., 17.56. 3, (tie) McKenzie, St. Paul, Alberta, Canada, and Lacy Maynard, Cedar Creek, Texas, 17.20. (total on two) 1, Bourne, 34.06. 2, Woodall, 34.57. 3, Jo Scarmardo, Caldwell, Texas, 34.61. 4, (tie) Ogden and Schimke, 34.66 each.

Bull Riding: (first round) 1, J.W. Harris, May, Texas, 83 points on Frontier’s Black Water. 2, Neil Bourne, Springfield, Tenn., 75. 3 (tie), Patrick Geipel, Elbert, Colo., Travis Lively, El Dorado, Texas, and Cody Dupont, Allison, Texas, 72 points each. (second round) 1, Harris, 82. 2, (tie) Ardie Maier, Timber Lake, S.D., and Brent Menz, Delta, Mo., 76 each. 4, Dustin Wright, DeLeon, Texas, 74. (total on two) 1, Harris, 165. 2, Taylor Cowan, Ft. Pierre, S.D., 143.