Wyoming Sweeps Bull Riding

By Susan Kanode
Posted Friday, July 30, 2010

CHEYENNE, Wyo. ---July 30, 2010 --- A year ago, Bobby Welsh left Cheyenne Frontier Days satisfied that he had ridden all three of his bulls, but disappointed that he finished in second place instead of winning the championship.

Welsh, from Gillette, Wyo., put himself in a winning position here again, thanks to an 89-point effort on Dakota Rodeo’s Big Tex. That first place finish earned him a check for a whopping $6,277. More importantly, the score was high enough to qualify him for Sunday’s finals regardless of his success here in the second round Saturday.

The first round is now complete in all of the events here. The big winner so far is Tuf Cooper from Decatur, Texas. He had a 12.7-second run in tie-down roping to win $7,505. Unfortunately a no-time in the second round will keep him from any other opportunities here.

Right behind Tuf Cooper is his father Roy, known on the circuit as “Super Looper”, he is basically retired and rarely competes. It paid off for him here as he roped and tied a steer in 13.9 seconds to win $7,297.

Sam Spreadborough from Snyder, Texas, won the first round of saddle bronc riding with an 87, and he did it with a broken leg. Spreadborough who is originally from Australia broke both bones in his right shin at a rodeo in Weatherford, Texas, five weeks ago. He had surgery to put a rod in his leg and while it doesn’t bother him when he is riding, he certainly hasn’t regained his strength, nor is it completely healed. Spreadborough earned $5,060 here and is currently tied for third place in the overall standings to qualify for the finals.

The second round will be completed during Saturday’s rodeo performance. At that time, finals round qualifiers will also be determined. In the bull riding, 16 contestants will advance to the finals. The other events bring back at least 12 and will have up to 16 if there are ties.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. ---The following are current leaders from the 114th Annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo after the seventh performance, Friday, July 30, 2010.

Bareback Riding: (first round winners) 1, R.C. Landingham, Pendleton, Ore., 84 points on Barnes Rodeo’s Bow Tie, $5,333. 2, Caleb Bennett, Bluffdale, Texas, 81, $4,088. 3, Jason Havens, Prineville, Ore., 80, $3,022. 4, (tie) Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., and Cody DeMers, Kimberley, Idaho, 79, $1,600 each. 6, (tie) Luke Creasy, Brownfield, Alberta; Dusty LaValley, Bezanson, Alberta; Justin McDaniel, Porum, Okla.; and Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo.; 78, $427. (second round) 1 (tie), Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, and Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., 80 points each on Barnes Rodeo’s First Light and Harry Vold Rodeo’s Midnight Annie, respectively. 3, Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D., 79. 4 (tie), Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., Jeremy Mouton, Scott, La., and Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas, 78 points each. 7, (tie) D.V. Fennell, Neosho, Mo., and Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 77 points each. (total on two) 1, Dent, 159. 2, Bennett, 157. 3, Landingham, 156. 4, Havens, 155. 5, Mouton, 154. 6, Lowe, 153. 7, Stevenson, 152. 8, Mote, 150. 9, DeMers, 149. 10, Fennell, 149.

Steer Roping: (first round winners) 1, Roy Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 13.9 seconds, $7,297. 2, (tie) Chris Anderson, Merino, Colo., and Vin Fisher, Andrews, Texas, 14.5, $5,869 each. 4, (tie) Dee Kyler Jr., Pawhuska, Okla., and Trent Mills, Gillette, Wyo., 14.6, $3,966. 6, Chance Kelton, Mayer, Ariz., 14.7, $2,538. 7, J.R. Magdeburg, III, Roland, Okla., 15.2, $1,586. 8, Tim Abbott, Gardendale, Texas, 15.4, $635. (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 (tie), Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan.; Chuck Thomson, Oklahoma City; and Neal Wood, Guy, Texas, 13.8. 8, 6, Ty Herd, Irene, Texas, 13.9. (total on two) 1, Kyler, 26.8. 2, Kelton, 28.2. 3, Patterson, 31.20. 4, Mills, 33.3. 5, Will McBride, Ogallala, Neb., 35.3. 6, Ora Taton, Rapid City, S.D., 35.8. 7, Fred Brown, Colbert, Wash., 35.9. 8, Anderson, 36.6. 9, Paul Patton, Abilene, Texas, 37.3; 10 (tie) Bobby Joe Hill, Mexia, Texas, and Justin McKee, Lenapah, Okla., 37.70.

Tie-Down Roping: (first round winners) 1, Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 12.7 seconds, $7,505. 2, Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., 13.1, $6,426. 3, Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 13.2, $5,547. 4, Cimarron Boardman, Stephenville, Texas, 13.6, $4,568. 5, Cheyenne Stanley, Wapanucka, Okla., 13.9, $3,589. 6, (tie) Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, and Clay Cowan, Highmore, S.D., 14.1, $2,121. 8, Britt Bath, Burns, Wyo., 14.7, $653. (second round) 1, Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, 12.0. 2, Matt Kenney, Onawa, Iowa, 12.5. 3, Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas, 12.80. 4, Billy Hamilton, McAlester, Okla., 12.9. 5, (tie) Seth Hopper, Stanfield, Ore., and Clay Cerny, Brazoria, Texas, 13.0. 7, Monty Eakin, Benbrook, Texas, 13.1. 8, (tie) Owen Fagerhaug, Plankinton, S.D., Jason Hubbard, Wheatland, Wyo., and Guy Miller, Lamesa, Texas, 13.4. (total on two) 1, Herrin, 27.8. 2, Boardman, 28.4. 3, Arave, 29.5. 4, Miller, 29.8. 5, Hopper, 30.0. 6, Brazile, 31.0. 7, Tyler Faugerhaug, 31.2. 8, Cowan, 31.5. 9, Wes Lockard, Susanville, Calif., 33.1. 10, Jim Bob Fritz, Whitesboro, Texas, 33.8.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (first round winners) 1, Sam Spreadborough, Snyder, Texas, 87 points on Vold Rodeo’s Fergie, $5,040. 2, Cody Demoss, Heflin, La., 86, $3,879. 3, (tie) Tyrell Smith, Great Falls, Mont., and Shaun Stroh, Dickinson, N.D., 85, $2,361 each. 5, (tie) Kaleb Asay, Powell, Wyo., and Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D.; 84, $1,012. 7, (tie) Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., and Jake Hayworth, St. Anthony, Idaho, 83, $590. (second round) 1, Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 86 points on Stace Smith Rodeo’s Goin’ South. 2, Alex Wright, Virgin, Utah, 84. 3 (tie), Tyrel Larsen, Whitewood, S.D. and Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M., 83 points each. 5, Anthony Bello, Kamas, Utah, and Jake Hayworth, St. Anthony, Idaho, 82 points each. 7, (tie) Louie Brunson, Interior, S.D.; Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D.; and Sam Kelts, Millarville, Alberta, 81. (total on two) 1, (tie) Harter and Hayworth, 165 points each. 3, (tie) Ferley, and Spreadborough, 164. 5, Flundra, 162. 6, Bello, 160. 7, (tie) Brunson and Larsen, 158. 9, Muncy, 157. 10, Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 156.

Steer Wrestling: (first round winners) 1, Brad McGilchrist, Marysville, Calif., 5.3, $6,257. 2, T.J. Bohlender, Canyon, Texas, 6.4, $5,441. 3, Cody Moore, Artesia, N.M., 6.6, $4,625. 4, Seth Murphy, South Heart, N.D., 6.7, $3,809. 5, Todd Woodward, Lethbridge, Alberta, 7.0, $2,992. 6, (tie) Jule Hazen, Ashland, Kan., and Clay Schaack, Wall, S.D., 7.2, $1,768. 8, Nick Guy, Sparta, Wis., 7.3, $1,768. (second round) 1, Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, 8.2. 2, Jule Hazen, Ashland, Kan., 8.5. 3, Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, 8.6. 4, Leon Garrett, Pierre, S.D., 8.8. 5, Casey McMillen, Redmond, Ore., 9.6. 6, Tommy Cook, McAlester, Okla., 9.8. 7, Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 9.9. 8, Ryan Shaw, Plain City, Utah, 10.0. (total on two) 1, Hazen, 15.7. 2, McGilchrist, 16.1. 3, McMillen, 17.8. 4, Jones, 17.9. 5, Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla., 18.2. 6, Sean Mulligan, Coleman, Okla., 19.4. 7, Johnny Asher, Speedwell, Tenn., 20.1. 8, Schaack, 20.3. 9, John Franzen, Riverton, Wyo., 20.6. 10, Stan Branco, Chowchilla, Calif., 20.8.

Team Roping: (first round winners) 1, Kaden and Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah, 7.2 seconds, $6,076 each. 2, Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla., and Caleb Twisselman, Santa Margarita, Calif., 7.8, $5,283. 3, (tie) Delon Parker, Worden, Mont., and Justin Viles, Cody, Wyo.; and Brady and Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash.; 8.2, $4,094. 5, Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., and Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz., 8.5, $2,906. 6, Victor Aros, Tucson, Ariz., and Hal Earnhardt, III, Queen Creek, Ariz., 8.7, $2,113. 8, (tie) Josh Fillmore, Florence, Colo., and Lance Fillmore, Pueblo, Colo.; Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., and Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz.; and Kinney Harrell, Marshall, Texas, and Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo.; 8.8, $616 each. (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, Spencer Mitchell, Colusa, Calif., and Broc Cresta, Santa Rosa, Calif., 8.3. 6, John Robertson, Polson, Mont., and Cody Tew, Harlowton, Mont., 8.6. 7, (tie) Jay Wadhams and J.D. Yates, Pueblo, Colo., Edward Hawley, Jr., Hays, Mont., 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, Harrell and Tonnozzi, 18.4. 4, Josh Patton, Burnet, Texas, and Chris Lawson, Dripping Springs, Texas, 18.6. 5, Mitchell and Cresta, 18.6. 6, (tie) Martin Lucero, and Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas; and Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz., and Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev.; and Earnhardt and Harris; 18.8. 9, (tie) Bobby Harris, Highmore, S.D., and Britt Williams, Hammond, Mont.; and Richard Durham, Morgan Mill, Texas, and Aaron Tsinigine, Gilbert, Ariz., 19.2.

Women’s Barrel Race: (second round) 1, Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta, 17.40. 2, Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 17.52. 3, Angie Meadors, Blanchard, Okla., 17.60. 4, Kim Schulze, Elbert, Colo., 17.69. 5, Ashley Leifeste, Willow City, Texas, 17.74. 6, (tie) Sammi Bessert, Loma, Colo., and Jolene Stewart, Springer, Okla., 17.77. 8, Sue Smith, Blackfoot, Idaho, 17.80. (total on two) 1, Cervi, 35.14. 2, Sears, 35.24. 3, Smith, 35.50. 4, Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D., 35.55. 5, Jetta Alpanalp, Ogden, Utah, 35.67. 6, Meadors, 35.67. 7, (tie) Trula Churchill, Valentine, Neb., and Kelli Tolbert, Hooper, Utah, 35.68. 9, Graham, 35.69. 10, Jeanne Anderson, White City, Kan., 35.73. 11, Kelly Yates, Pueblo, Colo., 35.75. 12, , Sydni Blanchard, Albuquerque, N.M., 35.76.

Bull Riding: (first round winners) 1, Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., 89 points on Dakota Rodeo’s Big Tex, $6,277. 2, Seth Glause, Rock Springs, Wyo., 86, $4,812. 3, Will Farrell, Thermopolis, Wyo., 85, $2,441. 4, (tie) Matt Pojanowski, Woodville, Wis., and Wesley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah, 85, $2,442. 6, (tie) Jake Buller, Thermopolis, Wyo., and Marcus Michaelis, Caldwell, Idaho, 84, $942. 8, (tie) Douglas Duncan, Alvin, Texas; Chad German, Groesbeck, Texas; and Kenneth Callaway, Huffman, Texas; 83, $209. (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. 7, (tie) Silcox, and Allen Helmuth, Ellensburg, Wash., 81. 9, Mark Johansen, Strathmore, Alberta, 79. 10, Ty Hamaker, Centennial, Wyo., 77. (total on two – two qualified) 1, Silcox, 166. 2, Pojanowski, 161.

Rookie Bronc Riding: (first round winners) 1, (tie) Hardy Braden, Welch, Okla., and C.J. Thoreson, Cheyenne, Wyo., 69 points, $1,093. 3, Jeremy Melancon, Buffalo, Texas, 68, $678. 4, Dustin Moody, Visalia, Calif., 60. 5, Justin McCauley, Boulder, Mont., 58, $264. 6, Riley Knoll, Mandan, N.D., 56, $188. (second round) 1, Brady Nicholes, Hoytsville, Utah, 78. 2, Sterling Crawley, Hillsboro, Texas, 69. 3, Allen Boore, Axtell, Utah, 66. 4, Brazos Peacock, Fort Stockton, Texas, 63. 5, Brian Dawson, Wisdom, Mont., 61. 6, Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah, 60. (total on two) 1, Moody, 117. 2, McCauley 113. 3, Peacock, 111. 4, Wright, 110. 5, Rob McGilvray, Gillette, Wyo., 95. 6, Jordan Corrigan, Toddville, Iowa, 87.

Wild Horse Race: 1, Jason Smith, $635. 2, John Schutte/It take a, $475. 3, Travis Wickens/WWW, $317. 4, Jimmy Sith, $159.