DeMoss Gets Surprise at Caldwell Night Rodeo
By Susan Kanode for the Caldwell Night Rodeo
CALDWELL, Idaho – Saddle bronc rider Cody DeMoss arrived in Caldwell early before his competition at the Caldwell Night Rodeo.
A stop at Idaho’s Cowboy Supply and a look at the Caldwell Night Poster gave him a glimpse of his ride here last year on Powder River Rodeo’s horse named Pearl’s My Handle. That ride not only put him on the poster, it earned him a spot in the championships and helped him to a fourth-place finish in 2016.
The Heflin, Louisiana, resident loves getting on bucking horses and after seeing his poster was ready to ride here on Thursday. What a ride he made. He got on Burch Rodeo’s Strawberry Rocket who did everything he could to buck DeMoss off. It didn’t work and when the judges added up their scores, DeMoss had 88 points by his name.
“It’s not every day you get to have your picture on a rodeo poster,” DeMoss said. “Especially at a big rodeo like this. Then to come have a ride like I did was icing on the cake.”
The 88-point score puts him in second place behind the 2015 world champion Jacobs Crawley who has 88.5. Right after Cody made his way down the arena in front of the near-capacity crowd, his younger brother Heith DeMoss, also from Heflin, rode for 84 points. They will both be back here on Saturday night to ride for the championships and if either of them finish at the top of the leaderboard it would be the first Caldwell Night Rodeo championship to be won by one of the brothers.
There is a new leader in the bull riding. Scotty Knapp, from Albuquerque, N.M., rode D & H Cattle Company’s Savage Moves to an 89-point score. Knapp, who qualified for his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo last year is now in first place. The bull riding here is one round, so if Knapp’s score holds through the next two performances, he stands to get a big paycheck.
The fourth performance of the rodeo begins at 8 p.m., Friday night. It is Patriot Night and will be raising funds for the Caldwell Night Rodeo’s Military Relief Fund. More information is available at www.caldwellnightrodeo.com.
The following are unofficial results from the Caldwell Night Rodeo.
Third Performance –
Bareback riding: 1, Morgan Wilde, McCammon, Idaho, 79.5 points on Powder River Rodeo’s Magic School Bus. 2, Luke Creasy, Garland, Texas, 79. 3, Trenten Montero, Winnemucca, Nev., 78.5. 4, Joel Schlagel, Burns, Colo., 70.
Steer wrestling: 1, Bubba Boots, St. Anthony, Idaho, 6.5 seconds. 2, Sean Santucci, Prineville, Ore., 13.7. 3, (tie) Justin Shaffer, Hallsville, Texas, and Hank Filippini, Battle Mountain, Nev., 13.8 each.
Team roping: 1, Tom Richards, Humboldt, Ariz., and Ryan Motes, weatherford, Texas, 6.4. 2, Joshua and Jonathan Torres, Ocala, Fla., 7.1. 3, Jordan weaver, Powell Butte, Ore., and Sean Santucci, Prineville, Ore., 7.9. 4, Cody Snow, Los Olivos, Calif., and Wesley Thorpe, Throckmorton, Texas, 15.1.
Saddle bronc riding: 1, Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 88 points on Burch Rodeo’s Strawberry Rocket. 2, Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La., 86. 3, Chet Johnson, Douglas, Wyo., 85. 4, Cort Scheer, Elsemere, Neb., 82.
Tie-down roping: (three runs) 1, Spencer Moulton, Blackfoot, Idaho, 11.0 seconds. 2, Bo Pickett, Caldwell, Idaho, 20.5. 3, Colby Hughes, St. George, Utah, 20.9.
Women’s barrel racing: 1, Holly Wright, Gruver, Texas, 17.71 seconds. 2, Kim Schulze, Larkspur, Colo., 18.06. 3, Shelby Thall, Victor, Calif., 18.23. 4, Hope Jordan, Parma, Idaho, 18.24.
Bull riding: (one ride) Scotty Knapp, Albuquerque, N.M., 89 points on D & H Cattle Company’s Savage Moves.
The following are current leaders –
Bareback Riding: (first round) 1, Clayton Biglow, Clements, Calif., 86 points on Outlaw Buckers Rodeo’s American Thumper. 2, (tie) J.R. Vezain, Cowley, Wyo., and Chad Rutherford, Lake Charles, La., 82 each. 4, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 81.5. 5, Casey Breuer, Mandan, N.D., 81. 6, (tie) Richmond Champion, The Woodlands, Texas, and Kaycee Feild, Spanish Fork, Utah, 80.5. 8, Evan Jayne, Marseille, France; Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb.; and Morgan Wilde, McCammon, Idaho, 79.5
Steer wrestling: (second round) Kyle Whitaker, Chambers, Neb., 3.6. 2, Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala., 3.7. 3, (tie) Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta; Cody Cabral, Hilo, Hawaii; Dirk Tavenner, Rigby, Idaho; and Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev.; 3.8 each. (total on two) 1, Rowdy Parrott, Mamou, La., 7.6. 2, Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala., 7.9. 3, Tyler Pearson, Louisville, Miss., 8.1. 4, (tie) Jon Ragatz, Beetown, Wisc., and Cody Doescher, Oklahoma City, 8.4. 6, (tie) Blaine Jones, Templeton, Calif.; Cole Edge, Durant, Okla.; and Errol Frain, Marysville, Calif., 8.5.
Team roping: (second round) 1, Clay Smith, Broken Bow, Okla., and Paul Eaves, Lonedell, Mo., 4.8. 2, Chad Masters, Cedar Hill, Tenn., and Travis Graves, Jay, Okla., 4.9. 3, Garrett Rogers, Baker City, Ore., and Jake Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 5.0. 4, Aaron Tsinigine, Tuba City, Ariz., and Ty Romo, Whitewater, Ariz., 5.1. 5, Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga.,, and Junior Noguiera, Presidente Prudente, Brazil, 5.2. (total on two) 1, Smith and Eaves, 10.1. 2, Driggers and Noguiera, 10.3. 3, Wade and Saebens, 10.5. 4, Marcos Theriot, Poplarville, Miss., and Cody Doescher, Oklahoma City, 10.8. 5, Riley and Brady Minor, 11.0. 6, Cory Kidd V, Statesville, N.C., and Cole Davison, Stephenville, Texas, 11.1. 7, Garrett Rogers, Baker City, Ore., and Jake Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 11.2. 8, Kolton Schmidt, Barrhead, Alberta and Tyler Worley, Bluffdale, Texas, 11.5.
Saddle Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas, 88.5 points on Outlaw Buckers Rodeo’s Little Muffin. 2, Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 88. 3, Bradley Harter, Loranger, La., 86.5. 4, Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La., 86. 5, Chet Johnson, Douglas, Wyo., 85. 6, Alex Wright,. Milford, Utah, 84.5. 7, Cort Scheer, Elsemere, Neb., 83. 8, Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, 82.5.
Tie-down roping: (second round) 1, Blane Cox, Cameron, Texas, 7.7. 2, Marcos Costa, Childress, Texas, 7.9. 3, Bryson Sechrist, Apache, Okla., 8.0. 4, Ryle Smith, Oakdale, Calif., 8.1. 5, Ty Baker, Van Horn, Texas, 8.2. 6, Jordan Ketscher, Squaw Valley, Calif., 8.5. (total on two) 1, (tie) Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas and Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas, 18.5 each. 3, J.C. Malone, Plain City, Utah, 18.7. 4, Reese Riemer, Stinnett, Texas, 18.8. 5, Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev., 19.1. 6, Westyn Hughes, Caldwell, Texas, 19.9. 7, Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla., 20.8. 8, K.C. Miller, San Luis Obispo, Calif., 21.4.
Barrel Racing: (second round) 1, Stevi Hillman, Weatherford, Texas, 16.68*. 2, Taci Bettis, 17.09. 3, Amberleigh Moore, 17.23. 4, Darby Fox, King Hill, Idaho, 17.29. 5, Liz Herrin, Big Spring, Texas, 17.30. 6, Jaime Hinton, Bulverde, Texas, 17.34. (total on two) 1, Hillman, 33.76. 2, Bettis, 34.14. 3, Fox, 34.47. 4, Moore, 34.68. 5, Herrin, 34.78. 6, Tiany Schuster, Krum, Texas, 34.90. 7, Jaime Hinton, Bulverde, Texas, 34.96. 8, Kelly Collier, Hereford, Texas, 34.97.
Bull Riding: (first round—four rides) 1, Scotty Knapp, Albuquerque, N.M., 89 points on D & H Cattle Company’s Savage Moves. 2, Brennon Eldred, Sulphur, Okla., 88. 3, Guthrie, Murray, Miami, Okla., 85. 4, Garrett Smith, Rexburg, Idaho, 84.5.
*New arena record. Previous record was Mary Aller at 17.01 in 1998.