Field Set for Championship Round at Caldwell Night Rodeo
By Susan Kanode for the Caldwell Night Rodeo
CALDWELL, Idaho — Friday night at the Caldwell Night Rodeo saw several contestants moving into the overall standings and having a chance to compete here again.
Saturday night will feature the top 12 in the bareback riding and saddle bronc riding based on their first round of competition. The steer wrestlers, team ropers, tie-down ropers and barrel racers all competed twice. Their times were added together with the fastest overall leaders advancing.
In the bareback riding, Logan Patterson from Kim, Colo., and Grant Denny from Minden, Nev., had the high-marked rides on Friday at 82. It was just enough points to qualify them for Saturday. They are tied for ninth place.
In the team roping, Texans Tyler Wade and Tyler McKnight are part of a three-way tie for fifth place thanks in part to their 6.6 second run on Friday. They have a total of 11.7 on two runs. Tyler Wade was part of a tie for the 2017 championship here roping with Billy Jack Saebens. He now has a chance to repeat, but the team that he and Saebens tied with, Clay Smith of Broken Bow, Okla., and Paul Eaves, of Lonedell, Mo., are at the top of the overall standings with a total time of 10.7.
Other champions that are defending their titles are Stevi Hillman in the barrel racing who enters Saturday night’s competition in second place. Hillman, from Weatherford, Texas has 34.47 seconds, just a tick away from Ivy Conrado of Hudson, Colo., who leads with 34.40.
California’s Clayton Biglow got to take the victory lap here last year as the bareback riding champion. That helped him secure a second trip to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo last December. Biglow is currently fourth in the world standings and hoping for some money from Caldwell to add to his bank account. He is in fifth place, but is just two points behind world champion Tim O’Connell from Zwingle, Iowa, who is in the lead.
Championship Night at the Caldwell Night Rodeo starts at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
The following are results from the Caldwell Night Rodeo after the fourth performance.
Fourth Performance –
Bareback riding: 1, Grant Denny, Minden, Nev., on Northcott Macza’s Happy Hooker and Logan Patterson, Kim, Colo., on Powder River Rodeo’s Knot on the Bar, 82 points. 3, Kenny Haworth, Orofino, Idaho, 80.5. 4, Austin Foss, Terrebonne, ore., 77.5.
Steer wrestling: 1, Shayde Tree Etherton, Borden, In., 4.5 seconds. 2, Cole Edge, Durant, Okla., 4.6. 3, Chason Floyd, Buffalo, S.D., 4.9. 4, Riley Duvall, Checotah, Okla., 5.3.
Team roping: 1, Aaron Macy, Post, Texas, and Wyatt Cox, Arroyo Grande, Calif., 5.2 seconds. 2, Nelson Wyatt, Clanton, Ala., and Trace Porter, Leesville, La., 5.6. 3, Tyler Wade, Terrell, Texas, and Tyler McKnight, Wells, Texas, 6.6. 4, Billy Bob Brown, Carbon, Texas, and Shay Carroll, Hico, Texas, 11.8.
Saddle bronc riding: 1, Chase Brooks, Deer Lodge, Mont., 85 points on Northcott Macza Rodeo’s Banshee. 2, Bradley Harter, Loranger, La., and Joey Sonnier III, New Iberia, La., 84. 4, Wade Sundell, Boxholm, Iowa, 82.5.
Tie down roping: 1, Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, 10.0. 2, Augie Robinson, nampa, Idaho, 13.4. 3, Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 17.8. 4, Seth cooke, Milsap, Texas, 24.1.
Barrel racing: 1, Danyelle Williams, Vale, Ore., 17.35 seconds. 2, Megan McLeod – Sprague, Marsing, Idaho, 17.63. 3, Christine Laughlin, pueblo, Colo., 17.67. 4, Mary Shae Hays, Hermiston, Ore., 17.68.
Bull riding: (one ride) Garrett Smith, Rexburg, Idaho, 87.5 points on Powder River Rodeo’s Twisted Soul.
Current Leaders –
Bareback Riding: (first round winners and final qualifiers) 1, Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa, 86 points on Burch Rodeo’s Pip Squeak., $3,371. 2, Connor Hamillton, Calgary, Alberta, 85.5, $2,584. 3, (tie) Caleb Bennett, Tremonton, Utah, and Cody Kiser, Carson City, Nev., 84.5, $1,573 each. 5, Clayton Biglow, Clements, Calif., 84, $787. 6, Jessy Davis, Power, Mont., 83.5, $562. 7, (tie) Wyatt Denny, Minden, Nev., and Kaycee Feild, Spanish Fork, Utah, 83, $393. 9, (tie) Orin Larsen, Tremonton, Utah; Logan Patterson, Kim, Colo.; and Grant Denny, Minden, Nev.; 82. 12, Ty Fast Taypotat, Regina, Saskatchewan, 81.5.
Steer wrestling: (second round) 1, Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alberta, 4.0, $2,629. 2, Blake Knowles, Heppner, Ore., 4.1, $2,286. 3, Tyler Waguespack, Gonzales, La., 4.2, $1,943. 4, (tie) Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala.; Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas; and Jesse Brown, Baker City, Ore.; 4.3 and $1,257 each. 7, (tie) Dirk Tavenner, Rigby, Idaho and shayde Tree Etherton, Borden, In., 4.5, $400. (final qualifiers) 1, Waguespack, 8.4. 2, Cure, 8.8. 3, Knowles, 9.1. 4, Blake Mindemann, Apache, Okla., 9.3. 5, Brendan Laye, Consort, Alberta, 9.5. 6, Dirk Tavenner, Rigby, Idaho, 9.8. 7, K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 9.9. 8, (tie) Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala., and Etherton, 10.0. 10, Tom Lewis, Lehi, Utah, 10.1. 11, (tie) Billy Boldon, Oglala, S.D., and Taylor Gregg, Touchet, Wash., 10.2.
Team roping: (second round) 1, (tie) Riley and Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash.; and Cory Kidd, Statesville, N.C., and Caleb Anderson, Mocksville, N.C., 4.7 seconds and $2,236 each. 3, Kaleb Driggers, Hoboken, Ga., and Junior Nogueira, Presidente Prude, Brazil, 4.8, $1,768. 4, (tie) Bubba Buckaloo, Kingston, Okla., and Tyler Worley, Yuma, Colo.; Clay Smith, Broken Bow, Okla., and Paul Eaves, Lonedell, Mo., 4.9, $1,300. 6, Joshua and Jonathan Torees, Ocala, Fla., 5.0, $832. 7, Aaron Macy, Post, Texas, and Wyatt Cox, Arroyo Grande, Calif., 5.2, $520. 8, Jake Orman, Prairie, Miss., and will Woodfin, Marshall, Texas, 208. (final qualifiers) 1, Smith and Eaves, 10.7. 2, Bubba Buckaloo, Kingston, Okla., and Tyler Worley, Yuma, Colo., 11.1. 3, Luke Brown, Rock Hill, S.C., and Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan., 11.4. 4, Jake Orman, Prairie, Miss., and Will Woodfin, Marshall, Mo., 11.5. 5, (tie) Jesse Stipes, Salina, Okla., and Jake Smith, Broken Bow, Okla.; and Kolton Schmidt, Barrhead, Alberta and Cole Davison, Stephenville, Texas; 11.7 each. 7, Cyle Denison, Stephenville, Texas, and Coleby Payne, Lipan, Texas, 11.8. 8, Cody Snow, Los Olivos, Calif., and Wesley Thorp, Throckmorton, Texas, 12.4.
Saddle bronc riding: (first round winners and final qualifiers) 1, Mitch Pollock, Winnemucca, Nev., 87.5 points on Powder River Rodeo’s Baby Sitter, $2,845. 2, (tie) Ryder Wright, Milford, Utah; Hardy Braden, Welch, Okla.; and Joe Lufkin, Sallisaw, Okla.; 86, $1,612. 5, Chase Books, Deer Lodge, Mont., 84, $664. 6, (tie) Bradley Harter, Loranger, La., and Joey Sonnier, III, New Iberia, La., 84, $427. 8, (tie) Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah; Tim Ditrich, San Luis Obispo, Calif.; and Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas; 83.5, $95. 11, CoBurn Bradshaw, Beaver, Utah, and Wade Sundell, Boxholm, Iowa, 82.5.
Tie-down roping: (second round winners) 1, Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La., 7.9 seconds, $2,354. 2, Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 8.0, $2,047. 3, Jake Pratt, Ellensburg, Wash., 8.1, $1,740. 4, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 8.3, $1,433. 5, Cory Solomon, prairie View, Texas, 8.8, $1,126. 6, Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah, 9.0, $819. 7, Randall Carlisle, Athens, La., 9.2, $512. 8, Jake Hannum, Plain City, Utah, 9.4, $205. (final qualifiers) 1, Corey Solomon, Prairie View, Texas, 17.2. 2, Brazile, 17.5. 3, Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, 17.9. 4, Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah, 18.2. 5, Cimarron Boardman, Stephenville, Texas, 18.9. 6, Ty Harris, San Angelo, Texas, 19.1. 7, Taylor Santos, Creston, Calif., 20.2. 8, (tie) Ryle Smith, Oakdale, Calif., and Stetson Vest, Childress, Texas, 20.9. 10, Treg Schaack, Canyon, Texas, 21.3. 11, Kody Mahaffey, Sweetwater, Texas, 21.8. 12, Bo Pickett, Caldwell, Idaho, 21.9.
Barrel racing: (second round) 1, Ivy Conrado, Hudson, Colo., 17.09 seconds, $1,929. 2, Stevi Hillman, Weatherford, Texas, 17.17, $1,653. 3, (tie) Lynette Clyde, Heber, Utah and Amberleigh Moore, 17.23, $1,286. 5, Jimmie Smith, McDade, Texas, 17.28, $918. 6, Brittney Burrow, Meridian, Idaho, 17.30, $735. 7, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 17.31, $551. 8, (tie) Tammy Fischer, Ledbetter, Texas; Danyelle Williams, Vale, Ore.; and jessi Fish, Franklin, Tenn.; 17.35, $276 each. (final qualifiers) 1, Conrado, 34.40. 2, Hillman, 34.47. 3, Teri Bangart, Olympia, Wash., 34.66. 4, Amberleigh Moore, 34.70. 5, (tie) Fischer, and Pozzi Tonozzi, 34.72 each. 7, Darby Fox, King Hill, Idaho, 34.83. 8, Fish, 34.85. 9, Andrea Busby, Brock, Texas, 34.87. 10, Clyde, 34.95. 11, Carley Richardson, Pampa, Texas, 35.02. 12, Katelyn Scott, Odessa, Texas, 35.03.
Bull Riding: (first round leaders) 1, Derek Kolbaba, Walla Walla, Wash., 89 points on D&H Cattle Company’s 93Z. 2, Garrett Smith, Rexburg, Idaho, 87.5. Eli Vastbinder, Athens, Texas, 86. 3, Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas, 82. 4, Sage Kimzey, Strong City, Okla., 81.5. 5, Parker Breding, Edgar, Mont., 76.5. 6, Aaron Williams, Pismo Beach, Calif., 69.