Field Set for Championship Sunday at Washington State Fair Rodeo
By Susan Kanode
For the Puyallup Pro Rodeo
PUYALLUP, Wash. – With four performances in the books at the Washington State Fair Rodeo, opportunities to win a championship here have been narrowed down.
In the events sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, the best eight in bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping and bull riding will compete here on Sunday. In the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association barrel race, the top 12 times from four preliminary performances advanced.
Rusty Wright from Milford, Utah, has an opportunity to narrow the gap in the world standings in saddle bronc riding. Wright is has sewn up his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) qualification and is second in the standings. He was $13,000 behind leader Cody DeMoss prior to the rodeo here and has already won $6,754 here.
The son of two-time world champion saddle bronc rider Cody Wright, Rusty rode the Calgary Stampede horse Mata Fact for 83 points to win the first round here. That score advanced him to Sunday’s semi-finals where he will be a favorite to win. He will have to beat two of his uncles, Alex and Jake Wright and CoBurn Bradshaw who is married to Rusty’s aunt. With half of the saddle bronc riding field being related, there is a pretty good chance they will keep a Puyallup win in the family.
Kaycee Feild, from Spanish Fork, Utah, and Marcos Costa from Childress, Texas will be defending their titles here from last year. Feild has won the bareback riding here three of the last four years. Costa, who is originally from Brazil won the tie-down roping and needs the win here to secure his first trip to Las Vegas to compete at the NFR in December. Costa is currently 12th in the world standings.
Feild is a four-time world champion who is going to compete at his eighth NFR this year. He leads the world standings and as the eighth man to qualify for Sunday’s semi-finals, he has some ground to make up.
The championship rounds at the Justin Boots Playoffs at the Washington State Fair Rodeo will start at 1 p.m., where individual event champions will be crowned.
For more information, complete schedules and to purchase tickets go to www.thefair.com.
PUYALLUP, Wash. – The following are results from the Justin Boots Playoffs at the Washington State Fair on Sept. 11, 2015.
Third Performance –
Bareback Riding: 1, Kash Wilson, Gooding, Idaho, 83 points on Growney Brother’s Sourdough. 2, Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa, 81. 3, Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas, 79.5. 4, Colin Adams, Deloraine, Manitoba, 79.
Steer Wrestling: 1, Baylor Roche, Tremonton, Utah, 4.5 seconds. 2, Sean Santucci, Prineville, Ore., 5.0. 3, Olin Hannum, Malad, Idaho, 5.7. 4, Sterling Lambert, Fallon, Nev., 6.1.
Team Roping: 1, Garrett Rogers, Baker City, Ore., and Jake Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 4.0 seconds. 2, Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont., and Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore., 4.1. 3, Bryce Palmer, Milton-Freewater, Ore., and Monty Joe Petska, Turlock, Calif., 7.2. 4, Riley and Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 9.6.
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah, 83 points on Calgary Stampede’s Mata Fact. 2, Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, 79. 3, Tyrel Larsen, Inglis, Manitoba, 76. 4, Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., 75.
Tie-Down Roping: 1, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 8.4 seconds. 2, Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 8.7. 3, Marcos Costa, Childress, Texas, 8.9. 4, Stran Smith, Childress, Texas, 10.0.
Women’s Barrel Racing: 1, Deb Guelly, Okotoks, Alberta, 14.74 seconds. 2, Callie DuPerier, Boerne, Texas, 14.87. 3, Andrea Busby, Brock, Texas, 14.90. 4, Sarah Rose McDonald, Brunswick, Ga., 14.91.
Bull Riding: (two rides) 1, Kody DeShon, Helena, Mont., 82.5. 2, Dallee Mason, Weiser, Idaho, 81.5.
Fourth Performance –
Bareback Riding: 1, (tie) Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, on Korkow Rodeo’s Flashcard Champ and Jessy Davis, Power, Mont., on Big Bend Rodeo’s Dunny, 81 points each. 3, Kaycee Feild, Spanish Fork, Utah, 79.5. 4, Tyler Scales, Severance, Colo., and Steven Peebles, Redmond, Ore., 79.
Steer Wrestling: 1, J.D. Struxness, Appleton, Minn., 4.2 seconds. 2, (tie) Dirk Tavenner, Rigby, Idaho, and Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 4.8. 4, Tommy Cook, McAlester, Okla., 5.9.
Team Roping: 1, Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas, and Kory Koontz, Stephenville, Texas, 4.2 seconds. 2, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 4.3. 3, Tyler Wade, Terrell, Texas, and Kinney Harrell, Marshall, Texas, 4.9. 4, Travis Whitlow and Tyler Whitlow, Queen Creek, Ariz., 5.5.
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas, 82.5 points on Korkow Rodeo’s Booger’s Pet. 2, Wade Sundell, Coleman, Okla., 82. 3, (tie) Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb., and Clay Elliott, Nanton, Alberta, 80.
Tie-Down Roping: 1, Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas, 7.7 seconds. 2, Logan Hofer, Magrath, Alberta, 8.7. 3, Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., 9.7. 4, Jordan Ketscher, Squaw Valley, Calif., 10.4.
Women’s Barrel Racing: 1, Cassidy Kruse, Gillette, Wyo., 14.57 seconds. 2, Rachel Dice, Livermore, Calif., 14.78. 3, Ivy Conrado, Hudson, Colo., 14.84. 4, Jana Bean, Fort Hancock, Texas, 15.03.
Bull Riding: 1, (tie) Parker Breding, Edgar, Mont., on Korkow Rodeo’s Dream Catcher and Chandler Bownds, Lubbock, Texas, on Flying Diamond’s Crazy Bull, 85 points each. 3, Tim Bingham, Honeyville, Utah, 83.5. 4, Ty Wallace, Colbran, Colo., 82.
First Round Winners and Semi-Finals Qualifiers –
Bareback Riding: 1,(tie) Austin Foss, Terrebonne, Ore., on Korkow Rodeo’s Flaxy Lady and Kash Wilson, Gooding, Idaho on Growney Brother’s Sourdough, 83 points and $2,100 each. 3, (tie) Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, Jessy Davis, Power, Mont.; David Peebles, Redmond, Ore.; Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa; and Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn.; 81, $697. 8, (tie) Kaycee Feild, Spanish Fork, Utah*, and Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas, 79.5, $119.
Steer Wrestling: 1,(tie) Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alberta, and J.D Struxness, Appleton, Minn., 4.2 seconds and $4,362 each. 3, (tie) Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala., and Clayton Hass, Terrell, Texas, 4.4, $3,145. 5, Baylor Roche, Tremonton, Utah, 4.5, $2,232. 6, Bray Armes, Ponder, Texas, 4.6, $1,623. 7, Dirk Tavenner, Rigby, Idaho, and Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 4.8, $710.
Team Roping: 1, Garrett Rogers, Baker City, Ore., and Jake Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 4.0, $4,937. 2, Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont., and Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore., 4.1, $4,292. 3, Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas, and Kory Koontz, Stephenville, Texas; Clayton Hansen, Pendleton, Ore., and Chase Hansen, Mountain Home, Idaho, and Spencer Mitchell, Colusa, Calif., and B.J. Campbell, Aguila, Ariz., 4.2 and $3,005. 6, (tie) Clay Smith, Broken Bow, Okla., and Paul Eaves, Lonedell, Mo.; and Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 4.3, $1,395. 8, Kolton Schmidt, Barrhead, Alberta, and Dustin Searcy, Mooreland, Okla., 4.5, $429.
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah, 83 points on Calgary Stampede’s Mata Fact, $6,754. 2, (tie) Chuck Schmidt, Keldron, S.D., and Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas, 82.5 and $4,503 each. 4, Wade Sundell, Coleman, Okla., 82, $2,477. 5, (tie) CoBurn Bradshaw, Beaver, Utah; Alex Wright, Milford, Utah; and Allen Boore, Axtell, Utah; 81 and $1,201. 8, (tie) Jake Wright, Milford, Utah*, and Doug Aldridge, Carthage, Mo., 80.5, $338.
Tie-Down Roping: 1, Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas, 7.7 seconds, $5,017. 2, (tie) Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas, and Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 8.4 and $4,036 each. 5, Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 8.7, $3,054. 5, (tie) Logan Hofer, Magrath, Alberta, and Marcos Costa, Childress, Texas, 8.9, $2,072. 7, Reese Riemer, Stinett, Texas, 9.6, $1,091. 8, Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., 9.8, $436.
Women’s Barrel Racing: 1, Cassidy Kruse, Gillette, Wyo., 14.57, $3,187. 2, Deb Guelly, Okotoks, Alberta, 14.74, $2,732. 3, Rachel Dice, Livermore, Calif., 14.78, $2,277. 4, (tie) Michele McLeod, Whitesboro, Texas, and Brittany Kelly, Paso Robles, Calif., 14.81 seconds and $1,745 each. 6, Ivy Conrado, Hudson, Colo., 14.84, $1,214. 7, Callie DuPerier, Boerne, Texas, 14.87, $911. 8, Carmel Wright, Roy, Utah, 14.88, $607. 9, Andrea Busby, Brock, Texas, 14.90, $455. 10, Sarah Rose McDonald, Brunswick, Ga., 14.91, $304. 11, Kimmie Wall, Roosevelt, Utah, 14.96. 12, Vickie Carter, Richfield, Utah, 14.97.
Bull Riding: 1,(tie) Parker Breding, Edgar, Mont., on Korkow Rodeo’s Dream Catcher, and Chandler Bownds, Lubbock, Texas, on Flying Diamond Rodeo’s Crazy Bull, 86 points and $5,427 each. 3, Tim Bingham, Honeyville, Utah, 83.5, $3,481. 4, (tie) Kody DeShon, Helena, Mont., and Bryce Barrios, Bluff Dale, Texas, 82.5, $1,843. 6, Ty Wallace, Collbran, Colo., 82, $1,024. 7, Dallee Mason, Weiser, Idaho, 81.5 $819. 8, Pistol Robinson, Coolidge, Texas, 81, $614.
*Advanced to semi-finals based on tie-breaker.
Courtesy of PRCA