Hanchey Wins First Round of Roping at Fort Worth’s World’s Original Indoor Rodeo®
by Johna Cravens
for the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo
FORT WORTH, Texas — Shane Hanchey is having a pretty good week. The Sulphur, Louisiana, cowboy officially earned nearly $6,600 for the fastest time in the first round of tie-down roping at the 2017 World’s Original Indoor Rodeo® Saturday night.
The 2013 World Champion was the only one of more than 190 ropers to post a time of under eight seconds. He roped on Wednesday morning, but the first round of competition did not end until Saturday night.
Hanchey then traveled to Denver where he tied the arena record of 6.9 seconds at the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo on Thursday. That was good enough for second in the first round and a paycheck of more than $3,352. He roped a second calf there on Friday and leads the overall standings in Denver with a total of 15.6 on two. He’ll rope in the championship round there on Sunday. He won’t compete in the second round here until Saturday, January 27.
Only four ropers have competed in the second round so far and Decatur’s Clif Cooper, older brother of 2017 World Champion All-Around Cowboy Tuf Cooper, has the overall lead with 18.1 on two runs. He tied for fifth in the first round.
Saturday night was the night of champion saddle bronc riders with three former world champions in the field. Two-time world champion Jacobs Crawley of Boerne took the lead overall and the second-round lead with an 86.5 score on Rafter G Rodeo’s Orange Crush.
His fellow titlists – New Mexico’s Taos Muncy and Alberta’s Zeke Thurston did not fare as well. Rafter G’s Snidely Whiplash sent Muncy flying about halfway through the ride. Thurston drew Rafter G’s famous bucking horse Assault. The dun has made a name for himself as one of the best bareback broncs in rodeo, carrying Richmond Champion to a $1 million win at the inaugural The American rodeo at AT&T Stadium in Arlington and being selected several times for the National Finals Rodeo. Saturday night was his first time in the saddle bronc riding and he gave Thurston more than he could handle.
The World’s Original Indoor Rodeo® continues its 100th birthday with performances at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Fort Worth’s historic Will Rogers Coliseum.
The following are unofficial results from Saturday night’s performance of the World’s Oldest Indoor Rodeo® at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, January 20, 2018.
Fourth Performance
Bareback Riding: (three rides) 1, Kaycee Feild, Spanish Fork, Utah, 87.5 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Secret Agent Man. 2, Tyler Waltz, Martin, Tenn., 81. 3, Mason Clements, Springville, Utah, 80.
Steer Wrestling: 1, Tanner Brunner, Ramona, Kan., 4.3 seconds. 2, Tyler Waguespack, Gonzales, La., 4.7. 3, Sean Mulligan, Coleman, Okla., 4.8. Jon Ragatz, Beetown, Wis., 6.2.
Team Roping: (one time) 1, Tanner Green, Cotulla, Texas, and Cody Hogan, Benton, La., 4.9 seconds.
Saddle Bronc Riding: (three rides) 1, Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas, 86.5 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Orange Crush. 2, Mason Laviolette, Rayne, La., 78. 3, Rowdy Rathmell, Pleasanton, Texas, 76.
Tie-Down Roping: 1, Clif Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 9.3 seconds. 2, Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah, 10.7. 3, Cody Waldrop, San Angelo, Texas, 14.6. 4, (tie) Tyson Durfey, Weatherford, Texas, and Ryan Thibodeaux, Stephenville, Texas, 24.1.
Barrel Racing: 1, Lacinda Rose, Willard, Mo., 16.97 seconds. 2, Holly Fenoglio, Nocona, Texas, 17.16. 3, Shea-Lynn Leach, Gunter, Texas, 17.23. 4, Kortney Fisher, Morgan Mill, Texas, 17.45.
Bull Riding: (no qualified rides)
Current Leaders
Bareback Riding: (first round) 1, Kaycee Feild, Spanish Fork, Utah, 86.5 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Secret Agent Man. 2, Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D., 85.5. 3, (tie) Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn., and Tyler Waltz, Martin, Tenn., 81. 5, Shane O’Connell, Rapid City, S.D., 80.5. 6, Mason Clements, Springville, Utah, 80. (second round) 1, Ty Breuer, 85 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Rags to Riches. 2, Tanner Aus, 79. 3, Leighton Berry, Weatherford, Texas, 76.5. 4, Colby Fedor, Grandview, Texas, 74. (third round) 1, Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D., 81 points on Dakota Rodeo’s Cecil. 2, Shane O’Connell, Rapid City, S.D., 76. 3, Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn., 75.5. 4, Colby Fedor, Grandview, Texas, 74.5. (total on three) 1, Breuer, 241.5. 2, Aus, 235.5. 3, Shane O’Connell, 227.5. 4, Fedor, 224.
Steer Wrestling: (first round) 1, Jacob Talley, Keatchie, La., 3.9 seconds. 2, (tie) Tyler Pearson, Louisville, Miss.; Dru Melvin, Hebron, Neb., and Cameron Morman, Glen Ullin, N.D., 4.1. 5, (tie) Tanner Brunner, Ramona, Kan., and Jacob Shofner, Huntsville, Texas, 4.3.
Team Roping: (first round) 1, J.B. James, Jr., Bennett Colo., and Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 5.1 seconds. 2, Tyler Wojciechowski, Hico, Texas and Ross Ashford, Lott, Texas, 5.6. 3, Cody Wheeler, Whitesboro, Texas, and Wesley Moss, Decatur, Texas, 6.4. 4, (tie) Colt Fisher, Sulphur, La., and Justin Pruitt, Greenbrier, Ark., and Chuck Doebbler and Randal Eggemeyer, Victoria, Texas, 6.7. 6, Kelsey Parchman, Cumberland City, Tenn., and Kinny Harrell, Marshall, Texas, 7.1. (second round) 1, Spencer Mitchell, Orange Cove, Calif., and Jason Duby, Klamath Falls, Ore., 4.0 seconds. 2, Tanner Green, Cotulla, Texas, and Cody Hogan, Benton, Ark., 4.9. 3, Tyler Wojciechowski and Ross Ashford, 5.1. 4. Curry Kirchner, Ames, Okla., and Chase Boekhaus, Rolla, Kan., 5.6. 5, Brett Stuart, Bridgeport, Texas, and Paden Bray, Granbury, Texas, 5.8. 6, Bart Brunson and Wesley Brunson, Terry, Miss., 14.6. (total on two) 1, Wojciechowski and Ashford, 10.7 seconds. 2, Wheeler and Moss, 21.5. 3, Stuart and Bray, 26.4.
Saddle Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M., 86 points on Dakota Rodeo’s Cash Deal. 2, (tie) Dylan Henson, Bloomfield, Minn., and Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, 80. 4 Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas, 77, 5, Cort Scheer, Douglas, Wyo., 76. 6, Troy Crowser, Whitewood, S.D., 75. 4, JC DeSaveur, Roberts, Mont., 73. (second round) 1, Jacobs Crawley, 86.5 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Orange Crush. 2, Cort Scheer, 80.5. 3, Mason Laviolette, Rayne, La., 78. 4, (tie) Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash., and Rowdy Rathmell, Pleasanton, Texas, 76. 6, Dylan Henson, Bloomfield, N.M., 73. (total on two) 1, Crawley, 163.5. 2, Scheer, 156.5. 3, Henson, 153. 4, Crowser, 147.5. 5, DeSaveur, 145.5. (on one) 6, Taos Muncy, 86.
Tie-Down Roping: (first round) 1, Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La., 7.9 seconds, $6,594. 2, Marcos Costa, Childress, Texas, 8.0, $5,725. 3, Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas, 8.3, $4,866. 4, Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, 8.5, $4,008. 5, (tie) Clif Cooper, Decatur, Texas; Braxton Laughlin, Sulphur, La., and Treg Schaack, Canyon, Texas, 8.8, $2,290 each. 8, (tie) Marcus Theriot, Poplarville, Miss.; Shay Carroll, Hico, Texas; Matt Kenney, Midland, Texas, and Cody Quaney, Cheney, Kan., 8.9, $143 each. (second round-three times) 1, Clif Cooper, 9.3. 2, (tie) Tyson Durfey, Weatherford, Texas, and Ryan Thibodeaux, Stephenville, Texas, 24.1. (total on two) 1, Clif Cooper, 18.1. 2, Thibodeaux, 34.6. 3, Durfey, 53.9.
Barrel Racing: (first round) 1, Cayla Small, Burneyville, Okla.,16.61 seconds. 2, Cheyenne Kelly, Hallettsville, Texas, 16.86. 3, Jane Melby, Burneyville, Okla., 16.92. 4, Ashley Schafer, Yoder, Wyo.,16.93. 5, Lacinda Rose, Willard, Mo., 16.97. 6, Carissa Bryant, Cleburne, Texas, 16.98.
Bull Riding: (first round-three rides) 1, (tie) Jimy Marten, Donahue, Iowa, on Rafter G Rodeo’s Edmund Fitzgerald and Laramie Mosley, Satanta, Kan., 80 points. 3, Jordan Hansen, Ponoka, Alberta, 71.5. (second round) 1, Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas, 87 points on Andrews Rodeo’s B A’s Unicorn. 2, Josh Frost, Randlett, Utah, 84.5. 3, Wacey Finkbeiner, Ponoka, Alberta, 77. 4, Jimy Marten, Donahue, Iowa, 68.5. (total on two) 1, Marten, 148.5. (on one) 2, Teel, 87. 2, Frost, 84.5. 4, Mosley, 80. 5, Finkbeiner, 77. 6, Hansen, 71.5.