Competition Heating Up at Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo

By Susan Kanode

FORT WORTH, Texas – With two performances at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (FWSSR) on Saturday, contestants saw their hopes of being among the first to win championships in the new Dickies Arena turn into opportunities or disappointments.

The matinee featured the second round of the fifth bracket. There were four contestants that earned over $3,000 in that bracket who are all headed to the semi-finals. Jimmie Smith, from McDade, Texas was the big winner in barrel racing. Riding her great Palomino mare Lena, she got checks for first and second place totaling $3,080.

In the team roping it was Kaleb Driggers, from Hoboken, Georgia and Brazilian Junior Nogueira who were at the top of the leaderboard. They earned $3,080 each. The big money winner in the bracket was Jeff Askey of Athens, Texas. Askey was one of two men to ride his bull in each round, so he got extra money for the effort. He moves to the semi-finals with $3,960 in his pocket.

Saturday night the FWSSR ProRodeo Tour continued with the beginning of bracket 6 of 7. Rising to the top of that performance was former college rodeo breakaway roper Tanegai Zilverberg from Holabird, South Dakota.

Zilverberg made history on Saturday night as the first breakaway roper to stop the clock in under two seconds. With laser beam focus, she roped a calf and stopped the clock in 1.9 seconds.

Breakaway roping is new for 2020 as is the tournament style format. Listening to the crowd after Zilverberg roped, it appears to be very popular with the fans in Dickies Arena.

Trevor Kastner of Roff, Oklahoma has won the bull riding title at this rodeo on two previous occasions, both in the historical Will Rogers Coliseum. He is riding for his third in the Dickies Arena and the success keeps coming.

Kastner was one of three riders that lasted eight seconds on Saturday night. He was at the top of the leader board after scoring 86 points on Four L/Diamond S Rodeo’s bull named Cabo. Kastner got $1,907 for his efforts.

The FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament continues on Sunday with one performance at 2 p.m. That will see the completion of Bracket 6. The seventh and final bracket will feature two rounds, Monday and Tuesday.

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The following are unofficial results from the FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, Saturday, January 20, 2020. (Semi-finals and wild card qualifiers are based on tie-breaker rules.)

Fifth set – Round 2

Bareback riding: 1, Clint Laye, Cadogan, Alberta, 87.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Painted Smoke, $1,760. 2, Connor Hamilton, Calgary, Alberta, 77.5, $1,320. 3, Jesse Pope, Marshall, Mo., 84, $880. 4, Kash Wilson, Gooding, Idaho, 81.5, $440.

Semi-finals Qualifiers: Laye , $2,640, and Wilson, $2,200. Wild Card Qualifier: Pope, $2,200.

Steer Wrestling: 1, Bridger Anderson, Carrington, N.D., 4.2 seconds, $1,760. 2, (tie) Stockton Graves, Alva, Okla., and J.D. Struxness, Milan, Minn., 4.4, $1,100 each. 4, Cameron Morman, Glen Ullin, N.D., 5.0, $440.

Semi-finals Qualifiers: Anderson and Taz Olson, Prairie City, S.D., $1,760 each. Wild Card Qualifier: Morman, $1,760.

Breakaway Roping: 1, Cassie Bahe, Grantsville, Utah, 2.4 seconds, $1,760. 2, Makayla Boisjoli, Calgary, Alberta, 2.5, $1,320. 3, Sequin Brewer, Canyon, Texas, 3.0, $880. 4, Ashley Goforth, Azle, Texas, $440.

Semi-finals Qualifiers: Boisjoli, $2,640, and Cassie Bahe, $1,760. Wild Card Qualifier: Anna Bahe, Grantsville, Utah, $1,760.

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Wyatt Casper, Pampa, Texas, 87.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Big Lady, $1,760. 2, (tie) Kolby Wanchuk, Sherwood Park, Alberta, and Sterling Crawley, Huntsville, Texas, 83.5, $1,100 each. 4, Jake Finlay, Goodiwindi, Australia, 79, $440.

Semi-finals Qualifiers: Crawley, $2,420, and Casper $1,760. Wild Card Qualifier: Watson, $1,760.

Tiedown Roping: 1, Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, 8.0, $1,760. 2, Cody McCartney, Ottawa Lake, Mich., 3, Ryle Smith, Oakdale, Ca., $880. 4, Blake Ash, Aurora, Mo., 9.3, $440.

Semi-finals Qualifiers: Smith, $2,640, and Swor, $1, 760. Wild Card Qualifier: McCartney, $1,760.

Team Roping: 1, Charly Crawford, Stephenville, Texas, and Logan Medlin, Tatum, N.M., 4.4 seconds, $1,760 each. 2, Kaleb Driggers, Hoboken, Ga., and Junior Nogueria, President Prude, Brazil, 4.7, $1,320 each, 3, Clay Smith Broken Bow, Okla., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 7.7, $880 each. 4, Lane Ivy, Dublin Texas, and Joseph Harrison, Marietta, Okla., 8.7, $440 each.

Semi-finals Qualifiers: Driggers and Nogueria, $3,080 each, and Crawford and Medlin, $1,760 each. Wild Card Qualifier: Ivy and Harrison, $1,760 each.

Barrel Racing: 1, Brittney Barnett, Joliet, Mont., 16.32, $1,760. 2, Jimmie Smith, McDade, Texas, 16.40, $1,320. 3, Jackie Ganter, Abilene, Texas, 16.56, $880. 4, Jamie Chaffin, Burwell, Neb., 16.62, $440.

Semi-finals Qualifiers: Smith, $3,080, and Barnett, $1,760. Wild Card Qualifier: Ivy Hurst, Springer, Okla., $1,320.

Bull Riding: (two rides) 1, Dustin Bouquet, Bourg, La., 89.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Show Dancer, $2,420. 2, Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas, 86, $1,980

Semi-finals Qualifiers: Askey, $3,960, and Boquet, $2,420. Wild Card Qualifier: Koby Radley, Montpelier, La., $2,420.

Sixth set – Round 1

Bareback riding: 1, Tilden Hooper, Carthage Texas, 89.5 on Frontier Rodeo’s Night Fist, $1,760. 2, Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn., 88, $1,320. 3, Wyatt Bloom, Belgrade, Mont., 86.5, $880. 4, Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D., 83, $440.

Steer Wrestling: 1, Jacob Edler, State Center, Iowa, 7.0, $1,760. 2, Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, 14.2, $1,320. 3, Olin Hannum, Malad, Idaho, 14.5, $880. 4, Dalton Massey, Hermiston, Ore., 19.4, $440.

Breakaway Roping: 1, Tanegai Zilverberg, Holabird, S.D., 1.9 seconds, $1,760. 2, (tie) Brandi Guttormson-White, Hazen, N.D., and Rickie Engesser, Spearfish, S.D., 2.2, $1,100 each. 4, Taylor Engesser, Spearfish, S.D., 2.4, $440.

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Lefty Holman, Visalia, Calif., 85 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Watch Kitty, $1,760. 2, Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas, 82.5, $1,320. 3, Dean Wadsworth, Buffalo Gap, Texas, 82, $880. 4, Johnny Espeland, Tygh Valley, Ore., 64, $440.

Tie-down Roping: 1, Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 7.3 seconds, $1,760. 2, Tuf Cooper, $1,320. 3, Riley Pruitt, Gering, Neb., $880. 4, J.R. Myers, Felton, Pa., 9.7, $440.

Team Roping: 1, Brit Ellerman, Ft. Lupton, Colo., and Richard Dunham, Henrietta, Texas, 6.3 seconds, $1,760 each. 2, Levi Simpson, Ponoka, Alberta, and Shay Carroll, La Junta, Colo., 6.4, $1,320. 3, Tanner Baldwin, Vail, Ariz., and Nano Garza, Las Cruces, N.M., 6.6, $880. 4, Clay Ullery, Valleyview, Alberta, and Jake Edwards, Ocala, Fla., 12.2, $440.

Barrel Racing: 1, Amberleigh Moore, Keizer, Ore., 16.97 seconds, $1,760. 2, Jennifer Sharp, Richards, Texas, $1,320. 3, Ashley Castleberry, Montgomery, Texas, 17.27, $880. 4, Jolee Lautaret-Jordan, Kingman, Ariz., 17.47, $440.

Bull Riding: (three rides) 1, Trevor Kastner, Roff, Okla., 86 points on 4L & Diamond S Rodeo’s Cabo, $1,906.66. 2, Fulton Rutland, Stilwell, Okla., 85, $1,466.06. 3, Denton Fugate, Niangua, Mo., 82.5, $1,026.66.