Red Bluff Crowns Champions

Bareback rider doesn’t let past world titles influence him; California bull rider gets revenge on bull

Red Bluff, Calif. (April 20, 2014) – With beautiful skies overhead and full grandstands, champions for the 93rd annual Red Bluff Round-Up were crowned on Sunday afternoon.

In the bareback riding, Kaycee Feild was delighted to ride in Red Bluff. The reigning Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association world champion (for the third consecutive year) rode his horse for 88 points and the Red Bluff title. It was hard for him to get excited to leave his house in Payson, Utah, but he was in a great mood when he got to the Round-Up. “I left the house at 3:30 this morning, kind of dreading leaving, but you get to Red Bluff and this environment, and everybody around you, the horses and everything, and your attitude changes really quick.”

He’s currently sitting second in the world standings, but doesn’t let his past three world titles influence how he rides. “I just have to not necessarily forget about my past and my accomplishments, but you have to put them to the side and go at it every year like it’s your first year, like you’re craving it and you want it.” His dad, Lewis Feild, is a five-time world champion bareback rider, and Kaycee keeps that in mind. “I can’t talk crap on him yet,” he joked. “But when I win two more (world titles), he’s gonna get an earful.”

It’s harder to leave the house now than it used to be for the 27 year old cowboy. He and his wife have a young daughter, and it’s changed his perspective. “At 3:30 this morning, I go to say goodbye, and she’s sleeping, and you leave the house to get to a rodeo with a whole different meaning than it used to have when I was a young punk.”

But being in Red Bluff helps. “We’ve been (competing) indoors all winter long, and this is the first (big) rodeo outdoors, and we get on the best stock here. It changes your whole attitude. It’s just an honor to be here and win this rodeo. It’s a special rodeo to win.”

In the bull riding, a home-state cowboy walked away with the gold buckle. Dylan Vick, Escalon, Calif. scored 87 points on the bull named Buckmaster from Western Rodeos. It was his second meeting with the bull, who had bucked him off at the California Circuit Finals Rodeo last year, and Vick was ready for him. “He started to the left, went back to the right, and when he went to the right last time (at the circuit finals), he bucked me off. This time, I didn’t get too comfortable either way. I just kept riding like I didn’t know what was going to happen, which is how you’re supposed to ride.”

His traveling partner is Cody Campbell, Summerville, Ore. who was last year’s Red Bluff champion but got bucked off today. Cody also won the Logandale, Nev. rodeo last year, which Dylan won last week. Cody won a few other California rodeos last year, so Dylan jokes that he’s following in Cody’s footsteps. “I asked him today, what other California rodeos did you win? What titles do I have to reclaim for you?”

Other Red Bluff champions include steer wrestler Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont. (23.5 seconds on four head), saddle bronc rider Tyler Corrington, Hastings, Minn. (84), tie-down roper Ryan Watkins, Bluff Dale, Texas (35.7 seconds on four head), team ropers Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga., and Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas, who tied with Cory Kidd, V., Statesville, N.C. and Adam Plyler, Pageland, S.C. (24.4 seconds on four head), and barrel racer Carlee Pierce, Stephenville, Texas (34.42 seconds on two runs.)

The Sunday performance was the rodeo’s annual Tough Enough to Wear Pink campaign. A Polaris Ranger utility vehicle was auctioned off and sold to Jan Sutherland, owner of the Red Bluff and regional Taco Bell locations. The monies raised go to breast cancer treatment at the St. Elizabeth Imaging Center.

Next year’s Red Bluff Round-Up will be held 17-19, 2015. For more information on the rodeo, visit RedBluffRoundup.com.

Results, Red Bluff Round-Up, April 18-20, 2014

Bareback Riding – 2014 Red Bluff Champion – Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah

1. Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah 88 points on Flying U Rodeo Co.’s Little Bit; 2. (tie) Richmond Champion, 84 and Justin McDaniel, Porum, Okla. 84; 4. Jessy Davis, Power, Mont. 83; 5. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash. 82; 6. Heath Ford, Slocum, Texas 81; 7. (tie) David Peebles, Redmond, Ore. 80, Kody Lamb, Sherwood Park, Alb. 80, RC Landingham, Pendelton, Ore. 80, Justin Miller, Billings, Mont. 80 and Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas 80

Steer Wrestling 2014 Red Bluff Champion – Ty Erickson

First round: 1 Seth Brockman, Wheatland, Wyo. 4.6; 2 Straws Milan, Cochrane, Alb. 4.9; 3 Trigger Pugh, Ponoka, Alb. 5.5; 4 tie Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif. 5.7 and Jason Thomas, Benton, Ark. 5.7; 6 tie Blake Knowles, Heppner, Ore. 5.8 and Timmy Sparing, Helena, Mont. 5.8.

Second round: 1 Les Shepperson, Midwest, Wyo. 4.7; 2 Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alb. 4.9; 3 Seth Brockman, Wheatland, Wyo. 5.0; 4 Riley York, Loyalton, Calif. 5.3; 5 tie Brandon Mackenzie, Jordan Valley, Ore. 5.4 and Rhett Kennedy, Chowchilla, Calif., 5.4 and Clayton Morrison, Cavalier, N.D. 5.4;

Third round: 1 Seth Brockman, Wheatland, Wyo. 5.3 seconds; 2. Brad McGilchrist, Marysville, Calif. 5.4; 3. (tie) Jack Vanderlans, Temecula, Calif. 5.5 and Sean Santucci, Prineville, Ore. 5.5; 5. Sterling Lambert, Fallon, Nev. 5.6; 6.Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont. 5.7

Finals: 1. Sean Santucci, Prineville, Ore. 5.5; 2. Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont. 6.1; 3. Trevor Knowles, Mt. Vernon, Ore. 6.2; 4. Ryan Bothum, Caddo, Okla. 9.8

Average: 1. Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont. 23.5 on four head; 2. Sean Santucci, Prineville, Ore. 24.9; 3. Trevor Knowles, Mt. Vernon, Ore. 25.3; 4. Jason Thomas, Benton, Ark. 29.5; 5. Ryan Bothum, Caddo, Okla. 29.9; 6. Timmy Sparing, Helena, Mont. 33.7

Saddle bronc riding 2014 Red Bluff Champion – Tyler Corrington, Hastings, Minn.

1. Tyler Corrington, Hastings, Minn. 85 points on Big Jim, Big Stone Rodeo Co.; 2. Taos Muncy, Gunnison, Colo. 83; 3. Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah 82; 4. (tie) Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La. 80 and John Redig, Casper, Wyo. 80; 6. Tyrel Larsen, Inglis, Manitoba 79, Ryan MacKenzie, Jordan Valley, Ore. 79 and James Greeson, Huntsville, Texas 79

Tie Down Roping 2014 Red Bluff Champion – Ryan Watkins, Bluff Dale, Texas

First round: 1 Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas 8.1; 2 Ryan Watkins, Bluff Dale, Texas 8.3; 3 Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Wash. 8.5; 4 Trevor Thiel, Greeley, Colo. 8.7; 5 tie Jake Pratt, Ellensburg, Wash. 8.8 and Jared Ferguson, Cottonwood, Calif. 8.8;

Second round: 1 Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla. 7.7; 2 Jesse Clark, Portales, N.M. 8.2; 3 Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas 8.3; 4 (tie) Kale Comeaux, Livingston, La. 8.4 and Dane Kissack, Spearfish, S.D. 8.4; 6 Ryan Watkins, Bluff Dale, Texas 8.5

Third round: 1. Marshall Leonard, Shongaloo, La. 8.5 seconds and Jake Pratt, Ellensburg, Wash. 8.5; 2. Bradley Bynum, Sterling City, Texas 8.8; 4. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas 8.9; 5. Ryan Watkins, Bluff Dale, Texas 9.1; 6. Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas 9.4

Finals: 1. Marshall Leonard, Shongaloo, La. 9.0; 2. Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas 9.2; 3. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas 9.6; 4. (tie) Jake Pratt, Ellensburg, Wash. 9.8 and Ryan Watkins, Bluff Dale, Texas 9.8.

Average: 1. Ryan Watkins, Bluff Dale, Texas 35.7 on 4 head; 2. Jake Pratt, Ellensburg, Wash. 36.4; 3. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas 37.3; 4. Bradley Bynum, Sterling City, Texas 37.8; 5. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas 38.7; 6. Marshall Leonard, Shongaloo, La. 39.5

Team Roping 2014 Red Bluff Champions – (tie) Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga./Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas and Cory Kidd V., Statesville, N.C./ Adam Plyler, Pageland, S.C.

First round: 1 Spencer Mitchell, Colusa, Calif./Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore. 4.6; 2 Arky Rogers, Lipan, Texas/Travis Woodard, Stockton, Calif. 5.0; 3 Aaron Tsinigine, Tuba City, Ariz./Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas 5.1; 4 Jake Barnes, Scottsdale, Ariz./Junior Nogueira, Scottsdale, Ariz. 5.2; 5 (tie) Brock Hanson, Casa Grande, Ariz./Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz. 5.3 and Dakota Shipp, Lincoln, Texas/Joe Mattern, Plantersville, Texas 5.3; 7 Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga./Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas 5.5; 8 tie Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas/Kollin VonAhn, Blanchard, Okla. 5.6 and Logan Olson, Flandreau, S.D./Cory Petska, Marana, Ariz. 5.6;

Second round: 1 Brady Tryan, Huntley, Mont./Tommy Zuniga, Centerville, Texas 4.8; 2 Nathan McWhorter, Telephone, Texas/Cole Davison, Madisonville, Texas 4.9; 3 tie Bryce Palmer, Milton-Freewater, Ore./Jake Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. 5.0 and Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont./Paul Eaves, Lonedell, Mo. 5.0; 5 David Motes, Tolar, Texas/Evan Arnold, Santa Margarita, Calif. 5.2; 6 Chant DeForest, Wheatland, Wyo./Case Hirdes, Turlock, Calif. 5.4; 7 Charly Crawford, Stephenville, Texas/Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas 5.5; 8 Jimmy Tanner, Tifton, Ga./Shawn Harris, Searcy, Ark. 5.6;

Third round: 1. Brandon Beers, Powell Butte, Ore./Jim Ross Cooper, Monument, N.M. 5.0; 2. Lane Ivy, Canyon, Texas/Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash. 5.1; 3. Jake Stanley, Hermiston, Ore./Justin Davis, Cottonwood, Calif. 5.4; 4. Drew Horner, Plano, Texas/Buddy Hawkins II, Columbus, Kan. 5.6; 5 Cory Kidd V, Statesville, N.C./Adam Plyler, Pageland, S.C. 6.0; 6 Ryan Reed, Farmington, Calif./Joseph Shawnego, Oakdale, Calif. 6.4; 7 Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont./Paul Eaves, Lonedell, Mo. 6.9; 8. (tie) Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga./Patrick Smith, Lipan, Teas 7.0 and Dakota Shipp, Lincoln, Texas/Joe Mattern, Plantersville, Texas 7.0

Finals: 1. Brandon Beers, Powell Butte, Ore./Jim Ross Cooper, Monument, N.M. 5.1; 2. Ryan reed, Farmington, Calif./Joseph Shawnego, Oakdale, Calif. 5.3; 3. Lane Ivy, Canyon, Texas/Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash. 5.6; 4. Cory Kidd V, Statesville, N.C./Adam Plyler, Pageland, S.C. 5.9; 5. Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga./Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas 6.0; 6. Dakota Shipp, Lincoln, Texas/Joe Mattern, Plantersville, Texas 7.0

Average: 1. (tie) Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga./Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas 24.4 on four head and Cory Kidd V/Statesville, N.C./Adam Plyler, Pageland, S.C. 24.4; 3. Dakota Shipp, Lincoln, Texas/Joe Mattern, Plantersville, Texas 25.4; 4. Ryan Reed, Farmington, Calif./Joseph Shawnego, Oakdale, Calif. 25.7; 5. Brandon Beers, Powell Butte, Ore./Jim Ross Cooper, Monument, N.M. 27.5; 6. Lane Ivy, Canyon, Texas/Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 27.6; 7. Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont./Paul Eaves, Lonedell, Mo. 28.3; 8. Aaron Tsinigine, Tuba City, Ariz./Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas 33.5.

Barrel racing – 2014 Red Bluff Champion – Carlee Pierce, Stephenville, Texas

First round: 1 Carlee Pierce, Stephenville, Texas 17.26 seconds; 2 Fallon Taylor, Whitesboro, Texas 17.49; 3 Carley Richardson, Pampa, Texas 17.51; 4 Jessi Fish, Franklin, Tenn. 17.52; 5 Sheena Robbins, Fresno, Calif. 17.59; 6 Deb Guelly, Okotoks, Alb. 17.60; 7 Virginia McClintock, Temecula, Calif. 17.65; 8 tie Kassidy Dennison, Tohatchi, N.M. 17.68 and Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas 17.68; 10 Sidney Forest, Gun Barrel City, Texas 17.70

Second round: 1. Carlee Pierce, Stephenville, Texas 17.16; 2. Carley Richardson, Pampa, Texas 17.31; Trula Churchill, Valentine, Neb. 17.33; 4. Fallon Taylor, Whitesboro, Texas 17.42; 5. Megan Lewis, Twin Falls, Ida. 17.43; 6. Cynthia Williamson, Vacaville, Calif. 17.44; 7. Brenda Mays, 17.45; 8. (tie) Liz Combs, 17.47 and Deb Guelly, Okotoks, Alb. 17.47; 10. (tie) Rachel Primm and Christine Laughlin, Pueblo, Calif. 17.52 each.

Average: 1. Carlee Pierce, Stephenville, Texas 34.42 seconds on two runs; 2. Carley Richardson, Pampa, Texas 34.82; 3. Fallon Taylor, Whitesboro, Texas 34.91; 4. Deb Guelly, Okotoks, Alb. 35.07; 5. Trula Churchill, Valentine, Neb. 35.16; 6. (tie) Sheena Robbins, Fresno, Calif. 35.23 and Sidney Forrest, Gun Barrel City, Texas 35.23; 8. (tie) Kelli Thouvenell, Hooper, Utah 35.29 and Kassidy Dennison, Tohatchi, N.M. 35.29; 10. Cynthia Williamson, Vacaville, Calif. 35.45.

Bull Riding 2014 Red Bluff Champion – Dylan Vick, Escalon, Calif.

1. Dylan Vick, Escalon, Calif. 87 points on Western Rodeo’s Buck Master; 2. Kanin Asay, Powell, Utah 86; 3. Elliott Jacoby, Fredricksburg, Texas 84; 4. Wesley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah 83 ; 5. Ty Wallace, Colbran, Colo. 82; 6. Chandler Bownds, Lubbock, Texas 81; 7. (tie) Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah 80 and Taygen Schuelke, Newell, S.D. 80

** All results are unofficial. For more information, visit RedBluffRoundup.com

 

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