RENO, NEV., June 25, 2011 — After nine days and nights of competition, the best of the best were crowned at the $488,238 Reno Rodeo.
Two of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) reigning world champions earned titles. Kaycee Feild, from Payson, Utah earned his second set when he tied with Ryan Gray from Cheney, Wash., in the bareback riding. They each had 249 points on three rides. Feild, who is the reigning world champion, also earned the championship here in 2009. He was the high money winner with $8,973. Gray earned $7,711 for his first title here. He also got to take the spurs while Feild will have to wait while they make his.
The big money winner here is also the reigning world champion in tie-down roping. Tuf Cooper from Decatur, Texas, roped and tied three calves in 25.3 seconds to win $12,834. Cooper is currently seventh in the PRCA world standings, so the money he won here should move him up in the world standings.
All of the winners here are going to use the momentum and confidence they gained going into the ever busy Fourth of July rodeo season known as “Cowboy Christmas.” Among those is Cody DeMoss, from Heflin, La., who won his third pair of spurs here. DeMoss also competed in team roping here in 2005 when he won the saddle bronc riding and all-around titles.
After sustaining a broken shoulder at last year’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (WNFR), he came back at the National Western Stock Show Rodeo in Denver and won the saddle bronc riding championship. He is looking for his ninth WNFR qualification and would like nothing better than to win his first world championship.
“Reno is one of my favorite rodeos, and I always look forward to coming here,” DeMoss said. “Winning Denver got my winter season off to a great start. Hopefully winning Reno will do the same thing for my summer.”
Half of the team roping championship will stay in Nevada for the first time since 1953 when Bige and Bud Duncan won. Jade Corkill who lives just an hour away at Fallon did the heeling for Kaleb Driggers from Albany, Ga., to win the title. They were the high team back and basically needed a solid run to get the title. They did just that, stopping the clock in 5.6 seconds to place third in the final round and get the championship with a total of 17.2 on three runs. They each earned $10,605.
There was a near capacity crowd at the final performance despite unseasonably cool and windy weather. Plans for the 2013 Reno Rodeo are already underway.
Reno Rodeo Champions
All-Around Champion Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., $4,773 won in bareback riding and team roping
Bareback Riding (tie) – Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., $7,711 and
Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah, $8,973, 249 points each
Steer Wrestling – Les Shepperson, Midwest, Wyo., 14.2 seconds, $10,625
Team Roping – Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 17.2 seconds, $10,605 each
Saddle Bronc Riding – Cody DeMoss, 252 points, $9,297
Tie-Down Roping – Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 25.3 seconds, $12,834
Women’s Barrel Race – Jeanne Anderson, White City, Kan., $9,455
Bull Riding – Cameron Bland, Maben, Miss., 168 points on two $7,555
RENO, NEV., — The following are final round and over-all winners from the Reno Rodeo, Saturday, June 23, 2012.
Bareback Riding: (final round) 1, Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 87 points on Big Bend Rodeo’s Spotted Mountain, $1,650. 2, (tie) Jessy Davis, Power, Mont., and Steven Peebles, Redmond, Ore., 84, $1,075 each. 4, (tie) J.R. Vezain, Cowley, Wyo., and Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah, 83, $475. 6, (tie) Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., and Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas, 82, $125. (total on three) 1, (tie) Gray, and Feild, 249 points, $4,843. 3, Stevenson, 245, $3,107. 4, (tie) Peebles, and Vezain, 244, $1,645. 6, Davis, 243, $914. 7, (tie) Dent, and Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 242, $640.
Steer Wrestling: (final round) 1, Les Shepperson, Midwest, Wyo., 4.7 seconds, $1,392. 2, (tie) Todd Suhn, Hermosa, S.D., and Riley York, Loyalton, Calif., 5.2, $1,032. 4, Jacob Talley, Keatchie, La., 5.4, $672. 5, Aaron Vosler, Cheyenne, Wyo., 6.9, $432. 6, Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 7.8, $240. (total on three) 1, Shepperson, 14.2, $6,185. 2, Talley, 14.7, $5,378. 3, (tie) Suhn and York, 15.7, $4,168. 5, Vosler, 17.2, $2,958. 6, Greenfield, 18.1, $2,151. 7, Baylor Roche, Tremonton, Utah, 18.6, $1,345. 8, Kody Woodward, Dupree, S.D., 22.9, $538.
Team Roping: (final round) 1, Marcus Battaglia, Ramona, Calif., and Kyle Lockett, Visalia, Calif., 5.2 seconds, $1,334. 2, Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont., and Paul Eaves, Millsap, Texas, 5.4, $1,104. 3, Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 5.6, $874. 4, Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore., and Jim Ross Cooper, Monument, N.M., 5.9, $644. 5, Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas, and Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore., 6.0, $414. 6, (tie) Travis Bard, Chino Valley, Ariz., and Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas; and Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., and Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 6.7, $115 each. (total on three) 1, Driggers and Corkill, 17.2, $6,720. 2, Battaglia and Lockett, 17.7, $5,843. 3, Bird and Eaves, 17.8, $4,967. 4, Begay and de la Cruz, 19.1, $4,090. 5, Crawford and Cooper, 19.2, $3,214. 6, Bard and Bach, 20.7, $2,337. 7, Lovell and Cardoza, 21.0, $1,461. 8, Keven Daniel, Franklin, Tenn., and Chase Tryan, Helena, Mont., 21.8, $584.
Saddle Bronc Riding: (final round) 1, Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 88 points on Big Bend Rodeo’s Kool Toddy, $1,650. 2, (tie) Chuck Schmidt, Keldron, S.D., and Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 84, $1,075 each. 4, (tie) Chet Johnson, Sheridan, Wyo.; Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D.; Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., and Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah, 83, $300. (total on three) 1, DeMoss, 252, $5,086. 2, Wright, 250, $3,899. 3, (tie) Harter and Ferley, 249, $2,373 each. 5, Bail, 242, $1,187. 6, Schmidt, 239, $848. 7, Chet Johnson, Sheridan, Wyo., 238, $678. 8, Cody Taton, Mud Butte, S.D., 236, $509.
Tie-Down Roping: (final round) 1, Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 8.4 seconds, $1,334. 2, Justin Macha, Needville, Texas, 9.0, $1,104. 3, Jeremiah Peek, Pueblo, Colo., 9.1, $874. 4, Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., 9.6, $644. 5, Jerrad hofstetter, Portales, N.M., 10.6, $414. 6, Cody Owens, Rankin, Texas, 10.7, $230. (total on three) 1, Cooper, 25.3, $6,504. 2, Peek, 26.8, $5,656. 3, Burk, 27.0, $4,807. 4, Hofstetter, 27.6, $3,959. 5, Justin Macha, 27.8, $3,111. 6, Owens, 29.0, $2,262. 7, Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 29.8, $1,414. (on two) 8, Sterling Smith, Stephenville, Texas, 18.4, $566.
Barrel Racing: (final round) 1,Randa Kellogg, Point, Texas, 17.07, $2,355. 2, Karen Little San Saba, Texas, 17.22, $1,767. 3, Marguerite Happy, Saugus, Calif., 17.29, $1,178. 4, (tie) Brenda Mays, Terrebonne, Ore., and Jeanne Anderson, White City, Kan., 17.30, $294. (total on three) 1, Anderson, 51.84, $4,770. 2, Mays, 52.11, $4,088. 3, Kellogg, 52.15, $3,407. 4, Nancy Hunter, Neola, Utah, 52.31, $2,953. 5, Happy, 52.32, $2,271. 6, Little, 52.43, $1,817. 7, Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, 52.62, $1,363. 8, Lita Scott, Reno, Nev., 52.89, $908. 9, Dolli Lautaret, Kingman, Ariz., 52.90, $682. 10, Molly Powell, Stephenville, Texas, 57.10, $454.
Bull Riding: (final round – three rides) 1 (tie),Cameron Bland, Maben, Miss., 88 points on Western Rodeo’s Grass Dancer, $1,650. 2, Joe Frost, Randlett, Utah, 84, $1,250. 3, Keith Roquemore, Cottonwood, Calif., 59, $900. (total on two) 1, Bland, 168, $5,905. 2, Frost, 166, $4,527. 3, Roquemore, 148, $3,356. (on one) 4, Ardie Maier, Timber Lake, S.D., 91, $2,165. 5, Nevada Newman, Melstone, Mont., 88, $1,378. 6, Bryan Richardson, Dallas, Texas, 85, $984. 7, Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb., 84, $787. 8, Chris Roundy, Spanish Fork, Utah, 82, $590.