CLOVIS, Calif. – Cody Wright continued his dominant 2013 campaign at the Clovis Rodeo Arena on April 28 when he scored 86 points on Burch Rodeo Company’s Friendly Fire to earn $5,615.
Not only is the eldest Wright brother atop the saddle bronc riding world standings, but he also joined an exclusive club with his triumph at the Clovis Rodeo, a silver event on the Wrangler Million Dollar Tour, presented by Justin Boots.
The win pushed Wright over the $2 million threshold in career earnings, making him the 20th member of that fraternity, as he chases his third world championship this season.
“It feels really good to go over $2 million dollars, but I just wish I had all of it right now,” Wright said. “I wish I could have it all as a lump sum.
“I think (reaching the milestone) is a combination of both being able to do well at big rodeos and being able to stay healthy and ride all the time. I’ve been lucky enough to be included in the big rodeos over the years and to win large amounts of money at a lot of them.”
It was Wright’s third win in a big-money rodeo so far in the 2013 season, as he adds the buckle from Clovis to the pair he won in Denver and Fort Worth earlier this year.
Wright has been clutch at the biggest rodeos, as his check on Sunday was the fifth of more than $4,000 he’s earned at a rodeo so far this season.
“This has been a really big spring run for me,” Wright said, “and I think one of the main keys is that I’ve just been drawing so well at these big rodeos. I go at it with the same mindset every year and I still have the same fire now that I had when I was first starting out.”
For Friendly Fire, it’s nothing new to carry someone to a big score at the Clovis Rodeo. Orin Larsen rode Friendly Fire for 87 points at the 2012 edition of the rodeo, and two-time World Champion Kaycee Feild was 86 points on him in Clovis in 2011.
The other champions in this $242,949 rodeo were bareback rider J.R. Vezain (88 points), steer wrestler Justin Blaine Davis (17.8 seconds on four head), team ropers Kaleb Driggers and Travis Graves (26.5 seconds on four head), tie-down roper Hunter Herrin (32.8 seconds on four head), bull rider Kaycee Rose (87 points) and barrel racer Sheena Robbins (51.17 seconds on three head). It was Vezain’s third win in two weeks – all with scores of 88 points – and it allowed him to pass Feild and take over first place in the world standings.
The week’s only other change at the top of the world standings came in the team roping, where checks totaling $4,907 in Clovis allowed Driggers to move into first place ahead of Landon McClaugherty among headers. Driggers’ partner Graves had taken over first place in the heeler standings a week earlier.
Trevor Brazile, who finished second in the tie-down roping to Herrin and earned checks in the team roping with heeler Patrick Smith, won the all-around title with $5,622. Following on the heels of last week’s all-around win at the Buc Days Pro Rodeo in Corpus Christi, Texas, this win has allowed Brazile, in pursuit of his record 11th all-around gold buckle, to increase his world standings lead to $12,590 over Rhen Richard.
2. Smith adds luster to sterling season in Lufkin
LUFKIN, Texas – They are both Texans, they both have fathers who became world champions and they both were PRCA Tie-down Roping Rookies of the Year – in back-to-back years. Still, until now, there haven’t been a lot of other similarities in the career arcs of Tuf Cooper and Sterling Smith. Cooper’s career has been sterling and Smith’s a bit tougher.
Cooper has two gold buckles in his five trips to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and earlier this year became the youngest cowboy in ProRodeo history to surpass $1 million in career earnings. Smith is still looking for his first Wrangler NFR qualification and his career prize money total is just over $200,000.
Which brings us back to those two little words: Until now. Since hauling more than $13,000 out of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo in late February, Smith has been leading the world standings and is showing no signs of going away.
Exhibit A would be the April 24-27 Angelina County Benefit Rodeo in Lufkin, Texas, where Smith won the first round in 7.8 seconds, tied for the win in the second round with Justin Maass in 7.5 seconds and was a full second quicker than Maass to claim the average title.
The reward for Smith’s 250-mile road trip east from his home in Stephenville, Texas, was a rodeo-best $4,380. His lead over Cooper (son of Roy “Super Looper” Cooper) was just $359 coming into the week and is now up to $4,739.
Despite his early-season success, Smith had made the decision to skip the California spring season, to work at the family’s construction business and ranch while rodeoing close to home. He’s made the gamble work by maximizing his opportunities in Lufkin.
“I never thought it made sense to be going to California for 3½ weeks for two rodeos,” Smith said. “There is too much to do here to be gone that long. The way it turned out, I gained ground and didn’t have to put in the miles.”
With $40,966 in earnings this season, Smith is just $2,674 shy of last year’s career-best total, when he finished a career-best 28th in the world standings – with five months of the season still to be contested. He will go to the May 15-17 Redding (Calif.) Rodeo and the May 18 Champions Challenge (he qualified by leading the world standings), return home and then start his summer season in earnest at the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo in June.
“I don’t look at the standings very often,” Smith said. “The only ones that count are in October (at the end of the regular season) and at the end of the year … but this has been a good start to the season.”
If Smith should need any more encouragement about his prospects, apart from that expanding bank account, he need look no farther than home. His dad, Brad Smith, didn’t make his first NFR until his ninth season as permit and card holder (he and header George Richards won the team roping gold buckle in their 1978 debut) and Brad went to the NFR five more times. Sterling is in his eighth year since buying his permit in 2006.
The other champions in this $81,382 rodeo at the George H. Henderson Jr. Exposition Center were bareback rider Clint Cannon (88 points), steer wrestler Matt Reeves (9.6 seconds on two head), team ropers Jake Orman and Corey Hendrick (4.7 seconds), saddle bronc rider Jacobs Crawley (84 points), bull rider Casey Huckabee (88 points) and barrel racer Taylor Jacob (14.10 seconds).
3. Tallman withdraws name from WNFR consideration
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The legendary Bob Tallman, who has been honored eight times as the PRCA Announcer of the Year, has decided to remove himself from consideration as one of the announcers at this year’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo to focus on other endeavors.
Tallman has worked the Wrangler NFR over parts of five decades, a record total of 25 appearances, including 17 of the last 18, and felt it was the right time to make a change.
“I’ve been working at not being complacent in my life and looking at ways to do things better,” said Tallman, 65. “When it comes to the NFR, the decision was to do less and do a better job of it. And, I’ll have time to enjoy the thing that really makes our sport so special – the people.”
Tallman will be in Las Vegas for the full run of the Wrangler NFR Dec. 5-14, hosting his bowling tournament and being a regular at National Finals Tonight, a show held at the Gold Coast after all 10 performances. He will also take part in autograph sessions for his sponsors – Wrangler, Boyd Gaming, Priefert, Resistol and Boot Barn – along with promoting his growing security company, Pro Vision Digital Surveillance.
He will continue to announce some of the biggest rodeos in the sport, including the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo, the River City Roundup in Omaha, Neb., and the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up.
“Tallman’s voice is iconic and the symbol of what the WNFR is supposed to sound like,” said Boyd Polhamus, who has announced the rodeo 18 times, all but one alongside Tallman. “This rodeo has always been bigger than just one person, but when a guy like Tallman leaves it after a quarter of a century of adding to it, we will all know the difference.
“I don’t like his decision, but I understand it. It is the most grueling two weeks of any announcer’s life. Between practice, rehearsals, meetings and then, finally, the action – it’s a grind.”
4. News and notes from the rodeo trail
ProRodeo Hall of Fame bull rider Tuff Hedeman and Dr. Tandy Freeman, the medical director for the Justin Sportsmedicine Team, attended the April 25 dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas … Ty Murray, who won five championship buckles at California Rodeo Salinas during his brilliant career as a roughstock cowboy, will be the lone contestant inductee in the rodeo’s Hall of Fame class on July18. Murray, a seven-time all-around world champion, will be joined by Marguerite and Marvin Roberts (Notables Category), Bob and Nancy Cook(Contract Personnel), No. 16 Oscar (Livestock) and George Richardson and Dr. E.J. “Doc” Leach (Committee Member). The Cooks operated RSC Stock Contractors and their bull, Oscar, was ridden only a handful of times in a long career, including the memorable winning ride in Salinas by John Davis in 1975. Don Gay rode Oscar for a then-world record score of 97 points in San Francisco in 1977 … The Atlantic City (N.J.) Boardwalk Rodeo is moving from spring to fall this year (Oct. 5-6) and cutting back from three performances to two, but will have Barnes PRCA Rodeo back as the stock contractor and will once again have the biggest purse in the Northeast. Chairperson Janet Markowitz is optimistic that the total prize money will be about the same as last year’s ($97,968), when the rodeo was held March 30 through April 1, and that attendance will benefit from the new format. “If you look at what we sold in the past two years, we sold more tickets than what would fill up two shows,” Markowitz said. “So I think, not that I’m trying to say, ‘Buy your tickets,’ but I think people are going to have to buy their tickets pretty quickly.” … Rodeo Austin achieved a record contribution to their youth giving program this year of $2,251,580, including $484,000 in scholarships to 45 deserving Texas students … Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo President Chuck Rigsbee estimates that the just-completed event raised $150,000 for various local charities and that it had an economic impact of more than $7 million on the community. The 99th annual Clovis Rodeo Parade on April 27 drew more than 40,000 spectators … Ticket sales were up nearly 19 percent over a year ago at the Clark County Fair & Rodeo in Logandale, Nev., with total paid attendance of 11,657 earlier this month … The City of Tehachapi, Calif., has unveiled plans for a $500,000 upgrade for the Tehachapi Event Center and Rodeo Grounds, home of the Tehachapi Mountain PRCA Rodeo each August. Last year the city partnered with the Tehachapi Mountain Rodeo Association for development of the city-owned property and purchased grandstands to double seating capacity … The Bridgeport (Texas) City Council has approved the disbursement of $7,500 in hotel occupancy tax revenue to pay for advertising to benefit the Butterfield Stage Days next month … San Jacinto Methodist Hospital’s Director of Cancer Services Denise Martinez came to a meeting of the Crosby (Texas) Fair & Rodeo Board of Directors on April 22 to express her gratitude and talk about how the rodeo’s contribution of more than $35,000 benefitted cancer treatment at the facility … With the draw of Cervi Championship Rodeo stock and top-flight instructors, the third annual Taos Muncy and Cody Taton Bronc Riding School April 12-14 in Torrington, Wyo., had more than 40 students, some coming from as far away as California … Ron Ackerman, Earl Brawner, Roger Holmerand Don Stuart, the volunteers known fondly by their fellow committee members as “The Four Horsemen,” have been named the grand marshals for the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo parade … The likeness of former PRCA tie-down roper Duane Carson of Abilene, Kan., is featured on this year’s Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo commemorative buckle, the fourth buckle in the fourth series of this collectible series that dates back to 1989.
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“I talk to Ote quite a bit. He basically said, ‘Every run counts. Whether you are trying to make the NFR or at the NFR.’ Every time down the arena counts.”
— Steer wrestler Jason Miller, telling the Billings Gazette about the counsel he got from four-time World Champion Ote Berry after Miller finished 16th last year, missing the last spot in the Wrangler NFR bulldogging field by $55.
“I’ve been wrestling newborn calves into the trailer to get them to dry and warm places, but I don’t think that counts as practice.”
– Canadian steer wrestler William Beierbach telling Pro Rodeo Canada about how difficult regular practice can be when you are working on a ranch and battling a difficult calving season.
5. Next Up
May 2 Helotes (Texas) Festival Association Rodeo begins
May 3 Kern County Sheriff Reserve Stampede Days Rodeo, Bakersfield, Calif., begins
May 3 Chisolm Trail Stampede, Duncan, Okla., begins
May 3 Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo begins
May 3 Stonyford (Calif.) Rodeo begins
May 5 Riverdale (Calif.) Rodeo
6. 2013 PRCA World Standings leaders
AA: Trevor Brazile……….….…..$40,600
BB: J.R. Vezain..…………………$45,775
SW: Casey Martin………….……..$44,585
TR-1: Kaleb Driggers……….……..$32,158
TR-2: Travis Graves……………….$35,265
SB: Cody Wright………….……..$45,254
TD: Sterling Smith………………$40,966
BR: Josh Koschel………………..$51,718
SR: Chet Herren…………………$22,789
7. 2013 PRCA WORLD STANDINGS
Through April 29, 2013
All-around
1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $40,600
2. Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah 28,011
3. JoJo LeMond, Andrews, Texas 22,357
4. Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta 16,191
5. Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash. 14,592
6. Blake Hirdes, Turlock, Calif. 13,927
7. Justin Thigpen, Waycross, Ga. 13,610
8. Ryle Smith, Oakdale, Calif. 13,077
9. Jordan Ketscher, Squaw Valley, Calif. 12,152
10. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo. 12,030
11. Payden Emmett, Ponca, Ark. 10,754
12. Paul David Tierney, Oral, S.D. 8,688
13. Clayton Hass, Terrell, Texas 8,603
14. Alan Frierson, O’Brien, Fla. 8,196
15. Jess Tierney, Hermosa, S.D. 7,468
Bareback Riding
1. J.R. Vezain, Cowley, Wyo. $45,775
2. Kaycee Feild, Payson, Ariz. 44,303
3. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore. 37,365
4. Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas 33,727
5. Austin Foss, Terrebonne, Ore. 24,572
6. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas 22,007
7. Jared Smith, Cross Plains, Texas 21,401
8. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash. 20,024
9. Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas 19,083
10. Winn Ratliff, Leesville, La. 18,703
11. R.C. Landingham, Pendleton, Ore. 18,208
12. Jessy Davis, Power, Mont. 17,770
13. Clint Laye, Cadogan, Alberta 17,650
14. Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D. 17,591
15. Seth Hardwick, Laramie, Wyo. 14,256
16. Casey Colletti, Pueblo, Colo. 14,178
17. Matthew Smith, Leesville, La. 12,722
18. Evan Jayne, Marseille, France 12,325
19. George Gillespie IV, Placerville, Calif. 11,160
20. Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa 10,615
Steer Wrestling
1. Casey Martin, Sulphur, La. $44,585
2. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif. 31,041
3. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo. 25,205
4. Straws Milan, Cochrane, Alberta 22,556
5. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo. 22,350
6. Stan Branco, Chowchilla, Calif. 21,328
7. Tyler Pearson, Louisville, Miss., Miss. 21,308
8. Jule Hazen, Ashland, Kan. 21,076
9. Les Shepperson, Midwest, Wyo. 20,077
10. Sean Mulligan, Coleman, Okla. 17,769
11. Clayton Moore, Pouce Coupe, British Columbia 16,099
12. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore. 15,618
13. Cooper Shofner, Huntsville, Texas 14,562
14. Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev. 12,749
15. Casey McMillen, Redmond, Ore. 12,341
16. Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta 11,901
17. Wyatt Smith, Rexburg, Idaho 11,476
18. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb. 11,437
19. Tyler Waguespack, Gonzales, La. 11,316
20. Bray Armes, Gruver, Texas 11,128
Team Roping (header)
1. Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga. $32,158
2. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas 30,128
3. Drew Horner, Plano, Texas 29,407
4. Justin Van Davis, Madisonville, Texas 24,805
5. Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz. 21,948
6. Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont. 21,939
7. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. 21,843
8. Brock Hanson, Casa Grande, Ariz. 18,653
9. Calvin Brevik, Durango, Colo. 18,272
10. Nick Sartain, Dover, Okla. 17,241
11. Turtle Powell, Stephenville, Texas 17,206
12. Chace Thompson, Munday, Texas 17,154
13. Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas 16,971
14. Nick Rawlings, Stephenville, Texas 15,169
15. Ty Blasingame, Ramah, Colo. 14,754
16. Caleb Mitchell, Mason, Texas 14,460
17. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore. 13,581
18. Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas 12,755
19. Logan Olson, Flandreau, S.D. 12,683
20. Tyler Wade, Terrell, Texas 12,448
Team Roping (heeler)
1. Travis Graves, Jay, Okla. $35,265
2. Tommy Zuniga, Centerville, Texas 30,128
3. Buddy Hawkins II, Columbus, Kan. 29,407
4. Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas 23,822
5. Cory Petska, Marana, Ariz. 23,347
6. Paul Eaves, Lonedell, Mo. 22,981
7. Clay O’Brien Cooper, Gardnerville, Nev. 18,920
8. Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas 18,809
9. Travis Woodard, Stockton, Calif. 17,906
10. Tyler McKnight, Wells, Texas 17,644
11. Kollin VonAhn, Blanchard, Okla. 16,971
12. Dugan Kelly, Paso Robles, Calif. 15,513
13. Kinney Harrell, Marshall, Texas 14,413
14. Chad Williams, Stephenville, Texas 13,996
15. Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. 13,494
16. Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas 13,430
17. Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas 13,083
18. Jim Ross Cooper, Monument, N.M. 12,933
19. Matt Kasner, Cody, Neb., Neb. 12,683
20. Chase Tryan, Helena, Mont. 12,274
Saddle Bronc Riding
1. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah $45,254
2. Tyler Corrington, Hastings, Minn. 37,561
3. Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb. 32,414
4. Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah 30,584
5. Brad Rudolf, Winnemucca, Nev. 22,154
6. Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D. 21,025
7. Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M. 20,483
8. Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, 19,186
9. Troy Crowser, Whitewood, S.D. 16,554
10. Jacobs Crawley, College Station, Texas 15,477
11. Dawson Jandreau, Kennebec, S.D. 15,173
12. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas 14,775
13. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. 14,354
14. Isaac Diaz, Desdemona, Texas 13,051
15. Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah 12,930
16. Jesse Kruse, Great Falls, Mont. 12,350
17. Luke Butterfield, Ponoka, Alberta 12,020
18. Will Smith, Marshall, Mo. 11,309
19. Cody Taton, Corona, N.M. 11,101
20. Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La. 10,985
Tie-down Roping
1. Sterling Smith, Stephenville, Texas $40,966
2. Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas 36,227
3. Justin Maass, Giddings, Texas 35,820
4. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas 23,176
5. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah 22,528
6. E.J. Roberts, Stephenville, Texas 22,079
7. Randall Carlisle, Castor, La. 21,141
8. Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas 20,292
9. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas 20,115
10. Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla. 19,125
11. Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah 17,608
12. Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Wash. 17,342
13. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho 15,780
14. Caleb Smidt, Yorktown, Texas 15,111
15. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla. 14,958
16. Houston Hutto, Tomball, Texas 14,892
17. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas 14,610
18. Stetson Vest, Childress, Texas 14,554
19. Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La. 14,532
20. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas 13,660
Steer Roping
1. Chet Herren, Pawhuska, Okla. $22,789
2. Cody Lee, Gatesville, Texas 20,770
3. Tony Reina, Wharton, Texas 20,474
4. JoJo LeMond, Andrews, Texas 16,968
5. J. Tom Fisher, Andrews, Texas 16,435
6. Vin Fisher Jr., Andrews, Texas 11,537
7. Jarrett Blessing, Paradise, Texas 10,955
8. Mike Chase, McAlester, Okla. 10,951
9. Brent Lewis, Pinon, N.M. 9,903
10. Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan. 9,799
11. Bryce Davis, Ovalo, Texas 9,465
12. Kim Ziegelgruber, Edmond, Okla. 9,326
13. Dan Fisher, Andrews, Texas 9,156
14. Brad Prather, Skiatook, Okla. 8,852
15. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas 8,796
16. Scott Snedecor, Fredericksburg, Texas 8,523
17. Joe Wells, Cisco, Texas 7,827
18. Chris Glover, Keenesburg, Colo. 7,333
19. Shane Suggs, Granbury, Texas 6,070
20. Tim Abbott, Midland, Texas 5,436
Bull Riding
1. Josh Koschel, Nunn, Colo. $51,718
2. Tyler Smith, Fruita, Colo. 41,863
3. Kanin Asay, Powell, Wyo. 40,596
4. Corey Navarre, Weatherford, Okla. 35,578
5. Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas 34,670
6. Trevor Kastner, Ardmore, Okla. 34,648
7. Chandler Bownds, Lubbock, Texas 30,607
8. Cole Echols, Elm Grove, La. 30,422
9. Cooper Davis, Jasper, Texas 29,297
10. J.W. Harris, Mullin, Texas 28,826
11. Tag Elliott, Thatcher, Utah 25,386
12. Cheyne Olney, Toppenish, Wash. 25,090
13. Cody Campbell, Summerville, Ore. 24,863
14. Howdy Cloud, Kountze, Texas 22,716
15. Tyler Willis, Wheatland, Wyo. 21,271
16. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo. 21,126
17. Jeff Askey, Martin, Tenn. 21,091
18. Scottie Knapp, Albuquerque, N.M. 18,340
19. Friday Wright II, Moss Point, Miss. 18,149
20. Elliot Jacoby, Fredricksburg, Texas 17,382
*2013 Barrel Racing (through April 29, 2013)
Barrel racing standings, provided by the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA), are unofficial, subject to audit and may change. Unofficial WPRA Standings are published by the PRCA as a courtesy. The PRCA is not responsible for the verification or updating of WPRA standings.
1. Fallon Taylor, Whitesboro, Texas $44,309
2. Mary Walker, Ennis, Texas 35,956
3. Taylor Jacob, Carmine, Texas 33,388
4. Jane Melby, Burneyville, Okla. 31,498
5. Natalie Foutch, Eldora, Iowa 29,622
6. Carlee Pierce, Stephenville, Texas 29,166
7. Shada Brazile, Decatur, Texas 27,513
8. Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D. 27,124
9. Sabrina Ketcham, Yeso, N.M. 25,588
10. Sydni Blanchard, Albuquerque, N.M. 24,762
11. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz. 22,908
12. Trula Churchill, Valentine, Neb. 20,725
13. Annesa Self, Sanger, Texas 19,528
14. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas 19,466
15. Benette Barrington-Little, Ardmore, Okla. 16,635
16. Kendra Dickson, Aubrey, Texas 16,012
17. Lee Ann Rust, Stephenville, Texas 14,914
18. Kenna Squires, Fredonia, Texas 14,780
19. Cindy Smith, Hobbs, N.M. 14,641
20. Kimberly Couch, Rattan, Okla. 13,963
8. 2013 Wrangler Million Dollar Tour Standings
Unofficial through April 29, 2013
Bareback Riding
1. J.R. Vezain, Cowley, Wyo. $33,131
2. Kaycee Feild, Spanish Fork, Utah 23,133
3. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore. 20,815
4. Austin Foss, Terrebonne, Ore. 14,137
5. Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas 11,600
6. Clint Laye, Cadogan, Alberta 9,006
7. Jessy Davis, Power, Mont. 9,002
8. Seth Hardwick, Laramie, Wyo. 8,438
9. Caine Riddle, Vernon, Texas 7,842
10. Matt Lait, Stavely, Alberta 6,786
11. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash. 6,461
12. Morgan Heaton, Paradise, Utah 6,183
13. Jason Havens, Prineville, Ore. 6,050
14. Matt Bright, Azle, Texas 5,982
15. Chase Erickson, Helena, Mont. 5,102
16. Winn Ratliff, Leesville, La. 5,093
17. Casey Colletti, Pueblo, Colo. 5,072
18. Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa 4,084
19. Caleb Bennett, Morgan, Utah 3,850
20. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas 3,641
Steer Wrestling
1. Casey Martin, Sulphur, La. $18,124
2. Clayton Moore, Pouce Coupe, British Columbia 15,311
3. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif. 14,819
4. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo. 12,503
5. Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev. 10,601
6. Sean Mulligan, Coleman, Okla. 10,562
7. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo. 9,051
8. Tyler Pearson, Louisville, Miss. 7,880
9. Tom Lewis, Lehi, Utah 7,864
10. Justin Blaine Davis, Argyle, Texas 7,817
11. Rhett Kennedy, Chowchilla, Calif. 7,038
12. Wyatt Smith, Rexburg, Idaho 6,580
13. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb. 6,566
14. Stan Branco, Chowchilla, Calif. 6,493
15. Seth Brockman, Wheatland, Wyo. 6,147
16. Chance Gartner, Pasco, Wash. 5,577
17. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore. 5,404
18. Straws Milan, Cochrane, Alberta 5,232
19. Casey McMillen, Redmond, Ore. 5,045
20. Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas 4,835
Team Roping-Header
1. Drew Horner, Plano, Texas $22,096
2. Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga. 19,830
3. Justin Van Davis, Madisonville, Texas 15,857
4. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas 14,246
5. Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz. 13,443
6. Keven Daniel, Franklin, Tenn. 9,860
7. Calvin Brevik, Durango, Colo. 9,774
8. Quincy Kueckelhan, Bonham, Texas 8,881
9. Aaron Tsinigine, Tuba City, Ariz. 8,791
10. Ty Blasingame, Ramah, Colo. 7,934
11. Nick Rawlings, Stephenville, Texas 7,778
12. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. 7,011
13. Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas 6,080
14. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont. 6,025
15. Brock Hanson, Casa Grande, Ariz. 5,764
16. Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas 5,395
17. Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. 5,293
18. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore. 4,464
19. Levi Simpson, Claresholm, Alberta 4,421
20. Speed Williams, Jacksonville, Fla. 4,322
Team Roping-Heeler
1. Buddy Hawkins II, Columbus, Kan. $22,096
2. Clay O’Brien Cooper, Gardnerville, Nev. 15,857
3. Tommy Zuniga, Centerville, Texas 14,246
4. Cory Petska, Marana, Ariz. 13,443
5. Travis Graves, Jay, Okla. 13,048
6. Chase Tryan, Helena, Mont. 9,860
7. Travis Woodard, Stockton, Calif. 9,774
8. Justin Copp, Krum, Texas 8,881
9. Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. 8,730
10. Kinney Harrell, Marshall, Texas 8,415
11. Matt Zancanella, Aurora, S.D. 7,934
12. Derrick Peterson, Stillwell, Kan. 7,778
13. Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan. 6,025
14. Kyle Lockett, Visalia, Calif. 5,883
15. Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas 5,834
16. Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas 5,764
17. Kollin VonAhn, Blanchard, Okla. 5,395
18. Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. 5,293
19. Cole Davison, Madisonville, Texas 5,193
20. Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas 4,464
Saddle Bronc Riding
1. Tyler Corrington, Hastings, Minn. $17,112
2. Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah 16,209
3. Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D. 15,704
4. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah 14,961
5. Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb. 13,267
6. Brad Rudolf, Winnemucca, Nev. 11,708
7. Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas 11,082
8. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. 9,655
9. Brady Nicholes, Hoytsville, Utah 8,461
10. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas 7,471
11. Cody Taton, Corona, N.M. 7,123
12. Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M. 6,817
13. Cody Angland, Wagga Wagga. NSW, Australia 6,756
14. Troy Crowser, Whitewood, S.D. 5,565
15. Jacobs Crawley, College Station, Texas 5,145
16. Chet Johnson, Sheridan, Wyo. 5,003
17. Chuck Schmidt, Keldron, S.D. 4,674
18. Dawson Jandreau, Kennebec, S.D. 4,253
19. Ty Atchison, Jackson, Mo. 3,684
20. Bryce Miller, Nelson, Neb. 3,421
Tie Down Roping
1. E.J. Roberts, Stephenville, Texas $20,048
2. Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas 16,736
3. Sterling Smith, Stephenville, Texas 16,254
4. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas 13,573
5. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla. 11,800
6. Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas 10,136
7. Justin Maass, Giddings, Texas 10,071
8. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas 9,671
9. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas 9,228
10. Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Wash. 8,937
11. Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla. 8,302
12. Bryson Sechrist, Apache, Okla. 7,654
13. Reese Riemer, Stinnett, Texas 7,338
14. Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas 6,032
15. Jake Hannum, Plain City, Utah 5,883
16. Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah 5,625
17. Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas 5,396
18. Ryle Smith, Oakdale, Calif. 5,306
19. Stetson Vest, Childress, Texas 5,005
20. Houston Hutto, Tomball, Texas 4,803
Bull Riding
1. Josh Koschel, Nunn, Colo. $19,703
2. Tag Elliott, Thatcher, Utah 15,229
3. Trevor Kastner, Ardmore, Okla. 13,128
4. Cody Campbell, Summerville, Ore. 11,238
5. Kaycee Rose, Madera, Calif. 9,589
6. J.W. Harris, Mullin, Texas 9,086
7. Clayton Foltyn, Winnie, Texas 8,390
8. Chandler Bownds, Lubbock, Texas 8,385
9. Cooper Davis, Jasper, Texas 6,499
10. Tyler Smith, Fruita, Colo. 5,551
11. Shawn Hogg, Gardendale, Texas 5,094
12. Travis Atkinson, Lehi, Utah 4,819
13. Cole Echols, Elm Grove, La. 4,814
14. Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas 4,667
15. Ryan Shanklin, Rocksprings, Texas 4,458
Nevada Newman, Melstone, Mont. 4,458
17. Beau Schroeder, China, Texas 4,401
18. Jordan Spears, Redding Calif. 4,389
19. Ty Clearwater, LaCygne, Kan. 3,930
20. Jacob O’Mara, Baton Rouge, La. 3,879
9. 2013 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Standings
Unofficial through April 29, 2013
1. Kanin Asay, Powell, Wyo. $36,842
2. Josh Koschel, Nunn, Colo. 28,071
3. Corey Navarre, Weatherford, Okla. 20,613
4. Howdy Cloud, Kountze, Texas 19,602
5. Tyler Smith, Fruita, Colo. 18,629
6. J.W. Harris, Mullin, Texas 15,662
7. Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah 14,526
8. Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas 13,970
9. Tyler Willis, Wheatland, Wyo. 13,951
10. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo. 12,948
11. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb. 12,079
12. Scottie Knapp, Albuquerque, N.M. 11,944
13. Cheyne Olney, Kennewick, Wash. 11,459
14. Blaine Skaggs, Hubbard, Ore. 8,353
15. Cody Campbell, Summerville, Ore. 7,425
16. Ryan Shanklin, Rocksprings, Texas 7,351
17. Cody Samora, Cortez, Colo. 7,318
18. Cole Echols, Elm Grove, La. 7,137
19. Cooper Davis, Jasper, Texas 7,117
20. Ardie Maier, Timber Lake, S.D. 7,077
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