Solid time keeps ropers in the running
LAS VEGAS – Jim Ross Cooper looked around the room, then explained his Saturday night team roping run with header Brandon Beers. “We caught,” said Cooper, a five-time NFR qualifier from Monument, N.M., one of three cowboys “Riding for the Brand” for southeastern New Mexico-based Tate Branch Auto Group. “Sometimes that’s very important.” During the […]
Pierce keeps it on the right track
LAS VEGAS – Carlee Pierce is playing the role of train engineer this week. She is riding Lolo, a 6-year-old sorrel mare, during the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, the sport’s most prestigious event. Lolo is playing the part of the choo choo train. She just keeps chugging along. On Saturday night during the third go-round, […]
Frost earns another NFR check
LAS VEGAS – Joe Frost is on a roll at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. The 22-year-old bull rider from Randlett, Utah, has placed in the first two go-rounds, pocketing just shy of $27,000 in the process. Now he has moved up six places to fifth in the world standings. On Friday night, he rode […]
Peebles claims second round
1. Steven Peebles on New West Rodeo Productions Right Spur, 85 points, $19,002; 2. (tie) Justin McDaniel, Steven Dent and Jake Vold, 83, $11,442; 5. Bobby Mote, 82.5, $4,904; 6. Tilden Hooper, 81.5, $3,065.
Irwin, Branquinho split second round win
1. (tie) Luke Branquinho and Kyle Irwin, 3.6 seconds, $17,010; 3. Nick Guy, 3.7, $11,340 each; 4. Bray Armes, 3.9 $7,969; 5. Trevor Knowles, 4.1, $4,904; 6. Casey Martin, 4.4, $3,065.
Take 2: Turtle and Dakota win again
1. Turtle Powell/Dakota Kirchenschlage, 3.8 seconds, $19,002; 2. Coleman Proctor/Jake Long, 4.5, $15,018; 3. Brandon Beers/Jim Ross Cooper , 4.6, $11,340; 4. Clay Tryan/Jake Corkill, 9.4, $7,969; 5. Kaleb Driggers/Patrick Smith , 9.7, $4,904; 6. Jake Barnes/Junior Nogueira, 10.10, $3,065.
Crawley wins the second round
1. Jacobs Crawley on Rafter H Rodeo Livestock’s Spade, 82.5 points, $19,002; 2. Cort Scheer, 82, $15,018; 3. Dustin Flundra, 81, $11,340; 4. Jake Wright, 80.5, $7,969 each; 5. Cole Elshere, 76.5, $4,904 each; 6. Spencer Wright, 76.5, $3,065 each.
Swor wins Round 2 of tie-down
1. Cade Swor, 7.7seconds, $19,002; 2. Trevor Brazile, 7.9, $15,018 each; 3. Clint Cooper, 8.0, $11,340; 4. Tyson Durfey, 8.1, $7,969; 5. Matt Shiozawa, 8.2, $4,904. 6. Hunter Herrin, 8.5, $3,065.
Lockhart wins Round 2
1. Lisa Lockhart seconds, 14.29 seconds, $19,002; 2. Kassidy Dennison, 14.31, $15,018; 3. Sherry Cervi, 14.35; 4. Jana Bean, 14.59, $7,969; 5. Kaley Bass, 14.66, $4,904; 6. Carlee Pierce, 14.81, $3,065.
Irwin shares second-round victory
LAS VEGAS – Kyle Irwin always tries for perfection even though it’s unattainable. He was pretty close Friday night during the second go-round of the National Finals Rodeo. The steer wrestler downed his steer in in 3.6 seconds to share the round victory with four-time world champion Luke Branquinho. It was worth $17,010. “I knew […]
Passing the test: Aaron wins Round 2
1. Aaron Pass on Rafter H Rodeo Livestock’s Seeing Red, 89.5 points, $19,002; 2. Cody Teel, 85, $15,018; 3. Sage Kimzey, 80.5, $11,340; 4. Joe Frost, 74, $7,969; no other qualified rides.
Armes earns 2nd straight check
LAS VEGAS – Everybody knows it’s always beneficial to have good friends. Bray Armes leaned on a couple Friday night during the second round of the National Finals Rodeo. Thankfully, his horse, Ote, and hazer, Sean Mulligan, came to the rescue and secured a second straight paycheck for the Ponder, Texas, steer wrestler. “I missed […]
Coopers cash in during 2nd round
LAS VEGAS – The Cooper boys know how to rope, and they showed it Friday night during the second go-round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Team roping heeler Jim Ross Cooper of Monument, N.M., and tie-down roper Clint Cooper, who grew up in Lovington, N.M., each finished in third place on the second night […]
Scheer overcomes rank horse
LAS VEGAS – There are many nights when it’s great fun to be a saddle bronc rider competing at the National Finals Rodeo. Friday night wasn’t one of them. The top 15 cowboys in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association all faced the toughest test of their 10-day championship, the nastiest bucking horses in the world. […]
Pierce slides into sixth-place finish
LAS VEGAS – That was a close one. As Carlee Pierce and her horse Lolo sped past the first barrel a little too much during Friday night’s second round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, it looked as though her chances of a paycheck went with her. The duo recovered, finishing the cloverleaf pattern in […]
Irwin cashes in first NFR round
LAS VEGAS – Pinch Kyle Irwin all you want; he’s not waking up from this dream. On Thursday during the opening night of the 2014 National Finals Rodeo, the Robertsdale, Ala., cowboy wrestled his steer to the dirt in 4.1 seconds to finish fifth place in the first round, pocketing $4,904 in the process. It […]
Scheer claims Round 1 win
LAS VEGAS – The mental game in rodeo is vital to any cowboy’s success. Saddle bronc rider Cort Scheer changed his approach to the National Finals Rodeo, and it already has paid off. On Thursday, he rode Frontier Rodeo’s Short Stop for 87 points to win the opening go-round of ProRodeo’s championship event. In the […]
Young horse guides Pierce to payday
LAS VEGAS – In just her fourth rodeo, a talented 6-year-old redhead shined quite brightly during the first round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Her name is Lolo, and she’s a young sorrel mare who carried her jockey, Carlee Pierce of Edmond, Okla., to a fourth-place finish Thursday night in Las Vegas. Pierce and […]
Guy wins opening round
Steer wrestling: 1. Nick Guy, 3.6 seconds, $19,002; 2. (tie) Luke Branquinho and Casey Martin, 3.7, $13,179 each; 4. Ty Erickson, 3.8, $7,969 5. Kyle Irwin, 4.1 $4,904; 6. Bray Armes, 4.2, $3,065.
Armes cashes in on NFR’s first night
LAS VEGAS – They call it a speed trap. In the world of steer wrestling, the fastest man each night of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo wins the most money. The key, though, is to react quickly but move purposefully. True athletes are quicker when everything is done in a quiet rhythm. Bray Armes knows […]
Feild wins bareback riding round
1. Kaycee Feild on Sutton Rodeo’s Cactus Juice, 84.5 points, $19,002; 2. Justin McDaniel, 83.5, $15,018; 3. (tie) Will Lowe and Steven Dent, 83, $9,654; 5. Jake Vold , 81.5, $4,904; 6. Austin Foss , 81, $3,065
Scheer wins first round of bronc riding
1. Cort Scheer on Frontier Rodeo’s Short Stop, 87 points, $19,002; 2. Heith DeMoss, 82, $15,018; 3. (tie) Taos Muncy and Jacobs Crawley, 80.5, $9,654 each; 5. Spencer Wright, 80, $4,904 each; 6. Wade Sundell, 78.5, $3,065 each.
NFR rookie wins tie-down roping
1. Marty Yates, 7.4 seconds, $19,002; 2. Trevor Brazile, 7.5, $15,018 each; 3. Clint Robinson, 7.7, $11,340; 4. Cody Ohl, 7.8, $7,969; 5. Cade Swor, 8.3, $4,904. 6. (tie) Hunter Herrin and Timber Moore, 8.5, $1,532.
Taylor wins first round
1. Fallon Taylor seconds, 14.09 seconds, $19,002; 2. Trula Churchill, 14.2, $15,018; 3. Michele McCleod, 14.24; 4. Carlee Pierce, 14.29, $7,969; 5. Sherry Cervi, 14.35, $4,904; 6. Nancy Hunter, 14.45, $3,065.