Round 6, barrels
Barrel racing: 1. Carlee Pierce, 13.51 seconds, $18,257; 2. Mary Walker, 13.76, $14,429; 3. Lisa Lockhart, 13.79, $10,895; 4. Kaley Bass, 13.90, $7,656; 5. Benette Barrington-Little, 13.93, $4,712; 6. Brenda Mays, 14.16, $2,945.
Round 6, bull riding
Bull riding: 1. Beau Schroeder on Frontier Rodeo’s Feeling So Fly, 89 points, $18,257; 2. (tie) Trevor Kastner and Seth Glause, 80, $12,662; 4. Kanin Asay, 78, $7,656; no other qualified rides.
Pierce wins NFR’s sixth go-round
LAS VEGAS – That’s the run Carlee Pierce is been waiting for. Pierce won the sixth go-round Tuesday, posting a Wrangler National Finals Rodeo-best 13.51-second run to earn $18,257. It was a redemption, of sorts, for her start, and it proved how phenomenal she is, especially with her great horse, Rare Dillion, 12-year-old buckskin she […]
Jarrett shares sixth-round win at NFR
LAS VEGAS – If this is déjà vu, that’s just fine with Ryan Jarrett. Jarrett, of Comanche, Okla., roped and tied his calf in 7.2 seconds Tuesday night to share the sixth-round win at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo with good friend and traveling partner Cliff Robinson. That payday was worth $16,343 and pushed Jarrett’s […]
Round 5, saddle bronc and barrel racing
Saddle bronc riding: 1. Cole Elshere on Bruch Rodeo’s Lunatic Fringe, 83 points, $18,257; 2. Cody Demoss, 78, $14,429; 3. Jacob’s Crawley, 75.5, $10,895; no other qualified rides. Barrel racing: 1. Kaley Bass, 13.68 seconds, $18,257; 2. Trula Churchill, 13.69, $14,429; 3. Sherry Cervi, 13.76, $10,895; 4. Mary Walker, 13.89, $7,656; 5. Birttany Pozzi, 14.01, […]
Round 5, bull riding
Bull riding: 1. Seth Glause on Growney Bros. Rodeo’s Canadian Tuxedo, 87.5 points, $18,257; 2. Trevor Kastner, 86.5, $14,429; 3. Brett Stall, 83, $10,895; 4. JW Harris, 82.5, $7,656; no other qualified rides.
Brazile clinches all-around gold
Trevor Brazile has clinched his 10th all-around world championship. He and partner Patrick Smith scored a 4.3-second run to finish third in team roping’s fifth go-round. That check worth $10,895 scooted his annual earnings to $284,197. Bobby Mote is second in the all-around standings with $146,017. If Mote were to win out, he’d still fall […]
Glause captures fifth-round win at NFR
LAS VEGAS – Seth Glause’s face has been bloodied, his ligaments stretched, his joints moved. Still, he smiles. It’s a testament to his personality, but more, it’s a sign he’s having his best Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in four tries, even though he’s suffered a broken nose and a dislocated riding shoulder. Yeah, cowboys are […]
Tipped barrel costs Pierce money
LAS VEGAS – The time was amazing. The barrel on the ground was not. Carlee Pierce maneuvered her great horse, Rare Dillion, around the cloverleaf pattern in 13.73 seconds, their fastest run through five go-rounds at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. But they tipped the final obstacle in the horserace and suffered a five-second penalty. […]
Round 5, Bares and steer wrestling
Bareback riding: 1. Casey Colletti on Classic Pro Rodeo’s Scarlett’s Web, 88 points, $18,257; 2. Bobby Mote, 86.5, $14,429; 3. Brian Bain, 85, $10,895; 4. (tie) JR Vezain and Winn Ratliff, 84.5, $6,184; 6. (tie) Will Lowe and Steven Peebles, 83, $1,472. Steer wrestling: 1. Trevor Knowles, 3.3 seconds, $18,257; 2. Luke Branquinho, 3.9, $14,429; […]
Round 5, team roping results
Team roping: 1. (tie) Ryan Motes/Brock Hansen and Spencer Mitchell/Dakota Kirchenschlager, 3.7 seconds, $16,343; 3. Trevor Brazile/Patrick Smith, 4.3, $10,895; 4. Kaleb Driggers/Jade Corkill, 4.9, $7,656; 5. (tie) Chad Masters/Clay O’Brien Cooper and Erich Rogers/Kory Koontz, 4.9, $4,712.
Round 5, tie-down roping
We have a reride in bronc riding. Tie-down roping: 1. Matt Shiozawa, 7.2 seconds, $18,257; 2. (tie) Clint Robinson and Bradley Bynum, 7.5, $12,662; 4. Justin Mass, 7.9, $7,656; 5. (tie) Cody Ohl and Clif Cooper, 8.0, $3,828.
Colletti wins fifth go-round at NFR
LAS VEGAS – If Casey Colletti had a one-horse trailer, he’d haul Scarlett’s Web with him to every rodeo. He proved why on Monday night by winning bareback riding’s fifth go-round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo with an 88.5-point ride on the Classic Pro Rodeo bucking horse. It helped Colletti to an $18.257 payday […]
Glause is going nose-to-nose at NFR
LAS VEGAS – There’s a different kind of toughness in the sport of rodeo. Seth Glause is showing that during the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. On Friday night during the second round of the 2012 championship, Glause rode Classic Pro Rodeo’s Medicine Show for 86.5 points to finish fourth. Then as he got off, Glause […]
Armes grapples his way to NFR money
LAS VEGAS – The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo features the most pressure-packed competition in the sport every year. Sometimes the best way to handle all that is to just relax and enjoy. Bray Armes did that Saturday night in the third go-round of ProRodeo’s grand championship, and it paid off with a 3.8-second run, which […]
Pierce changes focus, hopes for better
LAS VEGAS – Carlee Pierce knew something was wrong. She just didn’t want to admit that something was her. Through three go-rounds of the 2012 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Pierce has faltered. This is the richest rodeo in the world with a purse of $6.125 million, and nightly winners will earn paychecks worth $18,257. Not […]
Round 4, first three events
Bareback riding: 1. Kaycee Feild, 87 points on Classic Pro Rodeo’s Kattle Katie, $18,257; 2. Caleb Bennett, 86, $14,429; 3. J.R. Vezain, 85.5, $10,895; 4. Bobby Mote, 85, $7,656; 5. (tie) Casey Colletti and Matt Bright, 84.5, $3,828. Steer wrestling: 1. Luke Branquinho, 3.3 seconds, $18.257; 2. Bray Armes, 3.6, $14,429; 3. Beau Clark, […]
Round 4, broncs and calf roping
Saddle bronc riding: 1. Jesse Wright on Frontier Rodeo’s Wild Bill, 90 points, $18,257; 2. Cody Wright, 86.5, $14,429; 3. Cody DeMoss, 86, $10,895; 4. Wade Sundell, 84, $7,656; 5. Isaac Diaz, 81, $4,712; 6. Cole Elshere, 80.5, $2,945. Tie-down roping: 1. Tuf Cooper, 7.8 seconds, $18,257; 2. Fred Whitfield, 8.1, $14,429; 3. Clint Robinson, […]
Round 4, barrel racing and bull riding
Barrel racing: 1. Sherry Cervi, 13.67 seconds, $18,257; 2. Carlee Pierce, 13.75, $14,429; 3. Lindsay Sears, 13.81. $10,895; 4. Lisa Lockhart, 13.82, $7,656; 5. Kaley Bass, 13.90, $4,712; 6. Kelli Tolbert, 13.97, $2,945. Bull riding: 1. Clayton Savage, 78.5 points on Rafter H Rodeo’s El Capitan, $18,257; 2. Ardie Maier, 76, $14,429; no other qualified […]
Armes places in NFR for 2nd straight night
LAS VEGAS – Steer wrestler Bray Armes is comfortable in his surroundings at the Wrangler National Finals rodeo. After failing to place among the top six in the first two go-rounds, Armes has gone back-to-back in Rounds 3-4. His most recent stroke of success came Sunday with a 3.6-second run on the fourth night of […]
Colletti rides Jesse’s Girl for NFR cash
LAS VEGAS – In his first two qualifications to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Casey Colletti has earned nearly $100,000 in the City of Lights. Nearly $22,000 has come off the back of Smith Harper & Morgan Rodeo’s Jesse’s Girl – he won the ninth go-round in 2011, then matched moves with the mare for […]
Bright happy to have success at NFR
LAS VEGAS – There is a grin as broad as Texas on Matt Bright’s face, and it’s adding to the City of Lights. Bright, a 29-year-old bareback rider from Azle, Texas, has placed in back-to-back go-rounds at the Wrangler National finals Rodeo. Now in his third qualification to ProRodeo’s grand finale, the Tennessee-born cowboy has […]
Dillion carries Pierce to pay window
LAS VEGAS – It took a few nights for the lights to flicker in Carlee Pierce’s eyes. For three go-rounds to open the 2012 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, the Stephenville, Texas, cowgirl watched overturned barrels diminish her expectations at the sport’s grand championship. She finished last the first three nights, and after some soul-searching and […]
Round 3, bull riding
Bull riding: 1. Cody Teel on Kesler Rodeo’s Whiskey Jack, 88 points, $18,257; 2. Beau Schroeder, 84.5, $14,429; 3. Shane Proctor, 83, $10,895; 4. Seth Glause, 82, $7,656, 5. Tag Elliot, 81.5, $4,712; 6. Brett Stall, 78, $2,945.