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Cheyenne Frontier Days steer wrestling is legendary
By Susan Kanode
Jul 30, 2010

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. ---July 29, 2010 --- The steer wrestling at Cheyenne Frontier Days (CFD) has been wild and western for nearly 100 years.

The first contest here was in 1914 and was won by Ed McCarty who went on to become a stock contractor and part owner of the legendary horse Midnight. It is a rodeo where legends are made and there are several things that factor into that.

All of the steers are fresh meaning that they have never been competed on before. They get a 30-foot head start, so they are running full-bore when the contestant gets to them and you never know who will end up flipping end over end during a run. Throughout the years, there have been many winners from here that have gone on to qualify for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

Two men that competed at the sixth performance here on Thursday are hoping to add their names to that list. Brad McGilchrist from Marysville, Calif., and Jule Hazen from Ashland, Kan. Hazen has been to the Wrangler National Finals rodeo one time. McGilchrist, originally from Australia has yet to qualify for rodeo’s championship event.

Hazen is at the top of the second round and over-all standings here. He had a time of 8.5 to move into first in the round and a total time of 15.7 seconds on two head. McGilchrist leads the first round with a time of 5.3 seconds, just two tenths off of the arena record of 5.1. He is second overall with 16.1. They will both qualify for Sunday ‘s final round and are in contention for their first CFD championship.

Last year’s bareback champion, Will Lowe could get another buckle here. Lowe is first in the second round and sixth in the overall standings. There are 19 bareback riders that will compete here on Friday and Saturday that will attempt to move him out of the standings. He might not hold his position but with this total score of 152 points, he is likely to be back here Sunday.

Billy Etbauer was hoping to repeat his saddle bronc riding win from last year, but is 11th in the standings here. With two more performances to go, Etbauer probably will get moved out of the top 12.

Trevor Brazile, the seven-time all-around champion is in contention for his first buckle here since 2001. Brazile is sixth in the tie-down roping standings. A broken barrier in team roping will prevent he and Patrick Smith from advancing to the finals in that event. He is 12th in the steer roping, so will be waiting to see what the six ropers left to compete do over the next two days. The all-around race here is still wide open, but Brazile is the favored cowboy to win.

There are still just two bull riders that have been successful on two rides. Thursday’s rodeo participated in the Tough Enough To Wear Pink Campaign and all of the bulls were named after cancer survivors.

Jake Hayworth from St. Anthony, Idaho is now tied for the lead in the overall standings of saddle bronc riding with 165 points. He is tied with Bradley Harter from Weatherford, Texas. Hayworth qualified for the NFR but was unable to compete because he injured his knee. He would certainly like to be among the competitors in Las Vegas in December and a win here would help him achieve that goal.

All of the cowboys at Friday’s rodeo will be in their first round of competition. Barrel racers are in their second. The rodeo starts at 1 p.m., and at its conclusion the first round in all of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association events will be complete. 

The following are current leaders from the 114th Annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo after the sixth performance on Thursday, July 29, 2010:

Bareback Riding: (first round) 1, R.C. Landingham, Pendleton, Ore., 84 points on Barnes Rodeo’s Bow Tie. 2, Caleb Bennett, Bluffdale, Texas, 81. 3, Jason Havens, Prineville, Ore., 80. 4, (tie) Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., and Cody DeMers, Kimberley, Idaho, 79. 6, (tie) Luke Creasy, Brownfield, Alberta; Dusty LaValley, Bezanson, Alberta; and Justin McDaniel, Porum, Okla., 78. (second round) 1 (tie), Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, and Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., 80 points each on Barnes Rodeo’s First Light and Harry Vold Rodeo’s Midnight Annie, respectively. 3, Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D., 79. 4 (tie), Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., Jeremy Mouton, Scott, La., and Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas, 78 points each. 7, (tie) D.V. Fennell, Neosho, Mo., and Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 77 points each. (total on two) 1, Dent, 159. 2, Bennett, 157. 3, Landingham, 156. 4, Havens, 155. 5, Mouton, 154. 6, Lowe, 153. 7, Stevenson, 152. 8, Mote, 150. 9, DeMers, 149. 10, Fennell, 149.

Steer Roping: (first round) 1, Roy Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 13.9 seconds. 2, Chris Anderson, Merino, Colo., 14.5. 3, (tie) Dee Kyler Jr., Pawhuska, Okla., and Trent Mills, Gillette, Wyo., 14.6. 5, Chance Kelton, Mayer, Ariz., 14.7. 6, J.R. Magdeburg, III, Roland, Okla., 15.2. 7, Tim Abbott, Gardendale, Texas, 15.4. 8, Shandon Stalls, McClean, Texas, 15.8. (second round) 1, Kyler, 12.2. 2, Wade Shoemaker, DVM, Gill, Colo., 13.1. 3, Brady Garten, Pawhuska, Okla., 13.3. 4, Kelton, 13.5. 5 (tie), Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan.; Chuck Thomson, Oklahoma City; and Neal Wood, Guy, Texas, 13.8. 8, 6, Ty Herd, Irene, Texas, 13.9. (total on two) 1, Kyler, 26.8. 2, Kelton, 28.2. 3, Patterson, 31.20. 4, Mills, 33.3. 5, Will McBride, Ogallala, Neb., 35.3. 6, Ora Taton, Rapid City, S.D., 35.8. 7, Fred Brown, Colbert, Wash., 35.9. 8, Anderson, 36.6. 9, Paul Patton, Abilene, Texas, 37.3; 10 (tie) Bobby Joe Hill, Mexia, Texas, and Justin McKee, Lenapah, Okla., 37.70.

Tie-Down Roping: (first round) 1, Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 12.7 seconds. 2, Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., 13.1. 3, Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 13.2. 4, Cimarron Boardman, Stephenville, Texas, 13.6. 5, Cheyenne Stanley, Wapanucka, Okla., 13.9. 6, (tie) Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, and Clay Cowan, Highmore, S.D., 14.1. 8, Britt Bath, Burns, Wyo., 14.7. (second round) 1, Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, 12.0. 2, Matt Kenney, Onawa, Iowa, 12.5. 3, Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas, 12.80. 4, Billy Hamilton, McAlester, Okla., 12.9. 5, (tie) Seth Hopper, Stanfield, Ore., and Clay Cerny, Brazoria, Texas, 13.0.  7, Monty Eakin, Benbrook, Texas, 13.1. 8, (tie) Owen Fagerhaug, Plankinton, S.D., Jason Hubbard, Wheatland, Wyo., and Guy Miller, Lamesa, Texas, 13.4. (total on two) 1, Herrin, 27.8. 2, Boardman, 28.4. 3, Arave, 29.5. 4, Miller, 29.8. 5, Hopper, 30.0. 6, Brazile, 31.0. 7, Tyler Faugerhaug, 31.2. 8, Cowan, 31.5. 9, Wes Lockard, Susanville, Calif., 33.1. 10, Jim Bob Fritz, Whitesboro, Texas, 33.8.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, Sam Spreadborough, Snyder, Texas, 87 points on Vold Rodeo’s Fergie. 2, (tie) Tyrell Smith, Great Falls, Mont., and Shaun Stroh, Dickinson, N.D., 85. 4, Kaleb Asay, Powell, Wyo., 84.  5, (tie) Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., and Jake Hayworth, St. Anthony, Idaho, 83. 7, Dustin Flundra, Pincher Creek, Alberta, 82. 8, Jake Griffin, Powell, Wyo., 81. (second round) 1, Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 86 points on Stace Smith Rodeo’s Goin’ South. 2, Alex Wright, Virgin, Utah, 84. 3 (tie), Tyrel Larsen, Whitewood, S.D. and Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M., 83 points each. 5, Anthony Bello, Kamas, Utah, and Jake Hayworth, St. Anthony, Idaho, 82 points each. 7, (tie) Louie Brunson, Interior, S.D.; Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D.; and Sam Kelts, Millarville, Alberta, 81. (total on two) 1, (tie) Harter and Hayworth, 165 points each. 3, (tie) Ferley, and Spreadborough, 164. 5, Flundra, 162. 6, Bello, 160. 7, (tie) Brunson and Larsen, 158. 9, Muncy, 157. 10, Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 156. 

Steer Wrestling: (first round) 1, Brad McGilchrist, Marysville, Calif., 5.3. 2, T.J. Bohlender, Canyon, Texas, 6.4. 3, Seth Murphy, South Heart, N.D., 6.7. 4, Todd Woodward, Lethbridge, Alberta, 7.0. 5, (tie) Jule Hazen, Ashland, Kan., and  Clay Schaack, Wall, S.D., 7.2. 7, Nick Guy, Sparta, Wis., 7.3. 8, Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., 7.4. (second round) 1, Jule Hazen, Ashland, Kan., 8.5. 2, Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, 8.6. 3, Leon Garrett, Pierre, S.D., 8.8. 4, Casey McMillen, Redmond, Ore., 9.6. 5, Tommy Cook, McAlester, Okla., 9.8. 6, Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 9.9. 7, Ryan Shaw, Plain City, Utah, 10.0. 8, Clay Cowan, Highmore, S.D., 10.1. (total on two) 1, Hazen, 15.7. 2, McGilchrist, 16.1. 3, McMillen, 17.8. 4, Jones, 17.9. 5, Jarrett, 18.2. 6, Mulligan, 19.4. 7, Johnny Asher, Speedwell, Tenn., 20.1. 8, Schaack, 20.3. 9, John Franzen, Riverton, Wyo., 20.6. 10, Stan Branco, Chowchilla, Calif., 20.8. 

Team Roping: (first round) 1, (tie) Delon Parker, Worden, Mont., and Justin Viles, Cody, Wyo.; and Brady and Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash.; 8.2 seconds. 3, Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., and Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz., 8.5. 4, Josh Fillmore, Florence, Colo., and Lance Fillmore, Pueblo, Colo., 8.8. 5, (tie) Joel Bach, Milsap, Texas, and Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas; and Justin Copp, Justin, Texas, and David Motes, Tolar, Texas; 9.2. 7, (tie) Manny Eguisquiza, Jr., Madison, Ga., and Kelsey Parchman, Cumberland City, Tenn.; and Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas and Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, 9.4.  (second round) 1, Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, and Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas, 7.6. 2, Jesse Echtler, Huntsville, Texas, and Pat Grieve, Baggs, Wyo., 8.0. 3, Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 8.1. 4, Cole Cooper, Grand Junction, Colo., and T.J. Watts, Eads, Colo., 8.2. 5, Spencer Mitchell, Colusa, Calif., and Broc Cresta, Santa Rosa, Calif., 8.3. 6, John Robertson, Polson, Mont., and Cody Tew, Harlowton, Mont., 8.6. 7, (tie) Jay Wadhams and J.D. Yates, Pueblo, Colo., Edward Hawley, Jr., Hays, Mont., and Sid Sporer, Cody, Wyo.; and Wade Hooker, Winchester, Calif., and Blaine Linaweaver, Leavenworth, Kan., 8.7.  (total on two) 1, Echtler and Grieve, 18.1. 2, Bach and Skelton, 18.2. 3, Mitchell and Cresta, 18.6. 4, (tie) Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas, and Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas, and Matt Sherwood and Randon Adams, 18.8. 6, Bobby Harris, Highmore, S.D., and Britt Williams, Hammond, Mont., 19.2. 7, Wadhams and Yates, 19.3. 8, David Motes, Tolar, Texas, and Justin Copp, Justin, Texas, 19.4. 9, Trey Johnson, Midland, Texas, and Justin Parish, Mineral Wells, Texas, 19.5. 10, Egusquiza and Parchman, 19.9.

Women’s Barrel Race: (second round) 1, Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta, 17.40. 2, Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 17.52. 3, Angie Meadors, Blanchard, Okla., 17.60. 4, Kim Schulze, Elbert, Colo., 17.69. 5, Ashley Leifeste, Willow City, Texas, 17.74. 6, Sammi Bessert, Loma, Colo., 17.77. 7, Sue Smith, Blackfoot, Idaho, 17.80. 8, Rainy Graham, Gardendale, Texas, 17.81.  (total on two) 1, Cervi, 35.14. 2, Sears, 35.24. 3, Smith, 35.50. 4, Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D., 35.55. 5, Meadors, 35.67. 6, (tie) Trula Churchill, Valentine, Neb., and Kelli Tolbert, Hooper, Utah, 35.68. 8, Graham, 35.69. 9, Jeanne Anderson, White City, Kan., 35.73. 10, Sydni Blanchard, Albuquerque, N.M., 35.76.

Bull Riding: (first round) 1, Seth Glause, Rock Springs, Wyo., 86 points on Triple V Rodeo’s 007. 2, (tie) Matt Pojanowski, Woodville, Wis., and Wesley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah, 85. 4, (tie) Jake Buller, Thermopolis, Wyo., and Marcus Michaelis, Caldwell, Idaho, 84. 6, (tie) Douglas Duncan, Alvin, Texas, and  Chad German, Groesbeck, Texas, 83. 8, (tie) Cameron Bland, Maben, Miss., and Clayton Savage, Casper, Wyo., 81. (second round ) 1, Shane Proctor, Mooresville, N.C., 87 points on Southwick Rodeo’s 441. 2, Cody Gardner, Fort Lupton, Colo., 84. 3, Tyler Thomson, Black Diamond, Alberta, 83. 4, (tie), Travis Atkinson, Lehi, Utah; and J.W. Harris, Mullin, Texas; and Souli Shanklin, Rocksprings, Texas, 82. 7, (tie) Silcox, and Allen Helmuth, Ellensburg, Wash., 81. 9, Mark Johansen, Strathmore, Alberta, 79. 10, Ty Hamaker, Centennial, Wyo., 77.  (total on two – two qualified) 1, Silcox, 166. 2, Pojanowski, 161.

Rookie Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, Hardy Braden, Welch, Okla., 69 points. 2, Jeremy Melancon, Bufflao, Texas, 68. 3, Dustin Moody, Visalia, Calif., 60. 4, Justin McCauley, Boulder, Mont., 58. (second round) 1, Brady Nicholes, Hoytsville, Utah, 78. 2, Sterling Crawley, Hillsboro, Texas, 69. 3, Allen Boore, Axtell, Utah, 66. 4, Brazos Peacock, Fort Stockton, Texas, 63. 5, Brian Dawson, Wisdom, Mont., 61. 6, Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah, 60. (total on two) 1, Moody, 117. 2, McCauley 113. 3, Peacock, 111. 4, Wright, 110. 5, Rob McGilvray, Gillette, Wyo., 95. 6, Jordan Corrigan, Toddville, Iowa, 87.

Wild Horse Race: 1, Jim Federer/Green Door, $635.