Wednesday, June 14, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
RODEO: Top cowboys
took thousands
in purses
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top bull riders for a rich purse
and the opportunity to climb
in the PRCA world standings.
Xtreme Bulls is a popular
event, and has been featured
at Sisters Rodeo since 2012.
In this year’s buck-out
Trent Jacobson, from Irwin,
Idaho, earned the first finals
and aggregate win of his
career, and took home his
first-ever prize money in an
Xtreme Bulls event. Jacobson
battled hard, securing the 10th
position in the final round
with a 73-point ride on a
bull called Ozone, owned by
the Corey and Lange Rodeo
Company, the same bull
that turned out an incredible
90-point ride at a spring rodeo
in Clovis, California.
In the finals, Jacobson
covered Anchor Man, a bull
ridden only three times for
score, to an 85.5, the finals
and aggregate championship,
and nearly $5,000 in prize
money.
The full rodeo commenced
on Thursday, with cowboys
and cowgirls battling each
night for a win and their over-
all position in the aggregate.
On Thursday night, Westyn
Hughes of Caldwell, Texas,
set a new arena record in tie-
down roping with a 7.6-sec-
ond run on a sprightly calf in
the second go-round, breaking
the original mark set by Blair
Burk of Durant, Oklahoma
in 1997, and tied last year by
Matt Shiozawa of Chubbock,
Idaho.
Friday-night action saw
Mat Turner of Gundagai,
Australia, turn in a 73.5-
point ride in bareback riding
for the win, and a 3.7-second
steer-wrestling victory by
Scott Guenthner of Provost,
Alberta.
Saturday results saw Jane
Melby make an incredible
17.39 run for the barrel rac-
ing win, and Nevada cowboy
Wyatt Denny finishing in a
tie with Clayton Biglow of
Clements, California, at 76.5
in the bareback grind.
Sunday saw the final round
of action and the squaring up
of several tight-run contests
in the aggregate. When it was
all over, Mount Vernon cow-
boy Trevor Knowles — an
Oregon favorite and peren-
nial National Finals Rodeo
PHOTO BY GREG WADDELL
Samantha zoone, from Wadhington, drawd a bead on the next barrel.
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PHOTO BY GARY MILLER
One of rodeo’d oldedt eventd, dteer wredtling, alwayd provided gritty action.
contestant — split the steer
wrestling aggregate with Olin
Hannum of Malad, Idaho,
earning nearly $4,000 for his
efforts.
In saddle bronc riding,
two-time World Champion
Taos Muncy of Corona, New
Mexico, who survived a spill
at last year’s rodeo when
his horse went down, and
who has lifetime winnings
of nearly $1.5 million in the
PRCA, took home a winner’s
buckle and $4,300.
The 2009 Indian National
Finals Rodeo winner Brooks
Dahozy of Window Rock,
Arizona, and his teammate
Jason Duby of Klamath Falls,
took home the team-roping
title with a 12.7-second time
in the aggregate.
In barrel racing, Jane
Melby from Burneyville,
Oklahoma, won a close-run
contest over second-place
finisher Tillar Murray from
Texas. Melby held on by
5/10s of a second at 17.39 for
over $4,000 in prize money.
The bareback riding crown
went to Justin Miller of
Billings, Montana, and the tie-
down aggregate champion-
ship went to Shane Hanchey,
at 17.9 seconds, good enough
for nearly $4,500.
The US Bank All Around
Cowboy buckle was awarded
to Jordan Ketscher, who
was the only contestant to
win money in two events.
Ketscher, of Squaw Valley,
California, pocketed over
$1,200 dollars in tie-down
and team roping.
Fans of Sisters Rodeo, who
come from all over the coun-
try to enjoy one of the finer
rodeo contests in America,
proved their own mettle by
coming out in droves — in
less than ideal weather — to
cheer on their favorite rodeo
athletes and to support this
signature event.
As Curt Robinson told The
Nugget, “Every event, every
performance, had something
to offer. And you can’t ask for
better than that.”
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