SPORTS
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
East Oregonian
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ROUND-UP: Kimzey claims second-straight title in bull riding
O’Connell on his last time
out at the Kitsap Stampede in
Bremerton, Washington.
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McGinn, 15.9, $722; 4. Troy Tillard, 19.6,
$532; 5. Worm Shipley, 23.5, $342; 6. Will
McBride, 27.1, $190.
Aggregate payout — 1. Ryan Rochlitz,
42.4 seconds on three head, $5,685; 2.
Jess Tierney, 47.6, $4,944; 3. Troy Tillard,
52.7, $4,202; 4. Will McBride, 57.9, $3,461;
5. Howdy McGinn, 58.2, $2,719; 6. Worm
Shipley, 66.8, $1,977; 7. Brent Lewis, 23.6
on two head, $1,236; 8. Guy Allen, 28.1,
$494.
Bareback riding
First round payouts — 1. Tim O’Connell,
88 points on Sankey Pro Rodeo & Robinson
Bulls’ Sozo, $5,666; 2. (tie) Richmond
Champion and R.C. Landingham, 83.5,
$3,777 each; 4. Blake Smith, 83, $2,077;
5. Tyler Scales, 82, $1,322; 6. (tie) Caleb
Bennett and J.R. Vezain, 81.5, $850 each; 8.
Jessy Davis, 80.5, $567.
Short-go payouts — 1. R.C. Landingham,
85.5 points on Korkow Rodeos’ Onion
Ring, $1,650; 2. J.R. Vezain, 85, $1,250; 3.
Tim O’Connell, 84, $900; 4. Blake Smith,
83.5, $600; 5. Caleb Bennett, 82.5, $350;
6. Richmond Champion, 79.5, $250.
Aggregate payouts — 1. Tim O’Connell,
172 points on two head, $5,666; 2. R.C.
Landingham, 169, $4,344; 3. (tie) J.R.
Vezain and Blake Smith, 166.5, $2,644
each; 5. Caleb Bennett, 164, $1,322; 6.
Richmond Champion, 163, $944; 7. Tyler
Scales, 157, $755; 8. Jessy Davis, 154.5,
$567.
BULL RIDING
When the reigning world
champion and the hottest
rider in the sport draws a bull
that averages 82.17 points
per ride for the Pendleton
Round-Up short-go, a betting
man knows exactly where to
place his money.
There’s never a sure thing
in rodeo, but that no-brainer
wager would have paid off
Saturday when 22-year-old
sensation
Sage
Steele
Kimzey of Strong City,
Oklahoma covered Burch
Rodeo’s Wolf of Wall Street
for 86.5 points to win the
short-go and the aggregate
title at the 106th Round-Up.
Kimzey totaled 169.5
points on two bulls, half a
point lower than he inished
with during his win at the
105th Round-Up.
“The victory laps at each
of these big rodeos are just
incredible, and it’s something
that the feeling will never
get old and it can never be
replaced by anything else,”
he said. “It’s something that
I really cherish and I really
love, getting to come out here
and ride at these big rodeos
and keep winning.”
Kimzey was the irst
rider to record a score in
the short-go, and 10 of the
12 inalists left with nothing
more than they came into the
round with.
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TEAM ROPING
For the irst part of 2016,
Ryan Reed did not have
much time spent in rodeoing.
The Wittman, Arizona
resident was spending time
shoeing horses at his home,
until a buddy of his, Dalton
Pearce of San Luis Opisbo,
California said he wanted to
make a run at the Resistol
Rookie title in team roping.
So the pair teamed up and
started together at the Reno
Rodeo in Nevada in mid-June
and soon success followed.
By September, Reed had
worked his way to 29th in the
world standings as a header,
and Pearce had already
climbed the rookie leader-
board and sat at the top as a
heeler. On Saturday the duo
claimed their biggest win of
the year by winning the team
roping title with a time of
19.5 on three head.
“I’ve been dreaming
about winning a rodeo like
this my whole life,” Reed
said. “It feels awesome.”
Reed and Pearce were the
second-to-last team to rope
on Saturday and had about as
good a run as they could have
hoped for, stopping the clock
at 6.8 seconds to put them
easily into irst.
Hermiston native Jake
Stanley and Benton City,
Washington native Bucky
Campbell needed at least a
7.2 to win, but inished with
a 9.8 to place them fourth.
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Bull riding
First go payouts — 1. (tie) Garrett Smith,
on Flying Diamond Rodeo’s Dam Straight,
and Chase Robbins, on Sankey Pro Rodeo
& Robinson Bulls’ Delco, 86 points, $4,469
each; 3. Brady Portenier, 85.5, $2,867;
4. (tie) Jeffrey Ramagos, Roscoe Jarboe
and Dakota Louis, 84.5, $1,293 each; 7.
Sage Steele Kimzey, 83, $675; 8. Clayton
Savage, 82, $506.
Short-go payouts — 1. Sage Steele
Kimzey, 86.5 points on Burch Rodeo’s Wolf
Of Wall Street, $1,650; 2. Ednei Caminhas,
81.5, $1,250; Trevor Reiste, NS; Christopher
Byrd, NS; Cody Miller, NS; Clayton Savage,
NS; Dakota Louis, NS; Roscoe Jarboe, NS;
Jeffrey Ramagos, NS; Brady Portenier, NS;
Garrett Smith, NS.
Aggregate payouts — 1, 1. Sage Steele
Kimzey, 169.5 points on two head, $5,059;
2. Ednei Caminhas, 161/2, $3,879; 3. (tie)
Garrett Smith and Chase Robbins, 86 on
one head, $2,361 each; 5. Brady Portenier,
85.5/1, $1,180; 6. (tie) Roscoe Jarboe,
Dakota Louis and Jeffrey Ramagos, 84.5/1,
$675 each.
Team roping
First round payouts — 1. Aaron Macy/
Evan Arnold, 5.0 seconds, $4,347 each;
2. Bryce Palmer/Monty Joe Petska, 5.5,
$3,780; 3. Blake Teixeira/C.J. DeForest Jr.,
5.6, $3,213; 4. Ryan Reed/Dalton Pearce,
5.9, $2,646; 5. Blaine Vick/York Gill, 6.1,
$2,079; 6. David Temple/Tee Jay Brown,
6.2, $1,512; 7. Jake Cooper/Tyler McKnight,
6.3, $945; 8. (tie) Joel Bach/Kory Koontz
and Shane Erickson/Andy Carlson, 6.5,
$189 each.
Second round payouts — 1. (tie) Austin
Stafford/Dayton Stafford and Cody Snow/
Dugan Kelly, 5.3 seconds, $4,064 each;
3. (tie) Jake Stanley/Bucky Campbell and
Ralph Williams/Thomas Smith, 5.5, $2,930
each; 5. Jeff Flenniken/Tommye Flenniken
Jr., 5.7, $2,079; 6. (tie) Chant DeForest/
Bronc Boehnlein, Spencer Mitchell/Justin
Davis and Taylor White/Jason Minor, 6.0,
$945 each.
Short-go payouts — 1. (tie) David
Temple/Tee Jay Brown and Ryan Reed/
Dalton Pearce, 6.8 seconds, $1,352 each;
3. Garrett Rogers/Jake Minor, 7.2, $969; 4.
Bryce Palmer/Monty Joe Petska, 8.9, $714;
5. Jake Stanley/Bucky Campbell, 9.6, $459;
6. Cody Snow/Dugan Kelly, 11.9, $255.
Aggregate payouts — 1. Ryan Reed/
Dalton Pearce, 19.5 seconds on three
head, $6,521 each; 2. Garrett Rogers/Jake
Minor, 20.9, $5,670; 3. David Temple/Tee
Jay Brown, 21.2, $4,820; 4. Jake Stanley/
Bucky Campbell, 21.8, $3,969; 5. Bryce
Palmer/Monty Joe Petska, 22.5, $3,119;
6. Coleman Proctor/Billie Jack Saebens,
25.5, $2,268; 7. Cody Snow /Dugan Kelly,
26.3, $1,418; 8. Jordan Tye/Ryan Powell,
26.6, $567.
BARREL RACING
It’s been a whirlwind
week in what has turned into
a dream season for Texas
barrel racer Stevi Hillman,
who carried her lead in barrel
racing wire-to-wire to win the
106th Pendleton Round-Up.
It’s also been a season of
irsts for the Weatherford,
Texas barrel racer, who
took her irst ride across the
expansive pattern during
Monday’s slack and will
appear in her irst Wrangler
National Finals Rodeo at
season’s end.
“This is a dream come
true. Just amazing,” said
Hillman, who teamed with a
mare on loan named Martini
for 29.72 second in the inals
and 59.4 on two. “I’m on
my 5-year-old this year,
amazing. I just can’t even
describe how this feels.
“It’s been a blessing. It’s
been an amazing year.”
With a steady drizzle
moistening the grass just
enough to cause some riders
problems, Hillman secured
her title on the inal stretch
as her split time between the
third barrel and the inish of
7.72 seconds was the fastest
in the round.
Pamela
Capper
of
Cheney, Washington had the
short-go’s top time at 29.69
and inished third in the
aggregate with 59.7 on two.
Defending Round-Up cham-
pion Kimmie Wall placed
third with 59.5 on two.
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Barrel racing
First round payouts — 1. Stevi Hillman,
29.64 seconds, $4,915; 2. Kimmie Wall,
29.77, $4,213; 3. Teri Bangart, 29.85,
$3,511; 4. Pamela Capper, 30.02, $3,043;
5. Jana Bean, 30.28, $2,341; 6. Darby Fox,
30.29, $1,873; 7. Carmel Wright, 30.31,
$1,404; 8. Sydni Blanchard, 30.33, $936; 9.
Cayla Melby, 30.39, $702; 10. Paige Willis,
30.45, $468.
Short-go payouts — 1. Pamela Capper,
29.69 seconds, $2,081; 2. Stevi Hillman,
29.72, $1,560; 3. Kimmie Wall, 29.77,
$1,040; 4. Carmel Wright, 29.94, $520.
Aggregate payouts — 1. Stevi Hillman,
59.36 seconds on two head, $4,915; 2.
Kimmie Wall, 59.54, $4,213; 3. Pamela Cap-
per, 59.71, $3,511; 4. Carmel Wright, 60.25,
$3,043; 5. Teri Bangart, 60.68, $2,341;
6. Cayla Melby, 60.79, $1,873; 7. Sydni
Blanchard, 61.00, $1,404; 8. Jana Bean,
61.41, $936; 9. Darby Fox, 62.09, $702; 10.
Paige Willis, 64.33, $468.
SADDLE BRONC
For years, bronc rider
Jesse Wright heard the stories
his brothers Cody, Jake, and
Spencer had told about the
victory lap at the Pendleton
Round-Up.
So on Saturday at the
106th Pendleton Round-Up,
TIE-DOWN
ROPING
East Oregonian photos by Kathy Aney, E.J. Harris and Rachel Owen
BGINNING AT TOP AND MOVING CLOCKWISE: Ryan Reed and Dalton Pearce inish a championship team roping
run Saturday at the Pendleton Round-Up. Stevi Hillman, from Weatherford, Texas was all smiles after winning
the barrel racing. Nick Guy of Sparta, Wis., marks a 5.4-second time in steer wrestling. Tim O’Connell, of Zwingle,
Iowa, score a championship 84-point ride in bareback. Tie-down roper Chase Williams, of Stephensville, Texas,
ropes his calf in 9.4 seconds to nail down the championship. Jessie Wright turns in an 85.5-point championship
ride in saddle bronc.
Jesse went out and won one
himself.
The 27-year-old Wright
scored an 85.5 point ride on
Burch Rodeo’s Lunatic From
Hell to give him a two-ride
total of 170.5 points — edging
out Cody DeMoss’ 170 point
total for the Round-Up saddle
bronc title. Wright said that
victory lap was everything he
thought it would be.
“It’s just awesome, man,”
he said after the ride. “It’s
pretty darn cool getting to open
up that horse around here with
everyone cheering for you.”
Wright’s brother Jake, the
2013 Round-Up champion,
had set the bar one ride prior
to Jesse on Saturday, riding
Outlaw Bucker’s Lunatic
Party for Saturday’s top
score of 86 points to bring
his two-ride total to 168. But
Jesse said he knew he had a
great horse and a good shot
to top that.
“I just got on that horse a
couple weeks ago in Rapid
City (South Dakota) and I
had missed him out … but
that horse is so awesome he
just kind of set me up for
an awesome score and an
awesome ride.”
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Saddle bronc riding
First round payouts — 1. Cody DeMoss,
87.5 points on Korkow Rodeos’ Duck Butter,
$4,961; 2. Jesse Wright, 85, $3,803; 3. (tie)
Luke Butterield, Clay Stremler, Clay Elliott
and Jake Wright, 82, $1,654 each; 7. Jacobs
Crawley, 81.5, $661; 8. (tie) Zeke Thurston
and Ryder Wright, 81, $248 each.
Short-go payouts — 1. Jake Wright, 86
points on Outlawbuckers Rodeo’s Lunatic
Party, $1,650; 2. Jesse Wright, 85.5,
$1,250; 3. (tie) Zeke Thurston, Ryder Wright
and Jacobs Crawley, 83.5, $617 each; 6.
Chet Johnson, 83, $250.
Aggregate payouts — 1. Jesse Wright,
170.5 points on two head, $4,961; 2. Cody
DeMoss, 170, $3,803; 3. Jake Wright, 168,
$2,811; 4. Jacobs Crawley, 165, $1,819;
5. (tie) Ryder Wright and Zeke Thurston,
164.5, $992 each; 7. Chet Johnson, 163,
$661; 8. Luke Butterield, 160.5, $496.
STEER
WRESTLING
Nick Guy entered the
Round-Up with plans to
continue hitting the rodeo
trail hard until the end of the
season as he chases down a
berth in the national inals.
But then the Wisconsin-born
steer wrestler who now
resides in Colorado turned
in three of the fastest times
of the week to place in every
round as well as win the
aggregate title, and igures
he’s due for a break.
“I was actually supposed
to go to Albuquerque, New
Mexico (Sunday) afternoon,
but I think I’m going to
turn out and head straight to
Denver,” he said. “Pasadena,
Texas is next weekend, but I
told myself if I won this deal
I was probably just going
to turn out and hang out at
home. I haven’t been home
for a long time, and we’ve
got a new house and I’m
ready to enjoy it. … I inally
got my own trophy room
now, so I can start illing it
up. I’m excited.”
He turned his steer in
5.4 seconds for the quickest
time in Saturday’s short-go,
giving him the win with 15.9
seconds on three.
“It’d been a long 30
days and I just couldn’t win
anything,” he said, “and I just
let it be in God’s hands and
just, you know, had fun and
did what I did. It worked out
and I’m glad to be the champ.”
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Steer wrestling
First round payouts — 1. Newt Novich,
5.0 seconds, $4,050; 2. (tie) J.D. Struxness,
Riley Krassin and Dakota Eldridge, 5.5,
$2,994 each; 5. Jesse Brown, 5.6, $1,937;
6. Nick Guy, 5.7, $1,409; 7. Olin Hannum,
5.8, $881; 8. Trevor Knowles, 5.9, $352.
Second round payouts — 1. Nick Guy,
4.8 seconds, $4,050; 2. Brandon Chris-
tensen, 5.2, $3,522; 3. Andy Weldon, 5.3,
$2,994; 4. Chance Gartner, 5.5, $2,465; 5.
Timmy Sparing, 5.6, $1,937; 6. Justin Shaf-
fer, 5.7, $1,409; 7. Jace Melvin, 5.8, $881;
8. (tie) Olin Hannum and Jason Thomas,
5.9, $176 each.
Short-go payouts — 1. Nick Guy, 5.4
seconds, $1,494; 2. (tie) Timmy Sparing
and Dakota Eldridge, 5.5, $1,107 each; 4.
Billy Bugenig, 6.0, $721; 5. Riley Krassin,
6.9, $464; 6. Olin Hannum, 7.8, $258.
Aggregate payouts — 1. Nick Guy, 15.9
seconds on three head, $6,076; 2. Dakota
Eldridge, 17.5, $5,283; 3. Timmy Sparing,
18.7, $4,491; 4. Olin Hannum, 19.5, $3,698;
5. Riley Krassin, 19.9, $2,906; 6. Billy Bu-
genig, 20.0, $2,113; 7. J.D. Struxness, 26.4,
$1,321; 8. Chance Gartner, 27.8, $528.
BAREBACK
Jim Dandy started his
bucking career with a saddle
on his back, but for the last four
years the laxen chestnut gelding
has been going au naturale.
Tim O’Connell drew the
consistent steed to close
Saturday’s short-go, and
scored 84 points to give him
172 on two and his second
championship at the world
famous rodeo.
“That’s a horse that’s been
in the NFR, I mean he’s been
around a long time, he used
to be a saddle bronc horse,”
O’Connell said of the Burch
Rodeo bucker after winning
his second Round-Up title.
“They switched him up to
us and I’m sure happy they
did. He was fantastic, really
started out, and I just put
the brakes on him, tried to
shorten him up — fantastic
horse and I was awfully
tickled, awfully blessed.”
The Zwingle, Iowa rider
shared his irst Round-Up title
with Caleb Bennett in 2014.
Former Pendleton resi-
dent RC Landingham had the
highest of the round with 85.5
on Korkow Rodeo’s Onion
Ring, who actually bucked
There are several ways
cowboys can gain an unfair
competitive advantage in
rodeo, but none that would be
considered within the rules.
Chase Williams couldn’t
help but feel like he’d
found a rare exception after
winning the tie-down roping
title with a 9.4-second run in
Saturday’s short-go to give
him 28.3 on three head.
With most of the calves in
the pen looking for freedom
by veering left out of the
chute on the east end of the
arena, Williams’ draw just
had to be different.
“He was a really good
one,” said the Stephenville,
Texas roper. “He come to
the right, so it’s almost like
cheating. Everything goes
left or straight, but this makes
it so much faster. I was so
happy when he came right.”
Brad Goodrich of Herm-
iston had a 9.5 in the short-go
and was second in the aggre-
gate with 29-lat on three.
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Tie-down roping
First round payouts — 1. Shank Ed-
wards, 8.4 seconds, $4,111; 2. Blane Cox,
8.6, $3,575; 3. Ty Holly, 8.7, $3,039; 4. Paul
David Tierney, 8.8, $2,503; 5. J.C. Malone,
9.0, $1,966; 6. Chase Williams, 9.1, $1,430;
7. (tie) Riley Pruitt, Jake Pratt and Shane
Hanchey, 9.2, $417 each.
Second round payouts — 1. Brad
Goodrich, 9.4 seconds, $4,111; 2. Chase
Williams, 9.8, $3,575; 3. (tie) Jesse Clark
and Sterling Smith, 9.9, $2,771 each; 5.
Shane Erickson, 10.0, $1,966; 6. Adam
Gray, 10.1, $1,430; 7. (tie) Tyler Prcin and
Austin Barstow, 10.4, $626 each.
Short-go payouts — 1. Blane Cox, 9.0
seconds, $1,320; 2. (tie) Chase Williams
and Blair Burk, 9.4, $978 each; 4. Brad
Goodrich, 9.5, $637; 5. J.C. Malone, 10.3,
$410; 6. Ty Holly, 10.5, $228.
Aggregate payouts — 1. Chase Williams,
28.3 seconds on three head, $6,167; 2.
Brad Goodrich, 29.0, $5,363; 3. Ty Holly,
30.2, $4,558; 4. Blane Cox, 30.8, $3,754;
5. (tie) J.C. Malone and Blair Burk, 31.0,
$2,547 each; 7. Shane Erickson, 31.5,
$1,341; 8. Matt Shiozawa, 31.8, $536.