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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Steer roper Chris Glover, Keenesburg, Colorado, roped his way to the championship spot Friday at the Pendleton Round-Up.
ROUND-UP: Day 4 crowns champions
wasn’t going for the win, but
it went that way. I felt I was
late, but that just gave me
the hustle I needed.”
It was a close match —
Masters and Worley took
the title by just 0.1 seconds,
edging out Colton Campbell
and Jordan Ketscher, and
Garret Rogers and Cesar de
la Cruz, who were tied at 6.1
seconds.
“Yeah, our partners men-
tioned they didn’t want to
come with us this year,”
he said. “But they’re good
guys. They’ll be happy for
us.”
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to go home (Nebraska),” he
said. “This is a way better
deal.”
Larsen ranks fourth in
the world standings and will
make his fourth consecutive
trip to the NFR in December.
“Every little bit helps,”
he said. “Big or small.”
Saddle bronc riding
With three Wrights in
the finals, odds were pretty
good one of them would
come away with the title.
That one would be Jesse
Wright, whose score of 168
on two topped the field that
included his twin brother
Jake, his nephew Ryder,
and brother-in-law CoBurn
Bradshaw.
“It’s pretty awesome,”
said Jesse Wright, who also
won the title in 2015. “Win-
ning this rodeo, even though
I’ve done it before, feels like
the first time.”
Wright, who had an 83 to
get into the finals, turned in
an 85 on Marquee on Satur-
day and pocketed more than
$7,600.
“That’s the third time I
have been on that horse, but
the first time I have gotten a
score on him,” Wright said.
“He is a really good horse.
They win a lot of rodeos on
him.”
Wright, who has made
seven trips to the NFR, will
miss out this year after sit-
ting out two months with a
broken collar bone.
“This is a good way to
end the summer,” he said.
Bull riding
There were a lot of
good scores in the bull rid-
ing during the preliminary
rounds, but come the final
round Saturday, the bulls
were fighting to see whose
name would go up on the
wall outside of the stadium.
Jordan Spears, whose
first bull, Hot Axe, tried to
Steer roping
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Jesse Wright of Milford, Utah, rides Marquee for 85 points on Saturday in saddle
bronc riding at the Pendleton Round-Up.
climb out of the chute, got a
second bull named Mr. Mus-
tachio. He then went for an
8-second ride for a score of
86 points.
It would be the only legal
ride in the round, giving the
Terrebonne cowboy the title
and a pocket full of money.
“I’d been on that bull four
times and rode him three,”
he said. “He is an honest
bull and gives you a chance
to win. I’ve always had
good luck on him. I needed
to win Pendleton to give me
a chance for the NFR.”
He has been to the NFR
three times, but this is his
first Pendleton win.
“The fact that you will
have your name on the wall
for a year is awesome,” he
said. “I will definitely be
stopping and taking a pic-
ture with it.”
Calf roping
Shane Hanchey set out to
defend his world champion
calf roping title, but not if
J.C. Malone could help it.
Malone, of Plain City,
Utah, claimed the Pendle-
ton Round-Up trophy after
tying his calf in just 8.6 sec-
onds — nearly three sec-
onds faster than Hanchey,
who finished in 11.4
“It’s unbelievable,” said
Malone, 33. “This is a pres-
tige rodeo. Everyone wants
to win the buckle.”
Malone got his PRCA
card in 2004, and even won
the same event at the 2015
Round-Up. He says that
experience gave him the
confidence to come through
with the win.
“It takes a lot to get to
this level,” he said. “I’ve
exceeded my expectations.”
And it wasn’t just Malone
that had a good day — his
horse Lucy won the Round-
Up’s Horse of the Year, all
while carrying a filly. She’s
due in May.
Malone walked away
with $9,241, and will travel
to his home state to finish off
the season.
“This is a good way to
cap it all off,” he said.
Team roping
This year’s team roping
award went to a match made
on the fly.
Chad Masters and Tyler
Worley roped their steer in 5
seconds flat to win the cov-
eted prize, but they didn’t
originally intend on riding
together.
“Both of our partners
didn’t want to rope on the
grass,” Worley said. “It’s
slick if you don’t have a
horse that’s used to it.”
Worley says both of their
partners have competed at
the Round-Up before. But
this year, they missed out.
“This is a huge blessing,”
Worley said. “It’s awesome
— all of my heroes have
been here.”
Worley will collect
$8,372 and go back to his
Berryville, Ark., home to
visit with his mom and dad
for a couple of days before
competing in some Texas
rodeos, while Masters will
reunite with his original
partner for the trip to Las
Vegas and the NFR later this
year.
“Coming in, it was real
tight,” Masters said. “I
On Friday, Chris Glover
won the steer roping for the
day. The next day, he was
the champion.
It was a daunting task
— the Keenesburg, Colo.,
cowboy was set to ride
against the six-million dol-
lar king of cowboys, Trevor
Brazile. Not only that, but
slack leader Chet Herren
and Cody Lee both topped
his 17.9-second finals time
with 14.9 and 16.7 runs,
respectively.
But with Glover’s 47.5
average, he beat the odds
and emerged victorious,
claiming both the top prize,
and the bragging rights of
being the only cowboy to
eclipse Brazile, a 23-time
world champ, who finished
with a 48.2-second average.
“There’s nothing better,”
said Glover, 58. “I knew I
had a chance going in.”
This year was his sec-
ond steer roping Round-Up
win, a title that he originally
took back in 2013. Glover
says he dedicates this year’s
win to his father Sonny,
who taught him everything
he knew, and his grand-
daughter Riley Maddison,
who he gifted his former
rodeo horse to. He collected
$9,841 worth of Round-Up
prize money.
“I’m very fortunate. My
body’s still good,” he said.
“I’m gonna keep going till
there ain’t no more left in
me.”
Barrel racing
Cheyenne Allan was on
fire.
The barrel racer not only
won the Round-Up champi-
onship, but also completed
one of the Round-Up’s fast-
est runs, clocking in at 28.62
seconds.
And that’s saying quite
a bit — the rodeo grounds
were red hot on Saturday.
Kacey Gartner got the fast-
est run of the afternoon with
28.47 seconds, and Fri-
day’s winner Jolene Doug-
las-Hoburg finished in 28.76
seconds.
But it was Allan’s
57.38-overall average that
earned her the top spot.
Her win was more than
just that — she said it was
a like a dream come true.
As the Round-Up came to
a close, family, friends and
fans swarmed Allan for cel-
ebration, pictures and auto-
graphs. The Mabton, Wash.,
cowgirl has been competing
at the Round-Up since 2001,
and is now 61 years old. She
set the arena record during
her debut year at 28.01 sec-
onds. This year, she won on
the back of Molly, a horse
she bred and trained herself.
“This was a miracle,”
she said. “This was the first
time I’ve done this phenom-
enally at Pendleton. I can’t
believe it. This is the big-
gest accomplishment of my
career — of my life.”
Allan says it’s good to be
one of the older competitors
— it gave her more expe-
rience, patience, and bet-
ter horsemanship, allowing
her to best cowgirls half her
age.
This year’s Round-Up
closed out her 2018 sea-
son, and she’ll enjoy a
$10,888 payday, courtesy of
Pendleton.
PREP ROUNDUP
Mustangs win first game of the season
East Oregonian
Mason Lehman scored three
touchdowns to lead Heppner to
a 20-6 nonleague win Saturday
over Lost River in Bend.
Lehman ran for 103 yards
and two scores, and caught a
touchdown pass from Jayden
Wilson. He also finished
with four tackles and one
interception.
Jason Rae led the Mustangs
(1-2) with 13 tackles, while
Gavin Hanna-Robinson had
nine and Blake Wolters seven.
Zachay Buller scored the
Raiders’ lone touchdown in the
fourth quarter.
SETON CATHOLIC 66,
RIVERSIDE 0 – The Pirates
faced a crushing defeat when
they traveled to Vancouver’s
Seton Catholic High School on
Saturday.
This is Riverside’s sec-
ond consecutive loss, and they
are currently 0-2 after a loss
against Portland Christian that
opened their season. They will
host Vancouver’s King’s Way
Christian High School this
Friday.
VOLLEYBALL
RIVERSIDE – The
Echo Cougars won the Riv-
erside-hosted
volleyball
tournament on Saturday.
The
three-set
tour-
nament saw Echo win
matches against Stanfield
— 25-13 and 25-18 —
Elgin — 25-17 and 25-18
and South Wasco County
— 25-22 and 25-23.
The Cougars have won
this tournament for three
out of the last four years.
BOYS SOCCER
FOUR RIVERS 7, IRRI-
GON 3 – Irrigon is now 0-6
overall after losing their first
league game of the season
against Four Rivers over the
weekend. The Knights will
host Nyssa (3-1) on Saturday.
ONTARIO 2, MAC-HI 1
– The Mac-Hi Pioneers lost at
home against Ontario on Sat-
urday afternoon.
This was the league opener
for Mac-Hi, as well as their
first loss so far this year. They
are now 3-1 overall, and will
host Pendleton (0-2-1) in a
nonleague game on Tuesday.
GIRLS SOCCER
SHADLE PARK 3,
HERMISTON 0 — The
Bulldogs lost their sixth con-
secutive game Saturday at
Kennison Field.
Shadle Park, from Spo-
kane, Wash., is the first non-
league opponent the Bull-
dogs have faced. They resume
league play at home Thursday
against Walla Walla.
RIVERSIDE 4, RIVER-
DALE 0 – Riverside defended
their home turf with another
win Saturday, this time against
Riverdale, besting them 4-0.
The Pirates are now 3-2-1
for the season, and will open
their league with a game
against Umatilla (1-3) on
Thursday.
MAC-HI 3, ONTARIO 2
– The Mac-Hi Lady Pioneers
won at home against Ontario
on Saturday. They remain
undefeated with a 4-0-1
record, and will travel to Pend-
leton (1-2) on Thursday.
Hermiston finishes
strong at Oregon City
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
The Hermiston cross
country team traveled to
the Oregon City Invita-
tional on Saturday, with
both the boys and girls
varsity teams placing
seventh overall.
Senior Freddy Men-
doza led the boys, fin-
ishing with a 17:11 time
and placing 19th in his
second meet. A num-
ber of other Hermis-
ton varsity runners per-
formed well, including
Greg Anderson (17:15),
Freddy Ibarra (17:41),
Simon
Headings
(17:55), and Adrian Del-
gado (18:21). Freshmen
Jackson Shaver and Car-
son Bradshaw finished in
18:32 and 18:55, respec-
tively, during the junior
varsity race.
Freshman
Cydney
Sanchez lead the girls’
varsity team with a 21:09
finish, placing 26th.
Fatima Frasser (22:40),
Ellie Ernst (22:54), and
Linda Wilson (23:18)
rounded out Hermiston’s
top runners of the meet.
“They’re young, but
they’re working hard,
and their progress shows
that hard work,” said
coach Troy Blackburn.
“We’re super excited
with the progress of both
teams as they continue to
gain experience.”