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East Oregonian
Friday, September 13, 2019
Rodeo: Barrel racer Jessica Crouch was Thursday’s top rider
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year’s Pendleton cham-
pion Sterling Lambert
will ride him Friday.
Bareback riding
Canadian
cowboy
Kody Lamb took over
the top spot in the event
with an 87-point ride on
Big Star, moving past
Tim O’Connell’s 86 from
Wednesday.
“I knew I had a really
good horse,” he said. “I
just worried about doing
my job. I try not to worry
about what has been done.
There’s nothing I can do
about it.”
It was the second time
Lamb had been on Big
Star.
“I had him in Oakdale
(California), but I missed
him out,” Lamb said.
It is the first Pendleton
Round-Up for Lamb, who
sits 26th in the bareback
world standings.
“I’ve been pro for six
years, but the first four I
was in college and had a
rodeo the same weekend
as Pendleton,” he said.
“The last two years, I was
hurt at this time. I love it.
It’s lived up to the expec-
tations and stories I have
heard.”
Orin Larsen, last year’s
Pendleton champ and
Lamb’s traveling partner,
had an 85 on Vee Bar Nine
for the second-best ride of
the afternoon.
Calf roping
In his fourth showing at
the Pendleton Round-Up,
25-year-old Taylor San-
tos took over the tie-down
leaderboard.
The Creston, Califor-
nia, native turned in an
8.3-second run on Thurs-
day afternoon, surpass-
ing Riley Pruitt’s sec-
ond go-round time of 8.9
seconds.
“It’s darn sure one of
my favorite rodeos of the
year,” Santos said of the
Round-Up. “I’ve made
the short round all three
years. It’s an adrenaline
rush coming off that hill
and onto the grass.”
Gooding, Idaho, roper
Jared Parke held the lead
at 11.8 until Santos took
over for good four rides
later.
Santos currently sits at
No. 10 in the world stand-
ings with $91,121 in total
earnings. After Thurs-
day’s run, Santos said his
chances are good to qual-
ify for the Saturday’s final
and add some more money
to that purse.
“If I can win a little
money in Pendleton,” he
said, “I’ll be able to qual-
ify for my first national
finals. It’ll be a childhood
dream come true.”
Team roping
Clay Smith and Jade
Corkill have only been
team roping together for
three months, but their
chemistry is already
unbeatable.
The duo roped their
steer in 5.9 seconds for
Thursday’s hottest run —
0.1 seconds faster than
Brandon Beers and Justin
Davis, who clocked in at 6
seconds flat.
“We didn’t make a
great run today,” Corkill
said. “We could’ve been a
little faster.”
Smith, a header from
Broken Bow, Oklahoma,
is No. 1 in the PRCA world
standings, and Cork-
ill, a heeler from Fallon,
Nevada, is No. 5. Smith
first reached out to Corkill
to team rope in May, and
the two have competed
in more than 40 rodeos
together since.
“I’ve known him for-
ever,” Corkill said of
Smith. “He just called me
one day and asked me to
rope.”
Only five teams had
qualifying runs Thursday.
Corkill said he plans to
continue his partnership
with Smith far beyond
their run this year.
“We want to keep
going as long as we
can,” he said. “Things
change all the time, but,
that’s the plan.”
Saddle bronc
Jake Finlay missed out
on the saddle bronc finals
by one spot last year, but
fans are sure to see the
Australian cowboy Sat-
urday after he posted an
87.5-point ride on the back
Zaria Hills.
“I’m stoked,” he said.
“That’s a damn good
horse. I got on her last
week in Puyallup and
made some money off her.
We treat each other pretty
good.”
Finlay, who has com-
peted in rodeos in Asia,
Australia, Canada and
the United States, said
Pendleton is by far his
favorite.
“It beats Houston and
all the big ones,” said
Finlay, who shares time
between Texas and South
Dakota. “You can’t com-
pare it to anything else.”
Sterling Crawley was
second with an 86, while
last year’s Pendleton
champ Jesse Wright had
an 85.5.
Bull riding
Daylon Swearingen is
a man in need of a few
dollars.
The Georgia cowboy
is sitting 16th in the world
standings, just $1,328 out
of 15th and a trip to the
NFR.
He might have put a
few dollars in his pocket
Thursday with an 88-point
ride on Ols Tubs Nickel
Package. His score puts
him at the top of the lead-
erboard, two points better
than Jeff Askey’s 86 from
Wednesday.
Trevor Kastler fol-
lowed with an 87 on Play-
ing a Chicken, while Sage
Kimzey, who has won the
past five world titles, had
an 84 on Ray’s Last Jump.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Barrel racer Jessica Crouch races to a time of 29.33 seconds during Thursday’s Pendleton Round-Up to win the round.
Steer roping
King of the Cow-
boys Trevor Brazile held
the fastest run going into
Thursday’s steer roping
event, but two ropers were
quick to take over.
Trenton Johnson of
Blue Mound, Kansas, was
the first to top Brazile’s
13.4-second ride, roping
his steer in 12.1 seconds
to take the top of the lea-
derboard. Two rides later,
Jason Evans outdid them
both.
The Glen Rose, Texas,
roper tied the knot in 11.5
seconds to jump to No. 1
in the event.
“It was a steer that
they’d missed in the first
round,” he said. “You
don’t know what was
going to happen with a
steer like that. There was
some phenomenal ropers
today, and the crowd was
real good and loud.”
Evans,
an
insur-
ance salesman, said the
Round-Up was one of
the few rodeos he’s found
time to rope in so far this
year.
“It was important to
me to do so well here,” he
said. “It’s one of my favor-
ite rodeos. Every time you
make the short round and
go to the finals, it’s amaz-
ing. You treasure it.”
Barrel racing
No racer was able
to beat Italy Sheehan’s
28.77-second Tuesday fin-
ish, but Jessica Crouch
was
Thursday’s
top
rider, clocking in at 29.33
seconds.
The Bend resident
edged out Battle Moun-
tain, Nevada’s Riata
Goemmer (29.44) and
Mindy Goemmer (29.94),
and Echo’s Bobbie Correa
(29.93). Three of the 12
riders suffered five-sec-
ond penalties before
finishing.
“That was really scary,”
Crouch said moments
after her finish. “That was
totally insane. There was
so much energy.”
Although Crouch hails
from Bend, she’s a former
Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College student, and
returned to Pendleton to
compete in her hometown
rodeo.
“I love it here,” she
said. “It feels so good to
be back.”
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Kody Lamb of Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, hangs on to
Big Star for an 87-point ride at the Pendleton Round-Up on
Thursday afternoon.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Daylon Swearingen, of Rochelle, Ga., rides his bull to a top
score of 88 during Thursday’s Pendleton Round-Up.
Prep Roundup: Portland Christian still unbeaten
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Volleyball
SOUTH
WASCO
COUNTY
3,
IONE/
ARLINGTON 2 — Ione/
Arlington started strong, tak-
ing the first two sets at home
against South Wasco County
before dropping the next
three in a five-set loss, 16-25,
22-25, 25-18, 25-23, 15-7.
Ione/Arlington (4-3, 1-1)
continues Big Sky play with
three matches next week,
beginning Tuesday with
Dufur on the road.
RIVERSIDE 3, UMA-
TILLA 1 —Riverside took
the Eastern Oregon League
opener against Umatilla in
four sets, 25-19, 25-14, 23-25,
25-17.
“We’ve just been strug-
gling with coverage and
communication on where
everybody is supposed to
be,” Umatilla coach Desirae
Zamudio said.
Umatilla’s Danica Har-
seen connected on all 11 of
her service attempts in the
match, while Chantal Lemus
also went 10-11 on services in
the loss.
The Viking’s (0-6, 0-1)
search for its first win on the
season with three nonleague
matches next week, including
a Monday match at Stanfield.
Riverside (2-4, 1-0) hosts
Stanford for a home tourna-
ment match on Saturday.
TOUCHET 3, MAC-HI
1 — The Pioneers struggled
with inexperience in a loss at
Touchet in Washington.
“We have such a young,
young team,” Pioneers’
coach Lucy Deal said.
“We’re still trying to over-
come the hurdles of being
mentally tough.”
Setter Cambree Ches-
ter contributed 36 assists
for Mac-Hi, while Darby
Rhodes, Jaycee Deal and
Sophie Olivia each tal-
lied two kills. Deal also had
five digs and Sydney Dibble
added another four.
The Pioneers (0-7) opens
Greater Oregon League play
next Tuesday at home against
La Grande.
Football
WESTON-MCEWEN
46, IRRIGON 6 —The
Tigerscots turned two “heart-
breaking” first half fumbles
from Irrigon into touchdowns
the other way and held on for
a 46-6 win.
While the Knights played
W-M tougher in the second
half, the early mistakes were
too much to overcome.
“They’re a well-coached
team, they aren’t very big but
they played really big,” Irri-
gon coach Ken Thompson
said. “Mistakes are mistakes,
but they still capitalized on
them.”
W-M (2-0) has a bye next
week and will return to action
on Sept. 27 at Culver. Irrigon
(0-2) plays Liberty at home
next week in another non-
league game.
“We got to block and
tackle better,” Thompson
said of next week. “Liberty is
a really good team, I’m look-
ing forward to the challenge.”
SCOREBOARD
LOCAL SLATE
Friday, Sept. 13
Football
Portland Christian at Riverside, 7 p.m.
Central Linn at Stanfield, 7 p.m.
Heppner at Santiam, 7 p.m.
Umatilla at Salem Academy, 7 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Tillamook, 7 p.m.
Pendleton at Hood River Valley, 7 p.m.
Richland at Hermiston, 7 p.m.
Volleyball
Pilot Rock at East-West Volleyball Classic
(at Powder Valley), 8 a.m.
Heppner at East-West Volleyball Classic
(at Powder Valley), 11 a.m.
Irrigon at Baker Tournament, TBD
Boys soccer
Irrigon at Ukiah/Long Creek, 4 p.m.
Girls soccer
Portland Christian at Riverside, 5 p.m.
Cross-country
Pendleton, Umatilla at 43rd Annual
Catherine Creek Scamper
Saturday, Sept. 14
Volleyball
Hermiston at Sundome Volleyball Fes-
tival, 8 a.m.
Pilot Rock at East-West Volleyball Classic
(at Powder Valley), 8 a.m.
Heppner at East-West Volleyball Classic
(at Powder Valley), 9:30 a.m.
Stanfield at Riverside, 10 a.m.
Ione/Arlington at Dayville/Monument,
2 p.m.
Boys soccer
Catlin Gabel at Riverside, 1 p.m.
Girls soccer
Hermiston at Walla Walla, noon
Cross-country
Hermiston, Pendleton at Oregon City
Invite, TBD
Girls swimming
Hermiston at Wenatchee, 10 a.m.
FOOTBALL
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T
Pct
Buffalo
1 0 0 1.000
New England 1 0 0 1.000
N.Y. Jets
0 1 0 .000
Miami
0 1 0 .000
South
W L T
Pct
Tennessee
1 0 0 1.000
Houston
0 1 0 .000
Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000
Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000
North
W L T
Pct
Baltimore
1 0 0 1.000
Cincinnati
0 1 0 .000
Cleveland
0 1 0 .000
Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000
West
W L T
Pct
Oakland
1 0 0 1.000
PF PA
17 16
33 3
16 17
10 59
PF PA
43 13
28 30
24 30
26 40
PF PA
59 10
20 21
13 43
3 33
PF PA
24 16
Kansas City
L.A. Chargers
Denver
1 0 0 1.000 40 26
1 0 0 1.000 30 24
0 1 0 .000 16 24
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T
Pct PF
Dallas
1 0 0 1.000 35
Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 32
Washington 0 1 0 .000 27
N.Y. Giants
0 1 0 .000 17
South
W L T
Pct PF
New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 30
Carolina
0 1 0 .000 27
Atlanta
0 1 0 .000 12
Tampa Bay
0 1 0 .000 17
North
W L T
Pct PF
Green Bay
1 0 0 1.000 10
Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 28
Detroit
0 0 1 .500 27
Chicago
0 1 0 .000
3
West
W L T
Pct PF
San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 31
L.A. Rams
1 0 0 1.000 30
Seattle
1 0 0 1.000 21
Arizona
0 0 1 .500 27
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Thursday’s Games
Tampa Bay 20, Carolina 14
Sunday’s Games
Seattle at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.
Indianapolis at Tennessee, 10 a.m.
PA
17
27
32
35
PA
28
30
28
31
PA
3
12
27
10
PA
17
27
20
27
Arizona at Baltimore, 10 a.m.
New England at Miami, 10 a.m.
L.A. Chargers at Detroit, 10 a.m.
Dallas at Washington, 10 a.m.
Jacksonville at Houston, 10 a.m.
San Francisco at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.
Buffalo at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.
Minnesota at Green Bay, 10 a.m.
Kansas City at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.
Chicago at Denver, 1:25 p.m.
New Orleans at L.A. Rams, 1:25 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 5:20 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 19
Tennessee at Jacksonville, 5:20 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 22
Miami at Dallas, 10 a.m.
Oakland at Minnesota, 10 a.m.
Cincinnati at Buffalo, 10 a.m.
Baltimore at Kansas City, 10 a.m.
Atlanta at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.
Detroit at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.
Denver at Green Bay, 10 a.m.
N.Y. Jets at New England, 10 a.m.
N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m.
Carolina at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.
Houston at L.A. Chargers, 1:25 p.m.
New Orleans at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.
Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.
L.A. Rams at Cleveland, 5:20 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 23
Chicago at Washington, 5:15 p.m.