August 15, 2006

THIS WEEKS NEWSLETTER INCLUDES...

Stories and results from the Farm City Pro Rodeo, the Omak Stampede and the Grandview Rodeo...
Pro Rodeo's $2 Million Club has a new member...
Questions and Answers with Two Time National Finalist Zack Oakes
The latest PRCA Standings and the top hands in the Wrangler Pro Rodeo Tour...

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Brad Goodrich won the tie-down roping and the all-around titles at the Farm City Pro Rodeo August 9-12 in Hermiston, Oregon.

He couldn't have been happier...

"I've been entering this rodeo every year since the beginning," Goodrich told the East Oregonian newspaper when asked about his history at the 19 year old rodeo. "I've been waiting a long time for one of them saddles. I've been second here maybe six times, but I've never won it so this is real special."

Goodrich secured the title with a 9.1 in the Tour Round in the tie down roping and won a total of more than $4,700. He is 33rd in the PRCA's tie down roping standings and has won more than $25,000 this year. He is third in the Summer Tour Standings with 61.5 points and is virtually guaranteed a spot in the Summer Tour Finale next month in Omaha, Nebraska.

Cash Myers set an arena record with a 3.6 second run in the Tour Round to win on the way to winning the steer wrestling average in Hermiston. Lakeview, Oregon's Shawn Greenfield was second in the Tour Round and in the average, Myers won $4,740, Greenfield earned more than $4,500. Greenfield is 8th in the world standings.

Bareback riding World Standings leader Andy Martinez won both the tour round and the average in his event in Hermiston. Martinez earned $5,300 and has won more than $90,000 for the year.

Tammy Key from Texas drew up first in the Tour Round in the barrel race in Hermiston and won the round and the average. "I was first and that mattered a lot, I needed all the help I can get," Key said. "I was not doing well at all in the Tour standings, I only had 24 points coming in, this gets me 35 so if I can just get about another 20 I should be good for Omaha."

Key said the $5,200 she won means a lot to her, especially since she's planning to go back home after Labor Day. "I've got a 15 year old son at home so I hit the road hard in the summer and then I'll head back home next month and stay in Texas and Oklahoma."

The champions at the Farm City Pro Rodeo...

Farm-City Pro Rodeo
Tour, Average Champions
Bareback Riding
T: Andy Martinez (Pavillion, Wyo.), 89 points
A: Martinez, 175 points on two head, $5,324
Steer Wrestling
T: Cash Myers (Athens, Texas), 3.6 seconds
A: Myers, 13.4 seconds on three head, $4,479
Team Roping
T: Travis Tryan (Chico, Texas)/Michael Jones (Hico, Texas), 5.2 seconds
A: Chad Masters (Adams, Tenn.)/Cole Bigbee (Stephenville, Texas), 18.0 seconds on three head, $3,080 each
Saddle Bronc Riding
T: Jesse Bail (Camp Crook, S.D.), 84 points
A: Chad Ferley (Oelrichs, S.D.),166 points on two head, $5,119
Tie-Down Roping
T: Blair Burk (Durant, Okla.), 8.1 seconds
A: Brad Goodrich (Hermiston, Ore.), 26.4 seconds on three head, $4,744
Barrel Racing
T: Tammy Key (Ledbetter, Texas), 17.26 seconds
A: Key, 52.09 seconds on three runs, $5,205
Bull Riding
T: Sonny Murphy (Herriman, Utah), 75 points
A: Murphy, 151 points on two head, $5,075

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The Caldwell Night Rodeo is the next stop on the Wrangler Pro Rodeo Summer Tour...

The first round of the timed events was held in slack on Monday...Here are the results from the Caldwell NIght Rodeo's Website, caldwellnightrodeo.com...

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Barbra West, Oak Harbor, Wash., 17.60, $2,152. 2, Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta, 17.63, $1,844. 3, Jana Jarreau, Greenwell Springs, La., 17.70, $1,537. 4, Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, 17.72, $1,332.

Team Roping: 1, Jon Stafford, Nampa, Idaho and Dusty Morse, Ogden, Utah, 5.2 seconds, $2,020. 2, Doyle Gellerman and Marlow Eldridge, Nampa, Idaho, 5.4, $1,672. 3, Matt Sherwood, Snowflake, Ariz., and Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif., 5.6, $1,323. 4, Jake Barnes, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Dean Tuftin, Prineville, Ore., 5.9, $975.

Tie-Down Roping: 1, Seth Hopper, Stanfield, Ore., 7.9 seconds, $2,833. 2/3, Cimarron Boardman, Stephenville, Texas, and Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 8.0, $2,279. 4, Ricky Canton, Navasota, Texas, 8.1, $1,725.

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Zack Oakes from Tonasket won the bull riding at the Omak Stampede August 10-13. Four Oakes the win represented his first big paycheck since a groin injury he suffered over the Fourth of July at the St. Paul Rodeo. The 22 year old two time Wrangler National Finals qualifier is 16th in the PRCA and just a few hundred dollars out of the top 15.

19 year old Tyler Peasley did something in Omak that hasn't been done in years...he won all four days of the Suicide Race on a horse called Reuben to win the Suicide Race crown.

Columbia River Circuit All-Around champion and two time WNFR qualifier Trevor Knowles split first in the steer wrestling in Omak with K.C. Jones from Texas. Knowles won $3,288. He has won $45,000 this year and is 10th in the PRCA's steer wrestling standings.

Omak's other champions...

Team Roping - Jim Randle, CN and Mike Beers, OR
Tie Down Roping - Monty Lewis, TX
Bronc Riding - Josh Reynolds, MT
Bareback Riding - Dustin Murray, OK
Barrel Racing - Lindsay Sears, CN

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National Finalist Todd Suhn won the steer wrestling in Grandview, Washington August 11 & 12.

Grandview's champions -

Tie Down Roping - Shane Erickson, Terrebonne, OR - 8.4, $988
Barrel Racing - Rose Miller, Moses Lake, WA - 16.08, $913
Team Roping - Cody Odell and Boogie Ray, TX - 6.4, $731
Bull Riding - Tylee Lanham, Sweet, ID - 85 points, $638
Bronc Riding - Jeb Knox, Prosser, WA - 80 points, $592
Bareback Riding - Ben Londo, Pendleton, OR - 79 points, $532

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Questions and Answers with Zack Oakes...Two Time NFR bullriding qualifier from Tonasket, WA -

Question - Tell me about your 85 point winning ride at the Omak Stampede?

Zack - Got pretty lucky...Got a good bull close to home, it doesn't get much better than that. That little bull's really cool, jumped and kicked and turned back to the right. Tested the leg and it held up so I guess we are off and running now.

Question - This was your fourth bull since you got hurt, the first one you've ridden. Tell me about the injury?

Zack - It was a fluke deal at St. Paul on July 1, I had a bull kind of go down in the back end with me, I don't know what happened but something popped in my leg. There wasn't no spectacular wreck or anything, I was sitting right in the middle of him and my leg popped and here I sat for a month and a half.

Question - The bad news is that you missed a lot of good rodeos, the good news is that you are still 16th in the world?

Zack - I was fortunate enough to have a pretty good spring and a good winter, the Tour Finale in Tulsa helped alot, that kept me afloat. I'm not real worried, right now it's looking good. I've got the Finale in Dallas made so I'll just keep plugging along and hopefully stay close.

Question - You've probably got a few more rodeos you could use after the injury if you need them?

Zack - I'm not real worried about that...Rodeo count hasn't ever really bothered me, I don't think I've ever been to more than 65 rodeos. I know the few that I do go to I try to make them count. I've got a wife and kids and a family and I don't like leaving home. If I could get away with going to 20 I think I would.

Question - Is that the other piece of good news, you got to spend some time with your family?

Zack - I got to spend some awesome time with my family. I had forgotten how good it was to be home, in a way being crippled was a good thing for me. I'm coming back hungry now, I feel awesome, I got to know my kids again, in that way it was a blessing in disguise.

Question - Tell me about your start?

Zack - I got started like any other kid got started. I rode sheep when I was a kid, My dad Dave used to run along side my brother Joe and I when we were riding steers holding on to our belt loops so we didn't crash to hard. He actually steered us toward bareback riding and I think we probably got wiped out on more bareback horses than we ever have on bulls.

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The PRCA now has eight members of it's $2 million dollar club.

Tie down roper Cody Ohl from Hico, Texas went over the $2 million dollar mark August 8 when he won the Sikeston, Missouri Jaycee's Bootheel Rodeo.

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The leaders in the PRCA's World Standings this week...

ALL-AROUND COWBOY
1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $200,447
2. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah 95,814
*3. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga. 86,399
4. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas 80,934
5. Cash Myers, Athens, Texas 74,309

BAREBACK RIDING
1. Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Wyo. (44) $95,843
*2. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas (56) 84,579
3. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas (57) 68,656
4. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev. (61) 68,076
5. Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas (57) 59,623

STEER WRESTLING
1. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb. (38) $85,132
*2. Lee Graves, Calgary, Alberta (37) 66,704
3. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif. (42) 66,278
4. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, Okla. (38) 60,991
5. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas (45) 58,681

TEAM ROPING (HEADING)
1. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont. (39) $68,836
2. Matt Sherwood, Malad City, Idaho (41) 63,902
3. David Key, Caldwell, Texas (36) 60,478
4. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev. (43) 53,824
*5. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. (37) 52,070

TEAM ROPING (HEELING)
1. Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif. (39) $63,902
2. Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas (34) 59,975
3. Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev. (43) 53,824
*4. Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas (37) 52,070
5. Clay O'Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas (33) 51,311

SADDLE BRONC RIDING
1. Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont. (57) $119,547
2. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La. (58) 118,982
3. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. (53) 87,311
4. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla. (33) 72,236
5. Cody Martin, Waco, Texas (75) 70,424

TIE-DOWN ROPING
1. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas (38) $109,797
2. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas (42) 104,690
*3. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas (44) 75,649
4. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga. (44) 61,877
5. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla. (48) 61,449

BARREL RACING
1. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas $103,246
2. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla. 88,960
3. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas 66,238
4. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla. 60,568
5. Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta 59,138

BULL RIDING
*1. Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas (63) $120,413
2. Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah (63) 95,907
3. Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah (48) 83,172
4. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb. (52) 68,504
5. Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo. (54) 65,618

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Lastly - A couple of notes about rodeos this weekend...

The Folks in Moses Lake, WA have a busy weekend planned for their rodeo this weekend, including: Wednesday – KWIQ Demolition Derby --- Thursday – Tough Enough To Wear Pink & Nickel Night at the rodeo, sponsored by the Nickel Saver---Friday – 4:30 til 7:00, pre-rodeo, “Wine and Rodeo”, 6 different wineries, with 26 different varieties of wine being served. Tickets available online at moseslakeroundup.com --- Saturday – KDRM / KBSN Night at the rodeo, sponsored by KDRM / KBSN radio. --- Slack is Friday morning with slack breakfast starting at 6 a.m. Slack starts at 8 a.m. with a two head steer roping scheduled this year.

You can learn more about the Moses Lake Round-Up at www.moseslakeroundup.com...

I'm off to Gooding, Idaho this weekend for the Gooding County Fair and Rodeo, including the Miss Teen Rodeo Idaho Pageant and the Annual Idaho Legends of Rodeo Hall of Fame Ceremony. The rodeo is Thursday thru Saturday, this year featuring the livestock of the Burns and Korkow Rodeo Company's. I've seen the contestant list and it should be a great rodeo.

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LISTEN FOR RODEO PROFILES ON...

KRCO - PRINEVILLE, OREGON
KVAS - ASTORIA, OREGON
KOMW - OMAK, WASHINGTON
KIX 96 - KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
KWVR - ENTERPRISE, OREGON
Y-102 - THE DALLES, OREGON

On the website of the Moses Lake Rodeo Association, moseslakeroundup.com...


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