Ned Cross from Roosevelt, WA was all
smiles after his 87 point ride Friday
night to open the Dodge/Amerititle
Columbia River Circuit Finals Presented
by U.S. Smokeless Tobacco. The 21 year
old Cross covered the bull Watch Dog
from the Flying 5 Rodeo Company. Circuit
standings leader and National Finals
qualifier Zeb Lanham from Idaho was
second with an 85. Lanham stretched his
lead over J.C. Bean from Goldendale, WA
who finished out of the money with a 73
point score. Lanham has now won more
than $30,000 in the circuit.
2002 World Champion Bobby Mote from
Redmond took a big step toward winning
the 2006 Columbia River Circuit
Championship when he turned in an 83
point score on the Big Bend Rodeo
Company’s National Finals Rodeo horse
Spy. Mote, who entered the rodeo with a
lead of $1,100 over Jason Havens from
Bend, padded that lead when Havens
finished out of the money with a 72
point score. Mote has now won more than
$20,000. Mitch Rickman from Powell Butte
was second with a 78. Tyler Barnes from
Prineville was third with a 76, Brian
Bain from Culver was fourth with a 75.
In the bronc riding the MacKenzie boys
from Jordan Valley, OR finished 1-2.
Last year's average winner, Sam
MacKenzie won the night with a 76 on
Mike Corey's Old Crow, his brother Ryan,
the circuit standings leader, placed
second with a 75 on Big Bend's Swift
Current.
Among the matchup's in the riding events
for the rodeo's second performance on
Saturday night, Mote will get a rematch
with three time Bucking Horse of the
Year Spring Fling in the bareback
riding. Spring Fling bucked Mote off
last year on Saturday night. Lanham will
try to ride the NFR bull HiJinx from the
Big Bend. Ryan MacKenzie will get on the
Flying 5 horse Detour.
Brenda Mays from Redmond won the barrel
race with a 15.66. Barb West from Oak
Harbor, WA was seocnd with a 15.92,
followed by Linzie Walker from Conway,
WA with a 16.15 and Jana Isaac with a
16.38.
The rest of the results from the opening
night of the Columbia River Circuit
Finals…
Steer Wrestling - Chancey Gartner, Pasco
- 3.8. Travis Taruscio, Echo, OR - 4.3.
Tony Currin, Dayton, WA - 4.6. Barry
Kreikemeier and Mark Boultinghouse, 5.4.
Team Roping - Josh Bruce and BJ
Campbell, 5.1. Matt Funk and Bucky
Campbell, 5.3. Jim Randle and Mike
Beers, 6.0. Shane Erickson and Rick
Copher, 6.3.
Tie Down Roping - Shane Erickson,
Terrebonne, OR - 9.7. Brad Goodrich,
Hermiston, OR - 9.8. Paul Cope, Nampa,
ID - 10.7. Seth Hopper, Stanfield, OR -
11.
