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Champions Crowned at 102nd National
Western DENVER --- The rodeo at the 102nd National Western Stock Show has come to a close with two repeat champions. Cleve Schmidt from Belle Fourche, S.D., and Brittany Pozzi-Pharr from Victoria, Texas, both earned back-to-back championships. Schmidt won the bareback riding with 254 points on two rides. At the 2007 edition of the rodeo, Schmidt took home $11,006. This year he won $14,719. “I got on some great horses,” Schmidt said. “Anytime you can come to a rodeo like this and win it’s good. It’s a great way to start the season and pretty exciting to win it twice.” Winning the final round in bareback riding at the Denver Coliseum was Dusty LaValley from Crooked Creek, Alberta. He rode the three-time world champion bareback horse Grated Coconut from Calgary Stampede for 91 points. Pozzi-Pharr took her great horse Stitch around the pattern in 15.51 seconds to win the final round. She came into Sunday’s rodeo in first place and never weakened. They had a total time of 46.49 seconds on two runs to win $13,439. She and Stitch also won the 2007 title. Team roping brothers Riley and Brady Minor from Ellensburg, Wash., are on a huge roll. This is the first year that they have roped together and they already have three wins to their credit. They won titles in Billings, Mont., and Odessa, Texas, before coming here. Their total time of 16.3 seconds earned them each $6,515. The money will most likely move them into first place in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Crusher World Standings. Total pay-off at this year’s rodeo was $270,971. Several attendance records were broken, including the largest opening day in history at 44,616. Also the biggest single day in the history of the show was Saturday, Jan. 19 with 68,610. Total attendance was 673,449, making this the 11th consecutive year the National Western has reported attendance of more than 600,000 spectators. Attendance at Sunday’s final rodeo was over 8,000 and near capacity Story Continues Below
National Western Stock Show Rodeo Champions Bareback Riding, Cleve Schmidt, Belle Fourche, S.D., 254 points, $14,719 Steer Wrestling, Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 10.6 seconds, $15,787 Team Roping, Riley and Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 16.3 seconds, $6,515 each Saddle Bronc Riding, Samuel Kelts, Millarville, Alberta, 254 points, $16,396 Tie-Down Roping, Tyler Garten, Kingman, Kan., 26.0, $12,127 Women’s Barrel Race, Brittany Pozzi-Pharr, Victoria, Texas, 46.69, $13,439 Bull Riding, Spud Jones, Tohatchi, N.M., 238 points, $9,551
The following are final winners ---
Bareback Riding -- Final round: 1, Dusty LaValley, Crooked Creek, Alberta, 91 points on Calgary Stampede’s Grated Coconut, $1,200. 2, Bo Casper, Fort Scott, Kan., 86, $900. 3-5; Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas; Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo.; and Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas, 85, $300.
Over-All: (on three) 1, Cleve Schmidt, Belle Fourche, S.D., 254, $7,239. 2, LaValley, 253, $5,550. 3, Cannon, 250, $4,102. 4, Ford, 249, $2,654. 5, Casper, $1,689. 6/7, Harris and Caleb Bennett, Itasca, Texas, 245, $1,086. 8, John Addison, Belvidere, S.D., 244, $724.
Steer Wrestling -- Final round: 1, Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 3.5 seconds, $1,090. 2, Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo., 3.6, $818. 3, Ken Lewis, La Junta, Colo., 3.8, $545. 4, Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., 4.0, $273.
Over-All: (on three) 1, Branquinho, 10.5, $7,568. 2, Ledoux, 11.8, $6,581. 3, Sumpter, 11.9, $5,594. 4/5, Lewis and Clayton Hass, Terrell, Texas, 12.2, $4,113 each. 6-8; Glen Clark, Granbury, Texas; Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alberta, and Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City; 12.4, $1,645.
Team Roping— Final Round: 1/2, Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., and Victor Aros, Marana, Ariz.; and Jake Stanley, Hermiston, Ore., and Marty Becker, Edmonton, Alberta, 5.3 seconds, $963 each. 3- 5; Jake Barnes, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Clay O’Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas; Reese Kerr, Comfort, Texas, and Jesse Echtler, Huntsville, Texas; and Riley and Brady Minot, Ellensburg, Wash.; 5.4, $275.
Over-All: (on three) 1, Minor and Minor, $6,064. 2, Kerr and Echtler, 16.5, $5,273. 3/4, Begay and Aros; and Stanley and Becker; 17.0, $4,087. 5, Barnes and Cooper, 17.4, $2,900. 6, Speed Williams, Deleon, Texas, and Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas, 17.7, $2,109. 7, Cody Tew, Belgrade, Mont., and Justin Viles, Cody, Wyo., 21.6, $1,318. 8, Colby Siddoway, Hooper, Utah and Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah, 30.7, $527.
Saddle Bronc Riding— Final Round: 1, Samuel Kelts, Millarville, Alberta, 89 points on Brookman Rodeo’s Good Times, $1,200. 2, Dustin Flundra, Pincher Creek, Alberta, 87, $900. 3/4, Chet Johnson, Gillette, Wyo., and Jess Martin, Dillon, Mont., 86, $450 each.
Over-All: (on three) 1, Kelts, $8,046. 2, Martin, 257, $6,168. 3, Flundra, 250, $4,569. 4, Johnson, 248, $2,950. 5/6, Steven Dent, Mullin, Neb., and Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., 248, $1,809. 7, Anthony Bello, Oakley, Utah, 245, $1,073. 8, Tyrell Smith, Vaughn, Mont., 243, $805.
Tie-Down Roping--- Final Round: 1, Tyler Garten, Kingman, Kan., 8.2 points, $1,100. 2, Boe Brown, Harrold, S.D., 8.5, $825. 3/4, Matt Kenney, Onamawa, Iowa, and Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas, 9.3, $413 each.
Over-All: (on three) 1, Garten, 26.0, $7,609. 2, Brown, 26.2, $6,617. 3, Gray, 26.5, $5,624. 4, Kenney, 26.8, $4,632. 5, Royce Lynch, Deming, N.M., 27.6, $3,639. 6, Randall Carlisle, Lipan, Texas, 27.7, $2,646. 7, Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, 28.2, $1,654. 8, Joseph Parsons, Marana, Ariz., 28.3, $662.
Women’s Barrel Race— Final Round: 1, Brittany Pozzi-Pharr, Victoria, Texas, 15.51 seconds, $957. 2, Cassie Moseley, Farwell, Texas, $792. 3, Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 15.74, $627. 4/5, Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., and Shali Lord, Lamar, Colo., 15.75, $380. 6, June Holeman, Arcadia, Neb., 15.77, $165.
Over-All: (on three) 1, Pozzi-Pharr, 46.69, $5,825. 2, Moseley, 46.89, $4,993. 3, Krystal Jones, Mission, Texas, 47.08, $4,161. 4, Lord, 47.15, $3,606. 5, Poppino, 47.24, $2,774. 6, Holeman, 47.28, $2,219. 7, Jodi Rush Cuccurullo, Carrollton, Texas, 47.31, $1,664. 8, Burger, 47.38, $1,109. 9, Heidi Meuwissen, Mayer, Minn., 47.43, $832. 10, Ginger Edwards, Gillette, Wyo., 47.45, $555.
Bull Riding--- Final Round: 1, Joe Meling, Pendleton, Ore., 85 points on Cervi Championships Vegas Night Show, $1,650. 2, Tyler Johnston, Bridger, Mont., 84, $1,250. 3, Spud Jones, Tohatchi, N.M., 78, $900. 4, Camo Mullins, 76, $600.
Over-All: (on three) 1, Jones, 238, $8,304. 2, Johnston, 237, $6,367. 3, Mullins, 235, $4,706. 4, Meling, 230, $3,045. (on two) 5, Kanin Asay, Powell, Wyo., 161, $1,384. 6, Trent Cormier, Houma, La., 160, $1,384. 7, Lonnie Carpenter, 158, $1,107. 8, Chelse Day, Tahlequah, Okla., 156, $830.
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