San Antonio Rodeo News, J.J. Elshere, Taos Muncy, Saddle Bronc Riding

Elshere Takes Lead in Saddle Bronc Riding
Susan Kanode

SAN ANTONIO --- After narrowly missing qualifying for the 2007 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR), saddle bronc rider J.J. Elshere is determined to be at the championship event in 2008.

Elshere, from Quinn, S.D., competed at the NFR in 2006 and was the most consistent bronc rider there, earning the rodeo’s saddle bronc riding championship. In 2007, he finished the year in 18^th place in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Crusher World Standings. The top 15 competed at the NFR in Las Vegas last December.

After an 84-point effort on Kesler Championship Rodeo’s Royal Visit, Elshere took command of the saddle bronc riding at the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo on Tuesday night. He is six points ahead of the second place contender, Cody Wright, who shared last year’s title here with Taos Muncy. Elshere has 245 points on three rides, compared to Wright’s 239.

Todd Herzog from Penhold, Alberta, matched up with a Sankey Rodeo horse for 87 points. Herzog is now tied for the lead in the third round of competition after his success on the horse named Barn Dance. Unfortunately, he did not last the required eight seconds on his previous ride. This will prevent him from qualifying for the finals here.

Cade Swor from Chico, Texas moved into second place in tie-down roping. His 8.3-second run on Tuesday gave him a total of 25.3 seconds, so he will be making plans to be back here on Saturday night for the finals.

The sixth and final group of contestants starts their first of three rounds of competition here Wednesday night at 7 p.m.

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The following are unofficial results from the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo, Tuesday, February 12, 2008.

15th Performance ---

Bareback Riding: 1, Zach Curran, Arvada, Colo., 84 points on Kesler Championship Rodeo’s Alley Trail. 2, Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., 82. 3, Bee Jay Scott, Otley, Iowa, 80.

Steer Wrestling: 1, Cash Myers, Athens, Texas, 3.8 seconds. 2, Steven Campbell, Midwest, Wyo., 5.6. 3, Kyle Hughes, Olney Springs, Colo., 11.0. 4, Bo Bleil, Maricopa, Ariz., 20.2.

Tie Down Roping: 1, Justin Macha, Needville, Texas, 7.8 seconds. 2, Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas, 7.9. 3/4, Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., and Cade Swor, Chico, Texas, 8.3.

Team Roping: 1, Cody Odell, Como, Texas, and Twister Cain, Gonzales, Texas, 10.7 seconds. 2, Wayne Knutson, Clifton Hill, Mo., and Ryan Powell, Porterville, Calif., 14.8. 3, David Key, Caldwell, Texas, and Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 14.9. 4, Charles Pogue, Ringling, Okla., and Britt Bockius, Claremore, Okla., 18.6.

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1,Todd Herzog, Penhold, Alberta, 87 points on Sankey Rodeo’s Barn Dance. 2, J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 84. 3, Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 82. 4, Chet Johnson, Gillette, Wyo., 80.

Women’s Barrel Race: 1/2, Deb Renger, Okotoks, Alberta, and Traci Dawson, Erskine, Alberta, 14.61. 3, Tiffany Fox, Fox, Okla., 14.70. 4, Tyra Kane, Paradise, Texas, 14.72.

Bull Riding: 1, (three qualified rides) 1, Colin McTaggart, Las Vegas, Nev., 80 points on Cervi Championship’s Freebird. 2, Travis Campbell, New Braunfels, Texas, 77. 3, Dave Samsel, Haslet, Texas, 75.

The following are third round and over-all leaders ---

Bareback Riding: 1, Stetson Herrera, Albuquerque, N.M., 85 points on Beutler and Son’s Zinger. 2-4; Justin McDaniel, Porum, Okla.; Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash.; and Zach Curran, Arvada, Colo.; 84. 5, D.V. Fennell, Neosho, Mo., 83. 6-8; Royce Ford, Brigsdale, Colo.; Bud Munns, Snowville, Utah; and Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo.; 82. (total on three) 1, McDaniel, 256. 2, Gray, 254. 3, Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas, 248. 4, Munns, 246. 5, Ford, 245. 6, Jess Davis, Payson, Utah, 243. 7, Dusty LaValley, Crooked Creek, Alberta, 241. 8/9, Zach Dishman, Beaumont, Texas, and Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, 240.

Steer Wrestling: 1, Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., 3.5 seconds. 2/3, Beau Franzen, Sidney, Mont., and Spud Duvall, Checotah, Okla., 3.6. 4-6, Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo.; Dane Hanna, Littleton, Colo.; and Cash Myers, Athens, Texas; 3.8. 7-9; Brad Morgan, Brandon, Miss.; Josh Granell, Havre, Mont.; and Glen Clark, Granbury, Texas; 3.9. (total on three) 1, T-Roy Orr, Lebanon, Tenn., 11.4. 2, Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 11.7. 3, Morgan, 12.2. 4, Jon Ragatz, Cassville, Wis., 12.5. 5, Sean Mulligan, Coleman, Okla., 13.0. 6, Gabe Taylor, Valentine, Neb., 13.1. 7, Ken Lewis, La Junta, Colo., 13.4. 8, Glen Clark, Granbury, Texas, 13.5.

Tie Down Roping: 1/2, Clay Cerny, Brazoria, Texas, and Nate Baldwin, Blackfoot, Idaho, 7.5 seconds. 3, Jake Hannum, Ogden, Utah, 7.6. 4/5, Bud Ford, Everman, Texas, and Justin Macha, Needville, Texas, 7.8. 6, Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas, 7.9. 7/8, Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., and Blake Huckabee, Shreveport, La., 8.1. (total on three) 1, Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 24.4. 2, Cade Swor, Chico, Texas, 25.3. 3, Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 25.6. 4, Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Wash., 26.3. 5, Ricky Canton, Navasota, Texas, 26.9. 6, Tyler Fagerhaug, Wessington Springs, S.D., 27.1. 7, Huckabee, 27.6. 8, Jeff Chapman, Athens, Texas, 27.7.

Team Roping: 1, B.J. Campbell, Benton City, Wash., and Russell Cardoza, Knights Ferry, Calif., 4.2 seconds. 2, Jake Stanley, Hermiston, Ore., and Marty Becker, Edmonton, Alberta, 4.3. 3, Luke Brown, Rock Hill, S.D., and Monty Joe Petska, Turlock, Calif., 4.5. 4, Coleman Proctor, Miami, Okla., and Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan., 4.7. 5, Jimmy Edens, Gatesville, Texas, and Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas, 4.8. 6, Ty Blassingame, Ramah, Colo., and Ryon Tittel, Pueblo, Colo., 4.9. 7/8, Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore., and Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash.; and Cody McMinn, Caddo Mills, Texas, and Kollin Von Ahn, Sac City, Iowa; 5.2. (total on three) 1, Shane Schwenke, Harlem, Mont., and Kory Mytty, Lolo, Mont., 15.6. 2. Proctor and Long, 16.0. 3, Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore., and Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 15.3. 4, Turtle Powell, Alpine, Texas, and Travis Graves, Jay, Okla., 17.0. 5, Edens and Motes, 17.1. 6, Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo., and Kinney Harrell, San Angelo, Texas, 17.7. 7, Wade Kreutzer, La Veta, Colo., and J.D. Yates, Pueblo, Colo., 18.7. 8, Jake Barnes, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Clay O’Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas, 18.8.

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1/2, Cody Taton, Newell, S.D., and Todd Herzog, Penhold, Alberta, 87. 3, Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., 85. 4-6; Jake Griffin, Powell, Wyo.; Ben Morrow, Grafton, Australia; J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D.; 84. 7/8, Cody Wright, Milford, Utah and Jace Garrett, Alliance, Neb., 83. (total on three) 1, Elshere, 245. 2, Wright, 239. 3, Taton, 234. 4, Garrett, 233. 5-7; Shane Moran, Roundup, Mont.; Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M.; and Louie Brunson, Interior, S.D., 231. 8, Ryan MacKenzie, Jordan Valley, Ore., 230.

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Brenda Mays, Terrebone, Ore., 14.42 seconds. 2, Lindz Sears, Ropesville, Texas, 14.43. 3, Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, 14.44. 4, Terra Bynum, Colorado City, Texas, 14.45. 5/6, Stephenaie Fryar, Waco, Texas, and Jeanne Anderson, White City, Kan., 14.46. 7/8, Jodi Rush Cuccurullo, Carrollton, Texas, and Sharin Hall Grant, Kingston, Okla., 14.50. (total on three) 1, Bynum, 43.29. 2, Heidi Meuwissen, Mayer, Minn., 43.47. 3, Sears, 43.67. 4, Cuccurullo, 43.70. 5, Tiffany Fox, Fox, Okla., 43.74. 6, Fryar, 43.77. 7, Sheri Sinor-Estrada, Alamogordo, N.M., 43.81. 8, Jackie Dube, Giddings, Texas, 14.51.

Bull Riding: 1, Chance Smart, Philadelphia, Miss., 89 points on D H & T Rodeo’s Crossfire Hurricane. 2/3, Myron Duarte, Auburn, Wash., and Mike Moore, Kankakee, Ill., 87. 4, Logan Knibbe, Rockdale, Texas, 84. 5/6, Will Farrell, Thermopolis, Wyo., and Zack Oakes, Elk, Wash., 83. 7-10; Jay Dunford, Menoken, N.D.; Chad Eubank, Cleburne, Texas; Clayton Savage, Cheyenne, Wyo.; and Colin McTaggart, Las Vegas, Nev., 80. (total on three) 1, Smart, 270. 2, Farrell, 243. 3, Thomas Bert, Modesto, Calif., 233. 4, Oakes, 232. 5, Poncho Limas, Weatherford, Okla., 222. (on two) 6, Knibbe, 170. 7/8, Howdy Cloud, Kountze, Texas, and Mike Moore, Kankakee, Ill., 169.

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