Tough Competition at Hanna and McCord Rodeos Wrap Up
Regular Season
Courtesy CPRA
AIRDRIE, AB – The last two regular season rodeos of 2010
recently came to an end, and the impact from the results of each will help
determine who will compete at the Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR) in Edmonton,
Alta.
Logan Hodson of Telkwa, B.C. and Clayton Bunney of Cessford, Alta. rode it
out to determine which bareback rider would appear on the CFR program this
November.
Bunney picked up a first place cheque worth $564 in McCord, Sask., and
another $129 in Hanna, Alta., raising his season earnings from $7,798 to
$8,491. However, Hodson’s third place cheque of $212 at the 35th annual
McCord Indoor Rodeo was enough to keep the cowboy ahead. He wrapped up the
regular season with $8,526 and a ticket to Edmonton.
Dickinson, N.D. saddle bronc rider and 2008 Canadian champion Dusty Hausauer
spurred is way into first place at McCord on Big Stone Rodeo's Blueberry.
The win earned him $658, inching him past Athena, Ore.'s Ben Londo to finish
in the 13th hole, just out of a qualifying spot at the Finals.
In the bull riding, Brett Thompson of Medicine Hat, Alta. was 13th going in
and 13th coming out. The reigning champion will not be returning to CFR this
year, but certainly made a valiant effort. He placed first on Girletz
Rodeo’s Bush Hog with an 85.5, finishing his season with $1,048 for the win
and an additional $150 in day money.
Jake Hannum upset the tie-down roping standings when he placed first in 7
seconds flat at McCord. The Utah-based roper earned $950, moving him from
11th to 10th, jumping ahead of fellow American Clif Cooper in the standings.
As a result, Hannum takes the fifth and final spot for a non-Canadian
finalist in that event, leaving Cooper and Idaho’s Nate Baldwin outside the
competition at CFR, and allowing Rimbey, Alta.’s Dean Edge his sixth trip to
Edmonton and a crack at a Canadian tie-down roping championship. Edge won
$581 for an 8.5-second run at Hanna, good enough for fourth at the three-day
rodeo.
The biggest shift over the weekend occurred in the steer wrestling, with
Jessie Heggie locking in a second place 4.4-second run at McCord, worth $712
to the Redmond, Alta.’s regular season earnings. JD Hays, of Rocky Mountain
House, Alta., placed at both Hanna and McCord for combined earnings of
$1,382, shifting him from 11th place to 9th. Heading in, Heggie was sitting
13th and just outside a spot at the Finals. His winnings pushed him up into
the 11th place position in the steer wrestling standings, bumping Lethbridge,
Alta.’s Todd Woodward to 12th place, and Eckville, Alta.’s Scott Wyzykoski
into the crying hole.
Sherrylynn Johnson from Henryetta, OK nudged Drayton Valley, Alta. rookie
Ramona Nash out of the last vacancy at the Finals in the ladies barrel
racing. This will be the three-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier’s first
trip to CFR.
In the team roping, a number of cowboys shifted around in the standings,
although none of them were bumped out of the top-12. Justin and Brett
McCarroll won at Hanna with a 4.9-second run, worth $1,746, while Randy
Smith and Rocky Ross teamed up at McCord for a first place run of
5.4-seconds, splitting a cheque for $978.
Jake Brown of Eckville, Alta. won $287 in the novice saddle bronc riding at
Hanna and remained in fifth in place. Novice bareback season leader Cole
Goodine from Carbon, Alta. held his position and raised his season earnings
to $5,514 after earning an additional $272 at Hanna. Cadogan, Alta.’s Bryce
West placed first in the steer riding in Hanna, adding $339 to his regular
season total.
Neither Steven Turner of Cochrane, Alta. or Donalda, Alta.’s Curtis Cassidy
in Hanna or McCord; still, Turner continues to lead the All-Around race.
He’s heading to CFR in both the steer wrestling and bull riding. This is his
first time qualifying for the Finals in the steer wrestling and the first
time he’s made the Finals competing in two events. He is just behind
Cassidy, in the High Point standings. Cassidy will be making his 11th
appearance at the CFR in the tie-down roping, and his 12th in the steer
wrestling.
