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Rodeo Results for Wednesday, September 12
Legendary Pendleton Round-Up Rodeo
Kicks off 97th four-day run with winners from throughout Western U.S.
Round-Up 2007 Queen Whitney White
Pendleton, Oregon (Wed., Sept. 12)--Jess Davis was a standout as the famous Pendleton Round-Up rodeo began its 97th annual four-day run today. Davis , 26, of Payson , Utah captured first place in bareback riding, one of eight professional rodeo events held at the Round-Up, which finishes on Saturday.
Held annually the second week of September, the traditional rodeo and accompanying festival attract some 50,000 visitors to the town of 17,000 in Oregon ’s eastern wheat and cattle country.
Davis ’ 83 points bested Cleve Schmidt by a single point. Schmidt, of Belle Fourche , South Dakota , tied with Cimmaron Gerke of Brighton , Colorado . Davis is currently second in the ProRodeo Cowboys World standings, with over $80,000 in winnings this year at bareback, while Gerke is 10th. Schmidt is ranked 18th.
Davis, who joined the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) in 2001, has steadily climbed in the rankings and placed in five of 10 rounds in last year’s Wrangler NFR.
“I feel pretty darn good,” Davis said after his win. “I’ve always wanted to win this rodeo and hopefully I can make it into the short round and do good on Saturday. This rodeo’s been around forever and I really like it.” Of his horse, Black Gold, Davis said, “he was a younger horse and didn’t really know what to do. Tried to buck me off, you know! I’ve seen him this year in a couple of rodeos and he just kind of fit my style.”
Of the legendary Pendleton Round-Up he noted, “A lot of the guys I’ve looked up to have rode here and won the rodeo. And a lot of the books I’ve read have talked about the big rodeo they’ve had forever here and all and I really like the situation all around.”
In calf roping Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City , Oklahoma took first with a time of 11.8 seconds, besting Blair Burk, Durant , Oklahoma , with 12.2, and Trevor Brazile, Decatur , Texas , with 13.5. The 31-year-old Schneeberger, with over $1.2 million in winnings in his career, was the college calf roping champion in 1996, the year he joined the PRCA. Brazile is currently the world leader in the event and was 2006 World Champion All-Around Cowboy.
Top place in the saddle bronc riding event was a tie, with both Brad Rudolph, Winterset, Iowa, and Heith DeMoss, Crowville, Louisiana, awarded 85 points, followed by Bobby Griswold, Geary, Oklahoma, with 84. Local favorite, Pendleton homeboy Ben Londo, was one back with 83, tying Justin Arnold of Santa Margarita , California . Arnold is 10th in the world standings.
Another Pendleton competitor, Justin Pearce, took second in the steer wrestling event with a time of 9.2 seconds, well behind a phenomenal 6.1 finish by Stan Branco, Chowchilla , California . In third was Hunter Cure, Holliday , Texas , who currently stands 23 in the world rankings for the event, with over $40,000 in winnings for the year.
In the rodeo’s only team event Brian Griffith, Hughson , California , and Clint Cooper, Decatur , Texas , captured first in team roping with an outstanding five second finish. They were followed by Clint Gorrell, Beach, North Dakota , and Colt Gorrell, Winneth, Montana , 6.0 seconds, and Patrick Smith, Midland , Texas , and Trevor Brazile, Decatur , Texas , 6.1. In the event, Brazile is ranked seventh in the world with over $56,000 in 2007 winnings.
Bullriders take a lot of bumps and today’s competitors found no exception, with several riders hitting the Round-Up’s fabled grass arena as if it were hard clay. Clint Craig, Mena , Arizona , captured first with an 87 point ride on aptly named Perfect Poison. Craig is 15th in world standings with over $62,000 won this year. Tied for second were Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, South Dakota, and Ted Bert, Modesto, California, both with 85, riding War Zone and North Star respectively. Bert is seventh in the world, with nearly $80,000 in winnings, while Bail sits at 23rd with just over $43,000. In fourth place was Jed Moore, Cheyenne , Wyoming , with 81.
Troy Tillard, Douglas , Wyoming , was first in steer roping with a time of 13 seconds, followed by brother, Tim, also of Douglas , with 18.4 for fifth place. In second was Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas , 14.9, followed by Cash Myers, Athens , Texas , 15. Myers and Skelton are 17 and 21 in the event’s world rankings.
In the Round-Up’s only women’s event, barrel racing, the finishes were close, although Oregonians were fastest, as first went to Lucy Schnabele, Prineville, Oregon, with a time of 28.46 seconds, followed at 28.58 by Cindy Woods, Newberg, Oregon, and Tammy Key-Fischer, 28.61, Ledbetter, Texas. In fact, nine of the top 10 racers finished at better than 29 seconds. Key-Fischer is 19th in the world standings with nearly $40,000 in 2007 winnings.
Complete listings of the top finishers in each event:
Bareback Riding
1. Jess Davis 83
2. Cleve Schmidt 82
2. Cimmaron Gerke 82
4. Bobby Mote, Culver, Oregon 81
4. Jason Havens, Prineville , Oregon 81
6. Ryan Gray, Cheney , Washington 80
7. Zac Compton, Hermiston , Oregon 79
7. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas 79
7. Kaycee Field, Elk Ridge , Utah 79
Calf Roping
1. Jerome Schneeberger 11.8
2. Blair Burk 12.2
3. Trevor Brazile 13.5
4. Joseph Parsons, Marana , AZ 17.2
Saddle Bronc Riding
1. Brad Rudolph 85
1. Heith DeMoss 85
3. Bobby Griswold 84
4. Ben Londo 83
4. Justin Arnold 83
6. Bradley Harter, Weatherford , Texas 81
6. Todd Rangel, College Station , Texas 81
8. Jake Griffin, Hughson , California 80
Steer Wrestling
1. Stan Branco 6.1
2. Justin Pearce 9.2
3. Hunter Cure 9.3
4. Chance Gartner, Pasco , Washington 11.3
5. Clint Bruised Head, Warm Springs , Oregon 11.4
6. Tommy Cook, McAlester , Oklahoma 22.9
Team Roping
1. Brian Griffith, Clint Cooper 5.0
2. Clint Gorrell, Colt Gorrell 6.0
3. Patrick Smith, Trevor Brazile 6.1
4. Bret Hale, Tenino , Washington 7.3
Taylor White, Prosser , Washington
5. Coleman Proctor, Miami , Oklahoma 7.7
Jake Long, Nowata , Oklahoma
6. Larry Hume, Hawk Springs Wyoming 8.3
Lyle Horn, Maxwell , Nebraska
Bull Riding
1. Clint Craig 87
2. Jesse Bail 85
2. Ted Bert 85
4. Jed Moore, Cheyenne , Wyoming 81
5. J.C. Bean, Goldendale , Washington 80
5. Marcus Michaelis, Caldwell , Idaho 80
7. Brian Curtis, Belle Fourche , South Dakota 74
7. Tye Odden, Brookings , South Dakota 74
9. Allen Helmuth, Ellensburg , Washington 69
Steer Roping
1. Troy Tillard 13
2. Rich Skelton 14.9
3. Cash Myers 15
4. Gabe Richardson Clarkston , Washington 18
5. Tim Tillard, Douglas , Wyoming 18.4
6. Marty Poppino, Big Cabin, Oklahoma 21.1
7. Wade Shoemaker, Gill, Colorado 21.2
Barrel Racing
1. Lucy Schnabele 28.46
2. Cindy Woods 28.58
3. Tammy Key-Fischer 28.61
4. Terri Kaye Kirkland , Billings , Montana 28.65
5. Randy Rae Britt, Echo, Oregon 28.69
6. Linda Roberts, Lapwai , Idaho 28.76
7. Susan Liggitt, New Caney, Texas 28.81
8. Kristie Hurn, Underwood, Washington 28.95
8. Brenda Mays, Terrebonne , Oregon 28.95
10. Sherry Cervi, Marana , Arizona 29.02
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