Cowboys thrill crowd on second day of 94th annual Clovis Rodeo

By David Witte/Independent Staff Writer Saturday, Apr. 26, 2008

Several scary moments marked the April 26 rendition of the 94th annual Clovis Rodeo as several cowboys found themselves trampled underfoot.

None of the damage was serious, though, as far as cowboy injuries go. Sean Case climbed out of the arena thinking he'd broken his collarbone, but just had the wind knocked out of him when Pandora's Box, one of the Professional Bull Riders' top bulls, sent him flying back into the gate after about two seconds, breaking apart his helmet.

Earlier in the day, George Gillespie IV was helped out of the arena after falling under his horse in the bareback riding competition. He suffered bruised ribs and a bruised ego.

But the honor of the scariest-looking crash went to Mike Randall in the bull-riding competition. Randall, of Pinon Hills, found himself underneath his bull, appropriately-named Butcher Boy. The diagnosis from the medical team: a little shaken up.

Jake Wade had the highest bull-riding score of the day, earning an 82 on a bull named Pogo, just shy of Dave Samsel's April 25 score of 83.

In the bareback riding, Paul Jones' 84-point ride tied him with Cimmaron Gerke and Tim Shirley, the top riders from April 25.

Heath DeMoss took the lead in the saddle bronc riding with an 83-point scramble on a horse named Curly Joe, beating Cody Horwedel's April 25 high score by four points.

In the timed events, Justin Spence and Evan Arnold took the lead in team roping with a 6.7-second run. Their aggregate score over three runs is 22.0. Chowchilla's Rhett Kennedy earned the top steer-wrestling time of the day, taking down his steer in 4.9 seconds. Travis Carnine holds the aggregate lead, averaging 5.97 seconds per takedown.

And, in barrel racing, Brittany Pozzi-Pharr's 16.31 was tops of the day.

Bareback riding through April 26

1. Cimmaron Gerke, 84.0 1. Tim Shirley, 84.0 1. Paul Jones, 84.0 4. Ben Londo, 83.0 4. Caleb Bennett, 83.0 6. Tyson Thompson, 82.0 6. D.V. Fennell, 82.0 8. Kaycee Feild, 79.0 9. Dusty LaValley, 78.0 9. Cody DeMers, 78.0 9. Kelly Timberman, 78.0 9. Jessy Davis, 78.0 13. Joe Gunderson, 77.0 13. Zach Curran, 77.0 13. Justin McDaniel, 77.0 16. Josi Young, 75.0 17. Zac Compton, 74.0 17. Wyatt Hancock, 74.0 19. Matt Lait, 73.0 20. James Sursa, 71.0 21. Bo Casper, 70.0 21. Matt Bright, 70.0 23. Forest Bramwell, 68.0 23. Moe Heaton, 68.0 25. Jason Martin, 65.0

No score: Matt Crumpler, Julian Whitcher, Chris Timberman, Rob Oakleaf, Teddy Athan, Eric Frazier, George Gillespie IV, Steven Dent, Casey Colletti, Bobby Mote, Brian Bain, Ryan Gray, Jason Havens, Wes Stevenson, Tom McFarland, Will Lowe, Shannon Miller, Tilden Hooper, Jerad Schlegel, Bud Munns, Chase Erickson, Mac Erickson and Chris Harris.

Steer wrestling, third go-round

1. Rhett Kennedy, 4.9 2. Les Shepperson, 5.0 3. Shawn Greenfield, 5.2 4. Linn Churchill, 5. 3 5. Travis Carnine, 5.4 6. Wes Lockard, 7.4 7. Baillie Milan, 7.5 7. Jonathon Ferreira, 7.5 9. Dean Gorsuch, 8.0 10. Blake Knowles, 8.8 11. Trevor knowles, 13.1 12. Stan Branco, 13.5 13. Ivan Coleman, 14.2 14. Jason lahr, 15.0

Aggregate: 1. Travis Carnine, 17.9/3 2. Jonathon Ferreira, 20.9/3 3. Wes Lockard, 23.6/3 4. Baillie Milan, 24.4/3 5. Linn Churchill, 27.8/3 6. Dean Gorsuch, 27.9/3 7. Blake Knowles, 28.1/3 8. Jason Lahr, 30.9/3 9. Trevor Knowles, 33.8/3 10. Ivan Coleman, 37.9/3 11. Stan Branco, 45.8/3 12. Les Shepperson, 9.8/2 13. Shawn Greenfield, 9.9/2 14. Rhett Kennedy, 10.7/2 15. Ken Lewis, 12.5/2 16. Cade Swor, 12.6/2 17. Wade Sumpter, 16.3/2 18. Dane Hanna, 17.3/2 19. Clayton Morrison, 17.6/2 20. Brad McGilchrist, 18.6/2 21. Tyler Holzum, 20.7/2 22. Beau Franzen, 21.4/2 23. Billy Bugenig, 22.2/2 24. Kyle Hughes, 23.1/2 25. Luke Branquinho, 25.1/2 26. Clint Robinson, 29.5/2 27. Garrett Boekenoogen, 30.3/2 28. Trevor Cox, 30.7/2 29. Tanner Milan, 4.7/1 30. Ryan Jarrett, 6.3/1 31. Matt Deskovick, 6.4/1 32. Charles Harris, 6.5/1 33. J.C. Bonilla, 6.6/1 34. Dani Leslie, 9.0/1

Saddle bronc riding, through April 26

1. Heith DeMoss, 83.0 2. Cody Horwedel, 79.0 3. Rod Hay, 77.0 3. Ben Morrow, 77.0 3. Anthony Bello, 77.0 6. Scott Keogh, 76.0 6. Dallas Osburn, 76.0 6. Sam MacKenzie, 76.0 6. Rowdy Rathmell, 76.0 10. Elliot French, 75.0 11. Bryce Miller, 74.0 11. Justin Arnold, 74.0 11. Ryan MacKenzie, 74.0 14. Darin Redelsperger, 72.0 15. Jeff Rianda, 70.0 16. Roy Johnson, 69.0 16. Dustin Flundra, 69.0

No score: Jake Griffin, Ben Londo, Morgan Forbes, Jesse Bail, Matt Hebbert, Ad Bugenig, Sam Swan, Samuel Kelts, Brandon Bias, Todd Weagant, Jess Williams, Nick Laduke, Scott Miller, Cody DeMoss, Brad Rudolf, Matt Marvel, Levi Berry, Rusty Allen, Cody Wright, Mike Outhier, Jess I Martin, Ryan Mapston, Shaun Stroh, Bobby Griswold, Cody Taton, Dusty Hausauer, Josh Reynolds, Chet Johnson, Bradley Harter, Taos Muncy and Isaac Diaz.

Team roping, aggregrate through April 26

1. Justin Spence/Evan Arnold, 22.0/3 2. Blake Hirdes/Walt Rodman, 22.4/3 3. Steve Smith Jr/Wes Goodrich, 23.0/3 4. Jake Cooper/Jim Ross Cooper, 23.8/3 5. Colter Todd/Cesar de la Cruz, 26.4/3 6. Paul Mullins/Tarek Goddard, 28.1/3 7. Shain Sproul/Bobby Baize, 30.1/3 8. Charly Crawford/Jade Corkill, 31.3/3 9. Garrett Tonozzi/Kinney Harrell, 33.1/3 10. Jay Adams/Cody Hintz, 36.1/3 11. Keven Daniel/Jhett Johnson, 38.4/3 12. Pat Boyle/Dennis Watkins, 40.3/3 13. Jake Barnes/Kyon Sayer, 42.0/3 14. Riley Minor/Brady Minor, 42.3/3 15. Joel Bach/Cody Cowden, 13.2/2 16. Derick Fleming/Caleb Twisselman, 13.5/2 17. David Motes/Jared Hixon, 14.3/2 18. Spencer Mitchell/Justin Davis, 14.5/2 19. Sherrick Grantham/Dusty Watkins, 16.0/2 20. Daniel Green/Todd Hampton, 17.3/2 21. Turtle Powell/Travis Graves, 17.6/2 22. David Key/Kory Koontz, 18.3/2 23. Mike Christensen/Tristen Luther, 18.9/2 24. Matt Funk/Bucky Campbell, 19.0/2 25. Dylan Bransom/Jody Pinkert, 19.1/2 26. Derrick Begay/Victor Aros, 20.5/2 27. Wade Wheatley/Cory Petska, 20.7/2 28. David Ramont/Chris Wooten, 21.0/2 29. Brandon Farris/Justin Copp, 22.8/2 30. Shane Kenny/Tony Bacigalupi, 22.9/2 31. Logan Olson/Broc Cresta, 23.1/2 32. Jon Stafford/Dave Tripp, 26.7/2 33. Blaine Linaweaver/Richard Durham, 28.6/2 34. Mel Coleman/Rhett Kennedy, 32.9/2 35. Ron Darnell/Mike Silveira, 36.8/2 36. Jason Vohs/Brent Hammerstrom, 38.8/2

Calf roping, aggregate through April 26

1. Kelsey Garrison, 28.1/3 2. Matt Shiozawa, 29.0/3 3. Wes Lockard, 30.3/3 4. Clint Robinson, 30.5/3 5. Doug Pharr, 32.0/3 6. Caddo Lewallen, 32.7/3 6. Jay Adams, 32.7/3 8. Joseph Parsons, 34.6/3 9. Cheyenne Stanley, 34.7/3 10. Trent Creager, 36.4/3 11. Blake Hirdes, 36.5/3 12. Stephen Reagor, 39.0/3 13. Jim Ross Cooper, 40.3/3 14. Paul Emerson, 44.6/3 15. Jake Hannum, 51.7/3 16. Mike Johnson, 19.0/2 17. Ryan Jarrett, 19.1/2 17. Jack Vanderlans, 19.1/2 19. Ryan Watkins, 19.5/2 20. Tuf Cooper, 19.9/2 20. Tyson Durfey, 19.9/2 22. Barry Burk, 20.1/2 22. Royce Lynch, 20.1/2 24. Clayton Hamil, 22.1/2 24. Rhett Kennedy, 22.1/2 26. Anthony Estep, 22.7/2 27. J.D. Miller, 22.8/2 27. Jesse Egan, 22.8/2 29. Trevor Knowles, 23.3/2 29. Scott McCulloch, 23.3/2 31. Tyler Thiel, 23.5/2 32. Tyler Garten, 24.9/2 33. Clint Cooper, 26.4/2 34. Rick Kieckhefer, 26.6/2 35. Chris Wooten, 27.3/2 36. Jason Vohs, 27.9/2

Barrel racing, aggregate through April 26

1. Brittany Pozzi-Pharr, 33.04/2 2. Christina Richman, 33.07/2 3. Jamie Cook, 33.36/2 4. Jana Jarreau, 33.41/2 5. Molly Powell, 33.50/2 6. Cambria Fetherston, 33.54/2 7. Sherrylynn Johnson, 33.73/2 8. Nellie Williams, 33.90/2 9. Kelly Carr, 34.02/2 10. Charlene Jespersen, 34.06/2 11. Sarah Kieckhefer, 34.09/2 12. Marvel Murphy-Selvester, 34.30/2 13. Leslie Hurford, 34.37/2 14. Rayanne Currin, 34.45/2 15. Kali Knight, 34.60/2 16. Deanna Coon, 34.64/2 17. Stacey Freitas, 34.68/2 18. Mary Moe, 35.47/2 19. Pat Spratt, 38.06/2 20. Danyelle Campbell, 38.51/2 21. Kristie Jensen, 38.85/2 22. Jetta McCormick, 39.01/2 23. Cydni Terry, 39.11/2 24. Traci Dawson, 39.12/2 25. Aimee Kay, 39.18/2 26. Chris Rose, 39.46/2 27. Tiffany Fox, 39.51/2 28. Shelley Holman, 39.65/2 29. Danni Scheer, 39.66/2 30. Sheena Robbins, 39.79/2 31. Krystal Jones, 40.55/2 32. Bailey Tuck, 40.89/2 33. Tara Lee Woodall, 43.43/2 34. Megan McLeod, 43.52/2 35. Linda Vick, 43.75/2 36. Vonnie Nunes, 43.92/2

Bull riding, through April 26

1. Dave Samsel, 83.0 2. Jake Wade, 82.0 3. J.W. Harris, 81.0 4. Shane Gordon, 76.0 4. Nat Fly, 76.0 6. Dustin Larsen, 74.0

No score: Johnny Allen, Evan Matthews, Josh Daries, Shawn Proctor, Jesse Bail, Cody Hodges, Thomas Bert, Mike Moore, Cory Melton, Dwayne Hargo, Will Farrell, Spud Jones, Brady Scott Williams, Bobby Roberts, Chance Smart, Tony Smart, Sean Case, Jon Buchert, Mike Randall, Wesley Silcox, Steve Woolsey, Jerry Shepherd, Jed Moore, Sonny Murphy, B.J. Schumacher, Marcus Michaelis, J.C. Bean, Dustin Skiles, Josh Verburg, Dustin Smith, Jason McClain, Cody Hancock, Howdy Cloud, Kyle Joslin, Zeb Lanham, Myron Duarte, Ted Bert, Kenneth Restani, Colin McTaggart, Colby Reilly, Bobby Waller and Ryan Brown.