BUCKING HORSES SCORE BIG WITH TOP COWBOYS ABOARD

(Tucson, Ariz.) – Lots of sunshine warmed up Kelly Timberman of Mills, Wyo. who rode Beutler & Son’s Spider Monkey to a score of 86 and placed him at the top of the leader board.

In saddle bronc riding, Billy Etbauer and Rusty Allen took advantage of good draws. Etbauer recorded an 85 on Beutler & Son’s Scarface and Allen rode Painted Smile to an 84 to place the two in first and second place for the race to the Sunday finals.The crowd of 9,250 gave Etbauer a warm ovation when he saluted the fans in his 20th Tucson Rodeo appearance.

The fourth performance of the Tucson Rodeo gets underway at 12:30 p.m. Friday. Call (520) 741-2233 or visit www.tucsonrodeo.com for more information.

The following are unofficial results from the Tucson Rodeo, February 21, 2008
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Bareback riding: 1, Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo., 85 points on Beutler & Son’s Spider Monkey; 2-3; Wyatt Hancock, Taylor, Ariz.,/Logan Hodson, Telkwa, British Columbia, Canada, 78; 4-5, Dale Stoller, Great Falls, Mont./Joe Gunderson, Agar, S.D., 72; 6, Brian Leddy, Leedey, Okla., 7.3; 7, Dusty LaValley, Crooked Creek, Alberta, Canada, 71.

Steer wrestling: 1, Beau Franzen, Sidney, Mont., 4.3; 2, Cody Glover, Tucson, Ariz., 4.4; 3, Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 5.1; 4, Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada, 5.3; 5, Wes Lockard, Susanville, Calif., 8.1; 6, Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., 21.0; 7, Baillie Milan, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada, 25.2.

Saddle bronc riding: 1, Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., 85 points on Beutler & Son’s Scarface; 2, Rusty Allen Eagle Mountain, Utah, 84; 3, Josh MacKenzie, Jordan Valley, Ore., 76; 4, Steve Dollarhide, Wikieup, Ariz., 73; 5-6, Taos Muncy, Corona. N.M./Ryan MacKenzie, Jordan Valley, Ore., 72.

Tie-down roping: 1, Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., 9.9; 2, Jade Lyon, Meadow, S.D., 10.4; 3, Seth Hopper, Stanfield, Ore., 10.7; 4, Alwin Bouchard, Scandia, Alberta, Canada, 11.0; 5, Jim C. Smith, Del Rio, Texas, 11.3; 6, Monty Lewis, Herford, Texas, 14.6; 7, Murray Pole, Erskine, Alberta, Canada, 28.

Team roping: 1, Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, Ariz./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., 4.9; 2, Allen Joel Bach, Millsap, Texas/Cody Cowden, Merced, Calif., 5.5; 3, Justin Lovell, Grapeland, Texas/Nick Simmons, Colcord, Okla., 5.6; 4, Turtle Powell, Alpine, Texas/Travis Graves, Jay, Okla., 5.9; 5, Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga.,/Gavin Foster, Elmore City, Okla., 6.7.

Barrel racing: 1, Sheena Robbins, Fresno, Calif., 17.23; 2, Jetta McCormick, Ogden, Utah, 17.75; 3, Cindy Smith, Hobbs, N.M., 17.95; 4, Mary Moe, Cave Creek, Ariz., 18.07; 5, Teri Murphy, Marana, Ariz., 18.14; 6, Lacey Reddell, Dewey, Ariz., 18.20; 7, Eileen Geraghty, Tucson, Ariz., 18.69; 8, Reggie Crosby, Carney, Okla., 23.09; 9, Shali Lord, Lamar, Colo., 23.83.

Bull riding: 1, Cory Melton, Tolar, Texas, 80 points on Beutler & Son’s Pogo; 2, Chance Smart, Philadelphia, Miss., 77; 3, Joe Meling, Pendelton, Ore., 76; 4, Wyatt Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., 73.

CURRENT LEADERS

Bareback riding (first round): 1, Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo., 85 points on Beutler & Son’s Spider Monkey; 2, Scott Montague, Rapid City, S.D., 84; 3-5, Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo./Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo./Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Wyo., 79; 6-11, Davey Shields, Jr., Bashaw, Alberta, Canada/Silas Richards, North Zulch, Texas/Zach Curran, Arvada, Colo./Cody DeMers, Kimberly, Idaho/Wyatt Hancock, Taylor, Ariz./Logan Hodson, Telkwa, British Columbia, Canada, 78; 12-14, Dave Worsfold, Queensland, Australia/Casey Colletti, Pueblo, Colo./Dustin Murray, Midwest City, Okla., 76.

Steer wrestling (second round): 1, Mickey Gee, Wichita Falls, Texas, 4.0; 2, Beau Franzen, Sidney, Mont., 4.3; 3, Cody Glover, Tucson, Ariz., 4.4; 4, Alexander Robertson, Bend, Ore., 4.6; 5, Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 5.2; 6-7, Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb./Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., 5.2; 8-9, Tanner, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada/Tony Larsen, Sheridan, Wyo., 5.3.
Leaders on two head: 1, Dean McIntyre, Wickenburg, Ariz., 10.5; 2, Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb., 10.9; 3, Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 11.4; 4, Casey McMillen, Craig, Colo., 12.3; 5, Tony Larsen, Sheridan, Wyo., 12.7; 6, Travis Carnine, Stanfield, Ore., 13.4; 7, Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 14.0; 8, Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo., 14.6; 9, Ryan Swayze, Freedom, Okla., 14.8; 10-11, Alexander Robertson, Bend, Ore./Mickey Gee, Wichita Falls, Texas, 15.2; 12, Wes Lockard, Susanville, Calif., 15.4.

Saddle bronc riding (first round) 1, Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., 86 points on Beutler & Son’s Scarface; 2, Rusty Allen, Eagle Mountain, Utah, 84; 3, Jess I. Martin, Dillon, Mont., 80; 4-5, Morgan Forbes, Kaycee, Wyo./Ryan Mapston, Belt, Mont., 79; 6, Jake Griffin, Powell, Wyo., 78; 7-8, Dustin Flundra, Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada/Max Filippini, Battle Mountain, Nev., 77; 9-10, Rod Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, Canada/J.W. Todd, Loving, N.M., 76; 11-12, Darrell Triplett, Waterflow, N.M./Josh MacKenzie, Jordan Valley, Ore., 75.

Tie-down roping (second round) 1-2, Caddo Lewallen, Morrison, Okla./Marty Becker, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 8.8; 3-4, Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Colo./Hunter Herrin Apache, Okla., 9.0; 5-6, Cody James, Monticello, Ark./Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 9.3; 7, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 9.6; 8-10, Nate Baldwin, Blackfoot, Idaho/Wes Borders, Arriba, Colo./Ricky Canton, Navasota, Texas, 9.7. Aggregate Leaders on two head: 1, Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 18.3; 2, Ricky Canton, Navasota, Texas, 19.0; 3, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 19.5; 4, Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 19.8; 5, Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Colo., 20.1; 6, Timber Moore, Stephenville, Texas, 20.2; 7, Caddo Lewallen, Morrison, Okla., 20.3; 8, Jade Lyon, Meadow, S.D., 20.5; 9, Jeff Chapman, Athens, Texas, 21.1; 10, Curt La Duke, Bozeman, Mont., 21.2; 11-12, Royce Lynch, Deming, N.M./Cade Swor, Chico, Texas, 21.

Team roping (second round) 1, Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, Ariz./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., 4.9; 2-3, Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash./Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont./Walt Woodard, Stephenville, Texas, 5.4; 4-5, Allen Joel Bach, Millsap, Texas/Cody Cowden, Merced, Calif./Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn./Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 5.5; 6-7, Justin Lovell, Grapeland, Texas/Nick Simmons, Colcord, Okla./Lee Kiehne, Lemitar, N.M./John Paul Lucero, Villanueva, N.M., 5.6; 8-9,
Justin Young, Firestone, Colo./Justin Copp, Justin, Texas/Matt Robertson, Stephenville, Texas/John Robertson, Polson, Mont., 5.8. Aggregate Leaders on two head: 1-2, Speed Williams, Deleon, Texas/Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas/Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz./Bobby Baize, El Paso, Texas, 13.5; 3, Allen Joel Bach, Milsap, Texas/Cody Cowden, Merced, Calif., 13.7; 4, Luke Brown, Rock Hill, S.C./Monty Joe Petska, Turlock, Calif., 13.8; 5, Jon Stafford, Nampa, Idaho/Dave Tripp, Queen Creek, Ariz., 13.9; 6, Joe Burk Higgins, Whitmann, Ariz./Preston Williams, Casa Grande, Ariz., 14.0; 7, Waylon McCurley, Escalon, Calif./Joseph Shawnego, Oakdale, Calif., 14.5; 8, Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo./Kinney Harrell, San Angelo, Texas, 14.6; 9, Russ Sullivan, Peralta, N.M./Levi Garcia, Albuquerque, N.M., 14.8; 10, Ty Blasingame, Olne Springs, Colo./Ryon Tittel, Pueblo, Colo., 15.1; 11, Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, Ariz./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev./Colby
Siddoway, Argyle, Texas/Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah, 15.2.

Barrel racing (second round) 1, Sheena Robbins, Fresno, Calif., 17.23; 2, Traci Dawson, Erskine, Alberta, Canada, 17.30; 3, Lindz Sears, Ropesville, Texas, 17.37; 4, Megan McLeod, Star, Idaho, 17.45; 5, Emily Kiehne, Marana, Ariz., 17.51; 6, Danyelle Campbell, Beaumont, Calif., 17.57; 7, Stacy Dial, Vista, Calif., 17.59; 8, Pat Spratt, Lysite, Wyo., 17.60; 9, Whitney Baker, Stephenville, Texas, 17.65; 10-11, Clay Sewalt, Del Rio, Texas/Kathee Martin, Elgin, Ariz., 17.68. Aggregate Leaders on two runs: 1, Sheena Robbins, Fresno, Calif., 34.89; 2, Lindz Sears, Ropesville, Texas, 35.02; 3, Stacy Dial, Vista, Calif., 35.28; 4, Megan McLeod, Star, Idaho, 35.54; 5, Jana Jarreau, Greenwell Springs, La., 35.57; 6-7, Kathee Martin, Elgin, Ariz./Savanah Koenig, Marble Falls, Texas, 35.60; 8, Lindsay Knaff, Winston, Mont., 35.61; 9, Pat Spratt, Lysite, Wyo., 35.62; 10, Danyelle Campbell, Beaumont, Calif., 35.70; 11, Jolee Lautaret, Kingman, Ariz., 35.79; 12, Lynn K. Brown, San Angelo, Texas, 35.88.

Bull riding (first round) 1, Brian Curtis, Belle Fourche, S.D., 86 on Beutler & Son’s Spit Fire; 2, Cory Melton, Tolar, Texas, 81; 3-4, Terrance Granger, Tuba City, Ariz./Douglas Duncan, Alvlin, Texas, 80; 5-6, Brandon Reynolds, Pike Road, Ala./Chance Smart, Philadelphia, Miss., 77; 7-8, Austin Martiny, May, Idaho/Joe Meling, Pendelton, Ore., 76; 9, Jordan Edward Hooton, Daingerfield, Texas, 74; 10-11, Rylan Wright, Midway, Utah/Wyatt Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., 73; 12, Chad Martin, Phoenix, Ariz., 70.