LOCAL TEAM ROPERS SET NEW ARENA RECORD, QUALIFY FOR SUNDAY’S FINALS

(Tucson, Ariz – Feb. 23.) – Cheered on by a sold-out crowd, team ropers Colter Todd of Marana and Cesar de la Cruz of Tucson set a new Tucson arena record of 12.0 seconds for the fastest total time on two runs. Their efforts today moved them up to first in the aggregate heading into the final round on Sunday. The previous record of 12.3 was recorded in 1992. The team with the lowest combined time for three runs wins the Tucson Rodeo championship.

Sunday’s finals features current world champions Bobby Mote in bareback riding, Jason Miller in steer wrestling and Trevor Brazile in tie-down roping. Five-time world champion and fan favorite Billy Etbauer will compete in the saddle bronc finals.

Tuba City, Ariz. bull rider Terrance Granger will face the ride of his career Sunday. Granger drew Beutler & Son’s Voodoo Child, the PRCA bucking bull of the year with a perfect buck-off record in over 30 appearances.

The final performance on Sunday features the top 12 contestants in each event vying for Tucson Rodeo championship buckles.

Tickets for the Tucson Rodeo Finals are available at the gate beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday.

Call (520) 741-2233 or visit www.tucsonrodeo.com for information.

The following are unofficial results from the Tucson Rodeo, February 23, 2008

Fifth Performance ---

Bareback riding: 1-2, Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 84 points on Beutler & Son’s Rooster Cogburn/Bud Munns, Snowville, Utah, 84 points on Beutler & Son’s Zinger; 3Chris Timberman, Columbus, Mont., 83; 4-6, Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo./Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash./Beau Le Doux, Kaycee, Wyo., 79; 7, Mac Erickson, Almo, Idaho, 78; 8, Jared Green, Socorro, N.M., 77.

Steer wrestling:  1, Clayton Tuchscherer, Cortaro, Ariz., 6.0; 2, Bo Bleil, Maricopa, Ariz., 10.6; 3, Tim Robertson, Gilbert, Ariz., 15.2.

Saddle bronc riding:  1, Isaac Diaz, Davie, Fla., 83 points on Beutler & Son’s Red Beer; 2, J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 79; 3, Mike Outhier, Utopia, Texas, 78; 4, Cody Taton, Newell, S.D., 77; 5, Todd Herzog, Penhold, Alberta, Canada, 75; 6, Tyler Corrington, Hastings, Minn., 74; 7, Jordan Furnish, Baird, Texas, 70.

Tie-down roping:  1, Kass Kayser, Ellensburg, Wash., 17.9 (no other qualified times).

Team roping:  1, Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz./Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 6.1; 2, Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore./Tyler Magnus, Lampasas, Texas, 6.6; 3, John O’Connor, Meridian, Idaho/Beau Hutchison, Blackfoot, Idaho, 6.7; 4, Jake Barnes, Scottsdale, Ariz./Clay O’Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas, 7.8; 5, Troy Shelley, Gila, N.M./Byron Wilkerson, Duncan, Ariz., 10.7; 6, Richard Lowe, Tucson, Ariz.,/T.J. Brown, Payson, Ariz., 16.5.

Barrel racing:  1, Sydni Blanchard, Albuquerque, N.M., 17.37; 2, Sarah Keickhefer, Prescott, Ariz., 17.40; 3, Jill Welsh, Prescott, Ariz., 17.44; 4, Kirstin Carlson, Carlsbad, N.M., 17.78; 5, Shane Johnston, Menlo Park, Calif., 18.16; 6, Julie Baish, Las Cruces, N.M., 18.48.

Bull riding:  1, Camo Mullins, Phoenix, Ariz., 47 points on Beutler & Son’s Liberty Bell (no other qualified rides).

ROUND WINNERS AND FINAL ROUND QUALIFIERS

Bareback riding (first round winners and final round qualifiers):  1, Bud Munns, Snowville, Utah on Beutler & Son’s Zinger, $4,466; 2, Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo.,  85, $3,424; 3-5, Scott Montague, Rapid City, S.D./Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz./Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 84, $1,737 each; 6, Chris Timberman, Columbus, Mont., 83, $744; 7, Kaycee Feild, Elk Ridge, Utah, 82, $596; 8-10, Jess Davis, Payson, Utah/James Sursa, Bluebell, Utah/Jerad Schlegel, Burns. Colo., 81, $149.

Steer Wrestling (second round winners):  1, Mickey Gee, Wichita Falls, Texas, 4.0; 2, Beau Franzen, Sidney, Mont., 4.3, $2,610; 3, Cody Glover, Tucson, Ariz., 4.4, $2,218; 4, Alexander Robertson, Bend, Ore., 4.6, $1,827; 5, Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 5.2, $1,435; 6-7, Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb./Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., 5.2, $848; 8-9, Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada/Tony Larsen, Sheridan, Wyo., 5.3, $130.

Steer wrestling: Aggregate Leaders on two head and finals qualifiers:  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 winners and final round qualifiers):  1, Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., 86 points on Wester Rodeo’s Scarface, $4,538; 2, Rusty Allen, Eagle Mountain, Utah, 84, $3,479; 3, Isaac Diaz, Davie, Fla., 83, $2,571; 4, Heith DeMoss, Crowville, La., 81, $1,664; 5, Jess I. Martin, Dillon, Mont., 80, $1,059; 6-9, Morgan Forbes, Kaycee, Wyo./Ryan Mapston, Belt, Mont./Anthony Bello, Oakley, Utah/J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 79, $454; 10-11, Jake Griffin, Powell, Utah/Mike Outhier, Utopia, Texas, 78.

Tie-down roping (second round winners):  1-2, Caddo Lewallen, Morrison, Okla./Marty  Becker, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 8.8, $2,2788 each; 3-4, Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Colo./Hunter Herrin Apache, Okla., 9.0, $2,010 each; 5-6, Cody James, Monticello, Ark./Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 9.3, $1,232 each; 7, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 9.6, $648 each; 8-10, Nate Baldwin, Blackfoot, Idaho/Wes Borders, Arriba, Colo./Ricky Canton, Navasota, Texas, 9.7, $86 each.

Tie-down roping: Aggregate Leaders on two head and final round qualifiers:  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./J.D. McKinley, Las Cruces, N.M.,  21.6.

Team roping (second round winners):  1-2, Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, Ariz./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev./Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz./Victor Aros, Tucson, Ariz., 4.9, $1,973 each; 3-4, Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash./Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash./Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont./Walt Woodard, Stephenville, Texas, 5.4, $1,422 each; 5-6, Allen Joel Bach, Millsap, Texas/Cody Cowden, Merced, Calif./Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn./Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 5.5, $872 each; 7-8, Justin Lovell, Grapeland, Texas/Nick Simmons, Colcord, Okla./Lee Kiehne, Lemitar, N.M./John Paul Lucero, Villanueva, N.M., 5.6, $321 each.

Team roping:  Aggregate Leaders on two head and final round qualifiers:  1, Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz./Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 12.0; 2-3, Speed Williams, Deleon, Texas/Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas/Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz./Bobby Baize, El Paso, Texas, 13.5; 4, Allen Joel Bach, Milsap, Texas/Cody Cowden, Merced, Calif., 13.7; 5, Luke Brown, Rock Hill, S.C./Monty Joe Petska, Turlock, Calif., 13.8; 6, Jon Stafford, Nampa, Idaho/Dave Tripp, Queen Creek, Ariz., 13.9; 7, Joe Burk Higgins, Whitmann, Ariz./Preston Williams, Casa Grande, Ariz., 14.0; 8, Jake Barnes, Scottsdale, Ariz./Clay O’Brien Cooper, Morgan Hill, Texas, 14.1; 9, Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore./Tyler Magnus, Lampasas, Texas, 14.2; 10, Waylon McCurley, Escalon, Calif./Joseph Shawnego, Oakdale, Calif., 14.5; 11, Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo./Kinney Harrell, San Angelo, Texas, 14.6; 12, Russ Sullivan, Peralta, N.M./Levi Garcia, Albuquerque, N.M., 14.8.

Barrel racing (second round winners):  1, Sheena Robbins, Fresno, Calif., 17.23, $2,109; 2, Traci Dawson, Erskine, Alberta, Canada, 17.30, $18.08; 3, Shelley Murphy, Helena, Mont., 17.35, $1,506; 4-5, Sydni Blanchard, Albuquerque, N.M./Lindz Sears, Ropesville, Texas, 17.37, $1,155 each; 6, Sarah Kieckhefer, Prescott, Ariz., 17.40, $803; 7, Jill Welsh, Prescott, Ariz., 17.44, $603; 8, Megan McLeod, Star, Idaho, 17.45, $402; 9, Emily Kiehne, Marana, Ariz., 17.51, $301; 10, Danyelle Campbell, Beaumont, Calif., 17.57, $201.

Barrel racing:  Aggregate Leaders on two runs and final round qualifiers:  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, Sarah Kieckhefer, Prescott, Ariz., 35.83.

Bull riding (first round winners and final round qualifiers):  1, Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, 87 points on Western Rodeo’s Little Marvin, $4,687; 2, Brian Curtis, Belle Fourche, S.D., 86, $3,593; 3, Seth Glause, Rock Springs, Wyo., 8.0, $2,656; 4, Cory Melton, Tolar, Texas, 81, $1,718; 5-6, Terrance Granger, Tuba City, Ariz./Douglas Duncan, Alvin, Texas, 80, $937; 7, Myron Duarte, Auburn, Wash., 79, $625; 8-9, Brandon Reynolds, Pike Road, Ala./Chance Smart, Philadelphia, Miss., 77, $234; 10-12, Austin Martiny, May, Idaho/Joe Meling, Pendelton, Ore./Jordan Edward Hooten, Daingerfield, Texas, 74.