STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Saddle bronc rider Jacobs Crawley knew even before he arrived in Stephenville on Sunday afternoon that he had a chance to win the Cowboy Capital of the World Rodeo.
“I’ve got Air Miles, so it ought to be pretty good,” Crawley said Saturday night.
It was good. Crawley, a two-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier from College Station, Texas, matched moves with the 12-year-old sorrel mare, which also has performed at the NFR.
“She’s just a good horse that always does the same thing,” said Crawley, who added $1,072 to his earnings on the final performance of the 2012 regular season.
Crawley is one of nine champions crowned in Stephenville, led by a the reigning world champion header, Turtle Powell, who won his hometown rodeo with partner Dugan Kelly of Paso Robles, Calif. The tandem posted a 4.2-second time, and the $1,739 helped the Powell scoot into the field for the NFR field – Kelly remained 14th in the heeling standings, while Powell moved up two spots to 14th.
“We snuck in there at the last second,” Kelly told the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. “Turtle wasn’t even in the top 15 – we’d been chasing it all year. We’ve been watching the standings, and the bottom three have been flipping every week, like musical chairs. We were just lucky enough to be in the right spot when the music stopped.”
Other winners were bareback rider Jake Halverson, who matched moves with a Carr NFR bucking horse, Outa Sight, for 81 points to earn $752; bull rider Brant Atwood, who had an 85 on Carr’s Panther for $827; two-time world champion steer roper Ricky Patterson, 39.0 seconds on three runs, $3,028; barrel racer Martha Wright, 15.30 seconds, $845; tie-down ropers Ryan Watkins, 8.4 seconds, $1,254; steer wrestler Justin Blaine Davis, 3.4 seconds, $1,026; and all-around champion Shay Good, who won $1,001 in tie-down roping and steer wrestling.
Cowboy Capital of the World Rodeo
Stephenville, Texas
Sept. 28-30, 2012
All-around cowboy: Shay Good, $1,001, tie-down roping and steer roping.
Bareback riding: 1. Jake Halverson, 81 points on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Outa Sight, $752; 2. Richie Champion, 79 on Carr’s Rodeo Spot, $564; 3. (tie) Chris Harris, on Carr’s Patron, Jake Self, on Carr’s Patron, and Blake Dornak, on Carr’s Good Times, 75, $188 each.
Steer wrestling: 1. Justin Blaine Davis, 3.4 seconds, $1,026; 2. Casey Harmon, 4.2, $770; 3. Monty Eakin, 4.6, $513; 4. Clayton Hass, 4.9, $257.
Team roping: 1. Turtle Powell/Dugan Kelly, 4.2 seconds, $1,739 each; 2. Garrett Tonozzi/Kyle Crick, 4.3, $1,439; 3. Logan Olson/Walt Woodard, 4.5, $1,139; 4. Tyson Holden/Ben Gambrell, 4.6, $840; 5. Quincy Kueckelhan/Chris Young, 4.7, $540; 6. Ty Blasingame/Rich Skelton, 4.9, $300.
Saddle bronc riding: 1. Jacobs Crawley, 86 points on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Air Miles, $1,072; 2. Sterling Crawley, 81 on Carr’s Faded Blood, $804; 3. Dylan Henson, 79 on Carr’s Sweet Emotion, $536; 4. (tie) Wyatt Barstow, on Carr’s Sweet Emotion, and Lucas Wilson, on Carr’s Black Smoke, 78, $134 each.
Tie-down roping: 1. Ryan Watkins, 8.4 seconds, $1,254; 2. Trent Walls, 8.5, $1,037; 3. (tie) Seth Childers and Landyn Duncan, 8.7, $713 each; 5. Clint Kindred, 9.0, $389; 6. E.J. Roberts, 9.4, $216.
Barrel racing: 1. Martha Wright, 15.30 seconds, $845; 2. Lizzy Ehr, 15.33, $734; 3. (tie) Jackie Jatzlau and Karen Little, 15.40, $569 each; 5. Angie Meadors, 15.51, $404; 6. Lisa Ogden, 15.55, $294; 7. Jean Winters, 15.61, $184; 8. Gretchen Benbenek, 15.62, $73.
Steer roping: First round: 1. Bryce Davis, 11.2 seconds, $1,527; 2. Shane Suggs, 11.5, $1,264; 3. Tony Reina, 11.7, $1,001; 4. Chris Glover, 11.8, $737; 5. (tie) Mike Chase and Will Gasperson, 11.9, $369 each. Second round: 1. Colt Williams, 10.1 seconds, $1,527; 2. Marty Jones, 10.6, $1,264; 3. Ralph Williams, 10.9, $1,001; 4. Rocky Patterson, 11.6, $737; 5. Jim Davis, 12.0, $474; 6. (tie) Cody Garnett and Bobby Joe Hill, 12.4, $132 each. Third round: 1. Walter Priestly, 10.0 seconds, $1,527; 2. Ralph Williams, 10.6, $1,264; 3. Shay Good, 10.7, $1,001; 4. Jim Locke, 11.1, $737; 5. Landon McClaugherty, 11.8, $474; 6. Chris Glover, 11.9, $263. Average: 1. Rocky Patterson, 39.0 seconds on three head, $2,291; 2. Tony Reina, 40.4, $1,896; 3. Jim Davis, 44.6, $1,501; 4. Will Gasperson, 45.9, $1,106; 5. Brandon Taylor, 47.6, $711; 6. Leo Campbell, 49.6, $395.
Bull riding: 1. Brant Atwood, 85 points on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Panther, $827; 2. Cody Rostockyj, 84 on The Mexican, $620; no other qualified rides.