Cooper closing in on another Lovington title

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LOVINGTON, N.M. – Tie-down roper Clint Cooper wasn’t born in this southeastern New Mexico community. He doesn’t live here now.

But Lovington is his home. It’s where he grew up, where he graduated high school. Jake McClure Arena is where he watched his hall-of-fame father, Roy Cooper, and all the other great ropers in rodeo. And it’s where he’s been a winner.

“I won this rodeo two times before, in ’04 and ’07,” Cooper said of the Lea County Fair and Rodeo. “It’s real important for me to win this rodeo. Now it’s part of the (Wrangler Million Dollar) tour, so that’s a big deal, too. There’s only one more tour rodeo left, so this rodeo is going to draw all the top guys, that’s for sure.”

Clint Cooper is one of the top guys and has been for a number of years. He brings a boat load of talent and a handsome pedigree to the competition, and during the second performance of this year’s rodeo, he posted an 8.7-second run, the fastest of the night. It moved him to the runner-up spot in the second go-round. More importantly, when combined with his 9.8-second first-round time, gives him 18.5 seconds on two runs and the lead in the aggregate with just two days of competition remaining.

“My step-dad and my mom still live here, and my grandparents still live in Monument,” said Cooper, 29, referring to another Lea County community. “My cousins, Jim and Jake, are still here, and so is my uncle, Jimmie. This is home to me.”

It’s always great for cowboys to win a hometown rodeo. The ultimate dream, of course, is to earn the gold buckle given to the world champion at the end of the season, and that is well within Cooper’s grasp. He’s No. 2 in the world standings with $75,279, about $5,500 behind his younger brother, Tuf Cooper. Last December, Clint, Tuf and Clif Cooper all qualified for the NFR, the first set of three brothers to qualify for ProRodeo’s championship in tie-down roping.

“It’s everybody’s dream to rope at the NFR with your brothers,” Clint Cooper said. “We grew up in the practice pen together, and we’re always there for each other, not against each other. It was awesome.”

Lea County Fair and Rodeo
Lovington
, N.M.
After Second Performance
BAREBACK RIDING
1. Brian Bain on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Black Coffee and Will Lowe on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Dirty Jacket, 88; 3. Ryan Gray, 86; 4. Lee Lantz and Caine Riddle, 85; 6. Caleb Bennett, 84; 7. Jason Havens, 81; 8. Luke Creasy, 80.

STEER WRESTLING
First round leaders:
1. Dean Gorsuch, 3.9 seconds; 2. Shane Henderson, 4.1; 3. Seth Braockman and Ken Lewis, 4.2; 5. Lee Graves, 4.3; 6. Rusty Hamilton, 4.6; 7. Stockton Graves and Stan Branco, 4.9.
Second round leaders: 1. Sterling Lambert, 3.6 seconds; 2. Jason Miller, 4.0; 3. Dean Gorsuch and Jacob Shofner, 4.3; 5. Stan Branco, Wade Sumpter, Alex Robertson and Tommy Cook, 4.4.
Average: 1. Dean Gorsuch, 8.2 seconds on two runs; 2 Stan Branco, 9.3; 3. Jason Miller, 9.8; 4. Wade Sumpter, 10.2; 5. Josh Peek, 10.8; 6. Les Shepperson, 10.9; 7. Jscob Shofner, 11.0; 8. Shane Henderson, 11.3.

TIE-DOWN ROPING

First round leaders: 1. Seth Hooper and Houston Hutto, 9.3 seconds; 3. Ryan Jarrett and Joseph Gernentz, 9.6; 5. Jerome Schneeberger, 9.7; 6. Clint Cooper, 9.8; 7. Kyle Dutton, 9.9; 8. Trevor Thiel, 9.9.
Second round leaders:
1. Michael Otero, 8.5 seconds; 2. Clint Cooper, 8.7; 3. Josh Peek and Guy Miller, 8.9; 5. Blair Burk, 9.0; 6. Jake Hannum, 9.3; 7. Riley Pruitt, 9.7; 8. Scott Kormos, 10.7.
Average: 1. Clint Cooper, 18.5; 2. Jake Hannum, 20.3; 3. Trevor Thiel, 20.7; 4. Jayce Johnson, 21.3; 5. Kyle Dutton, 21.4; 6. Timber Moore, 22.0; 7. Jerome Schneeberger, 22.8; 8. Marty Jones, 23.0.

SADDLE BRONC RIDING
1. Cody Angland, 85 points on Miss Congeniality; 2. Sterling Crawley and Luke Butterfield, 80; 4. Taos Muncy, Troy Crowser, Wade Sundell and Casey Sisk, 77; 8. Rusty Allen, 76.

STEER ROPING
Third round leaders:
1. Rocky Patterson, 8.7 seconds; 2. J.B. Whatley, 9.5; 3. Jake DeGeer, 10.0; 4. Chris Glover, 10.2; 5. Cody Garnett, 10.3; 6. Shay Good, 10.4; 7. Trevor Brazile, 10.5; 8. J.D. Yates, 11.1.
Average leaders: 1. Trevor Brazile, 32.4 on three runs; 2. Shay Good, 32.8; 3. Ralph Williams, 35.4; 4. Ty Herd, 36.5; 5. Rocky Patterson, 37.0; 6. Leo Campbell, 39.9; 7. Chris Glover, 41.0; 8. Cody Garnett, 42.5.

TEAM ROPING
First round leaders:
1. Brady Tryan/Jake Long, 4.9 seconds; 2. Keven Daniel/Chase Tryan, 5.2; 3. Ryan Jarrett/K.C. Curtis, 5.3; 4. Chad Masters/Jade Corkill, 5.4; 5. Jake Barnes/Walt Woodard, 5.6; 6. Tommy Edens/Justin Hendrick, 5.7; 7. Jake Cooper/Matt Garza, 6.7; 8. Charly Crawford/Russell Cardoza and Wyatt Althoff/T.J. Brown, 6.9.
Second round leaders: 1. Ty Blasingame/Cody Hintz, 4.3; 2. Charly Crawford/Russell Cardoza, 5.1; 3. Erich Rochers/Kory Koontz and Brandon Beers/Jim Ross Cooper, 5.2; 5. Jake Barnes/Walt Woodard, 5.3; 6. David Motes/Ryon Tittel and Keven Daniel/Chase Tryan, 5.4; 8. Tommy Edens/Justin Hendrick, 5.5.
Average leaders: 1. Keven Daniel/Chase Tryan, 10.6 seconds on two runs; 2. Jake Barnes/Walt Woodard, 10.9; 3. Tommy Edens/Justin Hendrick, 11.2; 4. Charly Crawford/Russell Cardoza, 12.0; 5. Brandon Beers/Jim Ross Cooper, 16.7; 6. Ty Blasingame/Cody Hintz, 4.3 on 1; 7. Brady Tryan/Jake Long, 4.9; 8. Erich Rogers/Kory Koontz, 5.2.

BARREL RACING
1. Sydni Blanchard, 16.99 seconds; 2. Benette Barringtoin, 17.45; 3. Jessie Moody, 17.61; 4. Jill Moody, 17.65; 5. Kristin Carlson, 17.72; 6. Cindy Smith and Susan Siggins, 17.77; 8. Kim Schulze, 17.86; 9. Tammy Fischer, 17.87; 10. Marisa Simpson, 17.92; 11. Jane Melby, 18.08; 12, Lea Baze, 18.09; 13. Callie Rios, 18.22; 14. Reagan Dillard, 18.23.

BULL RIDING
1. Chandler Bownds, 87 points on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Time Out; 2. Bryan Richardson, 80; 3. Logan Knibbe, 79; 4. Jacob O’Mara, Tate Stratton and Colin McTaggart, 76; 7. Allen Helmuth, 75; 8. Clint Craig, 74.

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