DUNCAN, Okla. – Taylor Munsell came into the Chisholm Trail RAM Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo a bit behind the eight-ball.

She trailed breakaway roping year-end leader Addie Weil by $1,700 and needed to make up some ground over the final three nights of the region season. She was slowed opening night when Munsell was saddled with a no-time, and her quest to claim the circuit title seemed even further away.

“We didn’t start the weekend out super great, definitely not how we wanted,” said Munsell of Alva, Oklahoma. “We had a gameplan but didn’t follow that, so we went back to the drawing board and decided we’d go at the go-round (wins) and see how it fell.”

It fell her way. She won both the second and third rounds and finished third in the aggregate race with a cumulative time of 4.1 seconds, pocketing $4,224 over the final two nights to secure the year-end championship.

“Addie didn’t feel well, and she’s been in and out of the hospital for a few days,” Munsell said of the Edna, Kansas, cowgirl. “She came back, bared down and roped good, too, but it fell my way this weekend.”

In a sport where dollars equal points, Munsell finished the circuit season with $12,616, about $1,400 ahead of Weil.

“My confidence level is definitely a lot better now,” said Munsell, who sits fourth in the world standings and will return to the National Finals Breakaway Roping for the second straight year when the event takes place in late November. “This is a great end to the year.

“This is a really big start up. This is the last place I get to go where it’s this kind of setup, a rodeo atmosphere, until I go ack to Vegas. I’m done rodeoing until, just jackpotting a few times between now and then. I’ll save my good horses for Vegas and just enter a few jackpots along the way. I want to keep sharp, and I’ll go down to Texas and rope with some of those guys that area going to Vegas, too.”

Colt Eck was in a similar situation to Munsell: He needed to have a great run inside the Stephens County Arena if he were to have a chance to win the Prairie Circuit’s title.

“I decided to compete in this circuit this year, and it paid off for me,” said Eck, 20, of Uniontown, Kansas, a junior on the Missouri Valley College rodeo team.

He trailed veteran Yance Day of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, by about $2,300 prior to the start of the circuit finale. He then won the first go-round, split the victory in the second round and placed fourth on Saturday night. He finished second in the aggregate race and earned $6,984 to surpass Day for the year-end title.

“I drew some really good horses,” Eck said. “This was a good way to finish off the year.”              

Chisholm Trail Ram Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo
Oct. 13-15
Duncan, Okla.
Bareback riding: First round: 1. Colt Eck, 81.5 points on New Frontier Rodeo’s Law Dog, $1,926; 2. Mike Fred, 80.5, $1,445; 3. Jayco Roper, 80, $963; 4. (tie) Trevor Lattin and Yance Day, 78 $241 each. Second round: 1. (tie) Jayco Roper, on Frontier Rodeo’s Delta Ship, and Colt Eck, on Rafter H Rodeo’s Country Boy, 82.5 points, $1,686 each; 3. Ty Blessing, 80, $963; 4. Yance Day, 74, $482. Third round: 1. Jayco Roper, 82 points on Salt Creek Rodeo’s Super Soaker, $1,926; 2. Yance Day, 80.5, $1,445; 3. Owen Brouillette, $963; 4. Colt Eck, 79.5, $482. Average: 1. Jayco Roper, 244.5 points on three rides, $2,890; 2. Colt Eck, 243.5, $2,167; 3. Yance Day, 232.5, $1,445; 4. Ty Blessing, 228, $722. Year-end champion: Colt Eck.

Steer wrestling: First round: 1. Bridger Anderson, 3.9 seconds, $1,928; 2. Cody Devers, 4.5, $1,445; 3. (tie) Tucker Alberts and Blame Mindemann, 5.3, $722 each. Second round: 1. Jacob Edler, 3.7 seconds, $1,926; 2. Travis Munro, 4.3, $1,445; 3. Tanner Brunner, 4.7, $963; 4. Blake Mindemann, 4.9, $482. Third round: 1. Travis Munro, 4.6 seconds, $1,926; 2. Cody Devers, 4.8, $1,445; 3. Riley Duvall, 5.0, $963; 4. Jacob Edler, 5.3, $482. Average: 1. Jacob Edler, 15.0 seconds on three runs, $2,890; 2. Travis Munro, 16.5, $2,167; 3. Gus Franzen, 16.8, $1,445; 4. Tanner Brunner, 19.7, $722. Year-end champion: Jacob Edler

Team roping: First round: 1. Andrew Ward/Buddy Hawkins, 4.4 seconds, $1,926; 2. Bubba Buckaloo/Joseph Harrison, 5.2, $1,445; 3. Trevor Howard/Cody Heflin, 5.6, $963; 4. Jake Cooper Clay/Billie Jack Saebens, 6.0, $482. Second round: 1. Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin, 4.4 seconds; 2. Andrew Ward/Buddy Hawkins, 4.6, $1,445; 3. Curry Kirchner/Reagan Ward, 4.7, $963; 4. Jake Clay/Billie Jack Saebens, 4.8, $482. Third round: 1. Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin, 4.4 seconds, $1,926; 2. Jake Clay/Billie Jack Saebens, 4.9, $1,445; 3. Tyler Hobert/Chase Boekhaus, 5.1, $963; 4. Andrew Ward/Buddy Hawkins, 5.4, $482. Average: 1. Andrew Ward/Buddy Hawkins, 14.4 seconds on three runs, $2,890; 2. Jake Clay/Billie Jack Saebens, 15.7, $2,167; 3. Tyler Hobert/Chase Boekhaus, 23.7, $1,445; 4. Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin, 27.7, $722. Year-end champion header: Andrew Ward. Year-end champion heeler: Buddy Hawkins.

Breakaway roping: First round: 1. KeAnn Hayes, 2.4 seconds, $1,536; 2. Alyssa Bigon, 2.5, $1,152; 3. Ari-Anna Flynn, 2.9, $768; 4. Hannah Lee, 11.8, $384. Second round: 1. Taylor Munsell, 2.1 seconds, $1,536; 2. Alyssa Bigon, 2.3, $1,152; 3. Addie Weil, 2.6, $768; 4. KeAnn Hayes, 2.8, $384. Third round: 1. Taylor Munsell, 2.0 seconds, $1,536; 2. Hannah Lee, 2.1, $1,152; 3. (tie) Mollie Bassett, Addie Weil and Mikayla McCoy, 2.5, $294 each. Average: 1. KeAnn Hayes, 7.9 seconds on three runs, $2,304; 2. Ari-Anna Flynn, 9.1, $1,728; 3. Taylor Munsell, 4.1 seconds on two runs, $1,152; 4. Alyssa Bigon, 4.8, $576. Year-end champion: Taylor Munsell.  

Saddle bronc riding: First round: 1. Tyrel Larsen, 82.5 points on Silver Creek Rodeo’s Bunny Gal, $1,926; 2. Trent Burd, 80.5, $1,445; 3. Luke Richard Price, 79.5, $963; 4. Ean Price, 78, $482. Second round: 1. Cody Ballard, 80 points on Rafter H Rodeo’s Bet The Ranch, $1,926; 2. (tie) Weston Patterson and Ean Price, 79.5, $1,204 each; 4. Hardy Braden, 79, $482. Third round: 1. Hardy Braden, 87 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Top Pick, $1,926; 2. Ean Price, 86, $1,445; 3. Weston Patterson, 85, $963; 4. Cody Ballard, 84.5, $482. Average: 1. Ean Price, 243.5 points on three rides, $2,890; 2. Hardy Braden, 241, $2,167; 3. Trent Burd, 238, $1,445; 4. Weston Patterson, 236, $722. Year-end champion: Weston Patterson.
Tie-down roping: First round: 1. J.T Adamson, 8.2 seconds, $1,926; 2. Austin Lawrence, 8.5, $1,445; 3. Cody McCartney, 9.2, $963; 4. Wyatt Muggli, 9.6, $482. Second round: 1. Ryan Jarrett, 7.9 seconds, $1,926; 2. Clint Graves, 8.6, $1,445; 3. Hagen Houck, 9.3, $963; 4. Wyatt Muggli, 10.1, $482. Third round: 1. (tie) J.T Adamson and Coy Arnold, 8.6 seconds, $1,686; 3. Trent Creager, 9.1, $963; 4. Denton Oestmann, 9.7, $482. Average: 1. J.T. Adamson, 27.6 seconds on three runs, $2,890; 2. Wyatt Muggli, 30.1, $2,167; 3. Austin Lawrence, 30.2, $1,445; 4. Trent Creager, 31.1, $722. Year-end champion: Austin Lawrence.

Barrel racing: First round: 1. Emily Griffin, 16.35 seconds, $1,926; 2. Ivy Hurst, 16.38, $1,445; 3. Michelle Darling, 16.42, $936; 4. Emily Beisel, 16.43, $482. Second round: 1. Ivy Hurst, 16.01 seconds, $1,926; 2. Emily Beisel, 16.28, $1,445; 3. Taylor Jonson, 16.36, $963; 4. Tammy Peterson, 16.43, $482. Third round: 1. Ivy Hurst, 16.01 seconds, $1,926; 2. Emily Griffin, 16.09, $1,445; 3. Emily Beisel, 16.14, $963; 4. Tamara Reinhardt, 16.16, $482. Average: 1. Ivy Hurst, 48.40 seconds on three runs, $2,890; 2. Emily Beisel, 48.85, $2,167; 3. Emily Griffin, 48.98, $1,445; 4. Tamara Reinhardt, 49.16. Year-end champion: Emily Beisel

Steer roping: First round: 1. Blake Deckard, 11.5 seconds, $1,357; 2. Billy Good, 12.2, $1,018; 3. (tie) Rocky Patterson and Tyrel Taton, 12,5, $509. Second round: 1. Rocky Patterson, 11.4 seconds, $1,357; 2. Blake Deckard, 12.0, $1,018; 3. Tyrel Taton, 12.5, $679; 4. Trenton Johnson, 14.2, $339. Third round: 1. Cole Patterson, 9.2 seconds, $1,357; 2. Tuff Hardman, 10.1, $1,018; 3. Rocky Patterson 12.6, $679; 4. (tie) Mike Chase and Billy Good, 12.8, $170. Average: 1. Rocky Patterson, 36.5 seconds on three runs, $2,036; 2. Billy Good, 39.3, $1,527; 3. Trenton Johnson, 43.6, $1,018; 4. Blake Deckard, 23.5 seconds on two runs, $509. Year-end champion: Cole Patterson.

Bull riding: First round: 1. Fulton Rutland 86.5 points on McCoy Rodeo’s Homegrown, $2,087; 2. Trey Holston, 82, $1,605; 3. Logan Hunter, 77, $1,124; no other qualified rides. Second round: 1. Patterson Starcher, 83.5 points on Rafter H Rodeo’s Upper Cutt, $2,649; 2. Cash Toews, 78, $2,167; no other qualified rides. Third round: 1. Trey Holston, 81.5 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Slim Jim, $2,648; 2. Brett McAbee, 73, $2,167. Average: 1. Trey Holston, 163.5 points on two rides, $2,890; 2. Fulton Rutland, 86.5 points on one ride, $2,167; 3. Starcher Patterson 83.5, $1,445; 4. Cash Toews, 78, $722. Year-end champion: Trey Holston.