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By Susan Kanode
Sherry Cervi took the lead in the overall barrel racing standings here with this 17.42-second run. (photo by Dan Hubbell)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — There have been some changes over the last 20 years at the “Daddy of ‘em All.” Just ask barrel racer Sherry Cervi from Marana, Ariz.
Cervi, who is a four-time world champion, won this rodeo 21 years ago in 1995. At that time the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association part of the competition was held as part of the night show and their entrance into the arena was from the south.
That put the placement of the barrels in the opposite direction as well, but the actual size of the pattern was similar. Cervi has been back to Cheyenne nearly every year since then. In fact, she finished in second place here last year and won $17,320 riding her palomino mare Stingray.
This year, she is on a different horse, a ten-year-old sorrel gelding named Dash Ta Diamonds that is known on the barrel racing circuit as Arson. The duo was one of 193 competitors in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association barrel race that made their first appearance here over a week ago on July 19. They stopped the clock in 17.89 seconds, not fast enough to get a pay check, but enough to be among the 98 that progressed to a second round.
She competed again here during the fifth performance and improved her time significantly stopping the clock in 17.42 seconds. She now leads the overall standings with 36 more barrel racers to compete.
“I’ll be really happy if I get to make another run there,” Cervi said. “I was excited to come to Cheyenne. It’s a rodeo I look forward to and I hope I get to come back Sunday.”
The 18-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) qualifier is currently in 13th place in the world standings. If she remains in the top 15 through September she will be making her 19th trip to Las Vegas in December to compete at rodeo’s championship event.
Timber Moore, from Aubrey, Texas is the new leader in the first round of tie-down roping. He stopped the clock in 10.1 seconds to overtake Chase Williams who has been leading from the first performance. Moore is a four-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier.
He is currently second in the world standings behind Hunter Herrin, from Apache, Okla., who also roped here during the fifth performance. Herrin had a time of 17.6. They will both rope in the second round on Thursday. Moore needs to be 12.6 seconds or faster to overtake Matt Shiozawa from Chubbock, Idaho, who has a total of 22.8 seconds on two runs.
There were six bull riders that were successful on Wednesday including the 2011 Cheyenne and world champion Shane Proctor from Grand Coulee, Wash. He and Jeff Askey, from Athens, Texas, had the highest scores of the day at 84 and 84.5 respectively. The other four include: Eli Vastbinder, Statesville, N.C.; Justin Hendrix, Belton, Texas; Jeston Mead, Holcomb, Kan.; and Cain Smith, Pendleton, Ore. If any of these men make qualified rides on Thursday, they will have a good opportunity to qualify for Sunday’s championship finals.
The sixth performance of the 120th annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo starts at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday where all of the contestants will be competing in the second round.
Bareback Riding: (first round) 1, Orin Larsen, Inglis, Manitoba, 87 points on Sankey Pro Rodeo’s Black Tie. 2, Wyatt Denny, Minden, Nev., 84. 3, Grant Denny, Minden, Nev., 83. 4, J.R. Vezain, Cowley, Wyo., 82.5. 5, Richmond Champion, The Woodlands, Texas, 81.5. 6, Chad Rutherford, Lake Charles, La., 80.5. 7, (tie) Wyatt Bloom, Bend, Ore., and Craig Wisehart, Kersey, Colo., 80. (second round) 1, Aus, 84.5 points on Summit Pro Rodeo’s Blind Date. 2, Larsen, 82 points on Sankey Pro Rodeo’s 9 Moons. 2, Grant Denny, 81. 3, (tie) Cody Kiser, Carson City, Nev., Casey Breuer, Mandan, N.D., Clayton Biglow, Clements, Calif., and Justin Pollmiller, Weatherford, Okla., 78. 7, (tie) Champion, Kody Lamb, Sherwood Park, Alberta; Connor Hamilton, Weatherford, Okla., and R.C. Landingham, Hat Creek, Calif., 77. (total on two) 1, Larsen, 169. 2, Grant Denny, 164. 3, Aus, 162.5. 4, Wyatt Denny, 160. 5, Champion, 158.5. 6, J.R. Vezain, Cowley, Wyo., 155.5. 7, Wyatt Bloom, Bend Ore., 154. 8, Jessy Davis, Power, Mont., 153.
Steer Wrestling: (first round) 1, Billy Bugenig, Ferndale, Calif., 5.9 seconds. 2, Will Stovall, Roberts, Mont., 7.1. 3, Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev., 8.0. 4, J.D. Struxness, Appleton, Minn., 8.9. 5, Josh Boka, Dillon, Mont., 9.6. 6, Forest Sainsbury, Camp Crook, S.D., 9.7. 7, Rowdy Parrott, Mamou, La., 9.9. 8, (tie) Chason Floyd, Buffalo, S.D., and Shawn Downing, Silver Star, Mont., 10.9. (second round) 1, Dru Melvin, Hebron, Neb., 8.2. 2, Struxness, 8.7. 3, Cody Kroul, Solon, Iowa, 9.6. 4, Riley Butler, Blackfoot, Idaho, 10.3. 5, Weston Taylor, Perryton, Texas, 10.8. 6, Blair Jones, Colby, Kan., 11.0. 7, (tie) Cody Kabral, Hilo, Hawaii, and Cameron Morman, Glenullin, N.D., 11.1. (total on two) 1, Bugenig, 17.2. 2, Struxness, 17.6. 3, Parrott, 22.3. 4, Floyd, 22.6. 5, Sainsbury, 22.9. 6, Scott Guenthner, Consort, Alberta, 24.3. 7, Kroul, 24.4. 8, Justin Simon, Florence, Ariz., 25.2.
Tie-Down Roping: (first round) 1, Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas, 10.1 seconds. 2, Chase Williams, Stephenville, Texas, 10.3 seconds. 3, Billy Hamilton, Stigler, Okla., 11.0. 4, (tie) Boe Brown, Valentine, Neb.; Clint Cooper, Decatur, Texas; and Tyler Thiel, Belle Fourche, S.D., 11.1 each. 7, Jayce Johnson, Hempstead, Texas, 11.3. 8, Matt Shiozawa, Chubbock, Idaho, 11.4. (second round) 1, Bryson Sechrist, Apache, Okla., 10.3. 2, Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, 11.0. 3, Matt Shiozawa, Chubbock, Idaho, 11.4. 4, Marcos Costa, Childress, Texas, 11.9. 5, Stephen McLauchlin, Rockwall, Texas, 12.2. 6, Blake Ash, Aurora, Mo., 29.7. 7, Kyle Lucas, Carstairs, Alberta, 12.6. 8, Lane Jeffrey, Wilburton, Okla., 12.9. (total on two) 1, Matt Shiozawa, Chubbock, Idaho, 22.8. 2, Clint Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 24.9. 3, Lucas, 25.2. 4, Josh Jennings, Glendale, Utah, 26.1. 5, Quay Howard, Canyon, Texas, 26.3. 6, (tie) Trell Etbauer, Goodwell, Okla., and Brice Ingo, Boone, Colo., 26.4. 8, Boe Brown, Valentine, Neb., 26.5.
Saddle Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, 84 points on Hi Lo Pro Rodeo’s Lulu. 2, (tie) Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, and Samuel Kelts, Millarville, Alberta, 82. 5, Ben Londo, San Luis Obispo, Calif., 81. 6, (tie) Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah, and Tyrell J. Smith, Great Falls, Mont., 80. 8, Tyrel Larson, Inglis, Manitoba, and Alex Wright, Milford, Utah, 79.5. (second round) 1, Thurston, 87 points on Salt River Rodeo’s Smoke Ring. 2, Dawson Jandreau, Kennebec, S.D., 84. 3, (tie) Ryan Mackenzie, Homedale, Idaho; Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., and Tyrell J. Smith, 80. 6, Allen Boore, Axtell, Utah, 79.5. 7, Kelts, 79. 8, (tie) Londo and Schmidt 78.5. (total on two) 1, Thurston, 171. 2, Kelts, 161. 3, Tyrell J. Smith, 160. 4, Londo, 157.5. 5, Schmidt, 156.5, 6, Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M., 155. 7, Jandreau, 155. 8, Boore, 154.5.
Rookie Saddle Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, Leon Fountain, Socorro, N.M., 80 points. 2, Telden McLain, Tuscarora, Nev., 75. 3, Rhett Fox, Redig, S.D., 73. 4, (tie) McKoy Hugh Christiansen, Emery, Utah, and Hawkins Boyce, Malad, Idaho, 70. 6, Clay Stremler, Fallon, Nev., 68. (second round) 1, Shayde Etbauer, Goodwell, Okla., 76 points. 2, Josh Davison, Miles City, Mont., 76.5. 3, Jeff Cover, Ashby, Neb., 65.5. 4, William Bagley, Baker, Mont., 65. 5, Clay Stremler, 64. 6, McKoy Hugh Christiansen, Emery, Utah, 59. (total on two) 1. Stremler, 132. 2, Christiansen, 129. 3, Lockhart, 114. (on one) 4, Davison, 76.5. 5, Etbauer, 76. 6, Fox, 73
Team Roping: (first round) 1, Tyler Wade, Terrell, Texas, and Dakota Kirchenschlager, Morgan Mill, Texas, 7.2. 2, (tie) Casey Adams, Ault, Colo., and Riley Pedro, Honolulu, Hawaii; Rowdy Rieken, Arp, Texas and Wesley Johnson, Log Cabin, La.; Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz., and Cory Petska, Marana, Ariz.; Turner Harris and Ross Carson, Killdeer, N.D., 9.3. 6, Calvin Brevik, Durango, Colo., and Cullen Teller, Pierce, Colo., 9.4. 7, Casey Tew, Billings, Mont., and John Robertson, Polson, Mont., 9.8. 8, Paul David Tierney, Oral, S.D., and Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 10.1. (second round) 1, J.B. Lord and Levi Lord, Sturgis, S.D., 8.2. 2, (tie) Pate Norell, Delta, Colo., and Joe Roderick, Loma, Colo., and Nathan McWhorter, Telephone, Texas, and Dustin Davis, Terrell, Texas, 9.0. 4, Jason Thorstenson, Rapid City, S.D., and Paul Griemsman, Piedmont, S.D., 9.3. 5, Casey Tew, Billings, Mont., and John Robertson, Polson, Mont., 9.8. 6, Wade, and Kirchenschlager, 10.0. 7, Levi Simpson, Ponoka, Alberta, and Jeremy Buhler, Abbottsford, B.C., 10.2. 8, Cole Dorenkamp, Lamar, Colo., and Josh Fillmore, Penrose, Colo., 10.4. (total on two) 1, Wade and Kirchenschlager, 17.2. 2, Tew and Robertson, 19.6. 3, McWhorter and Davis, 19.7. 4, Brevik and Teller, 19.9. 5, Dorenkamp and Fillmore, 22.3. 6, Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D., and Matt Zancanella, Aurora, S.D., 23.2. 7, J.B. Lord and Levi Lord, 23.8. 8, (tie) Caleb Mitchell, Mason, Texas, and Matt Kasner, Cody, Neb., and Tanner Patzke, Klamath Falls, Ore., and Sid Sporer, Cody, Wyo., 25.9.
Barrel Racing: (second round) 1, Jana Bean, Fort Hancock, Texas, 17.16 seconds. 2, Kathy Korell-Rach, Loveland, Colo., 17.29. 3, Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 17.42. 4, Amber Leigh Moore, Salem, Ore., 17.45. 5, Tyra Kane, Dublin, Texas, 17.46. 6, (tie) Kelly Kennedy-Joseph, Berthoud, Colo., and Romany Gordon, Kaufman, Texas, 17.60. 8, Sara Rose McDonald, Brunswick, Ga., 17.64. (total on two) 1, Cervi, 35.31. 2, Bean, 35.39. 3, Lockhart, 35.43. 4, Kane, 35.57. 5, Korell-Rach, 35.58. 6, Moore, 35.59. 7, (tie) Kennedy-Joseph and Cayla Melby, 35.61.
Bull Riding: (first round) 1, Ty Wallace, Collbran, Colo., 87 points on Rocky Mountain Rodeo’s Captain Crunch. 2, Trevor Reiste, Linden, Iowa, 86.5. 3, (tie) Freeman Yoder, Zearing, Iowa, and Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas, 84.5. 5, Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash., 84. 6, Dallee Mason, Weiser, Idaho, 83. 7, (tie) Justin Hendrix, Belton, Texas; Jeston Mead, Holcomb, Kan., and Eli Vastbinder, Statesville, N.C., 82.5. (second round) (one ride) 1, Roscoe Jarboe, New Plymouth, Idaho, 85 points on Dakota Rodeo’s Crossfire. 2, (tie) Kurtis Turner, Washington, Utah, and Tyler Smith, Fruita, Colo., 80.5. 4, Rocky McDonald, Colonia Juarez, Mexico, 79.5. 5, Jordan Hansen, Okotooks, Alberta, 78. 6, David Hudson, Grand Saline, Texas, 75.5. 7, Yoder, 75. 8, Wallace, 73.5. (total on two) 1, Jarboe, 165. 2, Wallace, 160.5. 3, Yoder, 159.5. 4, Tyler Smith, 158.5. 5, Hansen, 153.5. (on one) 6, Reiste, 86.5. 7, Mason, 83. 8, (tie) Bertus, Danley and Portenier, 81.
Wild Horse Race: 1, John Long, $573. 2, Randy Stewart, $430. 3Wagon Burners, $286. 4, Billy Sharton, $143. (overall money leaders) 1, Team Krak-A-Latch, $1002. 2, Jason Smith, $716. 3, (tie) John Long and Hansen Hauling, $573.