On The Rodeo Road

Jesse Kruse is the first Great Falls athlete to win a rodeo world championship. The C.M. Russell High graduate earned an 84-point score for an eight-second ride Saturday night and claimed the saddle bronc world title as the 51st National Finals Rodeo concluded. Kruse finished fifth in the 10th and final go-round, earning $4,423. The [...]

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J.W. Harris wrapped up his second straight world bull riding title Friday night despite failing to earn any money during the first nine rounds of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Harris, from May, Texas, equaled a feat accomplished last by bull rider Bill Nelson, who won the 1971 title without earning any money in the [...]

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Chad Masters and Jade Corkill won’t know until Saturday night if they’ll have a gold buckle in team roping.What they do have after Round Nine of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo is the fastest team roping run in the history of professional rodeo. Masters, of Clarksville, Tenn., and Corkill, of Fallon, Nev., roped their steer [...]

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Elk Ridge bareback rider Kaycee Feild believes a pre-Wrangler National Finals Rodeo conditioning program has helped him survive the day-after-day grind. The National Finals conclude a 10-round run at the Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday night. “Ten straight [days] in the summer isn’t anything like this,” Feild said. “Here, you’re getting on the best [...]

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1. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 86.5 points on Calgary Stampede’s Coconut Roll, $17,139. 2. Kaycee Feild, Elk Ridge, Utah, 85, $13,546. 3. Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo., 84.5, $10,228. 4. (tie) Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash.. Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas, and Jason Havens, Prineville, Ore., 84, $4,792 each. 7. (tie) Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., and Tilden Hooper, [...]

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All-American world standings: 1. Trevor Brazile, $324,664; 2. Josh Peek, $203,509; 3. Clint Robinson, $184,679; 4. Curtis Cassidy, $136,436; 5. Ryan Jarrett, $126,867; 6. Cash Myers, $85,628; 7. Chance Kelton, $80,645; 8. Landon McClaugherty, $77,405; 9. $74,859; 10. Jesse Bail, $65,442. Bareback riding: Eighth round: 1. (tie) Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas, on Carr Pro Rodeo’s [...]

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There were few surprises in the bareback riding in Round 8 of the 51st National Finals Rodeo. It was no surprise that there was a tie for first place — five of the eight rounds have ended with ties at the top — and the cowboys who tied for the victory in front of 17,306 [...]

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After a dream season, bull rider J.W. Harris has endured a nightmarish Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Harris fractured his right hand in Round 2 last week and has competed only twice since suffering the injury. Event doctors ordered Harris out of Round 8 on Thursday night. The reigning world champion from May, Texas, Harris is [...]

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Bareback Riding 1. (tie) Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas, on Calgary Stampede’s Mad Money, and D.V. Fennell, Neosho, Mo., on JK Rodeo’s Brother, 84.5 points, $15,343 each. 3. (tie) Steven Peebles, Redmond, Ore., and Jared Smith, Williston, Fla., 83.5, $8,708 each. 5. Jason Havens, Prineville, Ore., 82.5, $4,423. 6. (tie) Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., and Wes [...]

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