Champs at Omaha!

Sept. 25th
At Omaha, Nebraska. Minors 4 5. They rode mine and Randon’s horses. Jake Barnes 4 8. Jo Jo Lamond 4 9. Jake and Marty 5 2. Most everybody caught smooth except Garrett. Walt Woodard lost his rope. Is three loops. Mike Jones one foot. Broc Crests one foot. Gas is $3.23 in Omaha. That is kinda aggravating. $3.60 in Pima. That’s it for my thoughts. Sucks not winning. They better keep us out of the top 8.

Sept. 26th
Omaha round two. Travis split the round with Speed. Me and Colter split third. Guys that made it in order: Minors, Jo Jo, Colter, Jake Stanley, Speed, Matt and Cory, us, Jake Barnes. Top 8 at Omaha – Jake Barnes waved it off. We were 4 3 plus 5. Matt Funk 4 4 plus 10. Speed was 4 4 plus 5 so we were still in the lead with 4 guys left. Nervous! Next was Jake Stanley, he’d gotten on a different horse under the pressure of his partner. Lost his roper. Colter went 5 3. Jo Jo was 5 1. Minors – no time – steer ducked his head, header missed. They won 7,800. Top 4 - Speed lost his rope. We were 4 3. Colter missed. Jo Jo 4 3 plus 5. So we are the champs!

Sept. 28.
Flew to a roping today and headed home. Almost over. Jo Jo won the most. Then us then Minors. Colter then probably Speed.

Official Omaha Results - Team Roping
1
Matt Sherwood
Pima, Ariz.
Randon Adams
Logandale, Nev.
4.3
$7,500.00

2
Jojo Lemond
Andrews, Texas
Martin Lucero
Stephenville, Texas
9.3
$5,000.00

3
Colter Todd
Marana, Ariz.
Cesar De La Cruz
Tucson, Ariz.
26
$0.00

4
Speed Williams
Deleon, Texas
Michael Jones
Stephenville, Texas
NT
$0.00

Team Roping Average
1
Jojo Lemond
Martin Lucero
$13,437.50

2
Matt Sherwood
Randon Adams
$10,781.25

3
Riley Minor
Brady Minor
$7,500.00

4
Colter Todd
Cesar De La Cruz
$6,093.75

5
Speed Williams
Michael Jones
$4,218.75

6
Travis Tryan
Walt Woodard
$3,281.25

7
Jake Barnes
Clay Cooper
$2,812.50

8
Jake Stanley
Marty Becker
$1,875.00

Pendleton in is the books

Pendleton is in the books. Short go was today. Beers and Corkill won the first go, fifth in second go. High team. Charley Crawford placed both goes second call. Wade Wheatley won second go third high call we placed in both goes fourth call, then Luke Brown fifth. K short go. Jake and clay first out 19 on two had a leg on one went 6 flat. Second i n short go fifth in average about 2600.

Jason Stewart and Dean Tuftin 5 8 won short go fourth in average. Chad Masters got out ran unfair steer. Hauled butt. Jason Handy same thing. 13 smooth. Won 8th. Casey Smith one foot 7th. Waylon McCurly and Joseph were 7 - won second. Luke Brown - who needed to do good went 7, won it.

That leaves the top 4 and only 2 bottom holes. Well we were 5 8 plus 5 steer checked off. Ended up third. Wade's heeler missed. Charley's head loop came off as he turned him. Jade missed the first loop. Ended up 6th. I think that put Luke in. Monty Jo needs more. And big help for Jake and Clay.

I went home for a couple of days and had to get up at 2am to head for the airport. Now we have a 20-hour drive to Albuquerque, NM so I'll get some sleep. Two more full weeks. Time will tell. We have already been going for 2 hours so only 18 more....

Keeping Pace

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Caldwell Tour second round - Chance Kelton and Boogie split first with Logan Olson and broc. Travis Tryan won third which also put them in the top 8 for a chance at more your points. Trevor B won fourth and also split third in the average with Derrick Flemming and Cody Cowden. Speed and Al split first with Spencer Mitchell and Jo Shanego. Too 8 was split by Speed and Travis Tryan. Jake Stanley and Jade Corkill. Then Spencer and Jo were third and fourth. Top four went Jake Stanley first. Speed second they had one foot for second Travis had a barrier.

I went home for a week from there then had to fly to Washington for two rodeos. Kenawick was back to back we had them both on Friday. We won sixth there. Trevor and Patrick had a great week. Placed in both rounds and won the average. Brandon Beers won second with Jade. Kevin and Cory did good. Clay Tryan and Kory. Fifth with one foot on the second one. Then to Bremerton - David Key did great in both rounds and won the average with Marty Becker. Trevor and Patrick were second, Clay and Kory placed.

Then we were in San Juan on Sunday for the second performance. Trevor was winning with a 4 5, we went 4 8, Clay and Kory were 4 9 - split third with Colter and Cesar. Mike Beers and Shane Sproul 5 0 Travis and Walt 5 2 three 5 7s and a 5 8 - so pretty tough in California.

Pueblo, Colorado was Monday - Speed and Al split it with Justin Young. Legs won the last three four holes. We were fourth in the first go. Bad handle on the second one. Half of the guys there were borrowing horses, most of the winners had their own there.

Tuesday was Walla Walla, Washington, which is three head. Two on Tuesday. Dave Key won the first round is in lead in average. Speed placed in both in second, Chad Masters split first round - had one foot on second one. Jake and Clay third on first one - sitting good. We were 4 8 split fourth. Tough go round. I had a hickey on the second one. No time.

Then to Ellensburg. Matt Funk first 4 8. BJ Campbell second 5 1. We were third 5 2. Chad Masters fourth 5 6 Derrick Begay fifth 5 7. Joe Bartlett and Andy Carlson 5 9 Chance Kelton 6 2 Colter Todd 6 5.

Top 36 start in the perfs. Today. Clay Tryan smooth. Face key long Jake and Clay no time. Trav and Walt 9 8. 20 smooth runs in first go. All no times started second go yesterday. Jake and Clay 5 1. Logan Olsan. 5 4. Trevor made a big move. Walt. Clay and Kory. Dave and Marty. All doing good.

Ellensburg, Wa. Chad masters and Mike Jones dominated all the way through. Winning the second and third rounds and the average. Matt Funk won second. Tittles did good. As well as the Turtle Powell. And bBJ cambell and Russell Cordoza. Speed and Al won Walla Walla. Jake and Clay also did good there giving them important money. Second tour rodeo starts Friday. Hope we all can do good there.