BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN @PRORODEOBRETT
Back When They Bucked had more events than ever before and plenty of rain on Monday afternoon, making for a wet and wild Western event in Deadwood, South Dakota.
Back When They Bucked featured four total events: bareback riding, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding and breakaway roping. The two timed events were one on an Average while the two roughstock events featured a clean slate Short Go.
In the bareback riding, Tanner Aus and Donny Proffit split the top spot with 88.5 points apiece in a muddy Final Round. Each cowboy took home about $2,000 and Profit added another check of almost $2,000 by finishing second in the Long Round, which was won by Wyatt Denny.
Dirk Tavnner was consistent in the steer wrestling with two times of 4.5 seconds to win the Average by three-tenths of a second over Short Round winner Ty Erickson.
Saddle bronc riding was dominated by world No. 1 Sage Newman. The Montana native was 90.5 in the Long Round and 90 in the Short Round to win both and leave no doubt in Deadwood.
In the breakaway roping, Cadee Williams won the Long Round with a time of 2.5 seconds and then was 3.6 in the Short Round, which was good enough to win by almost a full second.
Bareback riding
First round: 1. Wyatt Denny, 85.5 points on Muddy Creek Pro Rodeo’s Pejuta Haka, $2,538; 2. Donny Proffit, 85, $1,946; 3. Ben Kramer, 84.5, $1,438; 4. Tanner Aus, 83.5, $931; 5. Ty Breuer, 82.5, $592; 6. Orin Larsen, 81.5, $423; 7. Bobby Reynolds, 77, $338; 8. Kody Lamb, 75.5, $254.
Finals: 1. (tie) Tanner Aus, on Burch Rodeo’s Tequilla Time, and Donny Proffit, on Muddy Creek Pro Rodeo’s Black Mamba, 88.5 points, $1,974 each; 3. Wyatt Denny, 87, $1,128; 4. Orin Larsen, 86.5, $564.
PROFFIT AND AUS’ WINNING RIDES
Steer wrestling
First round: 1. Joe Wilson, 4.2 seconds, $1,703; 2. (tie) Austin Madison, Cameron Morman, Timmy Sparing and Dirk Tavenner, 4.5, $1,147 each; 6. (tie) Ty Everson, Nick Guy, Gage Hesse, Reed Kraeger and Jake Nelson, 4.9, $222 each.
Finals: 1. Ty Erickson, 4.3 seconds, $856; 2. Dirk Tavenner, 4.5, $708; 3. Gage Hesse, 4.8, $561; 4. Reed Kraeger, 5.0, $413; 5. Austin Madison, 5.3, $266; 6. Timmy Sparing, 5.8, $148.
Average: 1. Dirk Tavenner, 9.0 seconds on two head, $2,554; 2. Ty Erickson, 9.3, $2,221; 3. Gage Hesse, 9.7, $1,888; 4. Austin Madison, 9.8, $1,554; 5. Reed Kraeger, 9.9, $1,221; 6. Timmy Sparing, 10.3, $888; 7. Ty Everson, 11.0, $555; 8. Nick Guy, 11.1, $222.
TAVENNER’S SHORT ROUND RUN
Saddle bronc riding
First round: 1. Sage Newman, 90.5 points on Burch Rodeo’s Maria Bartiromo, $2,521; 2. (tie) Brody Cress and Kolby Wanchuk, 85.5, $1,681 each; 4. Layton Green, 84.5, $924; 5. (tie) Logan Cook and Ty Manke, 84, $504 each; 7. (tie) Damian Brennan and Wyatt Casper, 82, $294 each.
Finals: 1. Sage Newman, 90 points on Korkow Rodeos’ Joker Poker, $2,241; 2. Wyatt Casper, 89, $1,681; 3. Brody Cress, 88.5, $1,120; 4. Layton Green, 86.5, $560.
SAGE NEWMAN’S 90.5 POINT RIDE
SAGE NEWMAN’S 90 POINT RIDE
Breakaway roping
First round: 1. Cadee Williams, 2.5 seconds, $2,401; 2. Taylor Engesser, 2.9, $2,058; 3. Brandy Schaack, 3.0, $1,715; 4. Anna Callaway, 3.2, $1,486; 5. Lynn Smith, 3.3, $1,143; 6. Bradi Good, 3.5, $915; 7. (tie) Shayna Deal, Peggy Garman and Lari Dee Guy, 3.6, $495 each; 10. Sidney Peters, 3.7, $229.
Finals: 1. Lari Dee Guy, 3.4 seconds, $921; 2. Cadee Williams, 3.6, $762; 3. Anna Callaway, 3.8, $603; 4. Shayna Deal, 4.1, $445; 5. Taylor Engesser, 13.5, $286; no other qualified runs.
Average: 1. Cadee Williams, 6.1 seconds on two head, $3,602; 2. (tie) Lari Dee Guy and Anna Callaway, 7.0, $2,830 each; 4. Shayna Deal, 7.7, $2,230; 5. Taylor Engesser, 16.4, $1,715; 6. Brandy Schaack, 3.0 on one head, $1,372; 7. Lynn Smith, 3.3, $1,029; 8. Bradi Good, 3.5, $686; 9. Peggy Garman, 3.6, $515; 10. Sidney Peters, 3.7, $343.
CADEE WILLIAMS’ 2.5 SECOND RUN