Payouts in Burwell this year totaled more than $140,000. Here’s a look at the cowboys and cowgirls who ended up in the money, as well as some of the best performances of the week at Nebraska’s Big Rodeo.
ALL-AROUND COWBOY: Blake Deckard, $2,941, tie-down roping and steer roping.
BAREBACK RIDING: 1. Blaine Kaufman, 89 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Bar Talk, $2,752; 2. Richmond Champion, 86.5, $2,110; 3. Chad Rutherford, 85.5, $1,560; 4. Logan Corbett, 83, $1,009; 5. Logan Patterson, 82.5, $642; 6. Trenten Montero, 82, $459; 7. Garrett Shadbolt, 81.5, $367; 8. (tie) Winn Ratliff and Lane McGehee, 81, $138 each
BLAINE KAUFMAN | 89
RICHMOND CHAMPION | 86.5
STEER WRESTLING: 1. (tie) Jason Thomas and Stetson Jorgensen, 3.8 seconds, $2,456 each; 3. Kalane Anders, 4.2, $1,942; 4. Wyatt Jurney, 4.3, $1,599; 5. (tie) Kris Rasmussen, Tory Johnson, Ryan Swayze and Stockton Graves, 4.4, $742 each
DIRK TAVENNER | 5.4 || STETSON JORGENSEN | 3.8
TEAM ROPING: 1. (tie) Luke Brown/Patrick Smith and Coleman Proctor/Ryan Motes, 5.9 seconds, $3,921 each; 3. Nick Sartain/Blaine Vick, 6.1, $3,268; 4. (tie) Jake Orman/Brye Crites and Jake Cooper/Caleb Anderson, 6.3, $2,614 each; 6. Eli Lord/Haven Meged, 6.6, $1,961; 7. Rhett Anderson/Cullen Teller, 6.9, $1,525; 8. Levi Simpson/Shay Dixon Carroll, 7.0, $1,089; 9. (tie) Jaxson Tucker/Cesar de la Cruz and Jaguar Terrill/Tyler Whitlow, 7.1, $436 each
JAXSON TUCKER AND CESAR DE LA CRUZ | 7.1 || RHETT ANDERSON AND CULLEN TELLER | 6.9
SADDLE BRONC RIDING: 1. Trent Burd, 87.5 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Red Wings, $2,775; 2. Ryder Wright, 86.5, $2,127; 3. (tie) Brody Cress and Sterling Crawley, 85.5, $1,295 each; 5. Wyatt Casper, 84, $647; 6. (tie) Spencer Wright and Colt Gordon, 82, $416 each; 8. Chuck Schmidt, 80.5, $277
TRENT BURD | 87.5
RYDER WRIGHT | 86.5 || STERLING CRAWLEY | 85.5
TIE-DOWN ROPING: 1. Marcos Costa, 9.2 seconds, $2,518; 2. Jerry Adamson, 9.5, $2,253; 3. Blake Deckard, 9.7, $1,988; 4. Blake Ash, 9.9, $1,723; 5. (tie) Stetson Vest, Clint Graves and Hadley DeShazo, 10.0, $1,193 each; 8. Chase Richter, 10.1, $663; 9. Ty Harris, 10.2, $398; 10. (tie) Cory Dummit and Cody Darnell, 10.3, $66 each
STETSON VEST | 10.0
BARREL RACING: 1. Hailey Kinsel, 17.46 seconds, $2,367; 2. (tie) Leslie Smalygo and Emily Miller, 17.50, $1,834 each; 4. Margo Crowther, 17.60, $1,420; 5. Halyn Lide, 17.61, $1,183; 6. Lisa Lockhart, 17.64, $828; 7. Tamara Reinhardt, 17.65, $592; 8. Cheyenne Wimberley, 17.68, $473; 9. Ryann Pedone, 17.69, $414; 10. (tie) Lacinda Rose and Jessica Routier, 17.73, $325 each; 12. Shelby Janssen, 17.75, $237
EMILY MILLER | 17.5
BULL RIDING: 1. Jeff Askey, 89.5 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Roll Tide, $3,384; 2. Boudreaux Campbell, 88, $2,594; 3. Cole Melancon, 87.5, $1,918; 4. Clayton Sellars, 85, $1,241; 5. Lon Danley, 82, $790; 6. Colton Byram, 81, $564; 7. Chase Dougherty, 80.5, $451; 8. Trey Kimzey, 73, $338
CLAYTON SELLARS | 85
STEER ROPING: (average on 3) 1. Troy Tillard, 38.5 seconds on three head, $2,181; 2. Cole Patterson, 39.1, $1,805; 3. Billy Good, 39.4, $1,429; 4. Vin Fisher Jr., 39.7, $1,053; 5. Cody Lee, 40.7, $677; 6. Chet Herren, 42.2, $376