BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN
The PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale paid more $110,000 and over two nights and three bull riders eclipsed $10,000 in earnings for the event.
Rookie Matt Palmer was the only cowboy to cover four bulls in two days and he walked away the event champion with an Aggregate score of 320 points. Palmer earned $12,740 for the event, which was actually second most behind Stetson Wright, who accumulated more than $15,000 by winning Round 4 and placing in two others. Wright, the No. 2 cowboy in the PRCA World Standings, ended up second in the Average.
The other cowboy to clear five figures was Ruger Piva, who was third in the Average with 254.5 points on three. Piva placed in all three rounds he covered his bull, the largest check coming in the Round 3 when he was second with 86.5 points.
World No. 1 Sage Kimzey was named the Xtreme Bulls Tour Champion after accumulated $102,516 at X Bulls events throughout 2021, well ahead of second-place Clayton Sellars ($68,810) and third Creek Young ($51,862). Kimzey won Round 3 and earned $7,570 in Pendleton.
2021 XTREME BULLS TOUR FINALE FULL RESULTS
First round: 1. (tie) Creek Young, on Outlawbuckers Rodeo’s Ritchie Bros Positively Bangin, Jeff Askey, on Aces Wild Pro Rodeo’s Lone Ranger, and Trevor Kastner, on Wayne Vold Rodeo’s All Access, 86.5 points, $4,021 each; 4. (tie) Ky Hamilton and Stetson Dell Wright, 84, $1,551 each; 6. Ruger Piva, 83, $862; 7. (tie) Matt Palmer and Sage Kimzey, 81.5, $603 each.
CREEK YOUNG’S RIDE
Second round: 1. Shane Proctor, 89 points on Outlawbuckers Rodeo’s Ritchi Bros. Wild Child, $5,170; 2. Boudreaux Campbell, 87, $3,964; 3. Josh Frost, 85.5, $2,930; 4. Ruger Piva, 85, $1,896; 5. Stetson Dell Wright, 83.5, $1,206; 6. Shad Winn, 82.5, $862; 7. Jordan Spears, 81.5, $689; 8. Roscoe Jarboe, 79.5, $517. *
PROCTOR’S RIDE
Third round: 1. Sage Kimzey, 91.5 points on Big Stone Rodeo Inc’s War Cry, $5,244; 2. Ruger Piva, 86.5, $4,038; 3. Boudreaux Campbell, 84, $3,004; 4. Parker Breding, 83.5, $1,970; 5. Chance William Schott, 83, $1,280; 6. Matt Palmer, 80, $936; 7. Shad Winn, 76, $763; no other qualified rides.
KIMZEY’S RIDE
Fourth round: 1. (tie) Stetson Dell Wright, on Four Star Rodeo’s Royal Playboy, and Braden Richardson, on Four Star Rodeo’s Teepee Creeper, 92 points, $4,567 each; 3. (tie) Jordan Spears and Brady Portenier, 88.5, $2,413 each; 5. Jake Gardner, 88, $1,206; 6. Matt Palmer, 87.5, $862; 7. Roscoe Jarboe, 86, $689; 8. Trey Benton III, 85, $517.
WRIGHT’S RIDE
Average: 1. Matt Palmer, 320 points on four head, $10,340; 2. Stetson Dell Wright, 259.5 on three head, $7,927; 3. Ruger Piva, 254.5, $5,859; 4. Jeff Askey, 248.5, $3,791; 5. Roscoe Jarboe, 245, $2,413; 6. Sage Kimzey, 173 on two head, $1,723; 7. Boudreaux Campbell, 171, $1,379; 8. Jordan Spears, 170, $1,034. *(all totals include ground money).
PALMER’S ROUND 4 RIDE
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