California Circuit Finals: Highlights and Results

The California Circuit Finals is sending quite the group to the National Finals Open in Colorado Springs. After a weekend of rodeo action, the champions have their buckles and a spot in Colorado.

Like other circuits, there is an event champion and an overall, year end champion after three rounds.

Your highest marked ride in the bareback riding came from Clayton Biglow in Round 3 with a show stopping 88 point ride on Flying U Rodeo’s Lil Red Hawk. Sterling Lambert set the bar in the steer wrestling in Round 1 with a 3.7 and Megan Champion stopped the clock at 13.08 in Round 1 to be the fastest time of the weekend.

Bareback Riding:

First round: 1. R.C. Landingham, 84 points 2. Clayton Biglow, 79.5 points 3. Lucas Samaniego, 79 points 4. Mitchell Parham, 73.5 points

Second round: 1. Wyatt Denny, 84.5 points 2. Clayton Biglow, 83 points 3. R.C. Landingham, 79.5 points 4. Mitchell Parham, 77 points

Third round: 1. Clayton Biglow, 88 points 2. Wyatt Denny, 80 points 3. Zack Brown, 78 points 4. R.C. Landingham, 77 points

Average: 1. Clayton Biglow, 250.5 points on three head 2. R.C. Landingham, 240.5 points 3. Lucas Samaniego, 228.5 points 4. Mitchell Parham, 214.5 points

Steer Wrestling

First round: 1. Sterling Lambert, 4.7 seconds 2. Tucker Allen, 4.9 seconds 3. Wyatt Spencer, 5.3 seconds 4. (tie) Edgar Machado and Dillon Hushour, 6.4 seconds

Second round: 1. Dakota Eldridge, 4.9 seconds 2. Matt Deskovick, 5.2 seconds 3. Stan Branco, 5.5 seconds 4. (tie) Tucker Allen and Sterling Lambert, 5.6 seconds

Third round: 1. (tie) Dillon Hushour and Sterling Lambert, 4.8 seconds 3. Tucker Allen, 5.1 seconds 4. Stan Branco, 5.3 seconds

Average: 1. Sterling Lambert, 15.1 seconds on three head, $2,762; 2. Tucker Allen , 15.6 seconds 3. Dakota Eldridge, 17.1 seconds 4. Dillon Hushour, 18.1 seconds

Team Roping

First round: 1. Chant DeForest/Bronc Boehnlein, 5.7 seconds 2. Dan Williams Jr./Monty Joe Petska, 6.5 seconds 3. Blake Hirdes/Dalton Pearce, 6.6 seconds 4. Lane Lowry/Jake Bourdet, 6.8 seconds

Second round: 1. Tanner James/Wyatt Cox, 5.0 seconds 2. Lane Karney/Wyatt Hansen, 5.4 seconds 3. Blake Hirdes/Dalton Pearce, 5.5 seconds 4. Colton Campbell/Jordan Ketscher, 5.7 seconds

Third round: 1. D.J. Parker/Jason Johe, 6.0 seconds 2. Tanner James/Wyatt Cox, 6.3 seconds 3. Blake Hirdes/Dalton Pearce, 7.1 seconds 4. Lane Lowry/Jake Bourdet, 7.8 seconds

Average: 1. Blake Hirdes/Dalton Pearce, 19.2 seconds on three head 2. Lane Lowry/Jake Bourdet , 26.7 seconds 3. D.J. Parker/Jason Johe, 29.5 seconds 4. Dan Williams Jr./Monty Joe Petska, 32.8 seconds

Saddle Bronc Riding

First round: 1. Wade Brown, 81 points 2. Joaquin Real, 78.5 points 3. Cameron Messier, 76 points 4. Ethan Lemmons, 74 points

Second round: 1. Cameron Messier, 80.5 points 2. Reed Neely, 78.5 points 3. Joaquin Real, 76 points, no other qualified rides

Third round: 1. Reed Neely, 77 points 2. Cameron Messier, 71 points, no other qualified rides

Average: 1. Reed Neely, 228 points on three head 2. Cameron Messier, 227.5 points 3. Joaquin Real, 154.5 on two head 4. Wade Brown, 81 on one head

Tie-Down Roping

First round: 1. Ryle Smith, 10.3 seconds 2. (tie) Taylor Santos and Westyn Hughes, 10.8 seconds 4. J. Cody Jones, 10.9 seconds

Second round: 1. Brushton Minton, 9.5 seconds 2. Taylor Santos, 9.6 seconds 3. Tyler Forsberg, 10.9 seconds 4. Westyn Hughes, 11.3 seconds

Third round: 1. Colton Farquer, 8.5 seconds 2. Brushton Minton, 9.6 seconds 3. Ryle Smith, 10.1 seconds 4. Tyler Forsberg, 10.2 seconds

Average: 1. Brushton Minton, 31.1 seconds on three head 2. Westyn Hughes, 32.4 seconds 3. Taylor Santos, 33.4 seconds 4. Tyler Forsberg, 34.3 seconds

Barrel Racing

First round: 1. Megan Champion, 13.08 seconds (tie) Cheyenne Hattesen and Charleen Ornellas, 13.24 seconds 4. Tonia Forsberg, 13.48 seconds

Second round: 1. Cheyenne Hattesen, 13.27 seconds 2. Shelley Holman, 13.28 seconds 3. Megan Champion, 13.33 seconds 4. Katie Pascoe, 13.37 seconds

Third round: 1. Tonia Forsberg, 13.27 seconds 2. Megan Champion, 13.29 seconds 3. Kathy Petska, 13.33 seconds 4. Destri Devenport, 13.35 seconds

Average: 1. Megan Champion, 39.70 seconds on three head 2. Cheyenne Hattesen, 39.97 seconds 3. Charleen Ornellas, 40.05 seconds 4. Tonia Forsberg, 40.16 seconds

Bull Riding

First round: 1. Aaron Williams, 83.5 points 2. Jesse Flores, 80 points 3. Ray Mayo, 74 points, no other qualified rides.

Second round: 1. Jesse Flores, 82 points 2. Dalton McMurtrie, 81.5 points, no other qualified rides.

Third round: 1. Dalton McMurtrie, 85.5 points 2. Aaron Williams, 84.5 points 3. Ray Mayo, 75 points, no other qualified rides.

Average: 1. Aaron Williams, 168 points on two head 2. Dalton McMurtrie, 167 points 3. Jesse Flores, 162 points 4. Ray Mayo, 149 points

Breakaway Roping

First round: 1. Hanna Snodgrass, 2.80 seconds 2. Whitlee Burgess, 3.30 seconds 3. Liz Hirdes, 3.60 seconds 4. Karri Jones, 4.10 seconds

Second round: 1. Kate Branco, 3.20 seconds 2. Liz Hirdes, 3.70 seconds 3. Karri Jones, 4.50 seconds 4. Toni Miller, 5.40 seconds

Third round: 1. Whitlee Burgess, 3.80 seconds 2. Allie Hoskins, 4.30 seconds, no other qualified runs.

Average: 1. Whitlee Burgess, 7.10 seconds on two head 2. Liz Hirdes, 7.30 seconds 3. Kate Branco, 8.30 seconds 4. Karri Jones, 8.60 seconds

The year end champions include Clayton Biglow, Reed Neely, Megan Champion and more.