BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN @PRORODEOBRETT
The Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days is the oldest fair in the State of Washington and was the second biggest PRCA rodeo of Labor Day Weekend.
Bareback riding was a tie between Leighton Berry and R.C. Landingham as the two Top 15 cowboys were both 87 points.
Timmy Sparing was exactly 4 seconds on both of his runs to win the steer wrestling by a full second over Bridger Anderson and Landris White in the two-head Average.
In team roping, Erich Rogers/Paden Bray split the title with Kaleb Driggers/Junior Noguiera. Right behind them was Clay Tryan/Jade Corkill.
Dawson Hay was 89.5 points to win the saddle bronc riding as part of a weekend where he placed at four rodeos total.
In tie-down roping, Havn Meged was 17.3 seconds on two to beat out the likes of Macon Murphy, Beau Cooper and Riley Webb.
Barrel racing was incredibly close throughout. Shelley Morgan won with a time of 17.17 seconds, but nine cowgirls were within one tenth of a second.
In bull riding, seven cowboys made the whistle with Brody Yeary’s 87 points on Brookman Rodeo’s Stir Crazy being the best of the bunch.
BAREBACK RIDING
First round: 1. (tie) Leighton Berry, on Brookman Rodeo’s Sos, and R.C. Landingham, on Big Stone Rodeo Inc’s Fired Up, 87 points, $3,176 each; 3. Cole Franks, 85.5, $2,037; 4. Orin Larsen, 84.5, $1,318; 5. Trenten Montero, 81.5, $839; 6. (tie) Mason Clements and Jacek Frost, 81, $539 each; 8. Cole Reiner, 80.5, $360.
STEER WRESTLING
First round: 1. Dalton Massey, 3.7 seconds, $1,841; 2. Jace Melvin, 3.8, $1,601; 3. (tie) Bridger Anderson, Caden Camp, Sterling Lambert and Timmy Sparing, 4.0, $1,000 each; 7. Stetson Jorgensen, 4.1, $400; 8. (tie) Walt Arnold and Clayton Hass, 4.2, $80 each.
Second round: 1. Nick Guy, 3.6 seconds, $1,841; 2. Blake Mindemann, 3.9, $1,601; 3. Timmy Sparing, 4.0, $1,361; 4. (tie) Dakota Eldridge and Dirk Tavenner, 4.1, $1,000 each; 6. Travis Munro, 4.2, $640; 7. J.D. Struxness, 4.3, $400; 8. (tie) Stan Branco, Bryton Edmundson and Landris White, 4.4, $53 each.
Average: 1. Timmy Sparing, 8.0 seconds on two head, $2,761; 2. (tie) Bridger Anderson and Landris White, 9.0, $2,221 each; 4. (tie) Sterling Lambert and Dirk Tavenner, 9.1, $1,501 each; 6. (tie) Justin Shaffer and Dalton Massey, 9.2, $780 each; 8. Dylan Schroeder, 9.7, $240.
TEAM ROPING
First round: 1. Tanner Tomlinson/Patrick Smith, 4.4 seconds, $1,937 each; 2. Kolton Schmidt/Cole Davison, 4.5, $1,684; 3. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 4.6, $1,431; 4. (tie) Hagen Peterson/Dylin Ahlstrom and Erich Rogers/Paden Bray, 4.7, $1,052 each; 6. Clay Tryan/Jade Corkill, 4.9, $674; 7. Luke Brown/Hunter Koch, 5.0, $421; 8. (tie) Bubba Buckaloo/Douglas Rich, Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin and Garrett Rogers/Justin Davis, 5.1, $56 each.
Second round: 1. Andrew Ward/Buddy Hawkins II, 4.1 seconds, $1,937 each; 2. (tie) Jr. Dees/Levi Lord, Jake Orman/Brye Crites and Rhen Richard/Jeremy Buhler, 4.2, $1,431 each; 5. (tie) Riley Minor/Brady Minor and Clint Summers/Ross Ashford, 4.4, $800 each; 7. Erich Rogers/Paden Bray, 4.6, $421; 8. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 4.7, $168.
Average: 1. (tie) Erich Rogers/Paden Bray and Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 9.3 seconds on two head, $2,715 each; 3. Clay Tryan/Jade Corkill, 9.7, $2,147; 4. (tie) Luke Brown/Hunter Koch and Riley Minor/Brady Minor, 9.9, $1,579 each; 6. Jaxson Tucker/Wyatt Cox, 10.0, $1,010; 7. Pedro Egurrola/JC Flake, 10.5, $631; 8. Jack Fischer/Phoenix Everano, 10.7, $253.
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
First round: 1. Dawson Hay, 89.5 points on Big Stone Rodeo Inc’s Rubels, $3,976; 2. Stetson Dell Wright, 87, $3,048; 3. (tie) Damian Brennan, Logan Cook and Riggin Smith, 86, $1,546 each; 6. Zeke Thurston, 84, $663; 7. Brody Wells, 83, $530; 8. Dean Wadsworth, 81, $398.
TIE-DOWN ROPING
First round: 1. Jake Pratt, 8.2 seconds, $2,421; 2. Chance Oftedahl, 8.4, $2,106; 3. Haven Meged, 8.5, $1,790; 4. Marcos Costa, 8.6, $1,474; 5. (tie) Lane Livingston and Chase Webster, 8.8, $1,000 each; 7. (tie) Kincade Henry, Macon Murphy and John Pereira, 9.0, $246 each.
Second round: 1. Westyn Hughes, 7.7 seconds, $2,421; 2. Riley Mason Webb, 8.1, $2,106; 3. Seth Hopper, 8.2, $1,790; 4. King Pickett, 8.4, $1,474; 5. Macon Murphy, 8.6, $1,158; 6. (tie) Beau Cooper, AJ Jordan and Clayton Smith, 8.7, $526 each.
Average: 1. Haven Meged, 17.3 seconds on two head, $3,632; 2. Macon Murphy, 17.6, $3,158; 3. Beau Cooper, 17.8, $2,685; 4. Riley Mason Webb, 18.0, $2,211; 5. Clayton Smith, 18.1, $1,737; 6. Brushton Minton, 18.7, $1,263; 7. (tie) Westyn Hughes, Tyler Milligan and Cooper Mills, 18.8, $368 each.
BARREL RACING
First round: 1. Shelley Morgan, 17.17 seconds, $3,682; 2. Katie Pascoe, 17.18, $2,946; 3. (tie) Margo Crowther and Michelle Darling, 17.20, $2,117 each; 5. Cheyenne Allan, 17.23, $1,473; 6. (tie) Stevi Hillman, Tarryn Lee and Megan McLeod-Sprague, 17.24, $951 each; 9. (tie) Hailey Kinsel and Steely Steiner, 17.26, $690 each; 11. Molly Otto, 17.29, $552; 12. Ivy Saebens, 17.36, $460; 13. (tie) Ashley Castleberry and Paige Jones, 17.39, $322 each; 15. Leslie Smalygo, 17.40, $184.
BULL RIDING
First round: *1. Brody Yeary, 87 points on Brookman Rodeo’s Stir Crazy, $3,747; 2. Dawson Gleaves, 86, $2,885; 3. Derek Kolbaba, 85, $2,146; 4. TJ Gray, 84.5, $1,407; 5. Bubba Greig, 82.5, $915; 6. Wade Berg, 82, $668; 7. Jace Trosclair, 81, $545; no other qualified rides. *(all totals include ground money).