GREAT FALLS \u2014 Rainy conditions didn’t stop cowboys and cowgirls from putting on a show in Friday night’s round of the Big Sky PRCA rodeo at the Montana State Fair in the Electric City.<\/p>\n
WATCH FRIDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS:<\/b><\/p>\n
Rainy conditions don’t hold back competitors Friday at Big Sky PRCA rodeo<\/p>\n
Two of the most noteworthy performances came from saddle bronc and breakaway roping, as Alberta native, four-time world champion and last year’s Big Sky winner Zeke Thurston recorded an 86-point ride on Tuca’s Warsong. <\/p>\n
Then it was New Mexico cowgirl Bailey Bates \u2014 ranked No. 17 in the world \u2014 grabbing a mark of 2.4 seconds in breakaway.<\/p>\n
Big Sky Pro Rodeo<\/p>\n
Great Falls, Mont., July 30-Aug. 2<\/p>\n
Bareback riding\u00a0leaders:\u00a0<\/b>1. Kade Berry, 87.5 points on Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics’ Logos; 2. Dean Thompson, 85; 3. Mason Stuller, 84.5; 4. Ethan Mazurenko, 83; 5. Sage Allen, 82; 6. Seth Hardwick, 81.<\/p>\n
Steer wrestling:\u00a0First round:\u00a0<\/b>1. Ty Erickson, 4.1 seconds, $1,632; 2. Quentin Wheeler, 4.8, $1,350; 3. (tie) Curtis Cassidy and Jhet Murphy, 4.9, $928 each; 5. J.D. Struxness, 5.1, $506; 6. Mitch Detton, 5.2, $281. Second round leaders:\u00a0<\/b>1. J.D. Struxness, 3.5 seconds; 2. Ty Erickson, 4.2; 3. Jaden Whitman, 4.8; 4. Quentin Wheeler, 5.2; 5. Evan Spady, 5.5; 6. Jaret Whitman, 6.0. Average leaders:\u00a0<\/b>1. Ty Erickson, 4.1 seconds on one head; 2. Quentin Wheeler, 4.8; 3. (tie) Curtis Cassidy and Jhet Murphy, 4.9 each; 5. J.D. Struxness, 5.1; 6. Mitch Detton, 5.2.<\/p>\n
Team roping:\u00a0First round:\u00a0<\/b>1. (tie) Brady Tryan\/Calgary Smith and Aaron Tsinigine\/Jeremy Buhler, 4.8 seconds, $1,204 each; 3. Cameron Irwin\/Coley Nicholls, 5.1, $864; 4. Jade Stoddard\/Max Kuttler, 5.2, $636; 5. (tie) Jason Carlson\/Hunter Karlson and Clay McNichol\/Riley Wakefield, 5.4, $318 each. Second round leaders:\u00a0<\/b>1. (tie) Jade Stoddard\/Max Kuttler and Brady Tryan\/Calgary Smith, 4.6 seconds each; 3. (tie) Cameron Irwin\/Coley Nicholls and Gunner Plenty\/Mason Trollinger, 5.0 each; 5. Clay Robertson\/Dakota Louis, 5.5; 6. Trey Fleming\/Jared Bilby, 6.0. Average leaders:\u00a0<\/b>1. (tie) Aaron Tsinigine\/Jeremy Buhler and Brady Tryan\/Calgary Smith, 4.8 seconds on one head each; 3. Cameron Irwin\/Coley Nicholls, 5.1; 4. Jade Stoddard\/Max Kuttler, 5.2; 5. (tie) Jason Carlson\/Hunter Karlson and Clay McNichol\/Riley Wakefield, 5.4 each.<\/p>\n
Saddle bronc riding\u00a0leaders:\u00a0<\/b>1. Sage Newman, 87 points on Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics’ Mugilla; 2. Zeke Thurston, 86; 3. Kole Ashbacher, 82.5; 4. (tie) Jake Barnes and Caleb Meeks, 81 each; 6. Warwick Southern, 79.5.<\/p>\n
Tie-down roping:\u00a0First round:\u00a0<\/b>1. Zack Jongbloed, 8.3 seconds, $1,920; 2. Weston Hersel, 8.7, $1,589; 3. Adam Shuckburgh, 8.8, $1,258; 4. Chantz Webster, 8.9, $927; 5. Shay Keller, 9.2, $596; 6. Dakota Felton, 9.4, $331. Second round leaders:\u00a0<\/b>1. Beau Cooper, 8.6 seconds; 2. (tie) Haven Meged and Clayton Smith, 8.8 each; 4. Zack Jongbloed, 8.9; 5. Adam Shuckburgh, 9.3; 6. Jade Gardner, 9.4. Average leaders:\u00a0<\/b>1. Zack Jongbloed, 17.2 seconds on two head; 2. Adam Shuckburgh, 18.1; 3. Haven Meged, 18.3; 4. Shay Keller, 19.0; 5. (tie) Clayton Smith and Cash Trexler, 19.3 each.<\/p>\n
Barrel racing\u00a0leaders:\u00a0<\/b>1. Jamie Olsen, 15.26 seconds; 2. Bailee Murnion, 15.48; 3. Heather Crowley, 15.49; 4. Hayle Gibson-Stillwell, 15.59; 5. Cally Goyins, 15.63; 6. Hailey Garrison, 15.65.<\/p>\n
Bull riding\u00a0leaders:\u00a0<\/b>1. Tristen Hutchings, 88 points on Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics’ Time Wasted; 2. Stran Smith, 75; no other qualified rides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GREAT FALLS \u2014 Rainy conditions didn’t stop cowboys and cowgirls from putting on a show in Friday night’s…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":112093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[70931,70932,815,25965,70933,159,67,132,68,70934],"class_list":{"0":"post-112092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-bailey-bates","9":"tag-big-sky-rodeo","10":"tag-genetics","11":"tag-prca","12":"tag-sankey-pro-rodeo","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-zeke-thurston"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114957358615244922","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}