Powder River Let 'er Buck - Travis Good competes in the ranch bronc event at the Ranch Rodeo last Friday. Good made a 70 point ride in the event, winning second place.
East Fork Roping Club's Ranch Rodeo capped off the Powder River County Fair on Friday night. Twelve teams from around the region gathered to compete in events that are designed to test the cowboy's skills in areas of every day ranch life. Events included Team Sorting, Team Branding, Trailer Loading, Team Doctoring and the fan favorite, Wild Cow Milking. The Williams Ropers team of Zane Williams, Brady Williams, Ben Miller, Wyre Williams and Shyla Madsen had a combined time of 379.29 in 5 events to claim the champion buckles. Second place honors went to Mondak Ranches: Spence Ingalls, Sonnie Gartner, Trent Martin, Johann Thomasson and Justin Myers with a time of 382.74. The Rabbit Town Ranch with team members Rowdy Alexander, Keene Bends, Ty Fisher, Corbin Fisher and Kelsi Bends had a time of 411.93 to place third.
Other ranch rodeo teams participating were the Cowpokes: Dan Harrington, Zane Dempewolf, Trey Dempewolf, Robin Blankenship and Pat Oneil; Hansen Quarter Horses: Pete Walden, Tom Twedt, Chip Graham, Kenyon Bearup, and Sage Richards; Fleming & Long Insurance: Britt Williams, Justin Madsen, Radley Day, Myles Gardner and Presley Williams; Bandidos: Jimmy Harding, Josh Halko, Juan Ulloa, Jesse Berg and Jesse Dowse; C&T Rodeo: Mac Tooke, Josh Rokke, Megan Lang, Josh Reynolds and Brad Mackben; Abbott Horseshoeing: Chance Abbott, Cole Cook, Heather McRae, Dan Bird and Joe Winters;
(Continued on page 12)
Camp Crook Wranglers: Tim Stevenson, Bryn Brown, Cole Stevenson, Jet Price and Greg Brence; The Misfits: Jill Kolka, Kori Kolka, Will Terrett, Tyler Escott and Ronnie Richards; Carson Ranch: Denton Carson, Waylon Carson, Jeremy White, Vincent Oedekoven, Sydney Oedekoven.
The much-anticipated Ranch Bronc Riding event, which resembles similar events from the turn of the 20th century, boasted ten riders. Using their everyday working saddles, riders are not required to mark out their broncs and are allowed to grab a night latch attached to their saddles with their free hand. Josh Halko won the event with a score of 82. Travis Good followed with a 70 point ride and Jay Phipps captured third place with a 67 point ride. Other riders included James Borntreger, Ezra Slaubaugh, Shep Hepp, Joel Borntreger, Hawks Holmquist, Sam Phipps and local cowboy Ronnie Richards.
Reader Comments(0)