Stephenville’s Sterling Crawley ties for first in round one saddle bronc

Sterling Crawley 2017 Round 5 — Sterling Crawley pictured at the NFR in the first victory of his saddle-bronc riding career. File Photo || Courtesy DUDLEY BARKER/dudleydoright.com

49th Annual Cowboy Capital Of The World PRCA Rodeo

Stephenville, Texas, Sept. 28-30

Bareback riding leaders: 1. (tie) Ty Taypotat, on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Hired Gun, and Connor Hamilton, on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Nestea, 84 points each; 3. Clint Laye, 80; 4. Matt Crumpler, 78; 5. Mark Kreder, 74; 6. Paden Hurst, 70.

Steer wrestling leaders: 1. Shayde Etherton, 3.7 seconds; 2. Don Payne, 4.3; 3. Ty Allred, 4.5; 4. (tie) Zach Peterson and Rowdy Thames, 4.6 each; 6. Walt Arnold, 4.7.

Team roping leaders: 1. Cory Clark/Dillon Wingereid, 4.4 seconds; 2. (tie) Quisto Lopez/B.J. Dugger and Cody Snow/Wesley Thorp, 4.5 each; 4. (tie) Billy Bob Brown/Shay Carroll, Erich Rogers/Clint Summers, Tucker Menz/Blake Bentley and Kelsey Parchman/Dustin Davis, 4.8 each.

Saddle bronc riding leaders: 1. (tie) Sterling Crawley, on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Blame It On Me, and Jacobs Crawley, on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Django, 83 points each; 3. Jake Finlay, 77; 4. Clint Lindenfeld, 73; no other qualified rides.

Tie-down roping leaders: 1. Westyn Hughes, 8.4 seconds; 2. Adam Gray, 8.7; 3. Clint Cooper, 8.8; 4. Weldon Watson, 9.0; 5. Trenton Smith, 9.2; 6. Stetson Vest, 9.5.

Barrel racing leaders: 1. Jimmie Smith, 15.61 seconds; 2. Sara Withers, 15.66; 3. Taylor Langdon, 15.67; 4. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 15.69; 5. (tie) Kylie Weast and Jill Wilson, 15.72 each.

Steer roping: First round: 1. Tuf Cooper, 11.1 seconds, $1,339; 2. Bryce Davis, 12.1, $1,108; 3. Garrett Hale, 12.4, $877; 4. Brodie Poppino, 12.6, $646; 5. Van Hale, 12.7, $415; 6. J.P. Wickett, 13.1, $231.

Second round: 1. Roger Branch, 9.7 seconds, $1,339; 2. Garrett Hale, 9.8, $1,108; 3. Jim Locke, 9.9, $877; 4. Trevor Brazile, 10.2, $646; 5. Jason Evans, 10.3, $415; 6. Landon McClaugherty, 10.5, $231.

Third round: 1. Trevor Brazile, 9.7 seconds, $1,339; 2. Will Gasperson, 10.2, $1,108; 3. Ryan Willberg, 10.3, $877; 4. Cole Patterson, 10.7, $646; 5. Cody Lee, 10.8, $415; 6. Chris Glover, 11.0, $231.

Average: 1. Garrett Hale, 34.8 seconds on three head, $2,008; 2. Bryce Davis, 39.2, $1,662; 3. J. Tom Fisher, 42.2, $1,316; 4. Tuf Cooper, 42.6, $969; 5. Scott Snedecor, 44.8, $623; 6. Trevor Brazile, 19.9 on two head, $346.

Bull riding leaders: 1. Ben Jones, 84.5 points on Lancaster & Jones Pro Rodeo’s Joker’s Wild; no other qualified rides.

Total payoff: $124,710. Stock contractor: Pete Carr Pro Rodeo. Sub-contractors: Lancaster & Jones Pro Rodeo and Pete Carr’s Classic Pro Rodeo. Rodeo secretary: Delia Walls. Officials: Chuck Hoss, Cliff Overstreet and Travis Howe. Timers: Sandy Garland and Sandy Gwatney. Announcers: Ben Clements and Justin McKee. Specialty act: John Harrison. Bullfighters: Clay Heger and Jake King. Clown/barrelman: John Harrison. Flankman: Slick Jones II. Chute bosses: John Gwatney and Les Wagley. Pickup men: Jeremy Willis and Josh Edwards.