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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Steer wrestler Luke Branquinho of Los Alamos, Calif., has spent the second half of the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour's winter series trying to get in position to qualify for next month's Pace Picante ProRodeo Chute-out at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. Last weekend at the Red Bluff, Calif. Round-Up, Branquinho completed his journey from outsider to top of the pack. The three-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier continued his solid run of tour rodeos in Red Bluff, earning the aggregate title and 20.6 tour points, putting him in first place with two events remaining. At the halfway mark of the 12-city tour, Branquinho was out of Chute-out contention, sitting 13th in the tour standings with just 23.5 points. Since then, he's more than tripled his point total, highlighted by a 22.5-point effort at Rodeo Austin in Texas and a solid outing at the Clark County Fair and Rodeo in Logandale, Nev., where he earned 16 tour points. While Branquinho has made a rapid run through the steer wrestling standings during the past month, tie-down roper Stran Smith has been lurking just off the pace since a 33-point weekend in late February in Tucson, Ariz., and San Angelo, Texas. In Red Bluff, Smith earned 21 tour points and took over the top spot. He claimed the aggregate title and finished fourth in the tour round. Cody Ohl, Stephenville, Texas, leads the Jack Daniels All-Around competition with $55,166 in season earnings to date. He is followed by Stran Smith, Childress, Texas, with $46,293; Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, $45,141; Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., $38,535; and Cash Myers, Athens, Texas, $35,330. Standings by event: Bareback riding: 1. Royce Ford, Kersey, Colo., $40,737; Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, $40,089; 3. Cody Jessee, Prineville, Ore., $32,089; 4. Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo., $31,473; 5. Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo., $22,339. Steer wrestling: 1. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., $33,611; Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan., $29,882; 2. 3. Steven Campbell, Midwest, Wyo., $26,329; 4. Bob Lummus, Folsom, La., $22,783; 5. K.C. Jones, Las Animas, Colo., $20,385. Team roping (headers): 1. Frank Graves, Poplarville, Miss., $23,710; 2. David Key, Caldwell, Texas, $22,655; 3. Steve Purcella, Hereford, Texas, $21,805; Chad Masters, Adams, Tenn., $16,886; 5. Turtle Powell, Alpine, Texas, $16,576. Team roping (heelers): 1. Brad Culpepper, Ashburn, Ga., $23,710; 2. Clay O’Brien Cooper, Glen Rose, Texas, $22,655; 3. Britt Bockius, Claremore, Okla., $21,805; 4. Michael Jones, Stephenville, Texas, $16,886; 5. Monty Joe Petska, Turlock, Calif., $16,576. Saddle bronc riding: 1. Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont., $54,411; 2. Cody Demoss, Crowville, La., $40,267; 3.Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., $38,800; 4. Glen O’Neill, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada, $37,406; 5. Rod Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, $30,550. Tie-down roping: 1. Cody Ohl, $51,077; 2. Stran Smith, Childress, Texas, $42,027; 3. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, $38,442; 4. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., $33,977; 5. Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., $29,857. Bull riding: 1. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis., $64,058; 2. Dustin Elliott, Maxwell, Neb., $59,426; 3. Cody Buller, Glendive, Mont., $49,044; 4. Cody Hancock, Taylor, Ariz., $34,817; 5. Blu Bryant, Robinson, Texas, $33,084. Steer roping: 1. Trevor Brazile, $7126; 2. Guy Allen, Santa Anna, Texas, $6760; 3. Cash Myers, $6260; 4. J.P. Wickett, Sallisaw, Okla., $6105; 5. Bryce Davis, Ovalo, Texas, $5990. Barrel racing: 1. Janet Stover, Rusk, Texas, $38,866; 2. Sheri Sinor-Estrada, Alamogordo, N.M., $29,493; 3. Paula Seay, Lake Butler, Fla., $26,929; 4. Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, $20,836; 5. Darlene Kasper, Bertram, Texas, $19,049. |
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