Saturday June 27th marked the final night of the 96th annual Reno Rodeo, sending the top competitors home with some hefty prize money.
Steven Pebbles from Redmond, Oregon won his first championship on the Rosser Rodeo horse "Peppy Bound". His 237 total points earned him over $10,000. He told the Reno Rodeo, "I'm so excited to get these spurs. This rode is one I've wanted to win for a long time and it finally happened."
The total payout at this year's rodeo was $493,124 plus an additional $47,235 in prize money for the Xtreme Bulls competition. The Reno Rodeo says that eight out of ten performances this year, including the finals on Saturday night were sold out with more than 8,200 people in attendance.
The Reno Rodeo said that plans for the 97th annual Reno Rodeo are already underway and a date has been set for June 16-27, 2016.
From Reno Rodeo:
RENO RODEO CHAMPIONS
Bareback Riding: Steven Peebles, Redmond, Ore., 237 points, $10,365
Steer Wrestling: Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, 13.0 seconds, $11,704
Team Roping Header: Zayne Dishion, Bishop, Calif., 16.1 seconds, $10,683
Team Roping Heeler: Tommy Zuniga, Centerville, Texas, 16.1 seconds, $10,683
Saddle Bronc Riding: Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La., 241 points, $7,594
Tie-Down Roping: Michael Otero, Lowndesboro, Ala., 27.7 seconds,$10,674
Women's Barrel Race: Jill Welsh, Parker, Ariz., 51.14 seconds, $11,958
Bull Riding: Derek Kolbaba, Walla Walla, Wash., 157 points, $7,498
All-Around: Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., $9,113 won in tie-down and steer wrestling
Following are unofficial results from the Reno Rodeo
Ninth Performance – Final Championship followed by overall leaders
Bareback Riding: (Final round) 1, Steven Peebles, Redmond, Ore., 83 points on Rosser Rodeo's Peppy Bound, $1,650. 2, (tie) Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, and Trenten Montero, Winnemucca, Nev., 80, $1,075. 4, Brian Bain, Powell Butte, Ore., 79, $600. 5, Austin Foss, Terrebonne, Ore., 78, $350. 6, Winn Ratliff, Leesville, La., 77, $250. (overall winners on three) 1, Peebles, 237, $5,484. 2, (tie) Montero and Ratliff, 234, $3656 each. 4, (tie) Lowe and Bobby Mote, Stephenville, Texas, 232, $1,645. 6, (tie) Bain and Austin Foss, Terrebonne, Ore., 230, $823. 8, Casey Breuer, Mandan, N.D., 229, $548.
Steer Wrestling: (Final Round) 1, Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, 3.9 seconds, $1,421. 2, (tie) Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., and Josh Clark, Belgrade, Mont., 4.2, $1,054 each. 4, Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alberta, 4.3, $686. 5, Clayton Moore, Pouce Coupe, British Columbia, 4.5, $441. 6, Les Shepperson, Midwest, Wyo., 5.3, $245. (overall winners on three) 1, Cure, 13.0, $6,170. 2, Clark, 13.4, $5,365. 3, Moore, 13.5, $4,560. 4, Peek, 13.6, $3,756. 5, Milan, 13.9, $2,951. 6, Shepperson, 14.6, $2,146. 7, Jon Herl, Goodland, Kan., 14.9, $1,341. 8, Jace Melvin, Fort Pierre, S.D., 15.8, $537.
Team Roping: (Final Round) 1, (tie) Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas, and Kory Koontz, Stephenville, Texas; and Zayne Dishion, Bishop, Calif., and Tommy Zuniga, Centerville, Texas, 5.1 and $1,245 each. 3, Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Jett Hillman, Purcell, Okla., 5.3, $893. 4, Jake Barnes, and Junior Nogueira, Scottsdale, Ariz., 6.1, $658. 5, Aaron Tsinigine, Tuba City, ARiz., and Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas, 10.3, $423. 6, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 13.5, $235. (overall winners on three) 1, Dishion and Zuniga, 16.1, $6,713. 2, Tryan and Hillman, 16.8, $5,837. 3, Lovell and Koontz, 17.2, $4,962. 4, Barnes and Nogueira, 17.4, $4,086. 5, Aaron Tsinigine, Tuba City, Ariz., and Ryan Motes, 20.6, $3,211. 6, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 25.1, $2,335. 7, Nick Sartain, Dover, Okla., and Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, 27.1, $1,459. 8, (tie) Joel Bach, San Augustine, Texas, and Jim Ross Cooper, Monument, N.M.; and Clint Harry, Nixon, Nev., and Blake Teixeira, San Martin, Calif., 11.4, $292 each.
Saddle Bronc Riding: (Final Round) 1, Wade Sundell, Coleman, Okla., 85 points on Big Bend Rodeo's Kool Toddy, $1,650. 2, Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La., 84, $1,250. 3, Bradley Harter, Loranger, La., 83, $900. 4, Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 75, $600. 5, Isaac Kiaz, Desdemona, Texas, 72, $350. 6, Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb., 71, $250. (overall winners on three) 1, DeMoss, 241, $5,098. 2, Sundell, 238, $3,908. 3, Harter, 233, $2,889. 4, Wright, 229, $1,869. 5, Scheer, 228, $1,189. 6, Diaz, 224, $850. 7, Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 217, $680. (on two) 8, Clay Elliott, Nanton, Alberta, Canada, 169, $510.
Tie-Down Roping: (Final Round) 1, Michael Otero, Lowndesboro, Ala., 9.4 seconds, $1,407. 2, Tyson Durfey, Savannah, Mo., 9.7, $1,164. 3, Blake Deckard, Wagoner, Okla., 9.9, $922. 4, Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas, 10.4, $679. 5, Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, 10.6, $437. 6, Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah, 11.1, $243. (overall winners on three) 1, Otero, 27.7, $6,592. 2, (tie) Durfey and Swor, 29.4, $5,302 each. 4, Deckard, 30.0, $4,012. 5, Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas, 30.2, $3,153. 6, Richard, 30.6, $2,293. 7, Catfish Brown, Collinsville, Texas, 31.2, $1,433. 8, Ryle Smith, Oakdale, Calif., 31.5, $573.
Barrel Racing: (Final Round) 1, Ivy Conrado, Hudson, Colo., 16.93 seconds. 2, Jill Welsh, Parker, Ariz., 17.22, $1,881. 3, Ruth Haislip, Acampo, Calif., 17.26, $1,254. 4, Sarah Rose McDonald, 17.34, $627. (overall winners on three) 1, Welsh, 51.14, $5,079. 2, Conrado, 51.50, $4,353. 3, McDonald, 51.96, $3,628. 4, Kassidy Dennison, Tohatchi, N.M., 51.98, $3,144. 5, Ruth Haislip, Acampo, Calif., 51.99, $2,419. 6, Christina Richman, Glendora, Calif., 52.06, $1,935. 7, Cassidy Kruse, Gillette, Wyo., 52.19, $1,451. 8, Calyssa Thomas, Harrold, S.D., 52.33, $967. 9, Carley Richardson, Pampa, Texas, 56.83, $726. 10, Callie DuPerier, Boerne, Texas, 56.95, $484.
Bull Riding: (Final Round – one ride) 1, Derek Kolbaba, Walla Walla, Wash., 80 points on Western Rodeo's Buck Even, $1,650. (overall winners on two) 1, Kolbaba, 157, $5,849. (on one) 2, Brennon Eldred, Sulphur, Okla., 86, $4,484. 3, Dustin Bowen, Waller, Texas, 84, $3,314. 4, (tie) Cody Rostockyj, Hillsboro, Texas; Ty Pozzobon, Merritt, British Columbia; Caleb Sanderson, Hallettsville, Texas; 82, $1,495. 7, Howdy Cloud, Kountze, Texas, 81, $780. 8, Beau Hill, West Glacier, Mont., 80, $585.
