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Act Two, The Empire

August, 1861

“Boats about to leave!”
Steam had started to rise from the stacks of the ship, I watched as Edward
hurriedly picked up his luggage. The boat was not one I had seen before, something new, something that disgusted me.
“Well Father, this is it,” Edward said to me, I examined him.
“You don’t have to die in some stupid war, Edward,”
“I have to protect our livelihood, Father,” Edward frowned at me, before turning and leaving with with Jackson.
“He’s gonna die?” Jackson asked me, looking up with wet eyes.
“War is terrible, that stupid boy is not coming back,” I sternly stated.
“Come now, Jackson,” I said, taking a glimpse at the large castle in the distance; a relic of the past. It was used for defense in the Land War centuries ago, but now it is not needed.
Jackson was holding back tears, I stared with disgust.
“You can cry at home, we have a reputation to uphold,”
We made our way through the path, and I stole a glance at the lighthouse that was in progress. Stones were being placed, platforms made to scale upwards.
“Robert, sir! May I have a moment?” Elijah said, jogging up to me.
“What is it, Elijah,” I responded, making eye contact with his blue eyes and giving a firm handshake.
“The engineers, they say we should be able to cut fuel use down to 36 gallons a month.” He exclaimed proudly.
“Okay, that’s good. What about the sunlight imitation?” I questioned.
“They’re not too sure about that one sir,” Elijah responded, disappointed in himself.
“Hmh,” I muttered, continuing my walk down the path.
Making it to the end, I mounted Iron Clad, seating myself on his saddle. I watched Jackson struggle to mount, not having the strength to pull himself up.
“I swear to God boy, if you don’t get on this horse in the next minute you will go without supper,”
“I’m… I’m trying, Father!” He said, as he finally pulled himself up.
“You’re pathetic, at least Edward might accomplish something in the war,”
We began to ride down the stone path to the manor, passing up the premium cottages and the lumber yard.
“Dad, I like carriages more. They don’t hurt to ride,”
“What did you just call me?”
“I’m- Sorry, Father,”
I quickly passed the intersection where my men had rounded up the slaves for the day and were taking them back to the camp. They looked at me with hatred, but none made eye contact. I rode by and took a right down the oak path, looking left and right at the golden tobacco plants that lined the road.
“Jackson, how do you like the new manor?” I questioned.
“I like it, but it took too long to make, I hated living in the old cabins. There were rats and spiders everywhere.” He explained.
“Well, get the hell off. I’ll take Iron Clad to the stables,”
I watched as he struggled to get off, falling upon dismounting. He quickly dusted himself off and slowly made his way up the retention wall. I took Iron Clad to the stables, letting him in and leaving with a pat on his neck. Quickly I made my way into the manor, looking at it made me feel weird, I had lived my whole life with the old castle.
I immediately stole a glance to my left inside the living room, looking at the carving I made in my youth, one of the few things recoverable. It sat as the decoration above the fireplace. I walked to the library, hearing chatter throughout the building along the way.
Upon entering, it was muffled, barely audible. I sat at my desk, and reached into the drawer, pulling out an aged photograph of the castle before the accident. Its tower peaked up, and my father and mother, brothers and sisters, sat at the step.
I felt something, sorrow, for my lost brothers and sisters, Father and Mother.
“Fuckin’ Natives,” I muttered, gritting my teeth. They took my family away from me, and now all I have are these sorry excuses of sons.
I could hear a bell from the kitchen, dinner was ready. I got up out of my seat, examining the shelves of the library. Each possible wall was covered in shelves. A large long rectangle sits at the edge, where 2 large windows are placed. The roof curves inwards, with patterns on the ceiling.
The entrance has a staircase to the right, and under each step is more room for books. It leads to a second floor which has a balcony down to the large roof room I currently sit in.
Despite all the room, I deeply lack books. The fire took my books, my collection turned to ash. I exited the library and headed to the dining room, Grace, my wife was sitting in her usual spot. So was Henry, Jackson, Benjamin, and Olivia. I sat in my seat, one I had made recently, intricate carvings throughout.
The servants brought out several platters and opened them simultaneously. A stew, something I haven’t had in a while. I picked a cylinder and wound the saxophone up. The tunes began to play, and I had a seat. We ate in silence before Henry spoke up.
“Where is Eddie?” He inquired.
I stood up abruptly, the noise of my chair skidding across the tile echoing throughout the room. “No talking while eating, and you are to call each other by your formal names.”
“Yes sir,”
I had a seat. The dining room was one of my favorite, formal tiles with a dark parquet trim. The paneling went half up with dark wood, before transferring into a light wallpaper. The roof had even square beams that went across multiple times over, and in between was an intricate gold-wood design. Jackson and Henry finished before me, and upon finishing my meal, I stood up.
“You may be excused if you are finished,” I stated before walking away. I could hear chairs squeaking as my children got up.
I made my way up the stairs, through the hallway, and into my bathroom. I started a bath and felt the water. Warm, they had finally remembered to start the fire. I began undressing and submerged myself in the water. I washed myself with soap and cleaned my hair. When the water had become uncomfortably cold, I exited, unplugging the drain cap to let the water drain.
I made my way into the bedroom and dressed in my night attire. Crawling into bed, sleep came easy, until I felt a weight on the opposite side. Turning onto my back, I stared at the large portrait that portrayed Grandiosia Isle, under the stars.
I awoke before the sun had come up. I took time to put my day clothes on, taking special time with the boots. Leaving my room, I made my way down the stairs and into the kitchen. A pot of coffee had been prepared, and I poured myself a glass. I rose the stairs once again and entered the porch extension.
I sat on my favorite rocking chair and felt the distant sea breeze flow through my hair, as I watched the sun begin to peek its face upon the horizon. The island was still shrouded in darkness, and I heard a gentle call in the distance. It was calming, I can’t say I heard anything like it before. With time, my face grew warm. I rose, placing my coffee cup on the side table.
I made my way back downstairs, grabbing my hat as I walked past the door. I pulled the front doors open, and unlocked the storm doors, pushing them open. It had taken a while to get used to this new house, but by comparison, it was better. Designed by myself, I put care and love into each inch.
I made my way to the stables, leading Iron Clad out before mounting him. I took one final glance, before making my way down the oak path. With time, I reached the encampment where we kept the slaves. I hitched Iron Clad at the post, before heading into the first room of the gatehouse.
“Mister Hawthorne,” I said, pushing the door open.
“Ah, Robert. We were going to start without you, til I saw you trotting down the path,” Hawthorne replied, standing up and shaking my hand.
“Let’s just get this over with, I have other errands to run,”
We exited the office and walked to the gate.
“Open it on up!” Hawthorne exclaimed.
The wooden gate began to creak, as it slowly opened.
“That’s enough!” Hawthorne barked.
“I believe today is for the second group?” I questioned.
“No sir, it’s group one today,”
I glanced at a man tied to a post in the middle of the compound, he looked tired and hungry.
“What did he do?” I questioned.
“Tried to make a run for it, right after you returned to your home,” Hawthorne explained.
“I can see that didn’t work out,” I remarked, glancing at the man.
“His leg is broken, should we–”
“Yes, take him,” I replied, cutting him off.
Hawthorne walked to the cabin on the left, pounding on the door.
“Ten minutes! Do not make us come in there!” Hawthorne shouted.
I pulled out my pocket watch, examining the time. I sighed and watched as Hawthorne walked back to me.
“I can’t stay for the rest, no matter how much I like it,” I said sarcastically.
“It is quite the chore, but if you think that’s bad, just imagine what the tower folk have to sit through. All day in the humid heat, all night to watch the walls,” Hawthorne monologued,
“Yes, I get it,” I remarked as I turned and began to walk away.
“Robert! What will you do if they win?” Hawthorne questioned.
“They won’t,” I said, walking through the gate.
I made my way to Iron Clad, who appeared startled. Unhitching him, I mounted his large figure and trotted my way toward the town. I had a shipment coming in today, and I was coming in personally because I had various books coming in. It had only been a few months since the manor was completed, and every time I was in my office, there was a void.
I crossed a small wooden bridge and made my way down the path that followed the coast. The sound of waves crashing against the shore and each other was ever so satisfying. I passed the lumber yard and the cottages. I tried to focus my attention on getting to the hitching area, but circumstances changed that.
“Robert!” Sheriff Clayton exclaimed.
“Sheriff,” I said, continuing my ride forwards.
“You have to see this, it’s bad.” Clayton pleaded.
I sighed, “Clayton, I have an important shipment coming–” I was cut off, which I hated.
“The Natives, I think it was them. They’re trying to start another war!”
My head snapped towards him, as I looked at an utmost distant cottage. The community was made out of staircases that traveled up the hill, rows of small private cottages to the left and right periodically. Repeated for a few rows, and if expansion is needed, we simply would build more.
Upon the top, a door was ajar. Two men leaned against the wall on the porch.
“Alright,” I said, as I dismounted my horse, leading it to a hitching station.
“Come on, Robert,” Clayton said, as he began ascending the steps.
I followed suit, and with time, we had reached the cottage in question.
“See for yourself,” Clayton said ominously.
I entered the building and instantly was met with the smell of feces and iron. Before me laid the resident, he had been strung up with his intestines, his jaw was removed, and so were his eyes. I stared at the gruesome scene, before diverting my gaze to the right. His wife lay splayed out upon the sofa, her head in her lap. Past the man was a half open door, all that was visible was a bloodied crib.
I left the building and took in a breath of fresh air.
“You think the Natives did this?” I questioned.
“That’s what it looks like, they are sending a message,” Clayton explained.
I spotted a strange carving on the wall, it was meticulous and intricate. I scribbled down a copy, but even then I was unable to show its true elegance.
“Shit,” I said, “Have someone clean this up, and put the cottage for rent again. Goodbye Clayton,” I stated as I descended the stairs,
I entered the town through the small path up the rocky segment. Glancing at the lighthouse to my right, noticeable progress had been made. I made my way down the seawall, stepping up the stairs to the wooden walkway just above, and entered the post office. The attendant, upon seeing me, immediately turned around and grabbed my mail.
“Thank you, miss,” I said as I turned and left. I stuck the mail in my satchel, and sat in the small gazebo, watching the ocean. I stared at the post office of which I just came from, an old log cabin, one of the first town buildings constructed. Its sides were weathered, and shutters tilted down with gravity. A sign waved back and forth in the wind, ‘ .25 Letters To Mainland,’
I then diverted my gaze to the ocean once again. I stared into the horizon, it was barely noticeable at first, a small white dot, but slowly it grew, and eventually, it settled at the dock. I rose and made my way down to the men unloading, supervising them as they sorted each crate and barrel. One by one, they carried my goods to a wagon and took off towards my manor.
I sighed and began to make my way back to the manor, trailing the wagon. Nothing interesting had been happening on the island, we were in an era of peace, and for some reason, I disliked that. But what those people did in that cottage, I felt something was right around the corner. I could not let them gain the upper hand, I had to act first, but what the first act would be was beside me.
Once we reached the manor I spotted my children playing in the field to the right. Henry, Jackson, and Benjamin were playing with wooden swords, while Olivia was quietly picking flowers.
“Henry, Jackson, Benjamin, unload these books into the library!” I called out, as the three swiftly ran over. Jackson stared at the load in awe, before complaining.
“All of them?”
I glared at him, before guiding Iron Clad into the stables. The day was still young, so I released him into the grazing area. I made my way into the manor and up the stairs. I stared down as my boys took the crates into the library, and eventually returned outside.
I listened, making sure no one was watching, before turning around to the portrait of me. I felt against the right side of the frame til’ it deviated. I pushed it away, revealing a small handle. I pulled it forward, and the painting swung inwards. I stepped up and into the room, before pushing the painting shut.
The room was filled with novelties of the legend of the Beast of Grandiosia Isle, something I considered a myth. I made my way to the corner of the room, staring at tapestries made by the natives of the island. Glancing behind me, I viewed the stained glass portrait of a familiar skull, with an ever so familiar symbol across its forehead.
I looked ahead to see three small display cases, papers in each one with native text. Next to a sketch of the beast, a symbol stood. With my knowledge of their language, I recognized the text.
“The beast’s mark,”
I swung my sword at Ben, and he blocked and swung at me.
“Almost gotcha’!” Ben exclaimed as I laughed.
I used the opportunity to strike back, hitting his leg.
“Oh no!” He said, well falling over and holding his leg.
“This is pathetic! How will you ever survive a war?” I mocked.
“The only way you will survive, is if you watch your back, Jack!” Henry said, before striking me with a sword and throwing me aside. I rolled in the grass, laughing.
“Henry, that’s not fair, I wasn’t fighting you!” I said, disappointed at my performance.
“You never know when someone is going to strike from behind or sneak up on ya!” Henry explained.
“I know I-” I went silent as a call rang through the island, loud and high-pitched.
“Run! It’s the monster!” Ben said playfully, as we began running toward the manor. I was second to last, playfully closing the white double doors.
“No!” Olivia squealed as she was almost shut out.
“Phew, that was a close one!” Henry said.
“You almost killed me, Jack!” Olivia complained before kicking my leg.
“Full names, children,” Father said, as he stared down at us from the landing.
“Yes Father,” We all said in unison, as he continued up the stairs.
“Hey follow me, I found something secret in the library,” Henry said.
“Father doesn’t like it when we go in there, it’s his space,” I responded.
“If you go in there, I’m telling,” Olivia stated.
Henry walked towards her, before responding. “And if you do, I’ll lock you outside when the monsters close,”
She stared in terror, before rushing into the living room without another word.
“Come on y’all, it’s so cool!” Henry exclaimed.
“But what if we get in trouble?” I squealed.
“Don’t be such a namby-pamby!” Ben mocked.
“Okay… Let’s go,” I said as we walked the short distance to the library.
“Ladies first,” Henry said, opening the door.
“Shut up, Henry,” I remarked, walking through the door. He laughed behind me, before coming through to guide the way. We walked through the library, now filled sparingly with books, more would be required to fill the shelves.
“Watch,” Henry said, before walking to a small shelf that was filled with books, more than the others. He began pulling at a book, struggling before it pulled outwards, and something clicked. He then rolled the shelf to the side, and to my awe a staircase was visible.
“Is this why Father did not want us to view the construction?” Ben suggested.
“Maybe, but imagine how much other shit he has hidden,” Henry replied.
“Hey! We aren’t supposed to use those words,” I complained.
“I know, but it makes me sound cool,” Henry stated.
As we finished the descent, I stared to the left to see a long hallway.
“Where does that go?” I questioned.
“Eh, it just leads outside, in a small valley,” Henry explained, then continued, “But this is the cool part, look at that door,”
It was metal, with a circular handle. I viewed the lock, it had a large R crowning it.
“Henry we can’t open that, this needs Father’s key,” I stated.
Henry smiled, “Yeah, but I found his spare.” As he pulled out an identical key to the one hung around Father’s neck.
I stared in awe as he inserted the key, twisting it with both hands as loud noises were emitted from the inside of the door. He then twisted the metal handle, pushing it open.
“Now look at this,” He said, as he motioned in.
The room was elegant, not like the usual basement sections of the manor. Multiple shelves lined the walls.
“Whoa,” I said, astonished. Each shelf was filled with stacks of American currency and gold bars.
“This is where we keep the lump sum of our wealth,” Henry stated.
“Can I take some?” Ben asked.
“No, most definitely not. He keeps track, trust me. I don’t want anyone getting lynched because of your actions,” Henry stated while side-eyeing Ben.
“What’s this,” I asked, approaching greenish metal machinery.
“Not sure, all I know is that it looks older than the house,” Henry explained.
The thing had some sort of display, with controls underneath. Dead foliage filled cracks in it as if it had been exposed to the outside world, and the house was built upon it. “Remote control, Active L-1” Was engraved into the top of the display. I was lost in my thoughts before getting interrupted by a faint bell.
“That’s dinner!” Ben exclaimed as he rushed out of the room.
“Go, Jack, I’ll get the doors closed!” Henry said as I turned and ran out of the room. I ran up the stairs and left the library. Henry and Father were talking, before he glared at me.
“What were the two of you doing in the library?” He questioned.
“We were just looking at the new books, right Benjamin?” I lied as he nodded.
“You simply can not go in there without supervision,” He said sternly, before turning around and heading to the kitchen. I heard the door swing open behind me, as a hand was placed on my shoulder.
“I waited til’ he left, good job covering for us,” Henry voiced as he walked towards the dining room.
“Let’s go eat, I heard we are having apple pie for dessert,” Ben said, and with that, we made our way to the dining room.
Classical music was already playing as we took our seats. One after another, they brought out the platters. Steak with a serving of apple pie. I picked up the fork and began to poke at my pie.
“That’s for dessert, eat the steak first, the pie will taste better afterward,” Father stated.
After eating, I sat as Father slowly ate his food, counting the seconds til’ he was finished and excused us. When he did, we all exited the table, I slid the door open for my siblings and slid it closed behind me as Father began to talk to Mother.
“Do you know anything else?” I questioned Henry.
“No, but you know that terribly loud squealing that can be heard in the night? I think the entire guest room is actually a lift, I just can’t find what controls it.” He stated as we made ourselves up the stairs.
“I wanna wash myself first!” Olivia squealed.
“Nope! All you did was sit in the grass, Ben and I actually did hard activities!” I said as I pushed past her, and ran to the bathroom, closing it behind her. She banged on the door as Henry and Ben laughed.
I raised my binoculars, examining every inch of the swamp entrances and the Native village. A group of lights, torches, or lanterns I presume, were hiking out of the swamp in a line.
“They’re up to something, I have to send this in,” I muttered, as I ran for my desk.
Thinking for a moment, I began inputting my message into the telegram system.
“Natives leaving village, at least ten, high alert”
No message back was given, but I had done my job. I felt a weight shift in the tower, and the hairs on my neck began rising, as something very large began climbing. I could hear it breathing from all the way up here, its raspy breath as it took another step, then another, then another.
I opened my eyes whilst I took a deep breath. I rose from my bed, rubbing my face. My feet touched the cold hardwood as I rose, staring at the portrait of me on the fireplace.
I walked around, glancing at Grace as I left the room. The moonlight came through the windows and door as I walked down the hall, stopping at the railing and glancing downwards at the grand staircase. The house was silent as I walked down the side hall, taking a left into the guest room.
I closed the door, locking it, and felt along the doorframe until my finger grazed a raised portion. I pushed it in and then up, revealing a switch mechanism. I turned it, and the machinery churned to life. With gravity, the compartment fell closed, as the room was lifted upwards, it was smooth, as wheels guided the room on rails.
It reached a halt and I stepped out, turning right. I made my way through the tight vines and center console, glancing upwards at the open night sky through the Observatory dome. I made my way to a set of machinery made by me, it hummed slightly and I examined the vial it produced. It was bright orange, and I removed it from the slot it was held in. I tucked it in my pocket, before walking the staircase and sitting on a couch.
I gazed into the night sky as the stars glinted above, I sat there for a moment, watching, before making my way to the large telescope in the center of the second floor.
The second story of the Observatory was an outline of a circle against the walls, with a center portion leading to a platform in the middle. Underneath were various equipment and desks used to control the telescope and synthesize various drugs.
I peeked through the peephole, it had been tracking the moon for a few days now. I gazed at the spots on its surface, to think this sphere in the sky was 250,000 miles away amazed me, and that the thousands of flaming stars were millions of miles. It was the one thing that kept me coming back, the one thing that kept me in awe.
I opened my eyes and rose out of bed. I could tell the sun had not risen yet, and snuck down off the top bunk, careful not to wake my brothers. I exited the bedroom, taking a sharp left and exiting onto the porch extension, walking to the balcony.
“Hell, Father,” I said as he glared at me, before questioning.
“You kids usually sleep in, what’s got you up so early?”
“I wake up when I wake up,” I stated, and we watched the sun peek over the horizon.
“Father, when is Edward coming home?” I questioned, weary for my older brother.
“Henry, to be blunt, I’ve seen a lot of war on this island. It’s bloody, no one is safe. They murdered my brothers, and sister, stringing them up in the tree line. If he comes back, I doubt it will be in one piece,” Father explained, grimacing at the mention of his family.
“Oh, I see,” I said somberly.
A chill breeze with the slight scent of something rotting accompanied by an animal call passed through as the sunlight began baking the island in orange.
“What do you think that is?” I questioned, genuinely interested.
“Most likely a deer, but it’s very loud. I hear it almost every morning, it’s calming,” He responded.
“Not to me,” I replied.
“Well,” He said, grunting, “I have to go meet Mister Hawthorne before he starts without me,” He said, as he began to walk away.
“Father, why do we treat the blacks so poorly? They’re people too,” I questioned, facing away.
I felt his gaze upon me, as he struggled to find the words. “Well, I uh. We’re just, we’re just better than them. Do not bring this conversation up again, ever,” He stated sternly, leaving the porch.
After some time, I watched him head to the stables from the balcony. A warm breeze ran through the air as he led his steed out of the horse compound, before mounting him and riding down the oak path. The gold tobacco plants glistened under the golden rays of the sun. They swayed and rustled in the sea breeze, singing to the island.
Sun filtered into the room as I opened my eyes, I rose and yawned. I got out of bed and looked at the bunks to see Henry missing, but Ben’s silhouette lying behind the curtains. I got out of bed, exiting the room taking a left, and peeking outside to see Henry leaning over the banister. I opened the door, closing the gap to meet him.
“How long have you been up, Henry?” I questioned, staring at him. He glanced at me, before turning back to face the fields.
“Look at them, led out to work. Gunned men on horseback, forcing their labor. Does that seem right to you?” Henry questioned.
“Well… Henry, without their work, we wouldn’t have all this. Father says we are better than them, something about the bones. We are more fit to survive I think?” I said, attempting to explain.
“I know he says that it just… Doesn’t seem right. They think like us, act like us, what’s the difference?” He asked.
“They’re black?” I stated.
Henry sighed as a wave of sea breeze passed through. Henry jerked his head, observing something, I followed his gaze.
“Oh shit, that one’s running,” Henry said, as we witnessed a man beginning to run. He darted through the tobacco fields as a man on a horse raised a rifle. The man fell, and a puff of smoke came out of the barrel. Moments later a gunshot rang through. I could see Father approaching on his horse, before dismounting. He touched the man before speaking to another.
Father picked up the man and laid him upon the back of the other man’s steed. He talked a bit more and handed him something small before the other rode off. We watched as he diverted off the path, and disappeared into the trees.
“Does that seem right to you? Murdering a man who wanted to be free? What if the English did that?” Henry said, and I was starting to see his view.
“I don’t think that’s right,” I said, a lump forming in my neck “But still, without their work, we would not have this new house, this island to ourselves. The wealth in the basement!” I exclaimed.
“You tell anyone this, I’ll kill you, but I hope the north wins the war,” He stated whilst storming off, and I gazed back into the field, Father was heading off back onto the path, soon taking a left into town.
I hitched my horse on the station, and made my way up the cottages, examining each one. I spotted a familiar symbol on the one to my right and worriedly peeked through a window. A man was preparing breakfast, and I sighed in relief. After my rounds, I made my way to the Sheriff’s office, greeting Sherrif Clayton and gazing at the countless posters of Native men and women.
“Any more mishaps?” I questioned.
“Not now, but the watchman hasn’t telegramed us in two days, which is not what he usually does. It’s about three times a day, and once a day he’ll send a signal that he’s a-ok,” Clayton explained, leaning into his chair, and taking a sip of his coffee. “Was gonna head up there; or send one of the boys. Why don’t you go greet him personally? He looks up to you,” He finished.
I sighed, “Sure, why not? I could use something to do today. I’d rather not supervise the slaves or lounge around.” I said, exiting the office.
I walked down the pathway, gazing at the men loading my vessel up with cargo, soon to depart. A lump sum would be made in a few days, upon the selling of my products. I made my way to the bank, swiftly dropping off this week’s payroll before heading back to the hitching area. I mounted Iron Clad and began riding down the beaten path.
Along my way, I noticed the telegram line was snapped by a fallen tree. Checking for foul play, I gazed at the base. It appeared natural, and I noted internally to send a team out to fix it. Iron Clad stepped over the small tree as we continued to make our way down the path. With time, I began making my way up the winding trail up Obsidian Ridge.
I was shocked to see the gate that secured the cave entrance that led up the final stretch to the top of the ridge bent inwards, allowing something to enter. Along the cave wall, an ever so familiar symbol was etched into the stone. As I dismounted, my hand felt the familiar grip of my revolver, The Sentinel.
“Jack, check this out,” I said, as I grabbed his shoulder, he was sitting on the living room sofa, he was reading a book.
“What is it, Henry?” He questioned.
“I found a way into the observatory!”
He jumped up, “How!” As I motioned him to follow me. I guided him to a hallway, where I lifted a wall panel.
“Whoa!” He exclaimed as I revealed a dumbwaiter.
“Okay, you climb in, I’ll lift you, you get out, then you lift me!” I exclaimed.
“Okay!” Jack said as he crawled inside the tight space.
I began hoisting it up before it came to a stop.
“I’m up!” I heard faintly, as I began hoisting it downwards. I crawled inside, it was tight fit, and I shut the cover.
“Okay, lift me up, Jack!” I said, and slowly, I was hoisted up. I crawled out and was instantly in awe.
“Wow! Look at this!” I exclaimed, staring at the room. We surveyed the room, pointing out various things.
“Look at this,” I said, pointing at a small console. Various keys with letters were strewn about, I pushed one, and something snapped onto the paper quickly, leaving an ink letter.
“Wow!” Jack exclaimed, before gazing left, “Is that a camera?” Pointing at a small box on a stand.
“Look at it! This is where he keeps it!” I exclaimed as Jack walked over to touch it.
“No Jack, don’t touch anything!” I exclaimed, holding him back. “What if he finds out we were out here, it’s a trip to the gallows!” I teased.
“Oh no!” Jack said as he grabbed at his neck, mocking me.
“Look at that,” Jack said while pointing out a hunk of brass machinery.
“I’m serious though, don’t touch anything,” I said sternly.
“Like you did that?” As he pointed to the bit of machinery I previously pushed.
“I do what I want, you’re my slave,” I teased.
“Oh please, Henry! I thought you were against that,” He mocked.
I heard a bell from downstairs, breakfast. Rain peppered from the dome above us, as we hurried to the dumbwaiter.
“I wonder if Father will eat breakfast with us,” Jackson pondered.
“Ah, he’s more of a dinner person,” I joked.
I slowly made my way up the stone stairs, my ears focused not on the water rushing down the drainage, but on any signs of movement. I had fully unholstered The Sentinel, and the hammer had been cocked back. When I emerged from the cave, rain began peppering my hat. I breathed in the fresh air, but the scent of death enveloped me. I examined the tower, all seemed normal, but no man could have bent that iron gate in.
I began to ascend the tower steps, stopping periodically to listen. The rain did not help me, or perhaps it did, perhaps it covered my noise, my scent. Nevertheless, I continued, and with time, I had made it up. I glanced at the swamp, staring at the Native’s village. I tried to glance inside, but the shudders of the tower windows had been closed and locked.
I fully made my way around the entire balcony, before pushing the door open. Blood filled my lungs, and my eyes widened. There were no recognizable remains of a man. Chunks of flesh were strewn about, bones as well. It dripped, the walls, the roof, all dripped, stained with blood. My Breathing was fast, as I backed out of the room.
I had never seen such savagery before, it took me aback. The Natives did this to blind my left eye. But I would not only blind their right in return, I would blow a hole in their chest. I turned tail and began to descend the steps, and left. It was cold in the room, and the stench of death–even outside, was still strong. I felt eyes on me as I entered the mouth of the cave once again, but I had long ago learned to ignore that feeling.
I was launched into Wilson Creek, my ears ringing. Covered in mud, half submerged in water, I struggled to get up. I heard shouting, as more gunfire ensued. I crawled under the destroyed wooden bridge, concealing myself behind the pillar. More artillery fire ensued as dirt was blown towards me. A man ran down into the creek, facing away. He was a Union soldier, I stared at him, he had not noticed me.
I reached for my knife, pulled it out, and slowly made my way towards him. I latched onto him, driving it into his neck. He pushed me back and I pulled it out. He stared into my eyes, gargling, and I stared into his. I grabbed his rifle and concealed myself in the same spot.
“CHARGE!!!” The voice screamed, coming from my commander, as men began storming down into the creek. Some stopped to fire, some keeled over from a gunshot wound. I joined in and rushed forward.
They were retreating, and we chased. I began firing, hitting multiple men. I chased one down and held him at gunpoint. I recognized his uniform, he was a general. I grabbed my rifle and struck him in the side of his head. I began tying his hands together, as I exclaimed “I captured a General!”
Iron Clad halted, sliding in the gravel. Quickly I hitched him and rushed to the Sheriff’s Office. I pushed the door open, a break from the rain, I looked crazed, my eyes wide and my clothes were soaking wet.

Major Andrew Drumm 1828 --- 1919
A tribute by Meade McClure
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{Published} Kansas City Star April 20, 1919
Braved A Precipice Trail
Cattletrail Companion Took Midnight Ride To Reach Funeral
Thomas P Wilson came 1,250 miles to the funeral of Major Andrew Drumm. And 45 miles of that he road on horseback, after midnight, over a trail that rimmed steep mountain sides, a trail so narrow that no wagon has ever been on it, where a misstep meant a fall of a mile down over jagged rocks and perpendicular precipices. Mr. Wilson told the story yesterday of that midnight on the mountain trail.
"To begin the story right I'd have to tell you why I made that midnight race out of the mountains of Arizona, and the beginning of that story is a way back 44 years ago {that would be 1875}, on the plains and old cattle trails of Texas and Indian territory", said Mr. Wilson. "That is where I first met Andy Drumm. You might say that he raised me and my brother Abner. We were born down near Fort Worth, Texas. And before I was 13 years old I was on the cattle trails. Many a herd I help drive in over the old Chisholm Trail and later to Wichita and Abilene, Kansas. Those were the days of the real wild West. Oh yes, I've had my adventures. I've been chased by Indians many times and I've helped chase them and I've saved my scalp by a hair's breath several times before I was a grown man; and I knew Wild Bill when he was plain Bill Hickok, Marshal of Abilene, and I knew Bat Masterson when he was Marshal of Dodge city, and I knew a lot of other men whose names are embalmed in dime novels, but I don't want to talk of that now. What I started to tell you was why I came up here to Andy's funeral. You see, Andy was my friend. I've known a lot of good people in my life, out in the cattle country, but Andy Drumm was the best and whitest and squarest man I ever know. When you ride the range with a man, and mess out of the same chuck wagon with him, and sleep on the ground with him night after night out under the stars that seems so close in the clear air that you might reach up and pull one down, and you stand off Indians together, and look into the face of death together, you get to know a man, you get to know the inside of him and that's the way I knew Andy Drumm. You know, Drumm was a cowboy along with us, although he owned the ranch. I can see him now on his horse, Spanish Bald. He had another white faced horse he called Old Gyp. My brother Abner was manager of the big ranch in the territory {the Cherokee Strip}, south of Kiowa, Kansas. Drum founded that town. We stayed with him and he gave us a chance to make money, and my brother and I went to Canada in 1903 and started in the cattle business on our own hook near medicine hat. A blizzard wiped out our business in one night, every horn and hoof we had, and left us broke. Abner came back and Drumm staked him to a cattle ranch in Osage County Oklahoma, and later Abner became his partner in the Double Circle ranch in Arizona. That ranch made Drumm $1 million, and made Abner rich too, he is retired now and lives at Long Beach California. He couldn't get here to the funeral. When I came back from Canada I tried out the real estate business in Wichita Kansas but my heart was in the cattle business. I heard that the 4 Drag Ranch out in the Arizona mountains was for sale. I went to look at it and then I came here to Kansas City to see Andy Drumm. I told him I'd like to get back in the cattle business and about this ranch, and he said: "What is the price, Tom?" "I told him $85,000". "All right, Tom," he says, "you go out and buy it. I'll let you have the money". That's the way he did business. He was the grandest man I ever knew to make an end to take an interest in young men and make them to a chance to work out. He never in his life saw the Double Circle Ranch or the 4 Drag Ranch, both of which made him so much money. Well, as I was saying he told me to go out and buy that ranch, but before I got out of town he hunted me up and said he'd like to take a half interest with me, and so he did, and he had a half interest with me there in that ranch back in the mountains when he died. It's a big ranch, we keep 5,000 cattle there. Our ranch is back over the mountains 45 miles from Clifton, Arizona, on the Arizona and New Mexico railroad. You've heard the nursery rhyme about the fellow who got married and "The hill was so steep and the road was so narrow he had to take his wife home in a wheel barrel". Well that's the kind of a road we have for 45 miles over the mountains from Clifton out to our ranch. A wagon has never been in there. All our furniture and everything else we use is packed in by burros. It cost me $200 to get my wife's piano from Clifton to our ranch, 45 miles. It was carried by 35 Mexicans. They wrapped the piano in quilts to keep it from being scratched by the rocks, for often the precipice go straight up for hundreds of feet where the trail is only a few feet wide. Then they strapped it to gas pipes, 20 feet long and 3 feet apart so the piano and four-man would take hold of each of the pipe, that is, 16 men at once and they lifted it to their shoulders and walked off with it. The other 16 man walk behind to take it when they got tired, and so on; 32 men to carry and three men as cooks. They left Clifton one morning at 10 o'clock and, by marching nearly all night, they made they had the piano in the ranch house at noon the next day it's there now, and I reckon it'll stay there, for no one would pay $200 to take it out again. Well when Andy died Meade McClure sent me a telegram. He knew I'd want to be at the funeral. My wife happened to be in Clifton with my daughter who lives there and she got the telegram. Now there's no telephone to the ranch, so she had to get that word to me over the trail I've been telling you of. The motor car has knocked out livery business out there but no motor car has ever been over our trail. She got that telegram at 2 o'clock last Monday afternoon and she couldn't find a horse. She finally located a little mule and Tex Morland, a wiry youngster who knew the trail, started with the telegram. He reached me with it at 11:30 o'clock that night. I had been out on the mountains all day and was sitting up talking to some of my men when in comes Tex with that message, telling me that the best friend I ever had would be buried in Kansas City Thursday afternoon. I said: "Boys, I'm going to that funeral. Get a horse saddled while I eat a snack." In 15 minutes I was off on the trail and, mind you it's a slow trail in many places because of the narrowness and crookedness and the danger; but I had to make the train in Clifton at 7:25 next morning or miss out. I got there at 6:00, caught the train connected with the Southern Pacific at Lawrenceburg, changed at El Paso, and got here Thursday morning in time for the funeral. I stayed over until today to see the soldier boys march in the victory parade. I won't have another chance to see the boys march. My own boy went over with the 89th division, but he won't come back. He was killed in the Argonne battle and he lies over there with a lot of other western boys. And so I've lost two in the last year, my own boy and the friend of my own boyhood, Andy Drumm. I'm leaving for the ranch tomorrow morning but I'm going out as going out again as soon as things settle down over in Europe. I'm going over to see my son's grave." ……….…
Eagle Creek was established in the mid-1800s when settlers came to homestead. In the early 1900s the Double Circle was the largest ranch in southeast Arizona with its headquarters located on Eagle Creek. By the mid-1930s, the Apaches no longer allowed the Circles to have grazing rights on their reservation. The herd was downsized and the result was hundreds of jobs lost and people moved out.

Commemorated: March 18/31 (Martyrdom) and September 3/16 (Local Translation of Relics)
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St. Edward, one of the most venerated English saints, was the son of the Holy Right-Believing Edgar the Peaceful, King of England, and Queen Ethelfleda who died soon after his birth. According to different sources St. Edward was born either in 959 or in 962/963.
The reign of King Edgar was marked by a great revival of monasticism, Church life and piety among the English people and he wholeheartedly supported the three great episcopal restorers of the English Church after the ninth century Danish invasions: Dunstan of Canterbury (who baptized Edward), Oswald of Worcester, and Ethelwold of Winchester. According to tradition, some time before St. Edward’s birth St. Edgar had an unusual dream, which his wise and saintly mother Elgiva (St. Edward’s grandmother), formerly Queen and then Abbess of Shaftesbury, explained thus: following St. Edgar’s repose the English Church would be attacked, the supporters of his (Edgar’s) younger son would murder his elder son, the former then would reign on earth while the latter would reign in Heaven. These prophetic words eventually came true. St. Edward’s younger brother was Ethelred (“Ethelred the Unready”, 968-1016) who was born from his father’s second marriage.
St. Edward ascended the English throne in 975 at the age of only thirteen (or sixteen) after the sudden death of his father St. Edgar aged only thirty-two. According to one of the sources of that time, St. Edward was a young man of piety, exemplary behavior, a genuine Orthodox Christian who led a devout and God-fearing life. As his father St. Edgar—especially in the second half of his life—young Edward loved God and the Church above all things. He was a benefactor of the needy, a refuge for the pious, defender of the faith of Christ, and filled with many virtues. Sts. Dunstan of Canterbury and Oswald of Worcester anointed him as King at Kingston upon Thames. On becoming King, St. Edward with great enthusiasm continued the labors of his father to revive and strengthen the Church and monastic life in the country; many new monasteries were opened or restored all over England during his short reign. Prayer and Christian piety were the basic things that St. Edward saw at the core of a true kingdom.
Unfortunately, all this was not to last long—soon the whole of England was stricken with a terrible famine. And at the same time disturbances began in the country that added to this tragedy: some aristocrats were extremely unpleasant with St. Edward for endowing monasteries with lands and estates. These nobles decided to acquire these lands at all costs for themselves. Some of them in their fury even attacked a number of monasteries and temporarily drove out monks and nuns from them and replaced them with married clergy. The noblemen wished to depose the godly and resolute ruler Edward and instead enthrone his younger brother, the pliable Ethelred. The Archpastor Dunstan of Canterbury, one of the greatest prophets and visionaries of the English Church, who stood at the head of the English Church in the second half of the tenth century for nearly thirty years, did all his best to defend St. Edward and support him in his activities; in fact, a majority of the aristocrats supported him as well. However, several wicked nobles, apparently together with St. Edward’s widowed stepmother Elfrida, thus conceived a plan to murder the innocent king.
A 19th - century depiction of St. Edward before his martyrdom
And on March 18, 978 (according to another version, 979) St. Edward was treacherously slain. This happened in the following way. On that day the young Edward was hunting in the forest not far from the town of Wareham in the county of Dorset in south-west England. He decided to pay a visit to his brother Ethelred who was being brought up at his mother’s in Corfe among the Purbeck hills (a ridge of chalk downs) nearby. As Edward approached Corfe on horseback, Elfrida at once came up to him and with a sham greeting offered him drink. As soon as Edward took the goblet, one of the courtiers suddenly thrust a knife into him. The King fell out of his saddle, one of his feet stuck in the stirrup, and the horse dragged the wounded King, nobody helping him, until his dead body finally fell into the spring at the foot of the hill where Corfe Castle stands today. (It was said that water of this spring healed many people from eye diseases).
Corfe Castle
On the orders of Elfrida the body of the martyred king was thrown into a tiny dilapidated hut very close to the site of his martyrdom. A certain woman lived in this house who was blind from birth. On the following night she felt as if an unearthly light had entirely filled her cottage and she was healed from blindness at once. Under the shabby clothes with which the murderers had covered the saint’s body the woman found the King’s holy relics. Next morning many people in the vicinity learned about the miracle, including the Queen who then ordered her servants to bury Edward’s relics in a boggy area near Wareham and to forget about the King forever.
This is approximately what “the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle” wrote on St. Edward late in the tenth century: “Since the Angles came to the island of Britain they have not committed a more terrible crime than this one. People killed him, but the Lord glorified him: in lifetime an earthly king, and after death—a Heavenly saint. The murderers wiped the memory of him from the face of the earth, but the Heavenly Father made him holy both in Paradise and on Earth. Those who did not kneel before him when he was alive now humbly venerate his precious relics. Now we see that the wisdom of men, guile and plans of this world are nothing in comparison with the providence of God.” And God vouchsafed the people to see with what glory St. Edward was rewarded.
St. Mary's Saxon Church in Wareham, Dorset
In about 980, above the exact place of burial of the martyred King, a bright pillar of light began to appear. Seeing this, the people of Wareham found St. Edward’s grave and dug up his relics, which turned out to be absolutely intact. On the same day a spring of pure water gushed forth at that site, and a holy well with curative powers existed there for many centuries. It was decided to bury St. Edward’s body in the local church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. This lovely church stands in Wareham to this day attracting pilgrims. The fame and veneration of the martyred King increased very speedily among the faithful, priests, monks and bishops. More and more wonderful miracles occurred at his grave.
A year passed, and thus, in 981 it was decided to uncover the remains of St. Edward and with a solemn procession translate them to the monastery in Shaftesbury in Dorset, not far away. This monastery had been founded in 888 by the saintly King Alfred the Great (St. Edward’s ancestor) and his holy daughter St. Ethelgiva. Among those present at the ceremony of the uncovering of his relics were Archbishop Dunstan, many abbots and abbesses, Holy Abbess Edith of Wilton in Wiltshire—St. Edward’s sister—as well as a multitude of Dorset people. Having opened the King’s grave and seeing his fragrant and incorrupt relics, everybody thanked the Almighty and carried them in procession to the convent of Shaftesbury, for that was the will of God.
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This convent, then dedicated to the Mother of God was later rededicated to the Mother of God and St. Edward the Martyr. The king’s relics were buried in the altar of the monastic church. According to tradition, two paralytics were healed when the saint’s relics were being carried from Wareham to Shaftesbury. Over the next 20 years a great many other miracles occurred at his relics. Thus, once he appeared in a dream to a woman who was lame and could hardly walk. He told her to go to the Shaftesbury convent, setting all her hopes on the Lord. With great difficulty and great faith the lady came to the convent and was completely healed on the same day.
After the martyrdom of St. Edward, the next King of England was the above-mentioned Ethelred, who had been a child when his elder brother was slain. Ethelred deeply loved and venerated his martyred innocent brother for the rest of his life. It was recorded that when Dunstan crowned Ethelred King he predicted to him that for the sin of regicide England would be punished and eventually invaded. His prophecy was fulfilled after his (St. Dunstan’s) death in 988: the Danes resumed their devastating raids on England and eventually martyred Archbishop Alphege of Canterbury in 1012, and in 1066 England was invaded again by the Northmen—the Normans. According to some sources, St. Edward’s stepmother Elfrida, possibly responsible for the murder of the innocent king, who was also very beautiful, afterwards repented and ended her life in a convent, though there is not sufficient evidence to confirm this.
Memorial to St. Edward the Martyr, Shaftesbury Abbey
In the year 1001 the grave of St. Edward in Shaftesbury miraculously began to rise from the ground. In this way the Lord revealed His will: the relics of such a glorious saint were to be translated to a more honorable site. Soon Edward himself appeared to one monk and asked him to go and tell the Abbess of Shaftesbury that the saint’s relics should be placed in a shrine. This idea was approved by all, including King Ethelred. The grave of the king was again opened and everybody felt such an indescribable sweet fragrance from his incorrupt body that they could not understand whether they were on Earth or in Paradise. The relics of the holy king were then translated into a beautiful and richly adorned shrine.
In 1008, St. Edward was officially canonized by St. Alphege of Canterbury. Since that time he has been greatly venerated as a martyr and passion-bearer; for he knew that he might be slain by his opponents, but for the love of Christ he did not oppose them, relying fully on the will of God. The veneration of St. Edward, who became known as Edward the Martyr, spread far and wide and with time he was venerated all over England and even abroad. Five ancient churches were dedicated to him. Small portions of his relics from the eleventh century were translated to Abingdon in Oxfordshire, Leominster in Herefordshire, Salisbury in Wiltshire, Glastonbury in Somerset and Durham in County Durham. Throughout the centuries countless miracles of healing have occurred through St. Edward’s intercession, especially healings from eye and leg diseases.
For example, under King Edward the Confessor in the mid-eleventh century, a man from France with acute pain all over his body, who was specially transported to the saint’s shrine, and a blind boy as well as a leper were healed by St. Edward’s relics, along with many others. In medieval times Shaftesbury Abbey became the largest and wealthiest Benedictine convent in all England. And it was among the most important shrines of the country, attracting thousands of pilgrims to St. Edward’s and other saints’ relics. The town of Shaftesbury was for several centuries known as “Edwardstowe”—such was the veneration of the saint. Only under Henry VIII was the town again known as Shaftesbury. At the time of the Reformation, in about 1539, Shaftesbury Abbey, like many other monasteries, was dissolved and then destroyed, while the relics of St. Edward were hidden in the grounds of the convent to avoid desecration.
St. Edward's Orthodox Church in Brookwood, Surrey
It was said that until the early twentieth century one unique relic existed, namely a lung of St. Edward, but even that was destroyed by radical Protestants. However, in the twentieth century the Lord worked a miracle: in the early 1930s the saint’s relics (well-preserved bones) were again uncovered by an amateur archaeologist, J. Wilson-Claridge, among the ruins of Shaftesbury Abbey. A thorough expertise helped ascertain that these are the authentic relics of St. Edward the Martyr, King of England. St. Edward’s relics, by a miracle of God returned to England and to the faithful, were donated to the Orthodox Church of St. Edward the Martyr in Brookwood Cemetery near Woking in Surrey, not far from London. Originally this community was in the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, but now it belongs to a small old calendarist Greek monastic brotherhood. It is visited by pilgrims from England and abroad. Significantly, there is modern (including written) evidence of miracles and healings occurring through his intercession.
Church of St. Edward in Corfe Castle, Dorset
Many churches are dedicated to St. Edward. In addition to the above-mentioned Brookwood church, the saint is also particularly venerated in all the sites closely connected with his martyrdom and his ancient medieval veneration in Dorset. All these places attract Orthodox and other Christian pilgrims, as well as tourists, as Dorset is noted for its beauty. St. Edward is remembered in the village of Corfe Castle, where extensive remains of the castle still survive. Notably, the local parish church is dedicated to St. Edward and it is believed to stand on the very site where the original blind woman’s dwelling, where his relics had been thrown by the order of Elfrida, used to stand many centuries ago. St. Edward’s well at Corfe associated with his martyrdom has existed for over 1000 years, and until the late twentieth century its water was prescribed for eye trouble and ague.
St. Martin's Saxon Church in Wareham, Dorset
Inside St. Mary's Saxon Church in Wareham
The next destination is the pretty town of Wareham which boasts of two early English churches, both extant. The first church is called St. Martins-on-the-Walls, dedicated to St. Martin of Tours —it was mostly built in the 1030s; the other one is St. Mary the Virgin’s Church which has a chapel dedicated to St. Edward. This is the very church in Wareham, mentioned before, where the King’s relics lay from 980 to 981. Some researchers say that this church still contains the coffin in which the saint’s body was interred 1035 years ago. Finally, this town has a Roman Catholic Church dedicated to St. Edward.
Shaftesbury Abbey ruins
The small town of Shaftesbury is another Dorset destination associated with St. Edward. Today there are the ruins of the once magnificent Shaftesbury Abbey that housed the saint’s relics, and the abbey museum and gardens are situated just next to the abbey grounds. The town also has the Roman Catholic Church of the Most Holy Name and St. Edward the Martyr.
St. Edward's Church in Castle Donington, Leicestershire
St. Edward's Church in Evenlode, Gloucestershire
Church of St. Mary and St. Edward in Barrow Gurney, Somerset
St. Edward's Church in Goathurst, Somerset
St. Edward's Church in Shaugh Prior, Devon
Anglican parish churches dedicated to St. Edward can be found in the large village of Castle Donington in Leicestershire, in the port town of Plymouth in Devon, in the village of Shaugh Prior in Devon, in Goathurst in Somerset, in Barrow Gurney in Somerset (it has the double dedication of Our Lady and St. Edward and is situated not far from the medieval Barrow Gurney convent), in Evenlode in Gloucestershire, in the city of Cambridge (this thirteenth century church stands on the site of the original early English church; the present church is known for the fact that in 1525 it was the first in England to preach the ideas of Protestantism) and in other places.
St. Edward's Church in Plymouth, Devon
St. Edward the Martyr is the patron-saint of the Antiochian Orthodox parish in Athelhampton, Dorset, as well as the Russian Orthodox (Diocese of Sourozh) community in Shapwick, near Wimborne in Dorset. The picturesque Cotswold town of Stow-on-the-Wold in Gloucestershire was originally called Stow St. Edward or Edwardstow, probably after this saint. St. Edward is venerated all over England and in many other countries, and, notably, he is one of the best-known English saints in Russia. St. Edward the Martyr is not to be confused with Edward the Confessor, the half-Norman King of England who ruled from 1042 to 1066, who is venerated only in Roman Catholicism, and whose remains are enshrined in Westminster Abbey in London.
Holy Passion-Bearer King Edward, pray to God for us!
Dmitry Lapa

The fourth Texas Swing event had an increased payout a new timed event format in 2024

March 26, 2024 04:01 PM
by Brett Nierengarten
Rodeo Austin boasted a total payoff of $692,743, up from $584,460 year ago, and debuted a new format in 2024.
The roughstock events were unchanged, every cowboy was guaranteed one opportunity with the 24 highest Round 1 scores being split into three clean-slate Playoff Rounds. The Top 8 from there advanced to a winner-take-all Short Round.
In the timed events, it was a more a traditional approach rather than a progressive one. Each athlete or team competed in two Go-Rounds on consecutive nights with the Top 8 on a two-head Average advancing to the Finals. The winner was determined by a three-head Average.

Aus Double Dips on 90-Point Rides

The Minnesota bareback rider’s Rodeo Austin win this year was a testament to his longevity as it came almost seven years to the day of his first victory there.
Aus, who had just two total 90+ Point Rides in the 2022 and 2023 seasons combined, rode Wrap it Up for 90 in Round 2 and Empty Promies for 90.5 in the Finals.
"(This is) absolutely one of the highs (of my career),” he said. “This has been one of my favorite stops a lot of years coming here.”

Egusquiza/Lord Go 3.9 Grab Third PRCA Playoff Win

Over the past two seasons, no one has shown better top-end speed than Dustin Egusquiza/Levi Lord. After leading the PRCA last year, they already have a PRCA-best 10 runs of 4.2 Seconds or Faster in 2024 and two of them came in Austin.
The first won them Round 1 and the second won them the Finals (and the Average). Their Rodeo Austin win joins the Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo (Texas) and National Western (Colorado) as their third Playoff win already this season.
Both cowboys are now ranked No. 3 in the PRCA World Standings.

Hughes Cruises to Victory

Westyn Hughes’ margin of victory in the tie-down roping was staggering. With a time of 24.3 seconds on three, he finished 4.8 seconds ahead of second place Sterling Smith and 11.1 seconds clear of the third place cowboy Zack Jongbloed. And he did it all with a herniated disc in his back.
“They got rodeos every week and its my job, so I just gotta show up and try to get paid,” he said.

BAREBACK RIDING

First Round: 1. Cole Franks, 89 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Amped Up, $4,715; 2. (tie) Jayco Roper, Leighton Berry and Richmond Champion, 86.5, $3,722 each; 5. (tie) Strawbs Jones, R.C. Landingham and Taylor Broussard, 85.5, $2,233 each; 8. (tie) Jacob Lees, Tanner Aus and Bill Tutor, 85, $744 each.
Second Round: 1. Tanner Aus, 90 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Wrap It Up, $4,594; 2. Rocker Steiner, 85.5, $3,995; 3. (tie) Waylon Bourgeois, Taylor Broussard, Mason Stuller and Cooper Cooke, 84, $2,497 each; 7. R.C. Landingham, 83, $846; 8. Dean Thompson, 82.5, $400.
Finals: 1. Tanner Aus, 90.5 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Empty Promises, $10,340; 2. Taylor Broussard, 86, $7,755; 3. Dean Thompson, 85, $5,170; 4. (tie) Rocker Steiner and Waylon Bourgeois, 84, $1,293 each.

STEER WRESTLING

First Round: 1. J.D. Struxness, 3.6 seconds, $4,317; 2. Tanner Brunner, 3.8, $3,754; 3. Justin Shaffer, 4.0, $3,191; 4. Ty Erickson, 4.4, $2,628; 5. Cade Staton, 4.5, $2,064; 6. (tie) Cody Devers and Cole Walker, 4.6, $1,220 each; 8. Don Payne, 4.7, $375.
Second Round: 1. Ty Bauerle, 3.7 seconds, $4,317; 2. (tie) Jacob Edler and Trisyn Kalawaia, 3.8, $3,472 each; 4. (tie) Kodie Jang and Jacob Talley, 4.0, $2,346 each; 6. (tie) J.D. Struxness and Nick Guy, 4.2, $1,220 each; 8. Don Payne, 4.4, $375.
Finals: 1. Jacob Edler, 3.7 seconds, $2,000; 2. J.D. Struxness, 4.0, $1,500; 3. Cade Staton, 4.4, $1,000; 4. Ty Bauerle, 7.0, $500.
Average: 1. J.D. Struxness, 11.8 seconds on three head, $6,475; 2. Jacob Edler, 12.6, $5,630; 3. Cade Staton, 13.8, $4,786; 4. Ty Bauerle, 16.7, $3,941; 5. Nick Guy, 23.2, $3,097; 6. Don Payne, 23.3, $2,252; 7. Dakota Eldridge, 9.6 on two head, $1,408; 8. Trisyn Kalawaia, 9.7, $563.

TEAM ROPING

First Round: 1. Dustin Egusquiza/Levi Lord, 3.9 seconds, $4,317 each; 2. Clint Summers/Jake Long, 4.1, $3,754; 3. (tie) Lightning Aguilera/Jonathan Torres and Coleman ProctoLogan Medlin, 4.2, $2,909 each; 5. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 4.4, $2,064; 6. Cole Thomas/Dylin Ahlstrom, 4.5, $1,501; 7. (tie) Cory Kidd V/Clay Futrell, Cyle Denison/Dustin Davis and Garrett Tonozzi/Cory Petska, 4.6, $438 each.
Second Round: 1. (tie) Wyatt Bray/Paden Bray and Tanner Tomlinson/Patrick Smith, 3.7 seconds, $4,035 each; 3. Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp, 4.0, $3,191; 4. (tie) Riley Kittle/Will Woodfin, Clay Tryan/Caleb Hendrix and Cory Kidd V/Clay Futrell, 4.2, $2,064 each; 7. (tie) Luke Brown/Travis Graves and Pedro Egurrola/J.C. Flake, 4.3, $657 each.
Finals: 1. Dustin Egusquiza/Levi Lord, 3.9 seconds, $2,000 each; 2. (tie) Coleman ProctoLogan Medlin and Lightning Aguilera/Jonathan Torres, 4.3, $1,250 each; 4. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 4.5, $500.
Average: 1. Dustin Egusquiza/Levi Lord, 12.5 seconds on three head, $12,950 each; 2. Lightning Aguilera/Jonathan Torres, 13.0, $11,261; 3. Coleman ProctoLogan Medlin, 13.5, $9,572; 4. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 13.8, $7,883; 5. Luke Brown/Travis Graves, 14.2, $6,193; 6. Coy Brittain/Colton Brittain, 14.6, $4,504; 7. Clint Summers/Jake Long, 8.5 on two head, $2,815; 8. Cory Kidd V/Clay Futrell, 8.8, $1,126.

BREAKAWAY ROPING

First Round: 1. Rylee A. George, 1.80 seconds, $4,317; 2. Samantha Fulton, 2.10, $3,754; 3. (tie) Jill Tanner, Erin Johnson and Willow Wilson, 2.20, $2,628 each; 6. (tie) Rickie Fanning and Josey Murphy, 2.40, $1,220 each; 8. Shelby Boisjoli-Meged, 2.50, $375.
Second Round: 1. Danielle Lowman, 1.50 seconds, $4,317; 2. Hali Williams, 1.80, $3,754; 3. (tie) Joey Williams, Kendal Pierson and Taylor Munsell, 2.10, $2,628 each; 6. Willow Wilson, 2.20, $1,501; 7. (tie) KC-Gail Churchill, Tacy Webb and Sarah Angelone, 2.30, $438 each.
Finals: 1. Tacy Webb, 2.20 seconds, $2,000; 2. Taylor Munsell, 2.30, $1,500; 3. Shelby Boisjoli-Meged, 2.90, $1,000; 4. Beau Peterson, 3.50, $500.
Average: 1. Tacy Webb, 7.60 seconds on three head, $6,475; 2. Taylor Munsell, 7.90, $5,630; 3. Shelby Boisjoli-Meged, 8.00, $4,786; 4. Beau Peterson, 9.40, $3,941; 5. Lari Dee Guy, 18.10, $3,097; 6. Willow Wilson, 4.40 on two head, $2,252; 7. Sarah Angelone, 5.50, $1,408; 8. Josie Conner, 5.80, $563.

SADDLE BRONC RIDING

First Round: 1. Damian Brennan, 87.5 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Golden Glo, $4,715; 2. Trent Burd, 87, $4,219; 3. Lefty Holman, 86.5, $3,722; 4. Ryder Wright, 85.5, $3,226; 5. (tie) Logan Hay, Sterling Crawley and Tegan Smith, 83.5, $2,233 each; 8. (tie) Ben Andersen and Jarrod Hammons, 83, $993 each; 10. Rusty Wright, 82.5, $248.
Second Round: 1. (tie) Traylin Martin, on Dakota Rodeo’s Richie’s High, and Damian Brennan, on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Bewitched, 86 points, $4,295 each; 3. Riggin Smith, 85.5, $3,396; 4. Sterling Crawley, 84.5, $2,797; 5. (tie) Wyatt Casper, Ryder Sanford and Dawson Hay, 84, $1,547 each; 8. (tie) Ryder Wright and Lefty Holman, 83.5, $200 each.
Finals: 1. Traylin Martin, 92 points on Andrews Rodeo’s All Or Nothin’, $10,340; 2. Wyatt Casper, 89, $7,755; 3. Dawson Hay, 86.5, $5,170; 4. Riggin Smith, 85, $2,585.

TIE-DOWN ROPING

First Round: 1. (tie) Shad Mayfield and Cooper Martin, 7.6 seconds, $4,035 each; 3. Riley Mason Webb, 7.9, $3,191; 4. Westyn Hughes, 8.1, $2,628; 5. (tie) Bryce Derrer and Zack Jongbloed, 8.3, $1,783 each; 7. Marty Yates, 8.5, $938; 8. Ty Harris, 8.9, $375.
Second Round: 1. Trevor Hale, 7.5 seconds, $4,317; 2. Westyn Hughes, 7.6, $3,754; 3. (tie) Sterling Smith and Marty Yates, 7.8, $2,909 each; 5. (tie) Blane Cox and Dylan Hancock, 7.9, $1,783 each; 7. Lucas Potter, 8.1, $938; 8. Clint Singleton, 8.3, $375.
Finals: 1. Westyn Hughes, 8.6 seconds, $2,000; 2. Sterling Smith, 11.2, $1,500; 3. Hunter Herrin, 16.6, $1,000; 4. Zack Jongbloed, 17.0, $500.
Average: 1. Westyn Hughes, 24.3 seconds on three head, $6,475; 2. Sterling Smith, 29.1, $5,630; 3. Zack Jongbloed, 35.4, $4,786; 4. Hunter Herrin, 35.6, $3,941; 5. Clint Singleton, 37.5, $3,097; 6. Marty Yates, 16.3 on two head, $2,252; 7. Blane Cox, 16.9, $1,408; 8. Ty Harris, 18.8, $563.

BARREL RACING

First Round: 1. Jodee Miller, 15.32 seconds, $4,317; 2. Kassie Mowry, 15.35, $3,754; 3. Jessica Routier, 15.36, $3,191; 4. Wenda Johnson, 15.40, $2,628; 5. Taylor Carver, 15.41, $2,064; 6. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 15.45, $1,501; 7. Ilyssa Riley, 15.47, $938; 8. Sadie Wolaver-Troyer, 15.49, $375.
Second Round: 1. Kassie Mowry, 15.01 seconds, $4,317; 2. Wenda Johnson, 15.16, $3,754; 3. Tillar King, 15.27, $3,191; 4. Stevi Hillman, 15.34, $2,628; 5. Jessica Routier, 15.38, $2,064; 6. Sara Winkelman, 15.39, $1,501; 7. Stephanie Fryar, 15.41, $938; 8. (tie) Oceane Veilleux and Taylor Carver, 15.44, $188 each.
Finals: 1. Jodee Miller, 15.25 seconds, $2,000; 2. Sadie Wolaver-Troyer, 15.35, $1,500; 3. Kassie Mowry, 15.40, $1,000; 4. Jessica Routier, 15.45, $500.
Average: 1. Kassie Mowry, 45.76 seconds on three head, $6,475; 2. Jessica Routier, 46.19, $5,630; 3. Jodee Miller, 46.22, $4,786; 4. Sadie Wolaver-Troyer, 46.31, $3,941; 5. Wenda Johnson, 50.95, $3,097; 6. Tillar King, 51.37, $2,252; 7. Stevi Hillman, 56.40, $1,408; 8. Taylor Carver, 56.52, $563.

BULL RIDING

First Round: 1. Tristen Hutchings, 89 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Kyote Train, $4,715; 2. (tie) Maverick Smith and JR Stratford, 87, $3,971 each; 4. (tie) Brady Portenier and Jace Trosclair, 86.5, $2,978 each; 6. Jackson Ward, 83.5, $2,233; 7. Shane Proctor, 81, $1,737; 8. (tie) Tyler Bingham and Boudreaux Campbell, 79.5, $993 each; 10. Ernie Courson Jr, 78, $248.
*Second Round: 1. Josh Frost, 86.5 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Bruce, $4,651; 2. Jeff Askey, 86, $4,052; 3. Cody Teel, 84.5, $3,453; 4. Brady Portenier, 83, $2,854; 5. Boudreaux Campbell, 79.5, $2,254; 6. Trey Kimzey, 79, $1,655; 7. Maverick Smith, 64, $903; no other qualified rides.
*Finals: 1. Trey Kimzey, 89 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Greeley Hat Works Bonfire, $25,850; no other qualified rides.
*(all totals include ground money).

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Get ready for an in-depth exploration of one of the most popular ammo types on the market - the 308 Hollow Point. This article will delve into the unique features and benefits of this versatile round, giving you the information you need to make an informed decision when it comes to your next hunting or shooting experience.

The Top 6 Best 308 Hollow Point

1. Versatile Labor-Saving Arm Jack for Efficient Lifting and Leveling - Lift heavy objects with ease and save time with the Pemsem Labor Saving Arm Jack 2 Pack, a versatile and durable tool designed for various lifting tasks!
2. BLITZ Hollow Point Intonation System for Double Locking Guitar Tremolos - 7-String Black - The Floyd Rose Hollow Point Intonation System offers a precise, systematic approach to setting the intonation on your double locking guitar tremolo, with solid brass construction and a sleek, stout design for increased performance and appearance.
3. Hollow Point: Blood-Soaked Shootout Blu-ray Release Date and Exclusive Features - Experience the intense action of The Hollow Point (Blu-ray) as retired and new sheriffs team up to protect their town from a ruthless cartel hitman, featuring a star-studded cast and region-free playback.
4. Von Duprin 9857 Satin Stainless Steel 3-Point Exit Device - Upgrade your security with the Von Duprin Satin Stainless Steel RX9857TP-BE 3 32D Three-Point Locking Exit Device, featuring a smooth mechanism case and compatibility with panic exit hardware.
5. Graco RAC X Fine Finish Low Pressure Reversible Spray Tip - Graco RAC X Fine Finish Reversible Spray Tip offers superior atomization and control, with up to 50% lower pressure and less overspray, for a consistent and easy-to-apply finish.
6. Unprimed .308 Winchester Rifle Brass for Custom Loading - JMC Unprimed Rifle Brass offers high-quality .308 Wincheste7.62mm brass casings in bulk, perfect for your next load and saving you money.

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Reviews

🔗Versatile Labor-Saving Arm Jack for Efficient Lifting and Leveling

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Imagine the joy of effortlessly lifting heavy objects without straining your back or arms - that's exactly what the Pemsem Labor Saving Arm Jack 2 pack offers. As someone who's tried this tool on various heavy-duty tasks, I can confidently say it's more than just a labor-saving tool.
The handheld jack can lift an impressive 80 kg up to a height of 12 cm, which really comes in handy when you're all by yourself. I found myself needing it for tasks like installing and leveling wall tiles, washing machines, doors, and even cleaning hard-to-reach areas like under beds and sofas.
What sets this tool apart is its solid construction. The base plate, arms, and slide are made of thickened solid steel, while the body and handle are solid aluminum alloy. It's a far cry from flimsy plastic or hollow metal products that you often see in the market.
However, there's one minor yet significant convenience feature that I appreciated - the arm's length can be adjusted to fit into smaller gaps, which I found to be quite useful in varying workplaces. Plus, despite its heft, it weighs less than 0.6 kg, making it effortless to carry around, whether you're using it at home or outside.
The only downside? Maybe the instruction manual could have been a bit clearer for first-timers navigating the release handle. But once you get the hang of it, this hand tool arm jack becomes an indispensable labor-saving tool in the hands of any DIY enthusiast.
So, if you're someone who's tired of putting in extra effort or dealing with frustratingly ill-fitting tools, the Pemsem Labor Saving Arm Jack 2 pack is your answer - a reliable, strong, and truly effort-saving tool for your daily tasks.

🔗BLITZ Hollow Point Intonation System for Double Locking Guitar Tremolos - 7-String Black

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Last week, I tried out the Floyd Rose Hollow Point Intonation System for my 7-string guitar. It was a breeze compared to the usual hassle of intonating strings. The installation process was straightforward, and the black finish looked sleek on my instrument. The system's design made it easy to access and adjust the saddle position for accurate intonation.
One feature that stood out to me was the stout, meaner look the system gave to the bridge. It gave my guitar a whole new aesthetic without compromising its sound. However, I would have liked to see some instructions included, as I had to search for the BLITZ method online to get the most out of this product. Nonetheless, it's a solid choice for anyone looking to make their intonation process smoother and quicker.

🔗Hollow Point: Blood-Soaked Shootout Blu-ray Release Date and Exclusive Features

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The Hollow Point is a thrilling action film that keeps you on the edge of your seat. I recently watched it and was immediately drawn into the world of the Mexican cartels and their sinister dealings. The performances from the talented cast, including Ian McShane, Patrick Wilson, and John Leguizamo, were outstanding and added depth to their characters.
One of the highlights of the movie was the stunning visuals - the film's cinematography captured the rugged beauty of the border town, making it feel like a living, breathing character in the story. Additionally, the film's pacing was perfect, with just the right balance of suspense and action throughout.
However, there were a few drawbacks as well. The plot did feel a bit predictable at times, and some of the character motivations were rather questionable. But overall, the pros outweighed the cons in my experience, and I found myself thoroughly engaged in the story until the very end.
If you're looking for a gritty, action-packed film with a solid cast and gorgeous visuals, The Hollow Point is definitely worth a watch.

🔗Von Duprin 9857 Satin Stainless Steel 3-Point Exit Device

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As someone who has dabbled in DIY home improvement, I was intrigued by the Von Duprin RX9857TP-BE Satin Stainless Steel Three-Point Locking Exit Device. This 3-point latching device caters to single and double doors, making it a versatile addition to any space. It's UL listed for panic exit hardware and adheres to ANSI A156.3 - 2008 Grade 1 standards.
One of the standout features of this device is its satin stainless steel finish, which lends a sleek and elegant touch to any door. Its smooth mechanism case is another highlight, ensuring a seamless and hassle-free experience. However, I did find that it's not particularly hand-friendly, which could be a minor inconvenience for some users.
In terms of functionality, this exit device is designed to cover stock hollow metal doors with 86 or 161 cutouts. It also comes with vertical rod and latch guards to protect the device from potential impacts. The RX9857TP-BE is a solid choice for anyone seeking a reliable and stylish exit device for their doors.

🔗Graco RAC X Fine Finish Low Pressure Reversible Spray Tip

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In my pursuit of the perfect paint job, I stumbled upon the magnificent Graco FFLP308 Rac x Fine Finish Reversible Spray Tip. This low-pressure marvel transformed my spray painting experience, making the once dreaded task a breeze. The tip's patented SmartTip technology is not just an ingenious name, but a true game-changer.
The Fine Finish Tips allowed me to spray at much lower pressure, which not only promised better control but also resulted in less overspray - a boon for cleanup. Say hello to a tighter, more consistent fan pattern that gives superior atomization, ensuring the best finish possible.
Not only did it provide a more controlled spray but also simplified the pattern overlap, reducing the time spent on prep work. The Graco FFLP308 even made a tedious chore like cleanup a joy, as it offered up to twice the life of a typical tip.
I'm not going to say there were no cons but this product felt like a breath of fresh air in the sea of mediocre paint spray tips I had used before. Yes, it can be a bit finicky to fit it into non-Graco sprayers but once you've managed that, it proves its worth time and again.
Remember, there's no perfect product, but the Graco FFLP308 Rac x Fine Finish Reversible Spray Tip sure came close. With its fine details and impressive capabilities, it truly feels like a paint job connoisseur's dream tool.

🔗Unprimed .308 Winchester Rifle Brass for Custom Loading

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I recently tried using the JMC Unprimed Rifle Brass in my 308 rifle. To be honest, I was not expecting much from such an affordable option. However, I must say I was quite impressed with the results.
The casings were well-maintained and the accuracy of my shots improved significantly. I found that using these unprimed. 308 brass casings saved me both time and money. The fact that I could get them in bulk was a huge bonus.
However, there was one major negative aspect to my experience. Upon receiving the product, I realized it was not the high-quality JMC brass I was expecting. Instead, it was some unknown brand from the Philippines, which was not what was advertised. This resulted in a lot of frustration and disappointment.
In summary, if you're looking for an affordable option for your. 308 rifle, these casings could be worth considering. But beware of the possible bait-and-switch tactics and make sure to double-check the product before purchasing to avoid any unwanted surprises.

Buyer's Guide

Welcome to our comprehensive guide on 308 hollow point bullets. This guide will help you understand the essential features of this type of ammunition, the considerations you need to make when purchasing it, and provide you with valuable advice to ensure you make an informed choice. We will cover factors such as performance, accuracy, and suitability for different scenarios.

Performance and Purpose

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The 308 hollow point bullet is designed for hunting and self-defense purposes. It offers improved terminal ballistics, with its hollow point design expanding upon impact, creating a larger and more effective stopping power. This bullet is particularly suitable for deer-sized game and can effectively stop an intruder or attacker.

Caliber and Velocity

The 308 hollow point bullet comes in various calibers and velocities, allowing you to choose one that best suits your needs. Velocity is an important factor to consider, as it can affect the bullet's trajectory and stopping power. Higher velocity bullets provide faster projectile speeds, while those with lower velocities have a flatter trajectory and are more forgiving for inexperienced shooters.

Material and Coating

The materials used in manufacturing the 308 hollow point bullet can significantly impact its performance. Copper and brass are commonly used for their durability and reliability. Some manufacturers also incorporate a lead coating onto the bullet, improving its accuracy and reducing air resistance. Make sure to look for non-lead bullet options for an eco-friendly choice.
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Reliability

Reliability is a crucial factor when choosing any type of ammunition. The 308 hollow point bullet is known for its robustness, especially when used with high-quality firearms. To maximize reliability, always ensure your firearm is well-maintained and in proper working order.

Conclusion and Advice

When purchasing 308 hollow point bullets, research the manufacturer and the specific bullet you are interested in. Be sure to consider factors such as performance, caliber, velocity, material, coating, and reliability. We recommend reading reviews from other users and engaging in discussions with experienced hunters or firearms enthusiasts to get a better understanding of the various options available and their benefits.

Thank You and Happy Hunting

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Thank you for reading our comprehensive guide on 308 hollow point bullets. We hope that the information provided will help you make an informed decision when purchasing these rounds. Happy hunting!

FAQ

What is a 308 Hollow Point bullet?

A 308 Hollow Point is a specific type of bullet used in firearms. It is designed with a hollow tip that expands upon impact, which can enhance its stopping power. The 308 is a popular and versatile cartridge used in a variety of applications, such as hunting and self-defense.
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What are the benefits of a 308 Hollow Point bullet?

The benefits of using a 308 Hollow Point bullet include increased stopping power due to the expanding hollow tip, greater accuracy, increased penetration, and reduced over-penetration risk compared to solid bullets. They are a popular choice for hunting and self-defense situations, where their stopping power and accuracy are crucial.

What are some types of 308 Hollow Point bullets?

• Bonded Hollow Points: These bullets are designed to bond the lead core to the copper jacket, which minimizes jacket separation and fragmentation upon impact.
• Frangible Hollow Points: These bullets are made of soft lead that fragiles upon impact to penetrate barriers and stop the target more effectively.
• Solid Copper Hollow Points: These bullets are designed for maximum penetration and are preferred by many shooters for hunting larger game.
• Boat Tail Hollow Points: These bullets have a tapered base to ensure optimal stability and accuracy in flight.

What are some popular firearms that use 308 Hollow Point ammunition?

Popular firearms that utilize 308 Hollow Point ammunition include the AR-10, Remington 700, and Springfield M1A.

Are 308 Hollow Point bullets legal for self-defense?

The legal status of 308 Hollow Point bullets for self-defense purposes varies by jurisdiction. It is essential to check local, state, and federal laws to determine their legality in your area.

What is the best 308 Hollow Point bullet for self-defense?

The best 308 Hollow Point bullet for self-defense varies depending on personal preferences, intended use, and situation. Factors to consider when choosing a self-defense bullet include stopping power, accuracy, and over-penetration risk. Popular choices for self-defense include bonded hollow points, frangible hollow points, and solid copper hollow points.

How should 308 Hollow Point ammo be stored?

Like all ammunition, 308 Hollow Point ammunition should be stored in a cool, dry, secure location, away from direct sunlight and excessive humidity. The storage area should also be free from dust and other contaminants to prevent corrosion or damage to the cartridges.
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The highest paying rodeo of the Texas Swing doled out more than $2 million in 19 days

March 18, 2024 02:31 PM
by Brett Nierengarten
The third stop during the Texas Swing is perhaps the most pivotal event of the entire year, RodeoHouston.
With its $2.1 million total payout, no regular season rodeo pays more and with the champions taking home a guaranteed $50,000, it sets up seasons like no rodeo.
Every RodeoHouston winner in 2023 not only made the NFR, but every single one finished in the Top 8 in the final World Standings. That group also included a pair of World Champions in Riley Webb and Ky Hamilton.

Berry Repeats in Bareback Riding

Leighton Berry has ascended back to the same place he finished the 2023 Texas Swing - No. 1 in the PRCA World Standings. After advancing fourth in his Super Series and Semifinal, Berry left no doubt he would be victorious for a second straight year by winning both rounds on Championship Sunday with rides of 88 and 91.5 points, the latter on Calgary Stampede’s Agent Lynx being the highest marked ride of the rodeo.
“I love this horse right here, this is my third time (on him). He’s always kind of beat me out of there, so today I was going to be really aggressive with my start,” Berry said of his winning dance with Agent Lynx. “They don’t make horses like that every day.”

Harris Brothers Provide Tie-Down Thriller

Joel Braden Harris was 8.2 to start of the Championship Shootout which was No. 1 until the very next cowboy. His brother, five-time NFR qualifier Ty Harris, got on the very same horse Joel had just ridden and made the exact same run, 8.2.
The score held up for the remaining two finalists and forced the brothers into a rope off, which was won by big brother Ty, who moved up to No. 2 in the World Standings with the first Texas Swing triumph of his career. For Joel, the $25,000 moved him to No. 5.
“Earlier we were getting ready and I said ‘man, let’s just tie and have a rope off, we’d have already won first and second at that point,’” Ty said. "'(Joel) kind of chuckled, but it actually happened.’”

Brennan Adds Second Texas Swing Title

Damian Brennan had three rides of 90 Points or More the entire 2023 season, he matched that total in 2024 already thanks to a pair of them on Sunday.
First, it was 90 aboard Calgary Stampede’s Wild Cherry followed by 91 on R. Watson’s Ed Bishop in the Shootout to win a winner-take-all round that saw all four cowboys go for at least 88 points.
With the win, Brennan has already made $106,810 this season and leads the PRCA World Standings by almost $40,000. A season ago, he made his first NFR in 13th place with $129,744 in the regular season.

TIE-DOWN ROPING

Championship: 1. Chance Thiessen, 8.7 seconds; 2. Marty Yates, 8.9; 3. Ty Harris, 9.7; 4. Joel Harris, 10.2; 5. Macon Murphy, 10.9, $2,500; 6. Trevor Hale, 22.4, $2,500; 7. (tie) John Douch, Shane Hanchey, Riley Mason Webb and Shad Mayfield, NT, $2,500 each.
Championship Shootout: 1. Ty Harris, 8.2 seconds, $50,000; 2. Joel Harris, 8.2, $20,000; 3. Marty Yates, 8.7, $10,000; 4. Chance Thiessen, NT, $5,500.

BAREBACK RIDING

Championship: 1. Leighton Berry, 88 points The Cervi Brothers Rodeo’s Ain’t No Angel; 2. Tanner Aus, 85; 3. (tie) Garrett Shadbolt and Cooper Cooke, 84.5 each; 5. Keenan Hayes, 84, $2,500; 6. Clint Laye, 83, $2,500; 7. Nick Pelke, 81.5, $2,500; 8. Richmond Champion, 81, $2,500; 9. Clayton Biglow, 76, $2,500; 10. Caleb Bennett, 74, $2,500.
Championship Shootout: 1. Leighton Berry, 91.5 points on Calgary Stampede’s Agent Lynx, $50,000; 2. Garrett Shadbolt, 87.5, $20,000; 3. Cooper Cooke, 86.5, $10,000; 4. Tanner Aus, NS, $5,500.

STEER WRESTLING

Championship: 1. Dakota Eldridge, 4.6 seconds; 2. Stetson Jorgensen, 5.0, 3. Tucker Allen, 5.1; 4. Dalton Massey, 5.4; 5. (tie) Walt Arnold and Tristan Martin, 6.7, $2,500 each; 7. Blake Knowles, 6.8 $2,500; 8. Ty Erickson, 8.1, $2,500, 9. (tie) Cody Devers and J.D. Struxness, NT, $2,500 each.
Championship Shootout: 1. Dakota Eldridge, 8.1 seconds, $50,000; 2. Tucker Allen, 9.9, $20,000; 3. Stetson Jorgensen, 15.2, $10,000; 4. Dalton Massey, NT, $5,500.

TEAM ROPING

Championship: 1. Andrew Ward/Tanner Braden, 5.7 seconds; 2. J.C. Yeahquo/Buddy Hawkins II, 6.2; 3. Jake Smith/Douglas Rich, 6.6; 4. Clint Summers/Jake Long, 7.1; 5. $2,500; 6. Jr. Dees/Coleby Payne, 11.1, $2,500; 7. (tie) Jesse Boos/Jace Steenhoek and Derrick Begay/Colter Todd, 11.8, $2,500 each, 9. (tie) Lightning Aguilera/Jonathan Torres and Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, NT, $2,500 each.
Championship Shootout: 1. J.C. Yeahquo/Buddy Hawkins II, 4.8 seconds, $50,000 each; 2. Jake Smith/Douglas Rich, 5.2, $20,000; 3. (tie) Andrew Ward/Tanner Braden and Clint Summers/Jake Long, 5.4, $7,750 each.

SADDLE BRONC RIDING

Championship: 1. Damian Brennan, 90 points on Calgary Stampede’s Wild Cherry; 2. Lefty Holman, 87.5; 3. Sage Newman, 86.5; 4. Cole Elshere, 86; 5. Statler Wright, 85.5, $2,500; 6. Zeke Thurston, 82.5, $2,500; 7. Brody Wells, 82, $2,500; 8. Quinten Taylor, 81.5, $2,500; 9. Ryder Sanford, 80, $2,500; 10. Ben T. Andersen, 79, $2,500.
Championship Shootout: 1. Damian Brennan, 91 points on The Cervi Brothers Rodeo’s R Watson Ed Bishop, $50,000; 2. Lefty Holman, 89, $20,000; 3. Cole Elshere, $10,000; 4. Sage Newman, 88, $5,500.

BARREL RACING

Championship: 1. Leslie Smalygo, 14.51 seconds; 2. Megan McLeod-Sprague, 14.59; 3. Paige Jones, 14.71; 4. Lisa Lockhart, 14.73; 5. Sissy Winn, 14.76, $2,500; 6. Stevi Hillman, 14.79, $2,500; 7. Hailey Kinsel, 14.81, $2,500; 8. Andrea Busby, 14.90, $2,500; 9. Kassie Mowry, 14.98, $2,500; 10. Hayle Gibson, 19.72, $2,500.
Championship Shootout: $50,000; 2. Lisa Lockhart, 14.54, $20,000; 3. Paige Jones, 14.71, $10,000; 4. Megan McLeod-Sprague, 19.94, $5,500.

BREAKAWAY ROPING

Championship: 1. Macy Young, 2.7 seconds; 2. (tie) Jackie Crawford and Taylor Munsell, 3.1 each; 4. TiAda Gray, 3.4; 5. Hali Williams, 3.8, $2,500; 6. Rickie Fanning, 12.8, $2,500; 7. (tie) Willow Wilson, Shelby Boisjoli-Meged, Jordan Jo Hollabaugh and Hope Thompson, NT, $2,500 each.
Championship Shootout: 1. Jackie Crawford, 3.7 seconds, $50,000; 2. (tie) Macy Young, Taylor Munsell and TiAda Gray, NT, $11,833 each.

BULL RIDING

Championship: 1. Creek Young, 86.5 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Midnight Flyer; 2. T.J. Gray, 86; 3. Roscoe Jarboe, 74; 4. Tristan Hutchings, NS; 5. (tie) Chance Schott, Dustin Boquet, Josh Frost, Braden Richards, Jeff Askey and Jax Mills, NS, $2,500 each.
Championship Shootout: 1. Creek Young, 87 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Preacher, $50,000; 2. Roscoe Jarboe, 82, $20,000; 3. (tie) T.J. Gray and Tristan Hutchings, NS, $7,500 each.

The highest paying rodeo of the Texas Swing doled out more than $2 million in 19 days

March 18, 2024 02:31 PM
by Brett Nierengarten
The third stop during the Texas Swing is perhaps the most pivotal event of the entire year, RodeoHouston.
With its $2.1 million total payout, no regular season rodeo pays more and with the champions taking home a guaranteed $50,000, it sets up seasons like no rodeo.
Every RodeoHouston winner in 2023 not only made the NFR, but every single one finished in the Top 8 in the final World Standings. That group also included a pair of World Champions in Riley Webb and Ky Hamilton.

Berry Repeats in Bareback Riding

Leighton Berry has ascended back to the same place he finished the 2023 Texas Swing - No. 1 in the PRCA World Standings. After advancing fourth in his Super Series and Semifinal, Berry left no doubt he would be victorious for a second straight year by winning both rounds on Championship Sunday with rides of 88 and 91.5 points, the latter on Calgary Stampede’s Agent Lynx being the highest marked ride of the rodeo.
“I love this horse right here, this is my third time (on him). He’s always kind of beat me out of there, so today I was going to be really aggressive with my start,” Berry said of his winning dance with Agent Lynx. “They don’t make horses like that every day.”

Harris Brothers Provide Tie-Down Thriller

Joel Braden Harris was 8.2 to start of the Championship Shootout which was No. 1 until the very next cowboy. His brother, five-time NFR qualifier Ty Harris, got on the very same horse Joel had just ridden and made the exact same run, 8.2.
The score held up for the remaining two finalists and forced the brothers into a rope off, which was won by big brother Ty, who moved up to No. 2 in the World Standings with the first Texas Swing triumph of his career. For Joel, the $25,000 moved him to No. 5.
“Earlier we were getting ready and I said ‘man, let’s just tie and have a rope off, we’d have already won first and second at that point,’” Ty said. "'(Joel) kind of chuckled, but it actually happened.’”

Brennan Adds Second Texas Swing Title

Damian Brennan had three rides of 90 Points or More the entire 2023 season, he matched that total in 2024 already thanks to a pair of them on Sunday.
First, it was 90 aboard Calgary Stampede’s Wild Cherry followed by 91 on R. Watson’s Ed Bishop in the Shootout to win a winner-take-all round that saw all four cowboys go for at least 88 points.
With the win, Brennan has already made $106,810 this season and leads the PRCA World Standings by almost $40,000. A season ago, he made his first NFR in 13th place with $129,744 in the regular season.

TIE-DOWN ROPING

Championship: 1. Chance Thiessen, 8.7 seconds; 2. Marty Yates, 8.9; 3. Ty Harris, 9.7; 4. Joel Harris, 10.2; 5. Macon Murphy, 10.9, $2,500; 6. Trevor Hale, 22.4, $2,500; 7. (tie) John Douch, Shane Hanchey, Riley Mason Webb and Shad Mayfield, NT, $2,500 each.
Championship Shootout: 1. Ty Harris, 8.2 seconds, $50,000; 2. Joel Harris, 8.2, $20,000; 3. Marty Yates, 8.7, $10,000; 4. Chance Thiessen, NT, $5,500.

BAREBACK RIDING

Championship: 1. Leighton Berry, 88 points The Cervi Brothers Rodeo’s Ain’t No Angel; 2. Tanner Aus, 85; 3. (tie) Garrett Shadbolt and Cooper Cooke, 84.5 each; 5. Keenan Hayes, 84, $2,500; 6. Clint Laye, 83, $2,500; 7. Nick Pelke, 81.5, $2,500; 8. Richmond Champion, 81, $2,500; 9. Clayton Biglow, 76, $2,500; 10. Caleb Bennett, 74, $2,500.
Championship Shootout: 1. Leighton Berry, 91.5 points on Calgary Stampede’s Agent Lynx, $50,000; 2. Garrett Shadbolt, 87.5, $20,000; 3. Cooper Cooke, 86.5, $10,000; 4. Tanner Aus, NS, $5,500.

STEER WRESTLING

Championship: 1. Dakota Eldridge, 4.6 seconds; 2. Stetson Jorgensen, 5.0, 3. Tucker Allen, 5.1; 4. Dalton Massey, 5.4; 5. (tie) Walt Arnold and Tristan Martin, 6.7, $2,500 each; 7. Blake Knowles, 6.8 $2,500; 8. Ty Erickson, 8.1, $2,500, 9. (tie) Cody Devers and J.D. Struxness, NT, $2,500 each.
Championship Shootout: 1. Dakota Eldridge, 8.1 seconds, $50,000; 2. Tucker Allen, 9.9, $20,000; 3. Stetson Jorgensen, 15.2, $10,000; 4. Dalton Massey, NT, $5,500.

TEAM ROPING

Championship: 1. Andrew Ward/Tanner Braden, 5.7 seconds; 2. J.C. Yeahquo/Buddy Hawkins II, 6.2; 3. Jake Smith/Douglas Rich, 6.6; 4. Clint Summers/Jake Long, 7.1; 5. $2,500; 6. Jr. Dees/Coleby Payne, 11.1, $2,500; 7. (tie) Jesse Boos/Jace Steenhoek and Derrick Begay/Colter Todd, 11.8, $2,500 each, 9. (tie) Lightning Aguilera/Jonathan Torres and Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, NT, $2,500 each.
Championship Shootout: 1. J.C. Yeahquo/Buddy Hawkins II, 4.8 seconds, $50,000 each; 2. Jake Smith/Douglas Rich, 5.2, $20,000; 3. (tie) Andrew Ward/Tanner Braden and Clint Summers/Jake Long, 5.4, $7,750 each.

SADDLE BRONC RIDING

Championship: 1. Damian Brennan, 90 points on Calgary Stampede’s Wild Cherry; 2. Lefty Holman, 87.5; 3. Sage Newman, 86.5; 4. Cole Elshere, 86; 5. Statler Wright, 85.5, $2,500; 6. Zeke Thurston, 82.5, $2,500; 7. Brody Wells, 82, $2,500; 8. Quinten Taylor, 81.5, $2,500; 9. Ryder Sanford, 80, $2,500; 10. Ben T. Andersen, 79, $2,500.
Championship Shootout: 1. Damian Brennan, 91 points on The Cervi Brothers Rodeo’s R Watson Ed Bishop, $50,000; 2. Lefty Holman, 89, $20,000; 3. Cole Elshere, $10,000; 4. Sage Newman, 88, $5,500.

BARREL RACING

Championship: 1. Leslie Smalygo, 14.51 seconds; 2. Megan McLeod-Sprague, 14.59; 3. Paige Jones, 14.71; 4. Lisa Lockhart, 14.73; 5. Sissy Winn, 14.76, $2,500; 6. Stevi Hillman, 14.79, $2,500; 7. Hailey Kinsel, 14.81, $2,500; 8. Andrea Busby, 14.90, $2,500; 9. Kassie Mowry, 14.98, $2,500; 10. Hayle Gibson, 19.72, $2,500.
Championship Shootout: $50,000; 2. Lisa Lockhart, 14.54, $20,000; 3. Paige Jones, 14.71, $10,000; 4. Megan McLeod-Sprague, 19.94, $5,500.

BREAKAWAY ROPING

Championship: 1. Macy Young, 2.7 seconds; 2. (tie) Jackie Crawford and Taylor Munsell, 3.1 each; 4. TiAda Gray, 3.4; 5. Hali Williams, 3.8, $2,500; 6. Rickie Fanning, 12.8, $2,500; 7. (tie) Willow Wilson, Shelby Boisjoli-Meged, Jordan Jo Hollabaugh and Hope Thompson, NT, $2,500 each.
Championship Shootout: 1. Jackie Crawford, 3.7 seconds, $50,000; 2. (tie) Macy Young, Taylor Munsell and TiAda Gray, NT, $11,833 each.

BULL RIDING

Championship: 1. Creek Young, 86.5 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Midnight Flyer; 2. T.J. Gray, 86; 3. Roscoe Jarboe, 74; 4. Tristan Hutchings, NS; 5. (tie) Chance Schott, Dustin Boquet, Josh Frost, Braden Richards, Jeff Askey and Jax Mills, NS, $2,500 each.
Championship Shootout: 1. Creek Young, 87 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Preacher, $50,000; 2. Roscoe Jarboe, 82, $20,000; 3. (tie) T.J. Gray and Tristan Hutchings, NS, $7,500 each.

The Semifinalists that we will see in Houston from Super Series 4 have been decided.

March 11, 2024 12:12 PM
RodeoHouston is one Super Series closer to the Semifinals as we wrapped up Super Series 4 on Saturday.

BAREBACK RIDING

Donny Proffit, Clay Jorgensen and Caleb Bennett each claimed a round while Cooper Cooke stayed consistent to place second in all three go rounds. This earned him $5,500 to make him the No. 1 bareback rider of his set.

1. Cooper Cooke, $5,500
2. Donny Proffit, $4,500
3. Caleb Bennett, $4,250
4. Clay Jorgensen, $3,750

STEER WRESTLING

A tie for the third-highest money earners of the Super Series came between Blake Knowles and Tucker Allen. The two each made what would be the fastest run of Super Series 4 with a 4.4 to split the Round 1 win. Cash Robb also made a 4.4-second run to win Round 3.

1. Cash Robb $3,875
2. Jacob Talley $3,750
3. Blake Knowles (tied), $3,500
4. Tucker Allen (tied), $3,500

TEAM ROPING

Chad Masters and Wyatt Cox dominated after cplacing second in two of the three rounds and winning the other. The No. 2 team came in with the fastest run of the Super Series to win Round 3 with a 4.7-second run.

1. Chad Masters/Wyatt Cox, $7,000 each
2. Jake Smith/Douglas Rich, $5,250 each
3. Cole Thomas/Matt Schieck, $4,000 each
4. Jesse Boos/Jace Steenhoek, $2,500 each

SADDLE BRONC RIDING

With the Top 4 saddle bronc riders being within $1000 of each other, Super Series 4 was anybody’s game. All three round winning rides came in at 85 points and that included a tie in Round 1.

1. Houston Brown, $4,500
2. Ben Andersen, $4,250
3. Q Taylor, $4,000
4. Spencer Wright, $3,500

TIE-DOWN ROPING

Ty Harris got faster with every round and that meant picking up with Round 3 win with an 8.9-second run. He also finds himself as the No. 1 cowboy moving on to the Semifinals.

1. Ty Harris, $5,000
2. Riley Pruitt, $4,375
3. Bryce Derrer, $4,000
4. Marcos Costa, $3,375

BREAKAWAY ROPING

The breakaway roping in Super Series 4 belonged to Macy Young. She picked up all three go round wins, the fastest coming in Round 3 with a blazing 2.2-second run that also happens to be the fastest run of the entire rodeo.

1. Macy Young $9,000
2. Tiffany Schieck (tied), $3,000
3. Willow Wilson (tied), $3,000
4. Sawyer Gilbert, $3,750

BARREL RACING

Shelley Morgan and Sissy Winn enjoyed their set. Morgan won one round and placed second in the other two while Winn got faster every round to place in all three. The two racked up over $5,000 a piece.

1. Shelley Morgan, $7,000
2. Sissy Winn, $6,000
3. Halyn Lide, $4,875
4. Rachelle Riggers, $1,500

BULL RIDING

Trey Kimzey and Braden Richardson tied as the second highest money earners of the Super Series after each winning a round. Tyler Bingham takes the No. 1 spot after being the only one to cover all three bulls.

1. Tyler Bingham $8,250
2. Braden Richardson (tied), $3,500
3. Trey Kimzey (tied), $3,500
4. Jace Trosclair, $3,250

Everything you need to know about the most recent stop on the Texas Swing, which paid $1.5 million

February 26, 2024 05:36 PM
By Brett Nierengarten
The second rodeo of the five-stop Texas Swing was in San Antonio, where every champion made more than $20,000 at the third-richest PRCA event of the year.

Fort Worth Champions Shine in San Antone

There were three athletes who have started the season by sweeping the first two Texas Swing events - bareback rider Rocker Steiner, tie-down roper Shad Mayfield and breakaway roper Danielle Lowman.
Steiner, who was 92.5 to win the Finals in Fort Worth, was 89 on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Top Notch to get the job done in San Antonio. He has totaled more than $45,000 and sits No. 1 in the World Standings after going to only those two rodeos this season.
“It’s always been a dream of mine to not only win a World Championship, but I don’t know if anybody’s ever won the Texas Swing,” he said. “I figured I’d win Fort Worth again, then go to San Antonio, then go to Houston and win that too.”
While Steiner only holds a slim lead in the PRCA World Standings, Mayfield holds a massive one - to the tune of more than $50,000.
After making five runs of 8 flat or faster in San Antone, he has already banked a staggering $93,370 this season.
“I remember having a year like this in 2020 and then COVID hit and this year I feel like a lot of my things are going my way early,” he said.
Lowman was also no stranger to fast times. The arena record entering the week was 1.6 seconds (it was broken by Shai Schaefer in the Semifinals). Lowman matched that mark three times, including the Finals and the Wildcard.

Clayton Sellars Storms to No. 1 in PRCA Bull Riding World Standings

After dabbling in the PBR, Sellars’ return to PRCA competition has gone swimmingly. He was the only one in San Antonio to cover all five bulls and sealed the deal with an impressive 90.5-point ride on Cervi Championship’s Broken Dreams.
“We’ve been battling here all week, I’ve just been thinking about this moment since I entered San Antonio,” he said.
He now leads the World Standings by about $20,000 over Fort Worth Champion Cody Teel.

Kassie Mowry Repeats as Barrel Racing Champion

Mowry won San Antonio with four hundredths of a second with a 13.96-second run a year ago and decided it didn’t need to be that close this year. She was 13.68 in the Finals, the fastest run of the rodeo, to claim her second consecutive title.
She has now won Houston, San Angelo and San Antonio twice apiece in her career.
"(The winning run) was really smooth, I just have to thank the committee and everyone for being patient and letting that drag happen,” Mowry said. "(Otherwise) I wouldn’t have been able to win this rodeo at the bottom like that.
The other champions in San Antonio were Jacob Talley in steer wrestling (4.1 seconds in Finals), Derrick Begay/Colter Todd in team roping (3.8 seconds in Finals) and Logan Hay in saddle bronc riding (87.5 points in Finals).

BAREBACK RIDING

First Semifinal: 1. Cooper Cooke, 87.5 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Shady Night, $5,000; 2. Keenan Hayes, 87, $4,000; 3. (tie) Kade Sonnier and Luke Thrash, 85, $2,500 each; 5. Richmond Champion, 83.5; 6. Cole Reiner, 83; 7. Dantan Bertsch, 82; 8. Garrett Shadbolt, 81.5; 9. Mason Stuller, 81; 10. Bradlee Miller, 80.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Keenan Hayes, $8,500; 2. Cooper Cooke, $7,500; 3. Kade Sonnier, $7,000; 4. Luke Thrash, $6,250; 5. Cole Reiner, $4,500.
Second Semifinal: 1. Brayze Schill, 86 points on J Bar J Rodeo’s Fringe Jacket, $5,000; 2. Mason Clements, 85.5; $4,000; 3. Clayton Biglow, 85, $3,000; 4. Bronc Marriott, 84, $2,000; 5. Jess Pope, 82.5; 6. Cole Franks, 81; 7. Weston Timberman, 80.5; 8. (tie) Wacey Schalla and Lane McGehee, 75 each; 10. Rocker Steiner, NS.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Clayton Biglow, $9,000; 2. Brayze Schill, $8,500; 3. Mason Clements, $6,250; 4. Bronc Marriott, $5,750; 5. Rocker Steiner, $5,250.
Wildcard: 1. Weston Timberman, 85.5 points on Calgary Stampede’s Twin Cherry, $5,000; 2. Mason Stuller, 84.5, $4,000; 3. Lane McGehee, 84, $3,000; 4. Jess Pope, 83, $2,000.
Finals: 1. (tie) Rocker Steiner, on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Top Notch and Cole Reiner, on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Night Crawler, 89 points, $12,500 each; 3. Bronc Marriott, 88, $5,000; 4. Kade Sonnier, 87, $3,000.

STEER WRESTLING

First Semifinal: 1. Denell Henderson, 4.1 seconds, $5,000; 2. Tyler Pearson, 4.3, $4,000; 3. (tie) Stephen Culling and Cash Robb, 4.8, $2,500 each; 5. Walt Arnold, 5.1; 6. Nick Guy, 13.4; 7. Laramie Warren, 14.1; 8. Jacob Talley, 14.5; 9. Cody Harmon, 16.0; 10. Mike McGinn, NT.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Tyler Pearson, $8,500; 2. Denell Henderson, $7,500; 3. Cash Robb, $6,500; 4. Stephen Culling, $6,250; 5. Walt Arnold, $5,000.
Second Semifinal: 1. Tyler Waguespack, 3.6 seconds, $5,000; 2. Kyle Irwin, 3.7, $4,000; 3. (tie) Will Lummus and Tim Kemp, 4.2, $2,500 each; 5. Don Payne, 4.6; 6. Grant Peterson, 6.2; 7. Tristan Martin, 14.5; 8. (tie) Stetson Jorgensen, Cody Devers and Cole Walker, NT.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Tyler Waguespack, $8,750; 2. Kyle Irwin, $8,500; 3. Will Lummus, $7,000; 4. Tim Kemp, $6,000; 5. Tristan Martin, $4,500.
Wildcard: 1. (tie) Jacob Talley and Grant Peterson, 4.2 seconds, $4,500 each; 3. Stetson Jorgensen, 4.4, $3,000; 4. Don Payne, 4.6, $2,000.
Finals: 1. Jacob Talley, 3.7 seconds, $15,000; 2. Stephen Culling, 3.8, $10,000; 3. Tyler Pearson, 4.2, $5,000; 4. Kyle Irwin, 4.4, $3,000.

TEAM ROPING

Final Qualifiers: 1. (tie) Coy Rahlmann/Billie Jack Saebens, Aaron Tsinigine/Ryan Motes and Andrew Ward/Tanner Braden, $7,750 each; 4. (tie) Cody Snow/Hunter Koch and Dawson Graham/Dillon Graham, $6,250 each.
Second Semifinal: 1. (tie) Dustin Egusquiza/Levi Lord and Chad Masters/Wyatt Cox, 3.6 seconds, $4,500 each; 3. Brady Tryan/Calgary Smith, 3.9, $3,000; 4. Clint Summers/Jake Long, 4.5, $2,000; 5. Kellan Johnson/Carson Johnson, 5.3; 6. Coleman ProctoLogan Medlin, 8.5; 7. Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp, 8.6; 8. J.C. Yeahquo/Buddy Hawkins II, Erich Rogers/Paul Eaves and Jake Clay/Trey Yates, NS.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Dustin Egusquiza/Levi Lord, $11,250 each; 2. Brady Tryan/Calgary Smith, $8,250; 3. Chad Masters/Wyatt Cox, $7,750; 4. Clint Summers/Jake Long, $5,000; 5. Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp, $4,000.
Wildcard: 1. Derrick Begay/Colter Todd, 4.3 seconds, $5,000 each; 2. Kellan Johnson/Carson Johnson, 4.9, $4,000; 3. Tanner James/Sid Sporer, 11.9, $3,000; 4. Coleman ProctoLogan Medlin, 19.1, $2,000.
Finals: 1. (tie) Derrick Begay/Colter Todd and Clint Summers/Jake Long, 3.8 seconds, $12,500 each; 3. Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp, 3.9, $5,000; 4. (tie) Dawson Graham/Dillon Graham and Cody Snow/Hunter Koch, 4.1, $1,500 each.

SADDLE BRONC RIDING

First Semifinal: 1. Lefty Holman, 89 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Toma Jo, $5,000; 2. Isaac Diaz, 85.5, $4,000; 3. (tie) Logan Cook and Sage Newman, 85, $2,500 each; 5. Parker Fleet, 83.5; 6. Dawson Hay, 83; 7. Damian Brennan, 82.5; 8. Quintin McWhorter, 81.5; 9. Leon Fountain, 75; 10. Cash Wilson, NS.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Lefty Holman, $11,250; 2. Isaac Diaz, $6,500; 3. (tie) Logan Cook, Sage Newman and Dawson Hay, $6,000 each.
Second Semifinal: 1. Statler Wright, 86.5 points on Calgary Stampede’s Debt So Long, $5,000; 2. Zeke Thurston, 85.5, $4,000; 3. Mitch Pollock, 84, $3,000; 4. Brody Wells, 83, $2,000; 5. (tie) Layton Green and Wyatt Casper, 81 each; 8. Logan Hay, 77.5; 9. Sterling Crawley, 76; Keene Justesen, NS.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Statler Wright, $11,500; 2. Zeke Thurston, $9,500; 3. Mitch Pollock, $7,000; 4. Logan Hay, $6,000; 5. Ryder Sanford, $4,500.
Wildcard: 1. Wyatt Casper, 87 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Avenger, $5,000; 2. (tie) Layton Green and Damian Brennan, 83.5, $3,500 each; 4. Parker Fleet, 82.5, $2,000.
Finals: 1. Logan Hay, 87.5 points on Calgary Stampede’s Tokyo Bubbles, $15,000; 2. (tie) Mitch Pollock and Lefty Holman, 87, $7,500 each; 4. (tie) Wyatt Casper and Ryder Sanford, 86.5, $1,500 each.

TIE-DOWN ROPING

First Semifinal: 1. Shad Mayfield, 7.7 seconds, $5,000; 2. Kincade Henry, 8.3, $4,000; 3. (tie) Blane Cox and Tom Crouse, 8.9, $2,500 each; 5. Luke Potter, 9.6; 6. Chance Thiessen, 10.2; 7. Haven Meged, 16.0; 8. Reid Zapalac, 19.8; 9. (tie) Tuf Cooper and Cole Walker, NT.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Shad Mayfield, $11,750; 2. (tie) Kincade Henry and Tom Crouse, $7,500 each; 4. Luke Potter, $5,500; 5. Blane Cox, $5,000.
Second Semifinal: 1. Riley Mason Webb, 7.5 seconds, $5,000; 2. Riley Pruitt, 7.6, $4,000; 3. Bryce Derrer, 8.6, $3,000; 4. Hunter Herrin, 9.2, $2,000; 5. Guy Raasch, 9.3; 6. Cash Hooper, 11.0; 7. John Douch, Joel Harris, Bruston Minton and Beau Cooper, NT.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Riley Mason Webb, $11,500; 2. Hunter Herrin, $6,500; 3. Riley Pruitt, $6,250; 4. Bryce Derrer, $5,500; 5. Beau Cooper, $4,500.
Wildcard: 1. John Douch, 7.6 seconds, $5,000; 2. (tie) Brushton Minton and Cole Walker, 8.4, $3,500 each; 4. Haven Meged, 8.5, $2,000.
Finals: 1. Shad Mayfield, 7.2 seconds, $15,000; 2. John Douch, 7.8, $10,000; 3. Kincaid Henry, 8.0, $5,000; 4. Blane Cox, 8.3, $3,000.

BARREL RACING

First Semifinal: 1. Jessica Routier, 14.15 seconds, $5,000; 2. (tie) Kassie Mowry and Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 14.18, $3,500 each; 4. Halyn Lide, 14.24, $2,000; 5. Wenda Johnson, 14.25; 6. Paige Jones, 14.30; 7. Shelley Morgan, 19.07; 8. Dona Kay Rule, 19.32; 9. Sue Smith, 19.42; 10. Lisa Lockhart, 15.50.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Jessica Routier, $8,000; 2. Kassie Mowry, $7,500; 3. (tie) Wenda Johnson and Shelley Morgan, $7,000 each; 5. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, $5,500.
Second Semifinal: 1. Emily Beisel, 13.70 seconds, $5,000; 2. Ashley Castleberry, 13.73, $4,000; 3. Summer Kosel, 13.86, $3,000; 4. Preslie Reid, 14.09, $2,000; 5. Kelly Allen, 14.25; 6. Stevi Hillman, 14.47; 7. Jodee Miller, 18.83; 8. Oceane Veilleux, 19.05; 9. Ryann Pedone, 19.22; 10. Abby Phillips, 24.51.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Preslie Reid, $8,000; 2. (tie) Emily Beisel and Ashley Castleberry, $7,500 each; 5. Summer Kosel, $5,500.
Wildcard: 1. Jodee Miller, 13.89 seconds, $5,000; 2. Sue Smith, 13.91, $4,000; 3. Oceane 13.97, $3,000; 4. Abby Phillips, 14.03, $2,000.
Finals: 1. Kassie Mowry, 13.68 seconds, $15,000; 2. Wenda Johnson, 13.75, $10,000; 3. Ashley Castleberry, 13.82, $5,000; 4. Emily Beisel, 13.84, $3,000.

BULL RIDING

First Semifinal: *1. Luke Mast, 83 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Hostile, $7,500; 2. Cooper James, 80, $6,500; 3. (tie) Brady Portenier, Fulton Rutland, Jordan Hansen, Stran Smith, Roscoe Jarboe, T Parker, Jace Trosclair and Jake Gardner, NS.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Cooper James, $15,333; 2. Luke Mast, $12,500; 3. Jordan Hansen, $9,833; 4. Jake Gardner, $7,000; 5. Fulton Rutland, $4,000.
Second Semifinal: 1. JaCauy Hale, 90.5 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Theodore, $5,000; 2. (tie) Clayton Sellars and Gavin Hauck, 88, $3,500 each; 4. Cody Teel, 86.5, $2,000; 5. (tie) Maverick Smith, Creek Young, Jack Gilmore, Parker Breding, Jeter Lawrence and Dustin Boquet, NS.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Clayton Sellars, $12,083; 2. JaCauy Hale, $8,500; 3. Gavin Hauck, $5,750; 4. Cody Teel, $4,833; 5. Jeter Lawrence, $4,750.
Wildcard: *1. (tie) Brady Portenier, on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Boomtown and Creek Young, on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Buck Hammer, 80 points, $7,000 each; no other qualified rides.
Finals: 1. Clayton Sellars, 90.5 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Yellowstone, $15,000; 2. Jake Gardner, 89, $10,000; 3. Jeter Lawrence, 88, $5,000; 4. Gavin Hauck, 82, $3,000.

BREAKAWAY ROPING

First Semifinal: Shai Schaefer, 1.5 seconds, $5,000; 2. (tie) Cassidy Boggs and Maddy Deerman, 1.8, $3,500 each; 4. (tie) Joey Williams and Erin Johnson, 1.9, $1,000 each. Final Qualifiers: 1. Joey Williams, $7,750; 2. Shai Schaefer, $7,500; 3. Maddy Deerman, $6,750; 4. Braylee Shepherd, $6,500; 5. Erin Johnson, $5,750.
Second Semifinal: 1. Taylor Munsell, 1.6 seconds, $5,000; 2. Sarah Angelone, 1.9, $4,000; 3. Shelby Boisjoli-Meged, 2.1, $3,000; 4. Taylor Engesser, 2.4, $2,000.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Sarah Angelone, $10,750; 2. Taylor Munsell, $7, 250; 3. Shelby Boisjoli-Meged, $5,750; 4. Nicole Baggarley, $5,250; 5. Taylor Engesser, $5,000.
Wildcard: 1. Danielle Lowman, 1.6 seconds, $5,000; 2. Jackie Crawford, 1.7, $4,000; 3. Cassidy Boggs, 1.8, $3,000; 4. McKenna Hickson, 1.9, $2,000.
Finals: 1. Danielle Lowman, 1.6 seconds, $15,000; 2. (tie) Shelby Boisjoli-Meged and Maddy Deerman, 1.7, $7,500 each; 4. (tie) Erin Johnson and Nicole Baggarley, 1.9, $1,500 each.

Everything you need to know about the most recent stop on the Texas Swing, which paid $1.5 million

February 26, 2024 05:36 PM
By Brett Nierengarten
The second rodeo of the five-stop Texas Swing was in San Antonio, where every champion made more than $20,000 at the third-richest PRCA event of the year.

Fort Worth Champions Shine in San Antone

There were three athletes who have started the season by sweeping the first two Texas Swing events - bareback rider Rocker Steiner, tie-down roper Shad Mayfield and breakaway roper Danielle Lowman.
Steiner, who was 92.5 to win the Finals in Fort Worth, was 89 on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Top Notch to get the job done in San Antonio. He has totaled more than $45,000 and sits No. 1 in the World Standings after going to only those two rodeos this season.
“It’s always been a dream of mine to not only win a World Championship, but I don’t know if anybody’s ever won the Texas Swing,” he said. “I figured I’d win Fort Worth again, then go to San Antonio, then go to Houston and win that too.”
While Steiner only holds a slim lead in the PRCA World Standings, Mayfield holds a massive one - to the tune of more than $50,000.
After making five runs of 8 flat or faster in San Antone, he has already banked a staggering $93,370 this season.
“I remember having a year like this in 2020 and then COVID hit and this year I feel like a lot of my things are going my way early,” he said.
Lowman was also no stranger to fast times. The arena record entering the week was 1.6 seconds (it was broken by Shai Schaefer in the Semifinals). Lowman matched that mark three times, including the Finals and the Wildcard.

Clayton Sellars Storms to No. 1 in PRCA Bull Riding World Standings

After dabbling in the PBR, Sellars’ return to PRCA competition has gone swimmingly. He was the only one in San Antonio to cover all five bulls and sealed the deal with an impressive 90.5-point ride on Cervi Championship’s Broken Dreams.
“We’ve been battling here all week, I’ve just been thinking about this moment since I entered San Antonio,” he said.
He now leads the World Standings by about $20,000 over Fort Worth Champion Cody Teel.

Kassie Mowry Repeats as Barrel Racing Champion

Mowry won San Antonio with four hundredths of a second with a 13.96-second run a year ago and decided it didn’t need to be that close this year. She was 13.68 in the Finals, the fastest run of the rodeo, to claim her second consecutive title.
She has now won Houston, San Angelo and San Antonio twice apiece in her career.
"(The winning run) was really smooth, I just have to thank the committee and everyone for being patient and letting that drag happen,” Mowry said. "(Otherwise) I wouldn’t have been able to win this rodeo at the bottom like that.
The other champions in San Antonio were Jacob Talley in steer wrestling (4.1 seconds in Finals), Derrick Begay/Colter Todd in team roping (3.8 seconds in Finals) and Logan Hay in saddle bronc riding (87.5 points in Finals).

BAREBACK RIDING

First Semifinal: 1. Cooper Cooke, 87.5 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Shady Night, $5,000; 2. Keenan Hayes, 87, $4,000; 3. (tie) Kade Sonnier and Luke Thrash, 85, $2,500 each; 5. Richmond Champion, 83.5; 6. Cole Reiner, 83; 7. Dantan Bertsch, 82; 8. Garrett Shadbolt, 81.5; 9. Mason Stuller, 81; 10. Bradlee Miller, 80.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Keenan Hayes, $8,500; 2. Cooper Cooke, $7,500; 3. Kade Sonnier, $7,000; 4. Luke Thrash, $6,250; 5. Cole Reiner, $4,500.
Second Semifinal: 1. Brayze Schill, 86 points on J Bar J Rodeo’s Fringe Jacket, $5,000; 2. Mason Clements, 85.5; $4,000; 3. Clayton Biglow, 85, $3,000; 4. Bronc Marriott, 84, $2,000; 5. Jess Pope, 82.5; 6. Cole Franks, 81; 7. Weston Timberman, 80.5; 8. (tie) Wacey Schalla and Lane McGehee, 75 each; 10. Rocker Steiner, NS.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Clayton Biglow, $9,000; 2. Brayze Schill, $8,500; 3. Mason Clements, $6,250; 4. Bronc Marriott, $5,750; 5. Rocker Steiner, $5,250.
Wildcard: 1. Weston Timberman, 85.5 points on Calgary Stampede’s Twin Cherry, $5,000; 2. Mason Stuller, 84.5, $4,000; 3. Lane McGehee, 84, $3,000; 4. Jess Pope, 83, $2,000.
Finals: 1. (tie) Rocker Steiner, on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Top Notch and Cole Reiner, on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Night Crawler, 89 points, $12,500 each; 3. Bronc Marriott, 88, $5,000; 4. Kade Sonnier, 87, $3,000.

STEER WRESTLING

First Semifinal: 1. Denell Henderson, 4.1 seconds, $5,000; 2. Tyler Pearson, 4.3, $4,000; 3. (tie) Stephen Culling and Cash Robb, 4.8, $2,500 each; 5. Walt Arnold, 5.1; 6. Nick Guy, 13.4; 7. Laramie Warren, 14.1; 8. Jacob Talley, 14.5; 9. Cody Harmon, 16.0; 10. Mike McGinn, NT.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Tyler Pearson, $8,500; 2. Denell Henderson, $7,500; 3. Cash Robb, $6,500; 4. Stephen Culling, $6,250; 5. Walt Arnold, $5,000.
Second Semifinal: 1. Tyler Waguespack, 3.6 seconds, $5,000; 2. Kyle Irwin, 3.7, $4,000; 3. (tie) Will Lummus and Tim Kemp, 4.2, $2,500 each; 5. Don Payne, 4.6; 6. Grant Peterson, 6.2; 7. Tristan Martin, 14.5; 8. (tie) Stetson Jorgensen, Cody Devers and Cole Walker, NT.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Tyler Waguespack, $8,750; 2. Kyle Irwin, $8,500; 3. Will Lummus, $7,000; 4. Tim Kemp, $6,000; 5. Tristan Martin, $4,500.
Wildcard: 1. (tie) Jacob Talley and Grant Peterson, 4.2 seconds, $4,500 each; 3. Stetson Jorgensen, 4.4, $3,000; 4. Don Payne, 4.6, $2,000.
Finals: 1. Jacob Talley, 3.7 seconds, $15,000; 2. Stephen Culling, 3.8, $10,000; 3. Tyler Pearson, 4.2, $5,000; 4. Kyle Irwin, 4.4, $3,000.

TEAM ROPING

Final Qualifiers: 1. (tie) Coy Rahlmann/Billie Jack Saebens, Aaron Tsinigine/Ryan Motes and Andrew Ward/Tanner Braden, $7,750 each; 4. (tie) Cody Snow/Hunter Koch and Dawson Graham/Dillon Graham, $6,250 each.
Second Semifinal: 1. (tie) Dustin Egusquiza/Levi Lord and Chad Masters/Wyatt Cox, 3.6 seconds, $4,500 each; 3. Brady Tryan/Calgary Smith, 3.9, $3,000; 4. Clint Summers/Jake Long, 4.5, $2,000; 5. Kellan Johnson/Carson Johnson, 5.3; 6. Coleman ProctoLogan Medlin, 8.5; 7. Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp, 8.6; 8. J.C. Yeahquo/Buddy Hawkins II, Erich Rogers/Paul Eaves and Jake Clay/Trey Yates, NS.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Dustin Egusquiza/Levi Lord, $11,250 each; 2. Brady Tryan/Calgary Smith, $8,250; 3. Chad Masters/Wyatt Cox, $7,750; 4. Clint Summers/Jake Long, $5,000; 5. Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp, $4,000.
Wildcard: 1. Derrick Begay/Colter Todd, 4.3 seconds, $5,000 each; 2. Kellan Johnson/Carson Johnson, 4.9, $4,000; 3. Tanner James/Sid Sporer, 11.9, $3,000; 4. Coleman ProctoLogan Medlin, 19.1, $2,000.
Finals: 1. (tie) Derrick Begay/Colter Todd and Clint Summers/Jake Long, 3.8 seconds, $12,500 each; 3. Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp, 3.9, $5,000; 4. (tie) Dawson Graham/Dillon Graham and Cody Snow/Hunter Koch, 4.1, $1,500 each.

SADDLE BRONC RIDING

First Semifinal: 1. Lefty Holman, 89 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Toma Jo, $5,000; 2. Isaac Diaz, 85.5, $4,000; 3. (tie) Logan Cook and Sage Newman, 85, $2,500 each; 5. Parker Fleet, 83.5; 6. Dawson Hay, 83; 7. Damian Brennan, 82.5; 8. Quintin McWhorter, 81.5; 9. Leon Fountain, 75; 10. Cash Wilson, NS.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Lefty Holman, $11,250; 2. Isaac Diaz, $6,500; 3. (tie) Logan Cook, Sage Newman and Dawson Hay, $6,000 each.
Second Semifinal: 1. Statler Wright, 86.5 points on Calgary Stampede’s Debt So Long, $5,000; 2. Zeke Thurston, 85.5, $4,000; 3. Mitch Pollock, 84, $3,000; 4. Brody Wells, 83, $2,000; 5. (tie) Layton Green and Wyatt Casper, 81 each; 8. Logan Hay, 77.5; 9. Sterling Crawley, 76; Keene Justesen, NS.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Statler Wright, $11,500; 2. Zeke Thurston, $9,500; 3. Mitch Pollock, $7,000; 4. Logan Hay, $6,000; 5. Ryder Sanford, $4,500.
Wildcard: 1. Wyatt Casper, 87 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Avenger, $5,000; 2. (tie) Layton Green and Damian Brennan, 83.5, $3,500 each; 4. Parker Fleet, 82.5, $2,000.
Finals: 1. Logan Hay, 87.5 points on Calgary Stampede’s Tokyo Bubbles, $15,000; 2. (tie) Mitch Pollock and Lefty Holman, 87, $7,500 each; 4. (tie) Wyatt Casper and Ryder Sanford, 86.5, $1,500 each.

TIE-DOWN ROPING

First Semifinal: 1. Shad Mayfield, 7.7 seconds, $5,000; 2. Kincade Henry, 8.3, $4,000; 3. (tie) Blane Cox and Tom Crouse, 8.9, $2,500 each; 5. Luke Potter, 9.6; 6. Chance Thiessen, 10.2; 7. Haven Meged, 16.0; 8. Reid Zapalac, 19.8; 9. (tie) Tuf Cooper and Cole Walker, NT.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Shad Mayfield, $11,750; 2. (tie) Kincade Henry and Tom Crouse, $7,500 each; 4. Luke Potter, $5,500; 5. Blane Cox, $5,000.
Second Semifinal: 1. Riley Mason Webb, 7.5 seconds, $5,000; 2. Riley Pruitt, 7.6, $4,000; 3. Bryce Derrer, 8.6, $3,000; 4. Hunter Herrin, 9.2, $2,000; 5. Guy Raasch, 9.3; 6. Cash Hooper, 11.0; 7. John Douch, Joel Harris, Bruston Minton and Beau Cooper, NT.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Riley Mason Webb, $11,500; 2. Hunter Herrin, $6,500; 3. Riley Pruitt, $6,250; 4. Bryce Derrer, $5,500; 5. Beau Cooper, $4,500.
Wildcard: 1. John Douch, 7.6 seconds, $5,000; 2. (tie) Brushton Minton and Cole Walker, 8.4, $3,500 each; 4. Haven Meged, 8.5, $2,000.
Finals: 1. Shad Mayfield, 7.2 seconds, $15,000; 2. John Douch, 7.8, $10,000; 3. Kincaid Henry, 8.0, $5,000; 4. Blane Cox, 8.3, $3,000.

BARREL RACING

First Semifinal: 1. Jessica Routier, 14.15 seconds, $5,000; 2. (tie) Kassie Mowry and Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 14.18, $3,500 each; 4. Halyn Lide, 14.24, $2,000; 5. Wenda Johnson, 14.25; 6. Paige Jones, 14.30; 7. Shelley Morgan, 19.07; 8. Dona Kay Rule, 19.32; 9. Sue Smith, 19.42; 10. Lisa Lockhart, 15.50.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Jessica Routier, $8,000; 2. Kassie Mowry, $7,500; 3. (tie) Wenda Johnson and Shelley Morgan, $7,000 each; 5. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, $5,500.
Second Semifinal: 1. Emily Beisel, 13.70 seconds, $5,000; 2. Ashley Castleberry, 13.73, $4,000; 3. Summer Kosel, 13.86, $3,000; 4. Preslie Reid, 14.09, $2,000; 5. Kelly Allen, 14.25; 6. Stevi Hillman, 14.47; 7. Jodee Miller, 18.83; 8. Oceane Veilleux, 19.05; 9. Ryann Pedone, 19.22; 10. Abby Phillips, 24.51.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Preslie Reid, $8,000; 2. (tie) Emily Beisel and Ashley Castleberry, $7,500 each; 5. Summer Kosel, $5,500.
Wildcard: 1. Jodee Miller, 13.89 seconds, $5,000; 2. Sue Smith, 13.91, $4,000; 3. Oceane 13.97, $3,000; 4. Abby Phillips, 14.03, $2,000.
Finals: 1. Kassie Mowry, 13.68 seconds, $15,000; 2. Wenda Johnson, 13.75, $10,000; 3. Ashley Castleberry, 13.82, $5,000; 4. Emily Beisel, 13.84, $3,000.

BULL RIDING

First Semifinal: *1. Luke Mast, 83 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Hostile, $7,500; 2. Cooper James, 80, $6,500; 3. (tie) Brady Portenier, Fulton Rutland, Jordan Hansen, Stran Smith, Roscoe Jarboe, T Parker, Jace Trosclair and Jake Gardner, NS.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Cooper James, $15,333; 2. Luke Mast, $12,500; 3. Jordan Hansen, $9,833; 4. Jake Gardner, $7,000; 5. Fulton Rutland, $4,000.
Second Semifinal: 1. JaCauy Hale, 90.5 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Theodore, $5,000; 2. (tie) Clayton Sellars and Gavin Hauck, 88, $3,500 each; 4. Cody Teel, 86.5, $2,000; 5. (tie) Maverick Smith, Creek Young, Jack Gilmore, Parker Breding, Jeter Lawrence and Dustin Boquet, NS.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Clayton Sellars, $12,083; 2. JaCauy Hale, $8,500; 3. Gavin Hauck, $5,750; 4. Cody Teel, $4,833; 5. Jeter Lawrence, $4,750.
Wildcard: *1. (tie) Brady Portenier, on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Boomtown and Creek Young, on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Buck Hammer, 80 points, $7,000 each; no other qualified rides.
Finals: 1. Clayton Sellars, 90.5 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Yellowstone, $15,000; 2. Jake Gardner, 89, $10,000; 3. Jeter Lawrence, 88, $5,000; 4. Gavin Hauck, 82, $3,000.

BREAKAWAY ROPING

First Semifinal: Shai Schaefer, 1.5 seconds, $5,000; 2. (tie) Cassidy Boggs and Maddy Deerman, 1.8, $3,500 each; 4. (tie) Joey Williams and Erin Johnson, 1.9, $1,000 each. Final Qualifiers: 1. Joey Williams, $7,750; 2. Shai Schaefer, $7,500; 3. Maddy Deerman, $6,750; 4. Braylee Shepherd, $6,500; 5. Erin Johnson, $5,750.
Second Semifinal: 1. Taylor Munsell, 1.6 seconds, $5,000; 2. Sarah Angelone, 1.9, $4,000; 3. Shelby Boisjoli-Meged, 2.1, $3,000; 4. Taylor Engesser, 2.4, $2,000.
Final Qualifiers: 1. Sarah Angelone, $10,750; 2. Taylor Munsell, $7, 250; 3. Shelby Boisjoli-Meged, $5,750; 4. Nicole Baggarley, $5,250; 5. Taylor Engesser, $5,000.
Wildcard: 1. Danielle Lowman, 1.6 seconds, $5,000; 2. Jackie Crawford, 1.7, $4,000; 3. Cassidy Boggs, 1.8, $3,000; 4. McKenna Hickson, 1.9, $2,000.
Finals: 1. Danielle Lowman, 1.6 seconds, $15,000; 2. (tie) Shelby Boisjoli-Meged and Maddy Deerman, 1.7, $7,500 each; 4. (tie) Erin Johnson and Nicole Baggarley, 1.9, $1,500 each.

Bracket 4 is set to bring you a defending champion in the bareback riding, team roping and barrel racing.

February 16, 2024 02:23 PM
The second to last bracket in San Antonio has arrived. The next three rounds will add another four competitors to each event in the Semifinals.
Leighton Berry is prepared to defend his title after winning San Antonio in 2023 with a monster 93-point ride. Kassie Mowry flew to her title with a 13.95-second run to beat the other ladies by over a full second.
It all starts at 8:00 PM EST/7:00 PM CST on The Cowboy Channel.

BAREBACK RIDING

Leighton Berry is starting this trip to San Antonio on Pistol Princess. Ben Kramer and Cole Franks have matched up with the Championship Pro Rodeo and Kramer ended up in the money. Berry is at the top of his game and we can expect big things.
Jacek Frost riding Times Up
Tanner Aus riding Rip
Leighton Berry riding Pistol Princess
Ty Pope riding Witchy Woman
Rocker Steiner riding Otis
Cooper Cooke riding Vegas Confused
Donny Proffit riding Big Party
Lane McGehee riding Hot Stuff
Cole Reiner riding Big Sister
Will Lowe riding Pass the Hat

STEER WRESTLING

It is a blank slate in the steer wrestling. With success in Frost Bank Center being few and far between for the ten guys that make up Bracket 4, it is anybody’s game.
Boyd Sawyer
Kyler Dick
Cody Harmon
Heath Thomas
Nick Guy
Grant Peterson
Stan Branco
Dirk Tavenner
Olin Hannum
Stetson Jorgensen

TEAM ROPING

Last year, it took a time of 4.1 seconds for Dustin Egusquiza and Levi Lord to become your champions. They battled back through the Wildcard Round and although they are two of the best, their work is cut out for them in Bracket 4.
Dustin Egusquiza / Levi Lord
Deets Davis / Quisto Lopez
Derrick Begay / Colter Todd
Erich Rogers / Paul Eaves
Riley Minor / Brady Minor
Riley Kittle / Jace Helton
Clay Smith / Coleby Payne
Jaes Arviso / JR Gonzalez
Kaleb Driggers / Jr. Nogueira
Tanner Green / Richard Skelton

SADDLE BRONC RIDING

Rookie Zach Dallas has Sergeant Whitney for Round 1. This is a horse that Wade Sundell split this bracket’s Round 1 win on in 2023.
Jesse Wright riding Kickin Cotton
Zach Dallas riding Redon Acres
Wyatt Casper riding Sergeant Whitney
Kade Bruno riding Sundance Kid
Logan Hay riding Prime News
Ben Andersen riding Big News
Q Taylor riding American Pie
Cash Wilson riding Cross Fire
Damian Brennan riding Piegan Warrior
Houston Brown riding Ramblin Fever

TIE-DOWN ROPING

Riley Webb and Chance Thiessen found themselves both in Bracket 4 in 2023. Both young guns advanced to the Finals after both winning a Go-Round and placing third in another.
Cash Hooper
Chance Thiessen
Tuf Cooper
Dylan Hancock
Riley Webb
Kyle Lucas
Colton Farquer
Shane Hanchey
Marty Yates
Jake Pratt

BREAKAWAY ROPING

Danielle Lowman has been on a heater this season and after breaking an arena record in Fort Worth with a blazing 1.6-second run, she just might do it again in San Antonio.
Sarah Angelone
Danielle Lowman
Taylor Engesser
Sawyer Gilbert
McKenna Hickson
Josie Conner
Bradi Good
Ali Masters
Madison Outhier
Aspen Miller

BARREL RACING

Kassie Mowry rode her great horse, Will, to advance to the Finals where they made the only sub-14 second run to be the Champions. With Stevi Hillman and Summer Kosel among the ladies she’s running against in Bracket 4, Mowry will have to hustle for a repeat performance.
Kassie Mowry
Andrea Busby
Halyn Lide
Jymmy Cox
Megan McLeod-Sprague
Stevi Hillman
Summer Kosel
Ashley Day
Sara Winkelman
Skyla Peters

BULL RIDING

Of the bull riders in Bracket 4, Tyler Bingham and Braden Richardson are the only two to have made the Finals in 2023. The previous three brackets of this season have had big rides made almost every night and the bull riders in Bracket 4 are capable of just the same.
Roscoe Jarboe riding Misunderstood
Tyler Bingham riding Bad John
Maverick Smith riding Frontier Coffee’s Brewed Money
Cooper James riding Wing Man
Dustin Boquet riding Jester
Jeff Askey riding May Day
Scott Wells riding Frontier Coffee’s Red Eye
Grayson Cole riding Overheated
Colton Kelly riding California Love
Braden Richardson riding County Jail

The final round of the first bracket in San Antonio will determine who advances to Semifinals

February 10, 2024 11:38 AM
It’s a doubleheader including two brackets Saturday in San Antone. The first crop of cowboys and cowgirls will punch Semifinals tickets in Bracket 1, Round 3 at 1:00 PM ET on The Cowboy Channel and Cowboy Channel+.

BAREBACK RIDING

The bareback riding remains wide open after Taylor Broussard and Luke Thrash split Round 1 and Bronc Marriott and Weston Timberman did the same in Round 2.
Bryce Eck riding Gray Goose
Cole Hollen riding Nutrena’s Rolling Stone
Weston Timberman riding Vegas Vacation
Jade Taton riding Bar Talk
Tristan Hansen riding Vitalix Hitman
Jacob Lees riding R Watson’s Honcho
Taylor Broussard riding Mesquite Thorn
Bronc Marriott riding Enchanted Ernest
Kade Sonnier riding Banger Main
Luke Thrash riding Black Kat

STEER WRESTLING

Walt Arnold and Will Lummus won the first two rounds while Tyler Pearson and Cole Walker are the only ones to place in both.
Rowdy Parrott
Ryan Shuckburgh
Tucker Allen
Gus Franzen
Will Lummus
Bridger Anderson
Cole Walker
Tyler Pearson
Riley Duvall
Walt Arnold

TEAM ROPING

There have been three times of 4.7 seconds or faster already in Bracket 1 and none better than Rahlmann/Saebens’ 4.1 Friday night.
Jake Cooper / Chase Graves
Cory Kidd / Clay Futrell
Ty Arnold / Tyler McKnight
Clint Summers / Jake Long
Kellan Johnson / Carson Johnson
Caleb Mitchell / Tyler Magnus
Hagen Peterson / Chase Tryan
Coy Rahlmann / Billie Jack Saebens
Marcus Theriot / Cole Curry
Cory Kidd / Lane Mitchell

SADDLE BRONC RIDING

Ryder Sanford’s 85-pointer on Beutler & Son’s Foul Motion was the highest marked ride through the first two perfs. He’s in position to advance along with Parker Fleet, Keene Justesen and Cauy Masters, who all cashed in both rounds.
Logan Cook riding Red Wings
Shea Fournier riding Vintage Villian
Parker Fleet riding Stump the Rump
Keene Justesen / Vitalix Boom Baby
Cauy Masters / Rage
Parker Kempfer / Hot Mama
Ryder Sanford / Found Me
Cole Elshere / Wound Up
Treyson Antonick / Canyon Sunset
Michael Womack / Liza Jane

TIE-DOWN ROPING

Both winning times have been in Bracket 1 have been in the 7s. They’ve come courtesy of Brushton Minton and Cole Walker.
Kincade Henry
Michael Otero
Quade Hiatt
Bo Pickett
Cole Walker
Brushton Minton
Joel Harris
Zack Jongbloed
Westyn Hughes
Macon Murphy

BREAKAWAY ROPING

So far, it has taken 2.6 or faster to just win a check in both rounds.
Jill Tanner
Ashley Goforth
Bailey Patterson
Tacy Webb
Taylor Munsell
Erin Johnson
Willow Wilson
Beau Peterson
TiAda Gray

BARREL RACING

Shelley Morgan finished No. 1 in Round 1 and No. 2 in Round 2 and only four cowgirls total have won a check. In addition to Morgan, Dona Kay Rule, Emily Beisel and Ashley Castleberry have also cashed both nights.
Emily Beisel
Dona Kay Rule
Molly Otto
Shelley Morgan
Ashley Castleberry
Ashley Rogers
Jackie Ganter
Hayle Gibson
Rachelle Riggers
Carlee Otero

BULL RIDING

The bull riders are exactly 50 percent as there have been 10 qualfied rides so far.
Raile Jones riding Record Rack’s Overpass
Luke Mast riding Repo Man
Cannon Cravens riding Night Hawk
Creek Young riding Lightning McQueen
Jestyn Woodward riding Frat House
Mason Moody riding Ring Master
Fulton Rutland riding Line Drive
JaCauy Hale riding Keystone
Chase Dougherty riding A Bull Named Sue

The second of three performances in the first bracket of San Antonio is in weekend primetime on The Cowboy Channel

February 09, 2024 05:50 PM
The second of 15 bracket performances from the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo begins at 8 PM ET Friday on The Cowboy Channel and Cowboy Channel+.

BAREBACK RIDING

Cajun cowboys Luke Thrash and Taylor Broussard split the First Round while 2023 NFR qualifiers Kade Sonnier and Jacob Lees look to make their mark with great Round 2 matchups.
Bronc Mariott riding Lux Life
Jade Taton riding Vitalix Jelly Bean
Cole Hollen riding Nutrena’s Tic Tac
Weston Timberman riding Kind Dingaling
Bryce Eck riding Table Top
Luke Thrash riding Happy Hour
Kade Sonnier riding Organic Outlaw
Taylor Broussard riding Vitalix Moon Dancer
Jacob Lees riding R Watson’s Wyatt Earp
Tristan Hansen riding Blood Angel

STEER WRESTLING

World No. 2 Will Lummus is looking to advance in San Antonio after finishing second in Fort Worth.
Will Lummus
Walt Arnold
Tucker Allen
Bridger Anderson
Tyler Pearson
Riley Duvall
Gus Franzen
Rowdy Parrott
Ryan Shuckburgh
Cole Walker

TEAM ROPING

Clint Summers/Jake Long and Marcus Theriot/Cole Curry are both 2023 NFR pairs who have gotten off to good starts in ’24 as well.
Coy Rahlmann / Billie Jack Saebens
Hagen Peterson / Chase Tryan
Curry Kirchner / LJ Yeahquo
Kellan Johnson / Carson Johnson
Clint Summers / Jake Long
Ty Arnold / Tyler McKnight
Jake Cooper / Chase Graves
Caleb Mitchell / Tyler Magnus
Marcus Theriot / Cole Curry
Cory Kidd / Clay Futrell

SADDLE BRONC RIDING

Sitting No. 18 in the World, four-time qualifiers Cole Elshere is looking to get back to the NFR for the first time since 2020.
Shea Fournier riding Choctaw Ridge
Ryder Sanford riding Foul Motion
Keene Justesen riding Tequila Sunrise
Parker Fleet riding Resistol’s Wild Valley
Logan Cook riding Dakota Kid
Cole Elshere riding Boomerang
Treyson Antonick riding Bewitched
Cauy Masters riding Hammer Stone
Michael Womack riding Rose Valley

TIE-DOWN ROPING

At No. 3 in the World, Brushton Minton entered the rodeo the highest ranked of the bunch and backed it up in Round 1 with a 7.9 to win it.
Kincade Henry
Bo Pickett
Macon Murphy
Zack Jongbloed
Brushton Minton
Cole Walker
Joel Harris
Westyn Hughes
Quade Hiatt
Michael Otero

BREAKAWAY ROPING

Between Willow Wilson, Tacy Webb and Taylor Munsell, there are three cowgirls in the Top 20 in the WPRA World Standings competing in Bracket 1.
Erin Johnson
Bailey Patterson
Willow Wilson
Tiada Gray
Ashley Goforth
Beau Peterson
Jill Tanner
Tacy Webb
Taylor Munsell
Tiffany Schieck

BARREL RACING

Dona Kay Rule will look to take advantage of the top of the ground after her fellow veteran Shelley Morgan won Round 1 on Thursday night.
Dona Kay Rule
Hayle Gibson
Rachelle Riggers
Carlee Otero
Emily Beisel
Molly Otto
Ashley Rogers
Shelley Morgan
Jackie Ganter
Ashleyy Castleberry

BULL RIDING

In an impressive showing Thursday night, the cowboys rode 6-of-10.
Creek Young riding Record Rack’s Viper
Cannon Cravens riding Trans Am
Raile Jones riding Bull Named Sue
Samuel Mast riding Six Shooter
Canyon Bass riding Ring Master
Fulton Rutland riding Moody Muley
Chase Dougherty riding Frat House
Mason Moody riding Poker Face
Jestyn Woodward riding Tilt A Whirl
JaCauy Hale riding Lightning McQueen

February 05, 2024 04:23 PM • Brett Nierengarten
The first stop of the Texas Swing was the legendary Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo which carried a total payout north of $1 million in 2024.
Bareback Rider Rocker Steiner Repeats
There may be no rodeo and no cowboy that matchup together quite like 20-year-old Rocker Steiner and the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. He won the title for the second straight year and once again went for 90+ in the Semifinals and Finals.
“Look, if it takes me working twice as hard to win this rodeo, I’ll do it everyday of my life for this rodeo right here,” Steiner said after going 92.5 on his re-ride horse in Saturday’s Finals. “What’s better than one Fort Worth title is two of ‘em.”
Over the last two seasons, Steiner is 8-for-8 inside Dickies Arena with an average score of 88.7 points to go along with seven Go-Round Wins. In 2024, the win paid him $28,000 and he sits No. 5 in the World after competing at just one rodeo.
Breakaway Roper Danielle Lowman Dominates
While Steiner put on possibly the best show, he didn’t do anything quite as historic as Danielle Lowman, who set an arena record in Bracket 7, Round 2. Lowman’s 1.6-second run was no flash in the pan, either, she also had two runs of 1.8 seconds, one of them coming in the Finals to get the win.
“I’m very blessed that I was able to accomplish this here in Texas,” she said. “I’m tipping my hat to my dad and my grandma up there, I’m so thankful that they pushed me to be who I am.”
Tie-down Roper Shad Mayfield Adds to Massive Lead
Mayfield entered Fort Worth as the World No. 1 and has now won three of the five Texas Swing rodeos in his career after a 7.8-second run got it done in Fort Worth.
The 2020 World Champion now has made almost $70,000 this season and sits more than $38,000 ahead of World No. 2 Chance Oftedahl.
Despite currently being bothered by a hip injury, Mayfield has some clear motivation in 2024 — he wants his record back.
“It’s still early in the season and having as much money as I do now is awesome. Everyone has the goal to have as much money won as they can going into the Finals,” Mayfield told ProRodeo.com. “Riley (Webb) took my regular season earnings record last year and I’m here to get that back this year. I’m trying to win as much money as I can. We go to San Antonio and Houston next. So, I’m excited to see what the future holds.”
Other champions included Tanner Brunner and Dalton Massey in steer wrestling (3.7 seconds), Clay Smith/Coleby Payne in team roping (4.5 seconds), Damian Brennan in saddle bronc riding (91.5 points), Sarah Winkelman in barrel racing (16.40 seconds), and Cody Teel in bull riding (87 points).
BAREBACK RIDING
Wildcard Round: 1. Bradlee Miller, 88.5 points on Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics’ Prairie Rose, $1,000; 2. Nick Pelke, 87.5, $600; 3. Tristan Hansen, 86.5, $400; 4. Colton Clemens, 86; 5. Bronc Marriott, 83; 6. Ty Taypotat, 75; Cooper Cooke and Clayton Biglow, NS.
First Semifinal: 1. Rocker Steiner, 90.5 points on Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics’ Land of Fancy, $4,000; 2. Cole Reiner, 88, $3,000; 3. Ty Pope, 87.5, $2,000; 4. (tie) R.C. Landingham and Jacek Lane Frost, 87, $500 each; 6. Garrett Shadbolt, 86; 7. Clay Jorgenson, 85.5; 8. Bradlee Miller, 77.
Second Semifinal: 1. Keenan Hayes, 91 points on Macza Pro Rodeo’s Sideshow, $4,000; 2. (tie) Dean Thompson and Sam Petersen, 88.5, $2,500 each; 4. Jayco Roper, 88, $1,000; 5. (tie) Jess Pope and Taylor Broussard, 87.5 each; 7. Clint Laye, 86; 8. Nick Pelke, 81.
Finals: 1. Rocker Steiner, 92.5 points on J Bar J’s Straight Stick, $20,000; 2. Dean Thompson, 91.5, $12,000; 3. Keenan Hayes, 89, $8,000; 4. (tie) Ty Pope and Jacek Lane Frost, $2,000 each; 6. (tie) Sam Petersen and Cole Reiner, 87 each; 8. Jayco Roper, 86.5.
STEER WRESTLING
Wildcard Round: Wildcard round: 1. Stephen Culling, 4.4 seconds, $1,000; 2. (tie) Rowdy Parrott and Brandon Harrison, 5.3, $500 each; 4. Josh Hefner, 7.7; 5. Ty Erickson, 14.6; Jacob Talley, Cade Staton and Tyler Pearson, NT.
First Semifinal: 1. (tie) Will Lummus and Don Payne, 4.1 seconds, $3,500 each; 3. (tie) Dalton Massey and Tanner Brunner, 4.4, $1,500; 5. Boyd Sawyer, 4.6; 6. (tie) Kalane Anders and Stephen Culling, 4.8 each; 8. Jesse Brown, 5.0.
Second Semifinal: 1. Gavin Soileau, 3.8 seconds, $4,000; 2. Winsten McGraw, 4.0, $3,000; 3. Stan Branco, 4.9, $2,000; 4. Rowdy Parrott, 5.1, $1,000; 5. Ryan Nettle, 5.2; 6. Justin Shaffer, 5.4; 7. Dirk Tavenner, 13.4; 8. Dakota Eldridge, 13.8.
Finals: 1. (tie) Tanner Brunner and Dalton Massey, 3.7 seconds, $16,000 each; 3. Will Lummus, 4.1, $8,000; 4. Winsten McGraw, 4.3, $4,000; Stan Branco, 4.8; 6. Don Payne, 5.3; 7. Gavin Soileau, 5.4; 8. Rowdy Parrott, NT.
BREAKAWAY ROPING
Wildcard Round: 1. Bailey Patterson, 2.4 seconds, $1,000; 2. Maddy Deerman, 2.6, $600; 3. Sarah Angelone, 11.8, $400; 4. Shaya Biever, 11.9; Peggy Garman, Joey Williams, Shai Schaefer and Addee Carder, NT.
First Semifinal: 1. Bailey Bates, 1.9 seconds, $4,000; 2. Jordan Jo Hollabaugh, 2.2, $3,000; 3. Bradi Good, 2.3, $2,000; 4. Danielle Lowman, 3.0, $1,000; 5. Madison Outhier, 12.0; Martha Angelone, Bailey Patterson and Willow Wilson, NT.
Second Semifinal: 1. Maddy Deerman, 2.7 seconds, $4,000; 2. Jill Tanner, 3.1, $3,000; 3. Rickie Fanning, 12.1, $2,000; 4. Lari Dee Guy, 12.3, $1,000; Jackie Crawford, Jordi Edens, Kelsie Domer and Braylee Shephard, NT.
Finals: 1. Danielle Lowman, 1.8 seconds, $20,000 ; 2. Rickie Fanning, 1.9, $12,000; 3. Bailey Bates, 2.1, $8,000; 4. Bradi Good, 2.3, $4,000; 5. Jordan Jo Hollabaugh, 2.4; 6. Lari Dee Guy, 2.7; 7. Jill Tanner, 2.8; 8. Maddy Deerman, NT.
(Continued in Part 2)