Rodeo Sports Update with Butch Thurman

American Royal Rodeo
Kansas City, Mo., May 2-4

All-around cowboy: Austin Madison, $1,822, tie-down roping and steer wrestling.

Ba****ck riding: 1. Jess Pope, 87 points on Korkow Rodeos' I fly Plane, $2,109; 2. Taylor Broussard, 86, $1,617; 3. (tie) Kyle Bloomquist and Wacey Schalla, 84.5, $984 each; 5. Nick Pelke, 83.5, $492; 6. (tie) C**t Eck and Kade Sonnier, 82, $316 each; 8. Will Lowe, 81.5, $211.

Steer wrestling: 1. Cooper Orr, 4.4 seconds, $2,465; 2. Weston Taylor, 4.6, $2,143; 3. Austin Madison, 4.8, $1,822; 4. (tie) Riley Duvall and Jace Melvin, 5.1, $1,340 each; 6. Trisyn Kalawaia, 5.2, $857; 7. Savion Elias, 5.3, $536; 8. Chase Crane, 5.5, $214.

Team roping: 1. J.C. Yeahquo/Buddy Hawkins II, 4.3 seconds, $2,812 each; 2. Clay Bauer/Butch Levell, 4.5, $2,482; 3. (tie) Trevor Howard/Levi Pettigrew and Andrew Ward/Kollin VonAhn, 4.7, $1,985 each; 5. Kreece Thompson/Cooper Freeman, 5.0, $1,654; 6. Cooper White/Tucker White, 5.4, $1,489; 7. (tie) Jesse Boos/Jace Steenhoek and Koby Sanchez/Trace Porter, 5.6, $1,241 each; 9. Tyler Hobert/Shannon Frascht, 6.7, $993; 10. (tie) Cole Frey/Latham Dickson and Caleb Miller/Luke Miller, 6.8, $331 each.

Saddle bronc riding: 1. Riggin Smith, 87 points on Korkow Rodeos' Joker Poker, $2,312; 2. Traylin Martin, 86, $1,773; 3. Trey Watts, 84, $1,310; 4. Tegan Smith, 83.5, $848; 5. Cauy Masters, 82.5, $540; 6. Weston Patterson, 82, $385; 7. C**t Gordon, 81, $308; 8. Jordan Iker, 79, $231.

Breakaway roping: 1. Cheyanne McCartney, 1.9 seconds, $2,773; 2. (tie) Makayla Purcell and Shelby Whiting, 2.2, $2,149 each; 4. Mataya Eklund, 2.3, $1,664; 5. Braylee Shepherd, 2.5, $1,387; 6. Shyanne Allen, 2.6, $971; 7. Kendal Pierson, 2.7, $693; 8. Kristy Farris, 2.9, $555; 9. Rainey Skelton, 3.0, $485; 10. (tie) Keeley Senn and Michelle Wilson, 3.1, $381 each; 12. Jenna Lee Adams, 3.2, $277.

Tie-down roping: 1. C**ten Wallis, 8.2 seconds, $2,573; 2. Riley Pruitt, 9.2, $2,270; 3. (tie) Ryan Jarrett and Chase Thrasher, 9.4, $1,816 each; 5. Chris McCuistion, 9.5, $1,513; 6. (tie) Trent Creager and Cody Huber, 9.6, $1,286 each; 8. Coy Arnold, 9.9, $1,059; 9. (tie) Roy Lee and Booker McCutchen, 10.3, $757 each.

Barrel racing: 1. Cayla Small, 15.03 seconds, $2,530; 2. Mataya Eklund, 15.12, $2,151; 3. Aubrey Sprouse, 15.14, $1,771; 4. Leslie Smalygo, 15.22, $1,518; 5. Sara Winkelman, 15.28, $1,265; 6. Ronda Casey, 15.32, $886; 7. (tie) Paige Lilleman and Erin Zoucha, 15.35, $569 each; 9. Gracie Smith, 15.41, $443; 10. Kylie Kanngiesser, 15.42, $380; 11. (tie) Ivy Hurst and Kalli McCall, 15.49, $285 each.

Bull riding: * 1. Hudson Bolton, 88.5 points on Korkow Rodeos' Zapata, $4,617; 2. Brandon Ballard, 86, $3,809; 3. Jestyn Woodward, 79.5, $3,116; no other qualified rides. *(all totals include ground money).

Total payoff: $99,371.
Stock contractor: Smith Pro Rodeos. Sub-contractors: New Star Pro Rodeo, United Pro Rodeo, Harper & Morgan Rodeo Co and Korkow Rodeos. Rodeo secretary: Shawna Ray. Officials: Carl Burkholder, Rod Hughes and Dusty Whidden. Timers: Judy Jackson and Darla Kelley. Announcer: Garrett Yerigan. Specialty act: Justin Rumford. Bullfighters: Cade Parks and Cody Emerson. Clown/barrelman: Justin Rumford. Flankmen: T.J. Korkow, Riggin Smith, Garrett Burruss, Scott Burruss and High Pockets Kruse. Chute boss: Cody Kidd. Pickup men: Jess Pope, Clint Hale and Preston Johnson. Music director: Jersey Jake Ostrum III. Photographers: Tonya Evans and Peggy Gander.