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Date Posted: 20:04:12 02/20/06 Mon
Author: Hap
Subject: This mentions 2nd and 4th because they've been around, but never mentions 1st. I think they will be talking about Taos soon(inside)>>
In reply to: Varmit 's message, "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah... that energized bunny couldn't hold a candle to me in my late teens and early 20's." on 18:46:53 02/20/06 Mon

Cheerful start

Oakes gets rodeo started with top-notch ride

By PAUL HARRIS, pharris@sastandardtimes.com or 659-8239
February 20, 2006

It didn't take long to get the crowd cheering Sunday at the 74th Annual San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo.

How about the first rider out of the chutes?

Zack Oakes, a 22-year old cowboy from Tonasket, Wash., got the afternoon performance off to a great start Sunday, riding the bull Snake Charmer to a score of 85, vaulting him into a tie for first place in the overall standings with Bobby Welsh.

More than two hours later, the first performance of the day held up as perhaps the best performance of the day, all but ensuring Oakes of a return for Saturday's finals (the top 12 scores qualify).

''I'm pretty excited,'' said Oakes moments after receiving his score. ''Anytime you score an 80-something at a big rodeo like this, you ought to be excited.''

Barrel racer Marlene McRae, the 1983 world champion in the event, also had a strong ride near the end of the afternoon.

McRae and her horse, The Money Roll, circled their three barrels in 14.66 seconds, the lowest time of the day - a time good enough to move her atop the leaderboard in the overall standings.

''It went real well,'' said McRae, who has been to the National Finals Rodeo 10 times, and makes her winter home in the Texas Hill Country town of Blanco.

''I was on this horse and won fourth here last year. It's just his second year on the pro trail, so he's coming together nicely.''

McRae was also very complimentary of the San Angelo Rodeo's barrel racing features, which include a different arena for the first go-round, a new center alley and a crew that rakes after every rider.

''San Angelo, to me, is the perfect setup,'' McRae said.

Another world champion, and the defending one at that, made some noise in the saddle bronc competition when Jeff Willert rode Kick A Mile to a score of 81, which sent him into a tie for third place at the time.

But minutes later, the No. 1-ranked rider in the world, Cody ''Hot Sauce'' DeMoss rode Tall Timber to a score of 82, propelling himself into a tie for second, while knocking Willert down into a tie for fourth.

''It was pretty good to show up here and get a good horse, because that's half the score right there,'' said DeMoss, the runner up at the NFR the past two years. ''I'd had that horse before in Omaha at the tour finals, and I won the round with him up there, so I knew he was a good one.''

Willert had also rode his horse before about three years ago, but the last time, it turned into a re-ride after getting into the fence. On Sunday, Kick A Mile helped him pull off one of the better rides of the rodeo.

''I was happy to have him. I knew he'd be pretty good, and you can't just go off one bad ride,'' Willert said. ''I don't feel like I rode him as good as I could've, but it worked out alright, though.''

The day's other main highlight came in the bareback competition when Dustin Reeves rode Flying Hi to a score of 81, sending him into a tie for third place in the overall standings.

After a rough go in San Antonio, where he drew an ''eliminator,'' Reeves said he had heard Flying Hi was a good draw.

''Coming from San Antonio, I was pretty excited to come here and get on this horse,'' Reeves said. ''My buddies kind of said how easy he was, but he was a lot buckier than I expected...He was just a good ride.''

In calf roping, Dennis Luetge had the best time of the day at 8.9 seconds, while Zach Cobb had the lowest time in steer wrestling at 4.6 seconds. The duo of Matt Tyler and Jade Corkill recorded the best time in team roping at 5.6 seconds.

The performances will resume Thursday evening.

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