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Date Posted: 15:35:43 08/01/07 Wed
Author: Hap
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In reply to: Hap 's message, "Here's a good article from the Casper paper on Cheyenne." on 15:30:14 08/01/07 Wed

Big-picture Eubank pockets most at CFD
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By JON GOLD
Star-Tribune staff writer Monday, July 30, 2007

Chad Eubank had a vision while driving from Denver to Cheyenne after picking up his girlfriend, Kimberley, from the airport on Saturday night.

On the other side of the freeway, Eubank saw Trevor Brazile, Patrick Smith and others heading away from Cheyenne, their dreams of a Frontier Days all-around title vanished.

Eubanks’ were alive and well.

“I saw them driving away and I thought, �I do have a chance,’” said Eubank, who competed in bareback and bull riding. “It eased my mind a little bit that I didn’t have to go against them. I tried not to think about it n you try not to count your chickens before they hatch n but when I got here last night, I went to pick up my round checks and they pretty much told me I had it sewed up.”

Even though he bucked off his final bull, Eubank had wrapped up the all-around title and $10,296 in prize money.

Not that the money mattered to him.

“To me, I’d rather just have the title,” Eubank said. “Then again, you’ve got to have the money to win the title. What it comes down to is that I have my girlfriend, who I love very much, and I have friends and family here with me. The buckle’s nice and this one’s probably prestigious of course, but everything but the money is what really matters.”

He isn’t about to go and blow this jackpot, though.

After all, his precious cowboy hat cost him all of $25.

“Today’s the first time I got to wear this hat,” Eubank said of his once-white hat, now sullied by the sloppy mud that filled the arena. “I just bought it two days ago to come up here with. My old one just got so beat up it was time for a new one. So I bought the cheapest one I could find, and I think if I wash it off, I might get another ride out of it.”

Steer Wrestling: Covered in mud from head to toe, even his eyelashes caked in dried slop, Jason Miller simply looked relieved.

The hulking, 6-foot-4, 245-pound steer wrestler from Lance Creek, a former Wyoming Cowboy, was ready to sleep in his own bed for the first time in a while.

"It's special because I'm gonna get to go home tonight, and we don't get to go home very often," said Miller, who tied for the average title with William Beierbach. "I don't have a recliner, but it'll be nice to be home."

But while he's relieved to be heading up the I-25 north to relax and kick his feet up, he got choked up describing the pride of winning a Frontier Days gold buckle.

"The Cheyenne buckle means a lot," said Miller, who had a 28.1 average on three head to tie Beierbach, one-tenth of a second better than Joey Bell, Jr. "It's the greatest rodeo that we go to all year long besides the finals. This is it. You look at someone wearing a Cheyenne buckle and -- look, there's one right there -- and you think, 'Damn, that's Cheyenne.'

"A win anywhere is good, but when you can win one in Cheyenne ... it's special."

Bareback Riding: Scott Montague watched as the judges got friendlier and friendlier, the scores higher and higher and the competition tougher and tougher.

Heading into the short go-round with a two-point lead on two head, Montague had to wait until 10 other riders competed. The average score for those riders? An 81.4.

But Montague wasn't worried.

After three trips to the National Finals Rodeo, the bareback rider from Rapid City, S.D., knows a thing or two about biting his nails.

"You can't put no more pressure on a man than the 10th round of the NFR," he said "But this is one of the most prestigious rodeos, one of the hardest to win."

Drawing Pinball Wizard, a small horse with a bad temper, Montague knew that all he had to do was hold on. Eight seconds after the horse jerked out of the gate, Montague scored an 86 and the win.

"I've seen the horse maybe once, and it was a great horse," Montague said. "A little, bitty quick horse, one of them where you have to do things right or he'll throw you down and make you look stupid."

Chris Harris of Itsaca, Texas, had the top ride of the short round with an 87 on Lunatic Fringe, following his 88 in the second go-round. He likely would've won the event if not for a 72 on his first horse earlier in the week.

Tie Down Roping: Houston Hutto knows the lowest of the lows.

Four straight no-times at the Calgary Stampede had the tie-down roper from Del Rio, Texas, frustrated and depressed, looking forward to the next rodeo but unable to shake the consistent failure.

Now, he knows the highest of the highs.

Hutto's 12.7-second time in the short-go gave him the tie-down title as he overcame a second-round 15.30. The win is his third major rodeo win of the past two seasons, with victories in Reno in 2006 and Houston in February.

Atop his horse, gliding around the arena, waving his hat at the fans, he thought back to Calgary and soaked it all in.

"I had goose bumps going around the arena, seeing the fans," said Hutto, who won the most money during the competition with $16,346. "I dreamed of winning this one when I was a little kid. This saddle is something you keep, hand down to your grandkids."

But will it erase the nightmare of the Stampede?

"Not totally," he said with a smile. "But it's a start."

Bull Riding: Sitting atop Texas, a mean bull with a good reputation, Clint Craig wasn't riding for Clint Craig.

He was riding for his family. He was riding for American soldiers. He was riding for his heroes. He was riding for his God.

The 92 he would score on Texas, who spun and jerked him around like dirty clothes in a washer, was a credit to all those who helped him get there and all those who were there before him.

"There's so many guys who've rode here, all the greats -- my heroes, guys like Jim Sharp, Troy Dunn, Tuff Hedeman, Lane Frost lost his life here on this day in 1989," said Craig, from Mena, Ark. "To win here, to have your name on that wall with the legends, it's just amazing."

Craig was blessed with a cut jaw-line and rugged good looks, but to him, he was blessed with a whole lot more.

"I thank Him for the strength to ride bulls the way I do and to follow my dreams," Craig said. "That's the message that if I could tell anybody, I would -- follow your dreams and the Lord will give you the desires of your heart."

With "Jesus Saves" written across his light blue and brown chaps and another religious patch on his vest, Craig views his Frontier Days win as a means to speak the gospel.

"When you're given a platform to really let people know that you're about the Lord, if it changes one person for the better, it's worth it," Craig said. "I think that's what the Lord gives you that platform for, why He gives people the ability to do great things."

Team Roping: The $13,148 is nice.

The shiny gold buckle is grand.

The massive saddle is a beauty.

But, years from now, when Travis Tryan reminisces about Sunday's Frontier Days final, he'll remember that he and heeler Michael Jones laid it all on the line, that they won instead of just finished first.

"The thing I'll look back on is that we weren't afraid to lose today," Tryan said. "We were in a position where the money means a lot to us, that's how we pay our bills. Coming back third, and we could've just made a nice, conservative run and guaranteed ourselves winning third. Or we could've roped aggressive and given ourselves a chance to win first. That's what we're all about."

That and winning.

Jones and Tryan, ranked third and fourth in the world, respectively, scooped up the victory with a 7.0-second rope in the finals, nine-tenths of a second better than the team of Bobby Baize and Wade Wheatley.

"Travis and I both rope aggressive all the time," Jones said. "We had an opportunity on that steer to be fast, and we took the chance to win it and we did. We don't mind rolling the dice a little bit. I'd much rather win first -- nobody ever remembers who won second. In fact, I won second a year or so ago, and nobody knows.

"They'll remember this."

Saddle Bronc Riding: Taos Muncy is a walking enigma.

Supremely confident, incredibly modest. Bigger than life, about the size of Dennis the Menace. No. 3 in the world in saddle bronc riding, far lower in his own mind.

Despite running away with the Frontier Days saddle bronc title -- his 249 average bested second place by four points -- Muncy remained as befuddled at his success as the fans.

After all, the Tom Sawyer of rodeo is only 19.

"To make the NFR would be great, you dream of it your whole life," Muncy said after his 84 atop Bag of Tricks in Sunday's finals. "It'd be real nice to win it, but we'll just have to wait and see. I'm not gonna say nothing."

Heith DeMoss of Crowville, L.A., had the finals' top saddle bronc ride with an 86 atop Jumpin Jack.

Barrel Racing: Winning post-race interviews are getting to be a bit routine for Brittany Pozzi-Pharr.

Week after week, she finds herself ahead of the pack of barrel racers, who at this point seem to only vying for second.

"Cheyenne is no routine, that's for sure," Pozzi-Pharr said after her latest win at Frontier Days. "But it's gonna be sad when it doesn't happen all the time. I'm just trying to soak it all in, enjoy the most I can when I am winning."

Pozzi-Pharr has won more than $115,795 this season, including $16,026 at Frontier Days, which she won by a half-second in average over Jill Moody of Letcher, S.D.

At this point, Pozzi-Pharr has her sights set on the regular-season earnings' record, held by Sherry Cervi with $130,996.

"What's hard is not expecting to win," Pozzi-Pharr said. "When you win so much, you just kinda expect it. You've got to be really sure you enjoy each one, because it's not gonna come forever."

With her horse, Stitch, riding as good as he has recently, though, the wins might not stop. Pozzi-Pharr has a special bond with her favorite horse, which she started riding in 2004 after her regular horse was injured. Pozzi-Pharr heaped praise on her horse, stating, "It just seems like he goes out there and wins it for me."

With all the attention she pays to the horse -- which is "all say, from the moment I wake up and feed him, it's all about Stitch -- her husband, tie-down roper Doug Pharr, might get a little jealous.

"In the summertime, I pay a lot more attention to my horse," Pozzi-Pharr said with a laugh. "But (Doug) is so excited. I think he might be more excited about this than I am."

Steer Roping: In the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association 2007 media guide, most riders have numerous tidbits. Their lives and wives, wins and kids.

But Neal Wood's bio has one line, buried under 2006 Highlights: "Qualified for first National Finals Steer Roping."

Here's betting he'll have a few more tidbits in the 2008 PRCA media guide.

Wood won his second-consecutive Frontier Days steer roping title with a 55.3 average, his time of 20.0 seconds in the finals more than four seconds better than the second-place roper.

On a day when horses proved stubborn and steers even more so, Wood's rope was the cleanest, giving him the win.

Contact sports reporter Jon Gold at (307) 266-0596 or at jon.gold@casperstartribune.net

Cheyenne Frontier Days

Final Performance

Sunday

Steer Roping

Final round: 1, Neal Wood, Guy, Texas, 20.0 seconds, $1,283. 2, K.C. Jones, Riverton, 24.2, $1,125. 3, Doug Clark, Wayne, Okla., 27.3, $956.

Overall: (on three) 1, Wood, 55.3, $9,535. 2, Jones, 67.5, $8,291. 3, Clark, 71.4, $7,048. (on two) 4, Chance Kelton, Mayer, Ariz., 34.8, $5,803. 5, David Felton, Dennis, Texas, 35.5, $4,560. 6, Ora Taton, Rapid City, S.D., 40.9, $3,317. 7, Grady Potter, Arkansas City, Kan., 43.7, $2, 073. 8, Larry Dugan, Canyon, Texas, 44.3, $829.

Bareback Riding

Final round: 1, Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 87 points on Burch Brothers' Lunatic Fringe, $1,650. 2, Scott Montague, Rapid City, S.D., 86, $1,250. 3, Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Justin McDaniel, Porum, Okla., 85, $750 each. 5, Yvan Jayne, Huntsville, Texas, David Worsfold, Cody, 84, $300.

Overall: (on three) 1, Montague, 252, $8,811. 2, Martinez, 249, $6,755. 3, Harris, McDaniel, 247, $4,112. 5, Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo., 245, $2,056. 6, Worsfold, 243, $1,469. 7, Jayne, 242, $1,180. 8, Tim Shirley, Bailey, Colo., 241, $881.

Steer Wrestling

Final round: 1, William Beierbach, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, 9.1 seconds, $1,276. 2, Joey Bell, Jr., Malakoff, Texas, 9.3, $1,056. 3, Curt La Duke, Bozeman, Mont., 10.8, $836. 4, Denver Gilbert, Huntley, Mont., Jason Miller, Lance Creek, 11.0, $506. 6, Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., 11.7, $220.

Overall: (on three) 1, Beierbach, Miller, 28.1, $9,574 each. 3, Bell, 28.2, $7,570. 4, Gilbert, 28.8, $6,234. 5, Peek, 29.7, $4,898. 6, La Duke, 29.9, $3,562. 7, Anton Helfrich, Killdeer, N.D., 30.8, $2,226. 8, Brock Andrus, St. George, Utah, 30.9, $891.

Saddle Bronc Riding

Final round: 1, Heith DeMoss, Crowville, La., on Vold Rodeo's Jumpin Jack, Cody Horwedel, Cholame, Calif., on Burch Brothers' Good Times, 86, $1,450 each. 3, Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., 85, $900. 4, Dustin Flundra, Pincher Creek, Alberta, 84, $600. 5, Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M., 83, $350. 6, J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., Rod Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, 82, $125.

Overall: (on three) 1, Muncy, 249, $9,495. 2, DeMoss, Flundra, 245, $6,330. 4, Ferley, Horwedel, 243, $2,848. 6, Elshere, 238, $1,582. 7, Hay, 237, $1,267. 8, Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., Mitchell Steiger, Turner Valley, Alberta, 233, $475.

Tie Down Roping

Final round: 1, Sterling Smith, Stephenville, Texas, 12.1, $1,374. 2, Houston Hutto, Del Rio, Texas, 12.7, $1,195. 3, Brian Garr, Grandview, Texas, 12.9, $1,015. 4, Cimarron Boardman, Stephenville, Texas, 14.0, $836. 5, Jeff Chapman, Athens, Texas, 14.1, $657. 6, Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 14.2, $478. 7, Bubba Paschal, Rose City, Texas, 14.4, $299. 8, Grady Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D., 15.2, $119.

Overall: (on three) 1, Hutto, 40.2, $12,298. 2, Herrin, 40.7, $10,694. 3, Chapman, 41.5, $9,090. 4, Garr, 42.1, $7,486. 5, Smith, 42.3, $5,882. 6/7, Boardman and Paschal, 43.1, $3,476 each. 8, J.D. Crouse, Canon City, Colo., 43.2, $1,069.

Team Roping

Final round: 1, Michael Jones, Hico, Texas, and Travis Tryan, Chico, Texas, 7.0, $1,040 each. 2, Bobby Baize, Anthony, N.M., and Wade Wheatley, Hughson, Calif., 7.9, $861. 3, Britt Bockius, Claremore, Okla., and Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn.; and Alfred Hansen, Dickinson, N.D., and Seth Weishaar, Belle Fourche, S.D., 8.4, $592. 5, Richard Durham, Poolville, Texas, and Blaine Linaweaver, Irvine, Calif., 8.5, $323. 6, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif.; and Dwight Arnold, Hudson, Colo., and Ron Nauta, Nunn, Colo.; 9.0, $90.

Overall: (on three) 1, Jones and Travis Tryan, 24.0, $9,180 each. 2, Woodard and Clay Tryan, 25.7, $7,983. 3, Baize and Wheatley, 25.7, $6,786. 4, Bockius and Masters, 25.9, $5,588. 5, J.W. Borrego, Pueblo West, Colo., and Wade Kreutzer, La Veta, Colo.; and Arnold and Nauta; 26.9, $3,792. 7. Durham and Linaweaver; and Hansen and Weishaar; 27.3, $1,397.

Barrel Racing

Final round: 1, Jill Moody, Letcher, S.D., 17.42 seconds, $681. 2, Brittany Pozzi-Pharr, Victoria, Texas, 17.46, $569. 3, Tammy Key-Fischer, Ledbetter, Texas, 17.67, $446. 4, Lynn Brown, Fort Collins, Colo., 17.84, $329. 5, Kelly Yates, Fort Worth, Texas, 17.90, $211. 6, Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D., 18.12, $117.

Overall: (on three) 1, Pozzi-Pharr, 52.47, $6,906. 2, Moody, 52.97, $5,919. 3, Brown, 52.98, $4,933. 4, Key Fischer, Lockhart, 53.35, $3,782 each. 6, Yates, 53.38, $2,634. 7, Brandie Halls, Carpenter, 53.87, $1,973. 8, Tracie Dawson, Erskine, Ala., 53.94, $1,316. 9, Jetta McCormick, Ogden, Utah, 54.26, $987. 10, Leslie Morgan, Avondale, Colo., 60.72, $658.

Bull Riding

Final round: 1, Clint Craig, Mena, Ark., 92 points on Joe Simon's Texas, $1,800. 2, Charles Zoss, Forestburg, S.D., 90, $1,380. 3, Bobby Welsh, Gillette, 84, $1,020. 4, Shane Gordon, Corning, Calif., 81, $660.

Overall: (on three) 1, Craig, 249, $11,333. 2, Zoss, 246, $8,689. 3, Welsh, 241, $6,422. (on two) 4, Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb., 171, $4,155. 5, Ted Bert, Modesto, Calif., 167, $2,644. 6, Gordon, 164, $1,889. 7, B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wisc., Clayton Savage, Douglas, 157, $1,322 each.

Rookie Bronc Riding

Final round: 1, Trell Etbauer, Goodwell, Okla., 76 points, $600. 2, Travis Sheets, Aline, Okla., 75, $450. 3, Jace Garrett, Snyder, Texas, 74, $300. 4, Slade Hughes, Veyo, Utah, 69, $150.

Overall: (on three) 1, Garrett, 219, $2,341. 2, Etbauer, 216, $1,773. 3, Hughes, 211, $1,277. 4, Sheets, 202, $851. 5, Kaden Deal, Dupree, S.D., 200, $497. 6, Tyler Thompson, Wanblee, S.D., 199, $355.

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  • I'll go ahead ahead and post it inside >>>>>> -- Hap, 15:37:16 08/01/07 Wed
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