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Rookie has coming out party at Dodge Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Jesse Wright really knows how to make an impression.

On the week he officially became the PRCA Saddle Bronc Riding Rookie of the Year, Wright went out and treated his home-state fans to one of the best performances of his still blossoming career.

Wright won the first round of the Dodge Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo, presented by U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, in Ogden, Utah, and then placed in the other two, to win the average championship with 248 points on three head.

To pull this off, Wright, of Milford, Utah, had to beat defending circuit finals champion and five-time Wrangler NFR qualifier Rusty Allen and his own brother – reigning World Champion Cody Wright.

Jesse Wright, who finished 19th in the PRCA World Standings this year, banked earnings of $4,116 at the Oct. 22-24 rodeo and earned his first spot in the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo, in Pocatello, Idaho, next April.

Other winners at the circuit finals were bareback rider Kaycee Feild of Elk Ridge, Utah (251 points on three head), steer wrestler Tom Lewis of Lehi, Utah (11.2 seconds on three head), team ropers Matt Sherwood of Pima, Ariz., and Rhen Richard of Roosevelt, Utah (15.0 seconds on three head), tie-down roper J.C. Malone of Hooper, Utah (26.9 seconds on three head), barrel racer Tracee Young of Delta, Utah (41.7 seconds on three runs) and bull rider Travis Atkinson of Lehi, Utah (88 points on one head).

The steer wrestling competition was especially hard-fought, with nine sub-four-second runs in the three rounds, led by Shayne Bennett of Riverton, Utah, who won the third round with an astonishing time of 2.9 seconds, just five-tenths of a second off the world record.

Ogden, Utah: Wilderness Circuit Finals, Oct. 22-24

All-around cowboy: Jake Hannum, $2,882, steer wrestling and tie-down roping.
Bareback riding: First round: 1. Chase Erickson, 84 points on Bar T Rodeo’s Gold Standard, $1,098; 2. (tie) Bud Munns and Morgan Wilde, 83, $686 each; 4. Kaycee Feild, 81, $274. Second round: 1. Kaycee Feild, 84 points on Bar T Rodeo’s Western Ways, $1,098; 2. (tie) Caleb Bennett, Mac Jack Erickson and Bud Munns, 82, $549 each. Third Round: 1. Kaycee Feild, 86 points on Slash T Rodeo’s Desperado, $1,098; 2. Morgan Wilde, 85, $823; 3. Cody DeMers, 84, $549; 4. Colton Bair, 83, $274. Average: 1. Kaycee Feild, 251 points on three head, $1,647; 2. Morgan Wilde, 247, $1,235; 3. Cody DeMers, 245, $823; 4. Bud Munns, 241, $412.
Steer wrestling: First round: 1. Tom Lewis, 3.8 seconds, $1,098; 2. T.W. Parker, 4.4, $823; 3. Ryan Shaw, 4.5, $549; 4. Jake Hannum, 4.6, $274. Second round: 1. Jake Ashworth, 3.4 seconds, $1,098; 2. Tom Lewis, 3.6, $823; 3. (tie) Dustin Bennett and Seth Hadlock, 3.8, $412 each. Third Round: 1. Shayne Bennett, 2.9 seconds, $1,098; 2. Jake Ashworth, 3.6, $823; 3. Tom Lewis, 3.8, $549; 4. Jake Hannum, 3.9, $274. Average: 1. Tom Lewis, 11.2 seconds on three head, $1,647; 2. Jake Hannum, 12.7, $1,235; 3. Ryan Shaw, 14.0, $823; 4. 14.4, $412.
Team roping: First round: 1. Matt Sherwood/Rhen Richard, 4.3 seconds, $1,098 each; 2. Seth Gurney/K.C. Curtis, 5.5, $823; 3. Jesse Sheffield/Wes Miller, 6.0, $549; 4. Justin Hodson/Greg Bennett, 6.3, $274. Second round: 1. Jay Adams/Austin Adams, 5.5 seconds, $1,098 each; 2. Brian Winn/Brian Roundy, 5.7, $823; 3. Matt Sherwood/Rhen Richard, 6.3, $549; 4. Ralph Gunter/Dallen Gunter, 6.4, $274. Third Round: 1. Matt Sherwood/Rhen Richard, 4.4 seconds, $1,098 each; 2. Brian Winn/Brian Roundy, 5.1, $823; 3. (tie) Ralph Gunter/Dallen Gunter and Seth Gurney/K.C. Curtis, 5.8, $412 each. Average: 1. Matt Sherwood/Rhen Richard, 15.0 seconds on three head, $1,647 each; 2. Seth Gurney/K.C. Curtis, 17.9, $1,235; 3. Ralph Gunter/Dallen Gunter, 18.7, $823; 4. Brian Winn/Brian Roundy, 21.5, $412.
Saddle bronc riding: First round: 1. Jesse Wright, 84 points on Bar T Rodeo’s Fire Fly, $1,098; 2. Rusty Allen, 81, $823; 3. (tie) Chase Bennett and Alex Wright, 78, $412 each; Second round: 1. Cody Wright, 86 points on Slash T Rodeo’s Pay Day, $1,098; 2. Jesse Wright, 83, $823; 3. Rusty Allen, 82, $549; 4. (tie) Bold Butler, Devin Sagers and Alex Wright, 81, $91 each. Third Round: 1. Bold Butler, 83 points on Bar T Rodeo’s Round Robin, $1,098; 2. Rusty Allen, 82, $823; 3. Jesse Wright, 81, $549; 4. Jake Larson, 80, $274. Average: 1. Jesse Wright, 248 points on three head, $1,647; 2. Rusty Allen, 245, $1,235; 3. Cody Wright, 239, $823; 4. Chase Bennett, 230, $412.
Tie-down roping: First round: 1. Jake Hannum, 7.6 seconds, $1,098; 2. Matt Shiozawa, 8.2, $823; 3. Cole Wilson, 9.2, $549; 4. Jesse Sheffield, 9.4, $274. Second round: 1. (tie) J.C. Malone and Clint Robinson, 8.0 seconds, $961 each; 3. Jesse Sheffield, 8.4, $549; 4. Matt Shiozawa, 8.5, $274. Third Round: 1. Clint Robinson, 7.6 seconds, $1,098; 2. Clint Arave, 7.8, $823; 3. Ryan Lickley, 8.0, $549; 4. Cole Wilson, 8.2, $274. Average: 1. J.C. Malone, 26.9 seconds, $1,647; 2. Matt Shiozawa, 27.5, $1,235; 3. Clint Arave, 28.0, $823; 4. Jesse Sheffield, 28.4, $412.
Barrel racing: First round: 1. Nancy Hunter, 13.81 seconds, $1,098; 2. Terri Wood Gates, 13.90, $823; 3. Sue Smith, 13.93, $549; 4. Tracee Young, 13.96, $274. Second round: 1. Kelli Tolbert, 13.79 seconds, $1,098; 2. Tracee Young, 13.82, $823; 3. Sue Smith, 13.92, $549; 4. (tie) Nancy Hunter and Jody Stark, 13.97, $137 each. Third Round: 1. (tie) Jody Stark and Terri Wood Gates, 13.81 seconds, $961 each; 3. Kelli Tolbert, 13.82, $549; 4. Raelyn Robinson, 13.84, $274. Average: 1. Tracee Young, 41.70 seconds on three head, $1,647; 2. Jody Stark, 41.78, $1,235; 3. Terri Wood Gates, 41.83, $823; 4. Sammi Bessert, 42.10, $412.
Bull riding: First round: 1. Travis Atkinson, 88 points on Bar T Rodeo’s Coffee Break, $1,098; no other qualified rides. Second round: 1. Jake Wade, 80 points on Slash T Rodeo’s JR, $1,098; 2. Alex Dudley, 78, $823; 3. Boedie Evans, 75, $549; 4. Tag Elliott, 74, $274. Third Round: 1. Will Wakley, 77 points on Bar T Rodeo’s Roughout, $1,098; 2. Dustin Tibbits, 74, $823; no other qualified rides. Average: 1. Travis Atkinson, 88 points on one head, $1,647; 2. Jake Wade, 80, $1,235; 3. Alex Dudley, 78, $823; 4. Will Wakley, 77, $412.
Total payoff: $98,802. Stock contractors: Bar T Rodeo, Inc. and Slash T Rodeo Company. Rodeo secretaries: Juanita O’Maley and Connie Haslam. Officials: Lynn Smith, Monty Van Komen and Wade Woolstenhulme. Timers: Linda Baum and Sam Thomas. Announcer: Wayne Brooks. Specialty act: Kevin Higley. Clowns/bullfighters: Kelly Jennings and Phil Kropp. Barrelman: Kevin Higley. Flankmen: Jeff Flitton, Bud Kerby and Pat O’Maley. Chute bosses: Val Byram, Randee Munns and Jared Rydalch. Pickup men: Bobby Marriott and Matt Twitchell. Photographer: James Fain.

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