Dent top cowboy at Fair Rodeo
Andrew Evjene, of Two Dot, gets bucked off his horse Dark Shadows during the saddle bronc riding event at the Northwest Montana Fair PRCA Rodeo on Saturday evening at the Flathead County Fairgrounds. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Jack Graham, of Lakeview, Oregon, and Sam Levine, of Wolf Creek, compete during the team roping event at the Northwest Montana Fair PRCA Rodeo on Saturday evening at the Flathead County Fairgrounds. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Traci Nowlin, of Nowata, OK, competes in the barrel racing event at the Northwest Montana Fair PRCA Rodeo on Friday evening at the Flathead County Fairgrounds. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Jake Davis, of McCleary, WA, gets bucked off his bull Crocodile Rock during the bull riding event at the Northwest Montana Fair PRCA Rodeo on Friday evening at the Flathead County Fairgrounds. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Steven Dent cashed in on the final night of the Northwest Montana Fair PRCA Rodeo with some high-point rides for a dandy pay check.
The Mullen, Nebraska, cowboy won the bareback riding with an 89.5-go on Mighty Fine and later turned in the sixth-best score in saddle bronc with an 83.5. That helped him claim the all-around title with earnings of $3,031.
Orin Larsen set the standard in the bareback on Thursday with his 88-point ride. It held up through Friday, but Dent took care of that on Saturday.
The final performance also saw changes in steer wrestling, with Molt’s Hank Hollenbeck taking over the No. 1 spot with his 4.1 second time, and in tie-down roping, with Cody Craig of Wendell, Idaho, turning in a quick 9.2 go to best that event.
Team ropers Jade Stoddard of Sugar City, Idaho, and Matt Williams of Rexburg, Idaho, turned in a 7.4 second time on Thursday and that time held up.
J.T. Moore of Alvin, Texas, won the bull riding with his 82 points on Rapid Fire on Friday evening. There were only three qualified rides in that event.
Northwest Montana Fair
PRCA Rodeo
Flathead County Fairgrounds
Thursday/Friday/Saturday; Final Results
All-around cowboy: Steven Dent, Mullen, Nebraska, $3,031, bareback riding and saddle bronc riding.
Bareback riding: 1. Steven Dent, Mullen, Nebraska, 89.5 points on Mighty Fine (No. 224), $2,558; 2. Orin Larsen, Inglis, Manitoba, 88, $1,961; 3. Clayton Biglow, Clements, California, 86, $1,449; 4. Seth Lee Hardwick, 85, Ranchester, Wyoming, $938; 5. (tie) Trenten Montero, Winnemucca, Nevada, and Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minnesota, 84.5, $512 each; 7. Zach Hibler, Wheeler, Texas, 83.5, $341; 8. (tie) J.R. Vezain, Cowley, Wyoming, and Pascal Isabelle, Okotoks, Alberta, 80, $128 each.
Steer wrestling: 1. Hank Hollenbeck, Molt, 4.1 seconds, $2,140; 2. (tie) Justin Shaffer, Hallsville, Texas, and Josh Boka, Dillon, 4.6, $1,722 each; 4. Ted Gollaher, Cascade, 4.8, $1,303; 5. Jesse Brown, Baker City, Oregon, 5.2, $1,024; 6. Scott Guenthner, Provost, Alberta, 5.3, $744; 7. Luke Gee, Stanford, 5.5, $465; 8. Denver Roy, Dalemead, Alberta, 6.3, $186.
Team roping: 1. Jade Stoddard, Sugar City, Idaho/Matt Williams, Rexburg, Idaho, 7.4 seconds, $1,617 each; 2. Brady Tryan, Huntley/Kasper Roy, Mossleigh, Alberta, 7.8, $1,407; 3. (tie) Shane Schwenke, Zortman/Mike Beers,, Kamloops, British Columbia, and Delon Parker, Worden/Jerren Johnson, Casper, Wyoming, 7.9, $1,090 each; 5. Colton Campbell, Klamath Falls, Oregon/Jordan Ketscher, Squaw Valley, California, 8.9, $774; 6. Jack Graham, Lakeview, Oregon/Sam Levine, Wolf Creek, 10.3, $563; 7. Cody Tew, Belgrade/Levi Lord, Sturgis, South Dakota, 11.0, $352; 8. Shawn Bird, Cut Bank/Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, 11.3, $141.
Saddle bronc riding: 1. Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas, 90 points on Copper Cat, $2,837; 2. Jesse Kruse, Great Falls, 86, $2,175; 3. Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, 85, $1,608; 4. (tie) Isaac Diaz, Desdemona, Texas, and Dawson Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, 84, $851 each; 6. Steven Dent, Mullen, Nebraska, 83.5, $473; 7. Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah, 78, $378; 8. (tie) Ryder Wright, Milford, and Josh Davison, Miles City, 77, $142 each.
Tie-down roping: 1. Cody Craig, Wendell, Idaho, 9.2 seconds, $2,184; 2. Ty Harris, San Angelo, Texas, 9.4, $1,899; 3. Riley Pruitt, Gering, Nebraska, 9.6, $1,614; 4. Ty Baker, Van Horn, Texas,10.1, $1,329; 5. Sam Levine, Wolf Creek,10.4, $1,044; 6. Bode Scott, Pryor, 10.7, $760; 7. Trent Creager, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 11.2, $475; 8. Taylor Santos, Creston, California, 11.3, $190.
Barrel racing: 1. Tracy Nowlin, Nowata, Oklahoma, 17.23 seconds, $2,102; 2. Nikki Hansen, Dickinson, North Dakota, 17.40, $1,787; 3. Brittney Barnett, Bakersfield, California, 17.48, $1,471; 4. Heather Crowley, Poplar, 17.56, $1,261; 5. Rene Cloninger, Helena, 17.58, $1,051; 6. Shelby Lyn Gill, Helena, 17.75, $736; 7. (tie) Keira Simonson, Loring, Jessi Fish, Franklin, Tennessee, Heidi Schmid, Kalispell, and Tammy Carpenter, Kalispell, 17.76, $407 each; 11. Kathy Grimes, 17.80, $263; 12. KL Spratt, 17.86, $210.
Bull riding: * 1. J.T. Moore, Alvin, Texas, 82 points on Rapid Fire (No. 321), $2,875; 2. Nevada Newman, Melstone, 77, $2,295; 3. Hawk Whitt, Thermopolis, Wyoming, 76.5, $1,799; 4. Colby Hill, Del Rio, Texas, 71, $1,303; no other qualified rides. *(all totals include ground money).
Total payoff: $71,428. Stock contractor: Kesler Championship Rodeo. Sub-contractor: Kesler Rodeo.