Champions Crowned At 2011 Reno Rodeo
By Susan Kanode
Special To Ropers Sports News
It’s hard to say who was happier at the Reno Rodeo, steer wrestler Todd Suhn or his wife Wendy.
Suhn, from Hermosa, S.D., had won the Reno Rodeo in 2005 and 2007 and qualified for this year’s finals in the top spot with a total time of 8.2 seconds on two head. He stopped the clock in five seconds in the finals to beat Blake Knowles from Heppner, Ore., by three-tenths of a seconds. And he did that all with wife Wendy, son Slate and daughter Zoey in the stands. And the first thing out of Wendy Suhn’s mouth was “Daddy got a new pair of spurs.”
Not only did he win the spurs, he also earned checks totaling $10,214. Prior to the Reno Rodeo, Suhn was in fourth place in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association World Standings. The money he won here will move him up at least one position and give him momentum going into the important Fourth-of-July rodeo run known as “Cowboy Christmas”.
Jhett Johnson from Casper, Wyo., and Turtle Powell from Stephenville, Texas, came into the finals in the lead in the team roping. They not only maintained their lead, but also won the final round and were the big money winners of all the cowboys. With Powell heading and Johnson, heeling, they had a total time of 16.2 seconds to win $11,730 each.
Johnson’s wife and three sons were on hand to see the win. “I told Jhett I just wanted to go to a big rodeo and see him win,” Jenny Johnson said. “We are all here with him and for him. It’s just amazing.”
The high money winner at the rodeo in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association barrel race was Robyn Herring from Huntington, Texas, had three runs totaling 51.19 seconds to win $11,585. She rode her palomino horse she calls Happy to the win. The duo is headed to Greeley, Colo., Pres-cott, Ariz., and then some rodeos in Utah. They are currently 13th in the world standings. The money won here will make a significant improvement in their position and hopefully get them to their first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
Plans are already underway for the 2012 Reno Rodeo.
Reno Rodeo Champions
All-Around Champion: Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah, $5,327 won in team roping and tie-down roping.
Bareback Riding: (tie) – Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, $9,393 and Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., $8,359, 244 points each.
Steer Wrestling: Todd Suhn, Hermosa, S.D., 13.2 seconds, $10,214.
Team Roping: Turtle Powell, Stephenville, Texas and Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo., 16.2 seconds, $11,730 each.
Saddle Bronc Riding: Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah, 252 points, $9,297.
Tie-Down Roping: Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 27.0 seconds, $9,742.
Women’s Barrel Race: Robyn Herring, Huntington, Texas, 51.19 seconds, $11,585.
Bull Riding: Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash., 159 points on two, $6,233.
The following are overall winners from the Reno Rodeo.
Bareback Riding
Final round: 1, Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., 83 points on Rosser Rodeo’s Lady Black Hawk. 2 (tie), Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., and Kaycee Feild, 80, $1,075 each. 4 (tie) Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, and Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 79, $475. 6, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 78, $250.
Total on three: 1 (tie), Ford and Hooper, 244, $4,962. 3, Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas, 242, $3,183. 4 (tie), Feild and Mote, 241, $1,685. 6, Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 238, $936. 7, Dent, 237, $749. 8, Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 230, $562.
Steer Wrestling
Final round: 1, Blake Know-les, Heppner, Ore., 3.8 seconds, $1,363. 2, Travis Reay, Mayerthorpe, Alberta, 4.4, $1,128. 3 (tie), Justin Blaine Davis, Bartonville, Texas and Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, 4.5, $776 each. 5, Casey Martin, Sulphur, La., 4.7, $423. 6, Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, 4.9, $235.
Total on three: 1, Suhn, 13.2, $6,129. 2, Knowles, 13.5, $5,330. 3, Cure, 13.8, $4,530. 4, Cassidy, 14.8, $3,731. 5, Cole Edge, Durant, Okla., 15.0, $2,931. 6 (tie), Reay and Tom Lewis, Lehi, Utah, 15.4, $1,732. 8, Davis, 15.7, $533.
Team Roping
Final round: 1, Turtle Powell, Stephenville, Texas, and Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo., 5.9 seconds, $1,392. 2, Kaden Richard and Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah, 6.1, $1,152. 3, Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz., and Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 6.2, $912. 4, Jake Barnes, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Walt Woodard, Stephenville, Texas, 6.8, $672. 5, Caleb Mitchell, Pollok, Texas, and Monty Joe Petska, Turlock, Calif., 7.1, $432. 6, Jake Stanley, Hermiston, Ore., and Austin Adams, Logandale, Nev., 11.5, $240.
Total on three: 1, Powell and Johnson, 16.2, $6,859. 2, Rogers and Koontz, 17.6, $5,964. 3, Barnes and Woodard, 18.1, $5,070. 4, Richard and Richard, 18.4, $4,175. 5, Mitchell and Petska, 19.9, $3,280. 6, Stanley and Adams, 24.5, $2,386. 7, Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore., and Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore., 25.3, $1,491. 8, Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., and Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 11.4, $596.
Saddle Bronc Riding
Final round: 1, Cody Wright, Milfrod, Utah, on Big Bend Rodeo’s Kool Toddy, $1,700. 2, Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah, 85, $1,250. 3 (tie), Chuck Schmidt, Keldron, S.D., and Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M., 83, $750 each. 5, Isaac Diaz, Davie, Fla., 75, $350.
Total on three: 1, Jesse Wright, 252, $5,0. 2, Cody Wright, 251, $3,880. 3 (tie), Schmidt and Muncy, 239, $2,362. 5, Diaz, 227, $1,181. (on two) 6, Tyler Corrington, 166, $844. 7 (tie), Chet Johnson, Sheridan, Wyo., and Jake Wright, Hurricane, Utah, 154, $590 each.
Tie-Down Roping
Final round: 1, Matt Shiozawa, Chubbock, Idaho, 8.2 seconds, $1,320. 2, Jeremiah Peek, Pueblo, Colo., 8.3, $1,092. 3, Jud Nowatny, La Vernia, Texas, 8.7, $865. 4, Houston Hutto, Tomball, Texas, 8.8, $637. 5, Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 9.6, $410. 6, Trevor Thiel, Greeley, Colo., 17.9, $228.
Total on three: 1. Ohl, 27.0, $6,046. 2 (tie), Shiozawa and Hutto, 28.0, $4,863. 4, Jeremiah Peek, 28.3, $3,680. 5, Nowotny, 28.9, $2,891. 6, Thiel, 38.1, $
Barrel Racing
Final round: 1, Carlee Pierce, Woodward, Okla., 16.97 seconds, $2,423. 2, Kassidy Dennison, Tohatchi, N.M., 17.12, $1,817. 3, Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta, 17.16, $1,211. 4, Robyn Herring, Huntington, Texas, 17.19, $606.
Total on three: 1, Herring, 51.19, $4,906. 2, Pierce, 51.37, $4,205. 3, Sears, 51.60, $3,504. 4, Dennison, 51.64, $3,037. 5, Jill Moody, Letcher, S.D., 51.70, $2,336. 6, Rylee McKenzie, St. Paul, Alberta, 51.87, $1,869. 7, Christina Richman, Glendora, Calif., 51.98, $1,402. 8, Brenda Mays, Terrebonne, Ore., 52.05, $934. 9, Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 52.34, $701. 10, Stacy Hampton, Chowchilla, Calif., 56.70, $467.
Bull Riding
Final round – three rides: 1 (tie), Shawn Hogg, Odessa, Texas, on Western Rodeo’s All Night and Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash., on Rosser Rodeo’s Olomana Rock, 84 points and $1,450 each. 3, Tyler Thomson, Black Diamond, Alberta, 75, $900.
Total on two: 1, Proctor, 159, $6,233. 2, Hogg, 157, $4,779. 3, Thomson, 152, $3,532. (on one) 4 (tie), Craig Begay, Rough Rock, Ariz., and Chandler Bounds, Lubbock, Texas, 85, $1,870 each. 6 (tie), Austin Ambrose, Fletcher, Okla., and Allen Helmuth, Ellensburg, Wash., 84, $935. 8 (tie), John Jacobs, Timber Lake, S.D., and Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas, 83, $312.
