Second night of Silver City rodeo action tops Boyz-n-Bulls

Thursday night s rodeo action was just as good or maybe even better than the night before. There were some great rides, and the WWWR seems to be moving along just fine. It was a much better night than Wednesday, rodeo chairman Pat Bearup said. I think it s the best Thursday crowd we have had since I ve been chairman. I assumed it was because it was family night. The crowd we had was unheard of. The bareback riding kicked off Thursday night, and Ryan Gray and Tilden Hooper tallied 84s to pace the pack. Luke Creasy followed with an 81, while Joe Gunderson had a 75. The saddle bronc riding event saw Cody Taton and Tyler Corrington rack up 83s to stay tied for first place. Taos Muncy had an 82, while Issac Diaz, Ace Long and Brandon Biebelle scored 80s. In the bull riding event, Wesley Silcox hung on for eight seconds to tally a 90. That followed L.J. Jenkins 93 Wednesday night, and Stormy Wing s 90 as well on the same night. Guytin Tsosie rode for an 87, while Steve Woolsey had an 82. Tyler Bingham was the final bull rider to tally points, a 78. In steer wrestling, Ben Shofner leads the pack, with his 4.1 second time. Ben Bates Jr. follows in second, at 4.3, while Brandon Bates was third at 4.7, sharing the spot with Jeff Richardson, also at 4.7. The tie down roping event saw Johnny Salvo turn in a time of 10.5 to take the lead. Monty Lewis was second, at 10.7, while Bill Snure was third, at 11.2, and J.D. Kibble was fourth, at 22.5. In team roping, Wyatt Althoff and T.J. Brown had a time of 5.4 seconds to take the lead from Arky Rogers and York Gill, who s time was 5.7. Casey Wilson and Beau Marshall tallied an 11.7. The barrel racing event saw Dolli Lautaret race around the arena in a time of 17.76. Lisa Anderson followed, at 18.12, while Jolee Lautaret was third, at 18.21. Erin Parsons was fourth, at 18.22. Allan Wallace 6-years-old won the Circle Heart Mutton Bustin title of the night...more