CALDWELL, Idaho (Aug. 20, 2022)— When the dust settled in the D & B Arena at the Caldwell Night Rodeo on Saturday night, nearly $400,000 in prize money was paid out, 10 champions were crowned and the fans started planning for next year.
The big winner at the 98th edition of the rodeo was tie-down roper Macon Murphy from Keatchie, Louisiana. Murphy finished third in the final round Saturday night but was fast enough to get the win. He started the night in first place, then stopped the clock in 8.9 seconds to give him a total of 24.8 on three runs. That was good for $10,629. And, it’s money that he is badly in need of to secure his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) qualification.
Murphy was just outside of the top 15 that earn a trip to Las Vegas to compete at rodeo’s championships at number 17. The money he won here should easily put him inside the top 15, but he will need to keep the momentum going through the end of September to stay there.
The saddle bronc horses from Powder River Rodeo were the stars on Saturday night, taking Canadians Zeke Thurston and Dawson Hay to record setting rides. The previous arena record here was set by Shaun Stroh at 91 points in 2010.
Hay, from Wildwood, Alberta, got on Miss Valley. Two-time world champion Thurston from Big Valley, Alberta rode Bet the Ranch. They each had scores of 92 points. Hay had a higher score starting the night so got the win based on his overall score of 177.5 points on two head. It added $6,768 to his earnings. Prior to Caldwell’s rodeo, he was 21in the world standings, so this could help him move up and qualify for his third NFR.
A year ago, Stetson Wright, of Milford, Utah won the saddle bronc riding, bull riding and all-around titles here. Even though he didn’t get the saddle bronc riding this year, he did win money in that event and got wins in the other two categories.
Stetson was the lone bull rider to be successful on Saturday night and was one point shy of the arena record at 93 points. He got on Powder River Rodeo’s Domino for the win and $8,000. His total earning were over $10,000 for the all-around prize.
The Caldwell Night Rodeo hosted breakaway roping for the second consecutive year and it was also record setting. Taylor Munsell from Alva, Okla., won the final round with a 2.2-second run, the fastest here so far. The event was won by Beau Peterson, from Council Grove, Kansas with a total time of 8.4 seconds on three head.
Tim O’Connell, from Zwingle, Iowa, won $4,712 in bareback with 170.5 points on two head. The steer wrestling title went to Tanner Brunner, from Ramona, Kansas, with a total time of 13.0 seconds on three runs. Brunner collected $9,508.
South Dakota team ropers Jr. Dees and Levi Lord got the win with 17.8 seconds on three runs. With Dees, from Aurora, doing the heading and Lord, from Sturgis doing the heeling, they each earned $6,140.
Margo Crowther could win an award for being the rodeo contestant farthest away from home, but she is probably happier with the championship here. The barrel racer from Fort Myers, Florida had a time of 51.81 seconds and won $8,074.
2022 Caldwell Night Rodeo Champions
Bareback–Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa, 170.5 points, $4,712
Steer Wrestling–Tanner Brunner, Ramona, Kan., 13.0 seconds, $9,508
Team Roping–Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D., and Levi Lord, Sturgis, S.D., 17.8 seconds, $6,140 each
Breakaway Roping–Beau Peterson, Council Grove, Kan., 8.4 seconds, $4,806
Saddle Bronc Riding–Dawson Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, 177.5 points, $6,768.
Tie-Down Roping–Macon Murphy, Keatchie, La., 24.8, $10,629
Barrel Racing, Margo Crowther, Fort Myers, Fla., 51.81 seconds, $8,074
Bull Riding–Stetson Wright, Milford, Utah, 93 points, $8,000
All-Around–Stetson Wright, $10,236 won in saddle bronc and bull riding
CALDWELL, Idaho (Aug. 20, 2022) — The following are unofficial results from the Caldwell Night Rodeo.
Championship Night followed by overall winners–
Bareback Riding: (final round) 1, Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iwoa, 89.5 points on Powder River Rodeo’s Two Buck Chuck, $1,650. 2, Cole Reiner, Buffalo, Wyo., 87, $1,250. 3, Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn., 86, $900. 4, Keenan Reed Hayes, Hayden, Colo., 82.5, $600. 5, R.C. Landingham, Hat Creek, Calif., 82.5, $350. 6, Jacob Raine, Mount Pleasant, Tenn., 82, $250. (total on two) 1, O’Connell, 170.5, $2,916. 2, Rocker Shane Steiner, Weatherford, Texas, 169.5, $2,236. 3, Aus, 167, $1,652. 4, Reiner, 170.5, $1,069. 5, Landingham, 165, $680. 6, Hayes, 164.5, $486. 7, Raine, 154.5, $389. (on one) 8, Dean Thompson, Altamont, Utah, 86, $292.
Steer Wrestling: (final round) 1, Cameron Morman, Glen Ullin, N.D., 4.3 seconds, $1,436. 2, (tie) Dirk Tavenner, Rigby, Idaho; Ty Allred, Tooele, Utah; and Riley Duvall, Checotah, Okla.,; 4.6 and $941 each. 5, (tie) Travis Munro, Townsville, Australia and Tanner Brunner, Ramona, Kan., 4.8, $347. (total on three) 1, Brunner, 13.0, $5,449. 2, Duvall, 13.4, $4,736. 3, Morman, 13.6, $4,628. 4, Allred, 13.8, $3,317. 5, Tavenner, 14.0, $2,606. 6, Munro, 14.1, $1,185. 7, Remey Parrott, Mamou, La., 14.1, $1,185. 8, Will Lummus, Byhallia, Miss., 14.1, $1,185.
Team Roping: (final round) 1, Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D., and Levi Lord, Sturgis, S.D., 6.1. 2, Cory Kidd V, Statesville, N.C., and Lane Mitchell, Bolivar, Tenn., 6.2, $960. 3, Jeff Flenniken, Caldwell, Idaho and Jake Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 6.5, $760. 4, Clayton Hansen, Weiser, Idaho and Chase Hansen, homedale, Idaho, 7.9, $560. 5, Tyler Wade, Terrell, Texas, and Trey Yates, Pueblo, Colo., 8.3, $360. (total on three) 1, Dees and Lord, 17.8, $4,980. 2, Wade and Yates, 18.1, $4,330. 3, Kidd and Mitchell, 19.8, $3,681. 4, (tie) Hansen and Hansen; and Bryan Reay, Adrian, Ore., and Brent Falon, Yakima, Wash., 22.0, $2,706. 6, Flenniken and Minor, 22.1, $1,732. 7, Brenten Hall, Jay, Okla., and Chase Tryan, Helena, Mont., 22.3, $1,083. 8, Coy Rahlmann, Elsinore, Mo., and douglas Rich, Herrick, Ill., 24.9, $433.
Breakaway Roping: (final round)1, Taylor Munsell, Alva, Okla., 2.2 seconds, $892. 2, Beau Peterson, Council Grove, Kan., 2.4. 3, Alex Loiselle, Paris, Texas, 2.6, $684. 4, Hope Thompaons, Abilene, Texas, 3.2, $431. (total on three) 1, Peterson, 8.4, $2,729. 2, Munsell, 8.6, $2,373. 3, Loiselle, 9.0, $2,017. 4, Thompson, 9.5, $1,661. (on two) 5, Hali Williams, Comanche, Texas, 6.1, $1,305. 6, Josie Conner, Iowa, La., 5.3, $949.
Saddle Bronc Riding: (final round) 1, (tie) Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, on Powder River Rodeo’s Bet the Ranch, and Dawson Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, on Powder River Rodeo’s Miss Valley, 91, $1,450 each. 3, (tie) Allen Boore, Axtel, Utah, and Stetson Wright, Milford, Utah, 86, $750. 5, Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, 85, $350. 6, Kade Bruno, Challis, Idaho and Sage Newman, Melstone, Mont., 83, $125. (total on two) 1, Hay, 177.5, $3,184. 2, Thurston, 174, $2,441. 3, Newman, 173.5, $1,804. 4, Crawley, 171, $1,167. 5, Wright, 169.5, $743. 6, Boore, 168, $531. 7, Bruno, 167, $425. 8, Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah, 164.
Tie-Down Roping: (final round) 1, (tie) Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, and John Douch, Huntsville, Texas, 8.8, $1,338, 3, Macon Murphy, Keatchie, La., 8.9, $960. 4, (tie) J.C. Malone, Plain City, Utah and King Pickett, Stephenville, Texas, 9.2, $681. 6, Haven Meged, Miles, City, Mont., 9.5, $253. (total on three) 1, Murphy, 24.8, $5,752. 2, Douch, 25.2, $5,002. 3, Pickett, 26.2, $4,251. 4, Yates, 26.7, $3,501. 5, Meged, 27.0, $2,751. 6, J.C. Malone, Plain City, Utah, 27.2, $2,001. 7, (tie) Taylor Santos, Creston, Calif., and Riley Wakefield, ONeill, Neb., 28.0, $875.
Barrel Racing: (final round) 1, Dona Kay Rule, Minco, Okla., 17.03, $1,836. 2, Megan McLeod-Sprague, Marsing, Idaho, 17.12, $1,377.42. 3, Shelley Morgan, Eustace, Texas, 17.20, $918. 4, Margo Crowther, Fort Myers, Fla., 17.35, $459. (total on three) 1, Crowther, 51.81 seconds, $3,719. 2, McLeod-Sprague, 52.02, $3,188. 3, Rule, 52.06, $2,656. 4, Morgan, 52.07, $2,302. 5, Bayleigh Choate, Fort Worth, Texas, 52.20, $1,771. 6, Stevi Hillman, Weatherford, Texas, 52.21, $1,417. 7, Macee McAllister, St. George, Utah, 52.24, $1,062. 8, Lynette Clyde, Heber, Utah, 52.32, $708. 9, Ashley Castleberry, Montgomery, Texas, 52.44, $531. 10, Shannon McReynolds, La Luz, N.M., 52.65, $354.
Bull Riding: (round 1 winners)1, Stetson Wright, Milford, Utah, 93 points on Powder River Rodeo’s Domino, $8,000. 2, Trey Holston, Fort Scott, Kan., 85.5, $6,134. 3, Levi Gray, Dairy, Ore., 85, $4,534. 4, Canyon Wiley Bass, Johnson City, Texas, 82, $2,934. 5, Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas, 74, $1,867.
PROVIDED COURTESY OF SUSAN KANODE / CALDWELL NIGHT RODEO / TENN TEXAS MEDIA
