HOUSTON — RodeoHouston on Saturday crowned the winners of the Super Series Championship.
Champions were named for eight events: Tie-down roping, bareback riding, team roping, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, barrel racing, breakaway roping and bull riding.
Tie-down roping
Final four winners with total RodeoHouston 2022 winnings:
- John Douch of Huntsville, Texas — $57,250
- Tyler Milligan of Bartlesville, Oklahoma — $27,750
- Tuf Cooper of Decatur, Texas — $15,500
- Zack Jongbloed of Iowa, Louisiana — $11,500
“This has been a dream come true,” said champion John Douch. “Just to win first means so much to me.”
Bareback riding
Final four winners with total RodeoHouston 2022 winnings:
- Jesse Pope of Garnett, Kansas — $60,500
- Rocker Steiner of Weatherford, Texas — $27,850
- RC Landingham of Hat Creek, California — $14,125
- Will Lowe of Amarillo, Texas — $11,625
Jesse Pope was named champion with a score of 89 points.
“This is a bucket-list rodeo,” said Pope. “Moving forward, I just will keep doing my job, one horse at a time.”
“Man it meant so much to me to come to this legendary rodeo to do as good as I did," said second-place finisher Rocker Steiner. "I’m excited to come back next year.”
Team roping
Final four winners with total RodeoHouston 2022 winnings:
- Clay Tryan of Lipan, Texas, and Jake Long of Morgan Mill, Texas — $109,000
- Clay Smith of Iowa Park, Texas, and Jade Corkill of Stephenville, Texas — $49,000
- Kaleb Driggers of Stephenville, Texas, and Junior Nogueira of Lipan, Texas — $28,500
- Curry Kirchner of Ames, Oklahoma, and Austin Rogers of Cresent, Oklahoma — $27,500
Champions Clay Tryan and Jake Long roped a 6.4-second run to win the event.
“It’s the biggest rodeo we get to go to all year besides the finals,” said Tryan.
"Getting that first place spot in the Championship was huge and it let us go last in the shootout," said Long.
Saddle bronc riding
Final four winners with total RodeoHouston 2022 winnings:
- Sage Newman of Melstone, Montana — $57,500
- Wyatt Casper of Miami, Texas — $25,750
- Stetson Wright of Beaver, Utah — $16,500
- Dawson Hay of Visalia, California — $9,250
Sage Newman was named champion after scoring 93 points.
“When I heard the whistle, I knew I had made a good ride,” said Newman.
Steer wrestling
Final four winners with total RodeoHouston 2022 winnings:
- Hunter Cure of Holliday, Texas — $57,000
- Tanner Brunner of Ramona, Kansas — $28,000
- Timmy Sparing of Helena, Montana — $16,000
- Jacob Talley of Keatchie, Louisiana — $10,500
Hunter Cure made a four-second run to bring home the win.
“Slipping into the Shootout was not by design,” said Cure. “Coming in to my final ride, I knew I wanted to clean it up,” said Cure.
Barrel racing
Final four winners with total RodeoHouston 2022 winnings:
- Jordan Briggs of Tolar, Texas — $60,000
- Kassie Mowry of Dublin, Texas — $30,000
- Hailey Kinsel of Cotulla, Texas — $18,000
- Nellie Miller of Cottonwood, California — $12,000
“The more runs he makes, the better he gets," champion Jordan Briggs said of her horse.
Breakaway roping
Final four winners with total RodeoHouston 2022 winnings:
- Erin Johnson of Fowler, Colorado — $53,750
- Laramie Johnson of Shreveport, Louisiana — $23,000
- Amanda Coleman of Stephenville, Texas — $15,000
- JJ Hampton of Stephenville, Texas — $10,500
Erin Johnson was named the first champion of this event at RodeoHouston with a time of 2.7-seconds.
“This is super exciting,” said Johnson. “Women like to see women competing.”
Bull riding
Final four winners with total RodeoHouston 2022 winnings:
- Stetson Wright of Beaver, Utah — $57,000
- Roscoe Jarboe of New Plymouth, Idaho — $17,583
- Josh Frost of Randlett, Utah — $16,833
- Jeff Askey of Eustace Texas — $13,833
“There’s always a lot of nerves, and my dad was always calm, so that’s what I base my career off of,” said champion Stetson Wright.
The future is also looking bright for FFA students like Seguin high school sophomore Taylor Brawley who won the super scramble. Brawley said he’ll use the majority of his $10,000 towards an animal he will raise that he hopes to show at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo next year.
“I was looking around at first and then I noticed I was first. I was pretty blessed,” he said.