Clearwater Rodeo

The Clearwater Rodeo took place August 14-16th at the Silver Bullet Saddle Club in Clearwater, Minnesota. All-around cowboy went to and a check for $1,280 went to Chance Grill for competing in the tie-down roping and steer wrestling. Briar Dittmer took first in the bareback riding for his 83.5 point ride on Princess (Triple B Rodeo Inc) for $1,750. River Voigt took first in the steer wrestling for his 4.7 second run to earn $1,247. Dalton Turner & Clay Clayman took first in the team roping for their 4.4 second run to take home $1,751 each. There was a tie for first in the saddle bronc riding between  Jade Blackwell on Hepper Pepper (Triple B Rodeo Inc) and Ty Manke on Bravo Brunson (Triple B Rodeo Inc) with both riders scoring matching 81.5 point rides to net them $1,724 each. Clint Southworth took first in the tie-down roping for his 8.9 seconds run to pocket $1,492. There was another tie for first in the barrel racing between Heidi Gunderson and Kristen Meyer, with both ladies stopping the clock at 16.01 seconds to take home $1,499 each. And there was yet another tie for first in the bull riding between Brandon Ballard on We Are The Neigh (Triple B Rodeo Inc) and Jeff Bertus on O&s Express (Triple B Rodeo Inc) with both scoring 82 point rides to earn $3,781 each. Triple B Rodeo Inc provided the stock. Austin Beaty, Dillon Corrington, and Garrett Oland were the pickup men and Garrett Oland and Kolten Johnson were the bullfighters.

All-around Cowboy: Chance Grill, $1,280, tie-down roping and steer wrestling.

Bareback Riding: 1. Briar Dittmer, 83.5 points on Triple B Rodeo Inc's Princess, $1,750; 2. Kyle Bloomquist, 77, $1,325; 3. Stetson Bierman, 75, $954; 4. Nick Jordan, 57, $636; 5. Garrett Nelson, 52, $371; no other qualified rides.

Steer Wrestling: 1. River Voigt, 4.7 seconds, $1,247; 2. Austin Madison, 5.0, $1,032; 3. Chance Grill, 5.2, $817; 4. Fenton Nelsen, 5.3, $602; 5. (tie) Garret Arndorfer and Scott Schaefer, 5.8, $301 each.

Team Roping: 1. Dalton Turner/Clay Clayman, 4.4 seconds, $1,751 each; 2. Cole Smith/Ryan Von Ahn, 5.3, $1,523; 3. Ryan Melby/Steve Kuntz, 5.5, $1,294; 4. Braden Pirrung/Riley Curuchet, 5.7, $1,066; 5. (tie) Layne Carson/Cash Hetzel and Daylon Danks/Cayden Kling, 5.9, $723 each; 7. Fezz Hall/Ben Hall, 6.6, $381; 8. Marty Baker/Rich Baker, 6.7, $152.

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1. (tie) Jade Blackwell, on Triple B Rodeo Inc's Hepper Pepper, and Ty Manke, on Triple B Rodeo Inc's Bravo Brunson, 81.5 points, $1,724 each; 3. (tie) Spur Montag and Christopher Nelson, 79, $911 each; 5. Cody Owens, 78.5, $455; 6. (tie) Treg Huver and Trey Watts, 78, $293 each; 8. Jett Williams, 75, $195.

Tie-down Roping: 1. Clint Southworth, 8.9 seconds, $1,492; 2. Judd Grover, 9.0, $1,235; 3. Chance Fleming, 9.1, $978; 4. Rafe Wientjes, 9.3, $721; 5. Chance Grill, 10.0, $463; 6. Ty Moser, 10.2, $257.

Barrel Racing: 1. (tie) Heidi Gunderson and Kristen Meyer, 16.01 seconds, $1,499 each; 3. Riley Youngman, 16.05, $1,153; 4. Austyn Tobey, 16.08, $1,000; 5. Alix Vandervoort, 16.12, $769; 6. Diane Moe, 16.14, $615; 7. Loralee Ward, 16.31, $461; 8. Kaydi Anderson, 16.33, $308; 9. Deb Shefveland, 16.34, $231; 10. (tie) Mackenzie Haas and Molly Otto, 16.37, $77 each.

Bull Riding: 1. (tie) Brandon Ballard, on Triple B Rodeo Inc's We Are The Neigh, and Jeff Bertus, on Triple B Rodeo Inc's O&s Express, 82 points, $3,781 each; no other qualified rides. (all totals include ground money).

Total Payoff: $55,582. Stock contractor: Triple B Rodeo Inc. Rodeo Secretary: Stacy Nelson. Officials: Rod Hughes and Dusty Whidden. Timers: Jill Berends and Karly Boody. Announcer: Trey Windhorst Iii. Specialty Acts: Bethany Kiesner and Rider Kiesner. Bullfighters: Garrett Oland and Kolten Johnson. Clown/Barrelman: Rider Kiesner. Flankmen: Scott Berends, Sam Stoddard and Casey Berends. Chute Boss: Dustin Nelson. Pickup Men: Austin Beaty, Dillon Corrington and Garrett Oland. Music Director: Ethan Robert Hill. Photographer: Nick Johnson Johnson.