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Brady Boyce, of Lewiston, Idaho, dives for and wrestles his steer to the ground in 7.7 seconds.
Brittney Barnett, of Stephenville, Texas, starts her barrel racing run.
Heeler Travis Lowrey, of Newport, prepares to rope the rear legs of a steer in team roping.
Ross Dowling, of Middlemarch, New Zealand, fails to get a qualified ride in the saddle bronc event.
Matt David Turner, of Gundagai, Australia, scores 70 points in bareback riding Friday night to open the Palouse Empire Rodeo.
A rider carries the U.S. flag in the Palouse Empire Rodeo grand entry.
COLFAX - Cowpokes competing in the Palouse Empire Rodeo took home more than $21,500 in prize money Sept. 9-10.
More than $18,000 was paid out to Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) competitors and another $3,500 was paid to breakaway ropers.
Jordan Ketscher won All-Around Cowboy honors, winning $928 as the heeler in the winning team roping team. He was also among the top-tier cowboys in tie-down roping, although he didn't place.
Aces Wild Pro Rodeo, of Soap Lake, was the stock contractor at the event.
The bull fighters were Jason McCall and J.D. Harrell, with Denny Halstead as rodeo clown.
Here are the results for the event:
Bareback – 1. Bodee Lammers, 83 points, riding Newt, $451. 2. Keenan Hayes, 77.5, $338. 3. Logan Patterson, 77, $226. 4. Mathew Turner, 70, $113
Steer wrestling – 1. Dillon Hushour, 5.4 seconds, $714. 2. Levi Rudd, 6.0, $536. 3. Ryan Bothum, 6.8, $357. 4. Brady Boyce, 7.0, $179
Breakaway roping – 1. Lari Dee Guy, 2.60 seconds. $1,030; 2. (tie) Sarah Verheilst, Celie Salmond, Shayla Currin and Jordan Jo Fabrizio, 2.80, $586 each. 6. Sawyer Gilbert, 3.30, $178
Team roping – 1. Colton Campbell/Jordan Ketscher, 4.6 seconds, $928 each. 2. Nelson Wyatt/Levi Lord, 4.7, $768. 3. David Temple/Ryan Powell, 5.3, $608; 4. Bryce Palmer/Monty Joe Petska, 5.5, $448. 5. Jason Stewart/Jace Helton, 5.6, $288. 6. Caden Camp/Delon Parker, 10.2, $160
Saddle bronc riding – 1. Clancy Glenn, 71 points, riding Gus, $481. 2. J.C. DeSaveur, 66, $361. No other qualified rides
Tie-down roping – 1. Jake Pratt, 8.2 seconds, $1,053. 2. Treg Schaack, 9.2, $790. 3. Tucker Braa, 9.4, $526. 4. Kyle Sloan, 9.5, $263
Barrel racing – 1. (tie) Cheyenne Allan and Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 17.13 seconds, $613 each. 3. Brittney Barnett, 17.23, $485. 4. Heidi Schmid, 17.41, $399. 5. Stephanie Fryar, 17.57, $314. 6. Lindsay Kruse, 17.64, $228. 7. Rainy Robinson, 17.65, $143. 8. Josie Goodrich, 17.70, $57
Bull riding – No qualified rides
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