Cheney rodeo goes off without a hitch

The 56th annual Cheney Rodeo was held last weekend, July 12-14, at the Bi-Mart Arena in Cheney. Cowboys and cowgirls came from across the country to participate in the rodeo.

Caleb McMillan of Soap Lake, Wash., won all-around cowboy as he participated in bull riding, tie-down roping and steer wrestling.

Clay Stone, 27, of Blackfoot, Idaho, won the bareback riding event with 84.5 points on C5 Rodeo's horse named "Chasing Dreams." In steer wrestling, Cody Cabral, 35, of Hilo, Hawaii, won with a time of 4.4 seconds

For team roping, Steven and Taylor Duby, a father-son team from Hereford, Ore., won with a time of 6.0 seconds. In saddle bronc riding, Kyle Wanchuk, 22, of Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, won with a score of 81.5 points riding "Big W."

Mary Thomas won the barrel racing event with a time of 17.47 seconds. In bull riding, Colton Schneiderman, 25, of Deer park, Wash., won with a score of 78.5 while riding C5 Rodeo's "Pearl Snaps."

The following are the full results of the rodeo:

All-around cowboy: Caleb McMillan, $998, bull riding, tie-down roping and steer wrestling.

Bareback riding: 1. Clay Stone, 84.5 points on C5 Rodeo's Chasing Dreams, $2,611; 2. Tucker Zingg, 83, $2,002; 3. Hunter Greenup, 80, $1,480; 4. Clayton Hibler, 74, $957; 5. (tie) Christoph Muigg and Will Norstrom, 71.5, $522 each; 7. Davis Otto, 55, $348; no other qualified rides.

Steer wrestling: 1. Cody Cabral, 4.4 seconds, $2,540; 2. Kaden Greenfield, 4.7, $2,209; 3. Sam Shelton, 4.9, $1,878; 4. Jacob Stacy, 5.0, $1,546; 5. Traver Johnson, 5.8, $1,215; 6. Will Powell, 5.9, $884; 7. (tie) Gus McGinn and Caleb McMillan, 7.4, $387 each.

Team roping: 1. Steven Duby/Taylor Duby, 6.0 seconds, $2,177 each; 2. Brent Baggarley/Matt Meyer, 6.7, $1,921; 3. Tate Peterson/Ryan Powell, 6.9, $1,665; 4. Dale Benevides/Shane Crossley, 7.0, $1,408; 5. Bob Moriarty/Taylor Speer, 7.7, $1,280; 6. Ty Sturza/Taylor White, 7.9, $1,152; 7. Ty Schlecht/Sam Parker, 8.4, $1,024; 8. Jason Stewart/Bucky Campbell, 11.3, $896; 9. Jack Fischer/Wyatt Hansen, 11.9, $768; 10. Jaxson Tucker/Jason Johe, 12.3, $512.

Saddle bronc riding: 1. Kyle Wanchuk, 81.5 points on C5 Rodeo's Big W, $2,941; 2. Cole Biggers, 79.5, $2,255; 3. Hunter Greathouse, 79, $1,667; 4. Jake Clark, 77, $1,078; 5. Noel Johnson, 76.5, $686; 6. Fran Marchand, 76, $490; 7. Bailey Bench, 61, $392; no other qualified rides.

Tie-down roping: 1. (tie) Kass Kayser and Jordan Tye, 9.0 seconds, $2,627 each; 3. Cody Craig, 9.2, $2,077; 4. Riley Carel, 9.9, $1,711; 5. Seth Hopper, 10.0, $1,344; 6. Gator Goodrich, 10.7, $978; 7. Caleb McMillan, 11.8, $611; 8. Tanner Green, 13.5, $244.

Barrel racing: 1. Mary Thomas, 17.47 seconds, $2,724; 2. (tie) Lexie Goss and Karla Gust, 17.63, $2,111 each; 4. (tie) Teri Bangart and Pamela Capper-Coker, 17.67, $1,498 each; 6. Tristan Parrish, 17.74, $953; 7. Coti Fuller, 17.90, $681; 8. Georgia McAuliffe, 17.91, $545; 9. Molly Davis, 17.93, $477; 10. Sammi Lane, 17.97, $409; 11. Sami Sartin, 17.99, $341; 12. Jackie Lynch, 18.03, $272.

Bull riding: 1. Colton Schneiderman, 78.5 points on C5 Rodeo's Pearl Snaps, $3,011; no other qualified rides.