WNFR: Round 2 Highlights

Wrangler National Finals Rodeo: Round 2 Highlights

by: Bobbi LeAnn

The Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada holds another sold out crowd for round two of the National Finals Rodeo. To recap from round one, Bobby Mote, Kaycee Field, and Will Lowe are the top bareback riders. Trevor Brazile, Tuf Cooper, and Jade Corkill sit in the top three spot in the tie-down roping. J.W. Harris drew a perfect bull and had a great ride in the first round. On the Justin Sports Medicine injury report, Jade Corkill does have severe deep burns on his right hand; however, he is able to fold his hand into a fist. With his injury, Corkill will be competing with confidence.

The bareback event for round two was another high scoring affair. Steven Peebles won the second round scoring an 88.  Peebles was the cowboy to catch throughout the entire event. Winning the last two world finals, Kaycee Field finished the second round scoring 87.5, and a half of a point under Peebles.

Dakota Eldridge won the second round of the steer wrestling with a time of 4.2 seconds. The steers in the second round turned out fast from the chute forcing the cowboys to get a real good head catch. On the team roping side of things, there seemed to be a lot of faults tonight in head catches. Erich Rogers and Charly Craford split the top two spots in the heading, while Cory Petska and Ryan Motes share the top two spots in the heeling.

On the other end of the arena, there were highflying throws and high scores. In the saddle bronc event, Chad Ferly won the round with an 87.5. Cort Scheer misses the top spot and trails Chad Ferly by a half of a point. Interestingly in the second round the wright brothers went 0 for 3. 

Tonight in the calf roping, we saw stronger calves, forcing the cowboys to be mentally prepared for their run. Randall Carisle won the second round with an 6.8 second run followed by Caleb Smidt and Shane Slack.

In the barrel racing Sherry Cervi came in winning the first round. Tonight, she took home the second round winnings with a time of 13.66 seconds. Earlier in the day, Cervi’s horse Stingray was awarded for biggest heart. Michele McLeod followed Cervi with a time of 13. 76 seconds. Mary Walker, last year’s reigning national finals barrel racing champion, finished in the third place spot with a time of 13.89 seconds.  In the bull riding action, Shane Proctor won his second round in a row with the score of 89. Tyler Smith follows Proctor with a score of 88. After a no score in round one, Cody Teel finishes round two in third with a score of an 85.  

Shane Proctor - Round Two Victory Lap

Sherry Cervi and Stingray