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Goodrich completes trifecta
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Hopefully, Brad Goodrich didn’t experience tired hands through this award-winning ceremony, because both were definitely needed to carry his hefty earnings out of this Chief Joseph Days rodeo Saturday night. Chalk up another Harley Tucker Rodeo Series Award for Mr. Goodrich. Again? Again. That’s two awards in as many years. That’s three awards in 11 years. That’s $10,500 loaded onto his palms, thanks to his 40-year-old calf-roping skills that are far from declining.“It’s been a long journey to get here,” said Goodrich, in between congratulatory praises from passing cowboys, including a visit from the Harley Tucker family. “Boy, the pressure was on this year ... I knew I was getting older.” Not old enough, apparently. The annual award Goodrich claimed is an accumulation of points earned in the following rodeos: Eastern Oregon Livestock Show, St. Paul Rodeo, Elgin Stampede and the Chief Joseph Days Rodeo. This year, he earned 18 — EOLS (3), Elgin Stampede (10), Chief Joseph Days (5) — beating second-place finisher Joe Bartlett, as well as all competing cowboys and cowgirls. As a result, Goodrich becomes the third cowboy — along with Heppner native Butch Knowles (1982) and Irrigon native Rocky Steagall (1990) — to win the award three times. And that third victory means Goodrich takes home $10,500 — a figure which has been accumulating annually, thanks to, $350 contributions from each aforementioned rodeo, and, donations from Craig and Kay Braseth of Mountain West Moving & Storage. So, with that said, imagine what it was like as Goodrich watched fellow cowboys flirt with his earnings, and threaten to ruin his award night ... “Right up until the last calf roper, I was sweating bullets,” Goodrich said. “So I was sure enough ... Yeah, I was on pins and needles until it was over.” Remembering HarleyHis picture is centered across a bronze plaque, listed above many successful cowboys. Inside the frame — an old fashioned, black-and-white image — is the man who helped start this Chief Joseph Days rodeo in 1946. Harley Tucker. A man who furnished more livestock than any individual at the 1959 National Rodeo Finals in Dallas. A man whose name is lettered on the Joseph arena. A man whose name strikes joy as it awards a talented cowboy each year. “It’s a very special award,” said Darlene Turner, the daughter of Tucker, while standing behind the white, swinging gate Saturday night, just outside the arena chutes. “He loved rodeos. That was his life.” And hers, too. Growing up, she and her brother, Butch Tucker, helped put on the grand-entry performance at this Chief Joseph Days event. And her mother, Bonnie Tucker, was always the secretary and timer — hard-working efforts that will earn her an induction into the Pendleton Round-Up Hall of Fame in the near future. It’s a family passion, Turner says. And it continues today, 63 years after father Harley began supplying bulls, steers and calves into those arena chutes. Sixty-three years? That’s called dedication. And it’s called love, too. “We worked our heart out,” Turner said. “(Harley) would be very proud to see how Chief Joseph Days has grown, and how the whole family worked to put it on.” Frightening sceneIt was ugly. It was scary. But by night’s end, everything was OK. Saddle bronc rider Dallas Osburn was bucked off his horse Saturday night, crashing to the dirt surface, landing stomach first. That was OK. This next part was not. Within a split second, here came a thundering jolt. Thud! A horse hoof to his back, and he laid on the Harley Tucker Memorial Arena surface, motionless. Osburn was immediately helped by PRCA officials and Wallowa County medics. A delay of several minutes took place before, finally, Osburn was lifted by medics onto a stretcher, then into an ambulance. “He’s totally conscious,” rodeo announcer Bob Tallman broadcasted to the Joseph crowd. “And he’s not wanting to take a ride.” That ride took him to Wallowa Memorial Hospital for observation. But by 10:30 p.m., Osburn was already discharged.
Name Total score Go Colby Reilly 86 2,554.74 Tony Mendes 84 2,002.79 Colin McTaggart 79 1,529.69 Cody Wood 71 1,056.59 Garett Wolfe 64 741.19
Steer wrestling Name Total score Total Go Beau Franzen 10.9/2 991.80 Blake Knowles 11.2/2 735.30 Ron Schenk 11.2/2 735.30 Travis Carnine 11.4/2 478.80 Caleb Ray 11.6/2 307.80 B.J. Campbell 11.7/2 171.00
Name Total score Go Bobby Mote 87 1,137.50 Ryan Gray 82 1,638.75 Steven Peebles 81 831.25 Dan Webb 81 831.25 Jason Sherman 81 831.25 Sean Culver 78 320.62 Lee Lantz 78 320.62 Jason Havens 77 106.87 Noah Bayes 77 106.87
Name Total score Total Go Roy Johnson 154/2 902.50 Matt Marvel 147/2 676.87 Gary Alger 139/2 451.25 Ad Bugenig 134/2 225.62
Name Total score Total Go Joe Bartlett 25.5/2 709.33 Ryan Endicott 34.4/2 532.00 Brad Goodrich 34.9/2 354.67 Todd Dickson 42.8/2 177.33
Names Score Go Matt Funk/Bucky Campbell 10.9/2 1,000.67 B.J. Campbell/Russell Cardoza 11.0/2 750.50 Seth Hopper/Ty Sturza 15.0/2 500.34 Joe Bartlett/Andy Carlson 16.0/2 250.17
Names Time Go Linzie Walker 17.17 1,661.83 Barbra West 17.27 1,424.43 Kyna Schrader 17.31 1,187.02 Amy Coelho 17.49 1,028.75 Jackie Rhoden 17.55 791.35 Kelli Currin 17.58 633.08 Jackie Roeser 17.59 474.81 Tami Semas 17.63 316.54 Jessica McMahon 17.66 237.40 Michelle Hawkins 17.67 158.27
Names Time Go Jason Minor 20.8/2 1,230.57 Brad Goodrich 20.9/2 1,018.40 Tim Pharr 21.1/2 806.23 Shain Sproul 21.3/2 487.98 Jake Hannum 21.3/2 487.98 Kass Kayser 21.5/2 212.17 |
