Friday, March 29, 2024

Allentown, Whitecone cowboys win $1,000 showdown

Allentown, Whitecone cowboys win $1,000 showdown

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The 71st Annual Gallup Lions Club Rodeo reintroduced the $1,000 Winner Take All Showdown at this year’s rodeo, which was held last week.

The high score from each night in the bareback, saddle bronc and bull riding earned invitations to compete in Saturday night’s bonus round.

Allentown, Arizona, saddle-bronc rider Creighton Curley and Whitecone, Arizona, bareback rider Earl Tsosie Jr. took home the bonus round checks with outstanding rides.

Tsosie bested the 78.5-point scored turned in by Tyrick Wilson with an 80-point effort.

“My ride wasn’t that good but my horse made all the points,” Tsosie said.

Last year, Tsosie said he drew the same horse at a rodeo in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and on Saturday night the animal made him work just as hard.

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Saddle bronc rider Creighton Curley hangs on for the ride at the 71st Annual Lions Club Rodeo in Church Rock, New Mexico in the $1,000 ride-off. Curley won the bonus round with an 81-point score.

“I had to bare down on that horse because he was yanking on my arm and my neck,” Tsosie said. “They marked that horse pretty high.”

In the saddle bronc, Curley was the only rider to cover his draw as he posted an 81-point ride.

“It felt pretty good,” Curley said of his draw. “It had some moves and I kept hustling.”

“I’m glad they brought it back,” said Curley, who turned down a PRCA rodeo in Silver City to make Saturday night’s ride-off.

With no qualified rides in the bull riding, next year’s pot will grow to $2,000.

Greasewood, Arizona, bull rider Marshal Tsosie came close of claiming that $1,000 bonus prize.

“I almost had him,” Tsosie said.

The 19-year-old cowboy earned his bonus round qualification by posting an 85.5-point ride in last Thursday’s opening round aboard Snoop Dogg. That score ended up being the rodeo’s top score as he was paid $1,508 for winning the event outright.

“It was a good bull and he just kept coming around,” Tsosie said.


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About The Author

Quentin Jodie

Quentin Jodie is the Sports Editor for the Navajo Times. He started working for the Navajo Times in February 2010 and was promoted to the Sports Editor position at the end of summer in 2012. Previously, he wrote for the Gallup Independent. Reach him at qjodie@navajotimes.com

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