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Oakdale Saddle Club Rodeo Pays Off For Contestants
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On a ride here in the tie down roping, Brush Minton came away with the All-Around Cowboy honors from the weekend’s Oakdale Saddle Club Rodeo. Photo By Marg Jackson

With competition in several events over two days, the 2023 Oakdale Saddle Club PRCA, Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, Rodeo drew contestants from throughout California and several states across the country.

By the end of the events on Sunday, it was Brushton ‘Brush’ Minton of Witter Springs, California that claimed the honor of All-Around Cowboy. He pulled in $6,739 in winnings from his three events, tie-down roping, steer wrestling and team roping, to go home the 2023 champion.

Following are results from the events, as provided by the Oakdale Saddle Club.

Bareback riding: 1. Jacek Frost, 84.5 points on Four Star Rodeo’s Brown Sugar, $1,997; 2. (tie) Keenan Hayes and Pascal Isabelle, 84, $1,331 each; 4. (tie) Mason Clements and Morgan Heaton, 82, $599 each; 6. Tristan Hansen, 81, $333; 7. Clayton Biglow, 80.5, $266; 8. Gauge McBride, 80, $200.

Steer wrestling: First round: 1. Brady Boyce, 4.8 seconds, $1,028; 2. Hayden Webb, 4.9, $851; 3. Bear Pascoe, 5.6, $674; 4. Tucker Allen, 5.9, $496; 5. Tucker Alberts, 6.2, $319; 6. Drew Madden, 6.7, $177. Second round: 1. Kalane Anders, 4.6 seconds, $1,028; 2. Josh Garner, 5.1, $851; 3. (tie) Stetson Jorgensen and Jace Melvin, 5.6, $585 each; 5. Hayden Webb, 5.8, $319; 6. Edgar Machado, 6.1, $177. Average: 1. Hayden Webb, 10.7 seconds on two head, $1,542; 2. Brady Boyce, 11.2, $1,276; 3. Tucker Allen, 12.2, $1,010; 4. Jace Melvin, 13.1, $744; 5. Josh Garner, 13.9, $479; 6. Stetson Jorgensen, 14.2, $266.

Team roping: First round: 1. Matt Sherwood/Justin Davis, 5.9 seconds, $1,714 each; 2. (tie) Presto Burgess/Brush Minton, Corey Fitze/Adam Fitze and Tanner Green/Caleb Green, 7.4, $1,267 each; 5. (tie) Chant DeForest/Bronc Boehnlein and Charlie White/Arye Espenscheid, 7.5, $708 each; 7. Bodi Dodds/Gavin Cardoza, 7.6, $373; 8. Colt Cowden/Joey Acevedo, 8.0, $149. Second round: 1. Jr. Dees/Ross Ashford, 5.2 seconds, $1,714 each; 2. Kreece Thompson/Landen Glenn, 6.2, $1,491; 3. Marcus Battaglia/Jason Johe, 6.5, $1,267; 4. Spencer Mitchell/Cody Cowden, 7.1, $1,043; 5. Riley Minor/Brady Minor, 7.2, $820; 6. (tie) Kelly Barker/Caleb Twisselman and Doyle Hoskins/Kidd Cowden, 7.6, $484 each; 8. Cutter Machado/Dalton Pearce, 8.7, $149. Average: 1. Presto Burgess/Brush Minton, 16.4 seconds on two head, $2,571 each; 2. Corey Fitze/Adam Fitze, 16.6, $2,236; 3. Cutter Machado/Dalton Pearce, 17.3, $1,900; 4. Braden Pirrung/Lane Siggins, 17.7, $1,565; 5. (tie) Tanner Green/Caleb Green and Spencer Mitchell/Cody Cowden, 20.5, $1,062 each; 7. Doyle Hoskins/Kidd Cowden, 22.7, $559; 8. Stan Branco/Tyler Pearson, 23.7, $224.

Saddle bronc riding: 1. Dawson Hay, 91 points on Four Star Rodeo’s Wall Street, $2,109; 2. Ryder Wright, 85, $1,617; 3. (tie) Cameron Messier and Mitch Pollock, 82, $984 each; 5. Spencer Wright, 81.5, $492; 6. Lefty Marvel Holman, 81, $352; 7. Caleb Meeks, 78.5, $281; 8. Reed Neely, 76, $211.

Tie-down roping: First round: 1. Hunter Herrin, 9.1 seconds, $1,558; 2. (tie) Preston Pederson and Cody Stewart, 9.4, $1,155 each; 4. Brush Minton, 9.6, $752; 5. Tyler Milligan, 9.7, $483; 6. Doyle Hoskins, 10.0, $269. Second round: 1. (tie) Hunter Herrin and Westyn Hughes, 9.6 seconds, $1,423 each; 3. Tanner Green, 9.8, $1,021; 4. (tie) Brush Minton and Preston Pederson, 10.2, $618 each; 6. Neil Dove, 10.4, $269. Average: 1. Hunter Herrin, 18.7 seconds on two head, $2,337; 2. Preston Pederson, 19.6, $1,934; 3. Brush Minton, 19.8, $1,531; 4. Tanner Green, 21.5, $1,128; 5. Trent Creager, 22.5, $725; 6. Joey Dickens, 22.8, $403.

Barrel racing: 1. Hayle Gibson, 17.45 seconds, $2,564; 2. Casey Mathis, 17.53, $2,180; 3. Shelby Bates, 17.62, $1,795; 4. Deeana Horner, 17.65, $1,539; 5. Lakken Bice, 17.66, $1,282; 6. Kathy Petska, 17.78, $898; 7. Ali Anton, 17.80, $641; 8. Kailee Murdock, 17.81, $513; 9. Christina Porter, 17.83, $449; 10. Kara Kreder, 17.90, $385; 11. (tie) Katie Pascoe and Payton Schoeppach, 17.91, $288 each.

Bull riding: * 1. Robbie Taylor, 82 points on Four Star Rodeo’s Jack Wagon, $2,637; 2. Ky Hardy, 77, $2,045; 3. Marco Juarez, 73, $1,537; 4. Andy Valdez, 70, $1,029; 5. (tie) Jake Peterson and Mason Ward, 67, $606 each; no other qualified rides. *(All totals include ground money).

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Making the short trip from Crows Landing, Tracy Ash competed in the barrel racing on Sunday at the Oakdale PRCA Rodeo. Photo By Jeff Kettering
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Bareback rider Payton Wright of Pendleton, Oregon hangs on during this ride on Sunday afternoon. Photo By Jeff Kettering
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Oakdale’s own Andy Guzman drew Shark Bait for his bull riding event on Sunday afternoon, taking part in his hometown rodeo. Photo By Jeff Kettering