ProRodeo Sports News - November 17, 1999

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a tlaking hls l80r tip to the llFSR, Jim DauF had quito an unusual Finals. llteveteran ruperfiom Abilenglbas, enbr€d $e IIFSR in lourfi place and turned

tme It worl(ed - lor two rounds anyway.

lorccd Ute phns Brazile was suppos8d !o be on out ol ser- Yiee Al hour laler than o|lgl- mlly scheduled, Brazllds plane flnally lelt Dmver at 4:30 p.m. moutltaln tne. lt didnt aniva ln 0llahoma Gity until 7 p.m. cental fmg 8ut the 23-yeanold cowboy had a dde wai$ng and made it b tlu arcna lust in ffme lor hls first-round run. Apparcily the delay dldnt aflect Bradle too Dadly. He won tllG firct tound, ted ftr lln win ln lln ftultr round and placed In anoffier to takc Urc auetage lead afbr tte f,rct liue ruunds ol competlton. Brazile went out of tte auer- age wilh a no-time in the sev- en[r rcund, but stll lcft town witt $10,948.

willr an ll3-second otlort and llnn spllt the sevenlt-mmd

two round wlns, llavls lelt town wllt 55,662 - neady $3,8lXl

firsl stoer. But lmn tlnre [rings lust got plaln weird,

1998 IIFSR when he placed six$ in lto auerage ra(F, O nmed-€uent hand flevor Bradle was lust happy to be ln Guttrie. llying desperately to qualily lor tfte llFf, in calt mplng Bradle had been in Pasco, Wash., eadicr ln ths day. Gonnecrtlng tlrrough Denuer, Brazllets plane was supposcd aniuo ln 0klahoma Gity at 6 p.m. - which would baye hn him an hour and a haf !o get to lhe lazy EArcna. But mechanical prublcms

loope on his second steer and was oul ol lte avuags befolc he'd ewn had a chance !o get warmed up. t{lur nddng to lmg he Game olil swlnging ln tie final tfroe rounds ol lhe fiIst niglrt of compcffflon. Ard each tme he came up empty. Haulng rucodedlust om tme in [tefirstfiuo rounds, Davis oncs agnin had no$ing to lose wben lfte slx$ mund opcned tte second night ol comp€titon. onc.€ again he Game out swinglng, bul thls

National Finals F,tF"Fr Roping - sreer ropins: Firsr round: r ,r""", ,?It[l'i; fll?;ni,", $3,020; 2. cuy Ailen, 1 Patterson, 1 3.3, $1 ,51 0; 4. Roy cooper, 1 3.5, $7s5. second round: I . cotby boodwin, 1 Buster Record Jt., 1O.7, $2,265; 3. Rocky patterson, 11.1, $1,S10; a. (tie) GJy Aten anO .1. paut Wittiams,'tZ.O', $378 each. Third round: 1. Marty Jones, 11.9 seconds, $3,020; z. c.joyottl, rz.o, si,ios;'s. DeLynn Jones, 12.2' $1'510; 4' Buster Record Jr., 12.4, $755. Fourth round: 1. (tie) ciry Att;n ano flevoi erazite, 9.2 seconds, q3'919 eaclt; 3. Bucky Hefnet 9.6,_$-1,510; 4. Cody Ohl, tt.0, $zss.'rittti rouna: r. fee wootman, 9.7 seconds, $3,020; 2. Trevor Brazite, 10.0, $_2,26s; 3. Rocky fatterson, to.r, $t,sro; +. tti"i cocv oniLno colty Goodwin, 10'4' $378' Sixth round: 1. Jim Davis, 11.3 seconds, $3,020;2. Bucky Hefner, ir.o, 6z"zos;3. Roybooper, 11.9, $1!510;4. Rocky Patterson, 1?9r $15! Serrenth roundj 1. (tie) cuyAilen "nd.li-bluii, i0.9 seconds, 92,643; 3. Buster Record Jr., 11 .7, $1 ,510; 4. Roy cooper, lz.q, $zsi. Eighih round: r - re" wooirn"n, 10.9 seconds, $3,020; 2. MarV Jones, 11.2, $-2,265; 3. Arnotd re[s, ti.o, $t,std; 4. Rocky patlerson, rzi, szss. Ninth round: 1-..Arnold Ferts, 10.2 seconds, $3,020;!. Rocky patterson, 10.s, g2,26s; s. booy oni, j o.s, $r,sr o; +. .1.e. - - - whatley, 11.7' $7s5. Tenth round: 1. Trevor Biazile, 1 0.2 second!, $s,deo; z. n'rnolJ'reri"i r o.s, $l,eos; g. cooy Ohl, -10.7' $1,510; 4. (tie) J.B. Whatley and Marty Jones, to.e, $szil. au.rJgr, r. n*ry iitterson, 146.7 seconds on 1O head, $9,060;2. Roy Cooper, t+2.0, $O,Zgs;3. J.B. Whafley, tOt.A, $;,SSO; +-er'"tein""ord, tzS.A, $ZpO!-. 3.2, $2,265; s. Rocky 0.5 seconds, $s,oio; e.

Rocky Patterso['s son Cole looks a lot like dad during a brea* at the National Finds Steer Roping in Gut'hrie, okla. Pattcrson uron the average title.

Ohl makes Eplash at lirst ntFSR

s Steer Roping in Guthrie, Okla., Oct, oping title in the fourth round, but rd free.

He wouldn't have minded taking home a litfle more, but two_ time world champ Cody Ohl wasn't going to complain about the $6,418 he won at the National Finals Steer Roping, Oct. 29-30 at the Lazy E Arena. After all, every little bit helps when you're chasing Fred Whitfield in the all-around and calf roping world standings. "l feel pretty good about it," Ohl said of his chances to come away with a world title in 1999. ..1 won nearly $6,500 here and that will help me. lf I can just win a litfle bit the last week of the season to go with it, then I'll be in good shape in both the all-around and the calf roping.', Despite a couple of difficult first-night runs,

rounds when he finished just a tenth of a second out of first place in the third round. He then placed in the next two rounds to earn $3,397 the first night of competition. The cowboy from Stephenville, Texas, finished strong as well. He placed in the final two rounds to add another $3,020 to his Finals total. Thanks to the money he won at the NFSR, Ohl jumped to 12th in the final 1999 Crown Royal world steer roping standings with earnings of $28,819.

Ohl was sitting seventh in the average race after the first five rounds of competition at his first NFSR. That came as somewhat of a surprise to those who are used to watching Ohl come out firing in the calf roping at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. But in the last two years, Ohl has proved to be as good at keeping himself in the average race as he is at tying calves in lightning-quick times. He's placed first and second in the aver- age in Las Vegas the past two years. But fans still had to wonder how he'd fare at his first NFSR. After a difficult first two rounds, Ohl turned in times of 13.1 seconds or better on six of his last eight steers and finished with a 10- head average time of 202.0 seconds. "l roped like I wanted to," Ohl said. ,,1 had two or three bad deals happen, but I caught all of them with my first loop and that's good." Ohl made a nice comeback from the first two

ght) poses $rith his family after win- tle at tbe NrsR witb a tO-head time of i17,365 payday was the second-high- d by a oowboy at the llFsR.

Roping sensation cody ohl turned in a solid perforurance at his first calf Ohl now witl tun his on his