ProRodeo Sports News - November 17, 1999

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Goodwin dies in NFSR accident r ByTRoY ScHwrruor STAFF WRITER S teer roping veteran Colby Goodwin of Lovington, N.M., died Oct. 3l from massive head injuries he sus-

Brazile reigns at Cow Palace Calf roper snares NFR berth on final weekend Fred Nyulassy photo r By MoNrcn CRnnurn STAFF WRITER

tained the night before at the National Finals Steer Roping in Guthrie, Okla. He was 32. Goodwin

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injured. The cow- boy was rushed to Columbia Edmond Medical Center in Edmond, where doctors stabilized Atribute to Colby Goodwin appearct on page 26.

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Jake King of Red Bluff, Calif., attempts his eight-second ride at the Grand National Rodeo in San Francisco. Ghris Harris won the bareback riding average title with 239 points on three horses.

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average win, which pumped his vear- long Earnings to $62.547 - l4di in theCrown Royal Woild Calf Roping Standinss. Brazile is headed for his fust NFR calf ropins comoetition. "Itrs b6en a iood week," he said. "I've been blessed. Evervthins iust seems to be fallins into rilace fiir me.""You've eot"me- R5v (Coooer)- Jeff Chapmanl Brad Goo"

much in the mix fighting for three sDots-" he said. ' H6 said going against his mentor (Cooper) was an honor. ' *I can't reallv exolain evervthinq that he's done for rire," Brazile saif,. "I wouldn't probablv be where I am without him and any time I' m in com- pa+y with those guys you've got to teel pretty good."

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fl $76,975, about $20,000 more than mnner-up and NFSRaverage champi- on Rocky Patterson, 34, of Pratt, Kan. Patterson, a four-time NFSR qualif- er, nailed down the average crown and its top prize of $9,060 by roping and tying I0 steers in 146.7 seconds. Ty rides to oThe Legend' snags l4thworld championship PBR tifle I By TRoY ScHwlruor STAFF WRITER f sn't it great when everything I falls into olacef I Ty Nlurrdy, the most success- Finals at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. His trips aboard some of the world's rankest bulls averaged 9I.6 points. Murray's final ride - a 94-point See Cow Palace, page 7 LARRY SANDVICK Wyorning bareback rider Larry Sandvick used dynamite performances in the last two weeks of the season to earn the PSN's Athlea of tl.te Issac honors. More importandy, Sandvick's wild ending landed him in the final NERspot. Sandvick of Kaycee, Wyo., hit big wins at the .tyAllen of Lovington, N.M., |LI'J:J:f,x,",'#l;;'ff -. by locking up another world tide at the $I0I,180 National Finals Steer Roping in Guthrie, Okla., Oct. 30-31 Allen,4I, secured his record l4th gold buckle by the fifth round of the championship event. Roughstock leg- end fim Shoulders holds the record for most PRCAworld tides wirh f 6. The steer roping great, with 23 NFSR qualifications on his resume, finished the 1999 campaign with Patterson placed in six of the l0 rounds, winning $8,305 for a total haul of$17,365. A complen looh nttbis yenr's tpent a.ppea.rs on poges 24-25.

rlde on TerryWilliams'bull No. 315 - put an exclamation point on his tide chase. "I had him mdce before and he threw me off," explained the 30- year-old Murray. "I really didn't adjust. I felt like I was in a groove, and I had a lot of confidence. I felt like I was going to ride the bull. I've been feeling great, real aggressive, and I was looking forward to it."

firl all-around cowboy in the history of professional rod.eo, decided earlier this year to focus on a new challenge - winning a world tide in the Professional Bull Riders organiza- tion. With five heart-stopping rides Oct. 28-3I, he did just that. Murrag a seven-time world all- around champion and two-time world bull riding tidist in the PRCA, placed in all five rounds at the PBR

American Royal Rodeo in Kansas City, Mo., where he pocketed $31235. He also scored a huge check of $2,546 at the Cow Palace for a two-week take of $8,015. He finished the seasaon ranked lSth.

EllEllTS: BAREBAGI( RllllllG AGE: 33 . H0ltlETOHl* KAYGEE, WYO.

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