BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN @PRORODEOBRETT
After some standings shuffling in Rounds 1 and 2, Keenan Hayes and Riley Webb, who both entered the NFR No. 1, both got back on track on Sunday night in Round 3 of the NFR.
Let’s start with Hayes in the bareback riding. Her rode Frontier Rodeo’s Full Baggage to share second place with Cole Reiner at 87.5 points. It also snuck Hayes up to No. 4 in the Average at 253.5 points on three, which is only one position behind Round 3 winner Mason Clements.
Webb, on the other hand, won his first career NFR Go-Round on Sunday night with a 6.9-second run, which was three tenths off the Round 3 record and the second straight year a cowboy won with that time. Webb was one of the last cowboys out Cory Solomon, who won Round 3 in 2022, was already in with a 7 flat.
“I felt like, I missed the barrier on the first night and could’ve panicked maybe, last year I would have panicked and made some mistakes,” Webb said.
Both Hayes and Webb are on top of the PRCA World Standings and the Projected World Standings.
The other Round 3 winners were Nick Guy in the steer wrestling (4.2 seconds), Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin in team roping (3.7 seconds), Sage Newman in saddle bronc riding (89.5 points), Lisa Lockhart in barrel racing (13.51 seconds) and Creek Young in bull riding (89 points)
BAREBACK RIDING
Round 3: 1. Mason Clements, 88.5 points on Frontier Rodeo ‘s Breaking News, $30,706; 2. (tie) Keenan Hayes and Cole Reiner, 87.5, $21,296 each; 4. Jacob Lees, 86.5, $12,877; 5. Kade Sonnier, 85.5, $7,924; 6. Jess Pope, 84.5, $4,953.
STEER WRESTLIJNG
Round 3: 1. Nick Guy, 4.2 seconds, $30,706; 2. (tie) Stan Branco and Stephen Culling, 4.3, $21,296 each; 4. Bridger Anderson, 4.7, $12,877; 5. Dakota Eldridge, 4.8, $7,924; 6. (tie) Will Lummus, Don Payne and Tyler Waguespack, 4.9, $1,651 each.
TEAM ROPING
Round 3: 1. Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin, 3.7 seconds, $30,706 each; 2. Andrew Ward/Buddy Hawkins II, 3.8, $24,268; 3. Marcus Theriot/Cole Curry, 3.9, $18,325; 4. Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp, 4.0, $12,877; 5. Derrick Begay/Colter Todd, 4.1, $7,924; 6. Nelson Wyatt/Jonathan Torres, 9.2, $4,953.
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
Round 3: 1. Sage Newman, 89 points on Calgary Stampede’s Weekend Departure, $30,706; 2. Ryder Wright, 87.5, $24,268; 3. Lefty Holman, 86.5, $18,325; 4. Kade Bruno, 86, $12,877; 5. (tie) Wyatt Casper and Dawson Hay, 85.5, $6,438 each.
TIE-DOWN ROPING
Round 3: 1. Riley Mason Webb, 6.9 seconds, $30,706; 2. Cory Solomon, 7.0, $24,268; 3. Hunter Herrin, 7.5, $18,325; 4. (tie) Tuf Case Cooper and Haven Meged, 7.7, $10,401 each; 6. (tie) Blane Cox and Westyn Hughes, 8.3, $2,476 each.
BARREL RACING
Round 3: 1. Lisa Lockhart, 13.51 seconds, $30,706; 2. Kassie Mowry, 13.56, $24,268; 3. Sue Smith, 13.66, $18,325; 4. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 13.71, $12,877; 5. (tie) Paige Jones and Jessica Routier, 13.72, $6,438 each.
BULL RIDING
Round 3: . Creek Young, 89.5 points on Stace Smith Pro Rodeos ‘s Let’s Gamble, $33,926; 2. Ky Hamilton, 87.5, $27,487; 3. T Parker, 86.5, $21,544; 4. Trey Kimzey, 84, $16,096.
