BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN @PRORODEOBRETT
Odessa, Texas was the stage for the first PRCA Playoff Series Rodeo of 2025 and the Winter Run is off and running with the National Western and Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo also taking place in the coming week.
The first Playoff Series champion of the year was Tucker Carricato, a 19-year-old bareback rider who has already dominated two events for the top permitholders in 2024 recently. His first win in ProRodeo was thanks to 86 points aboard Beutler & Son’s Smoke Bomb.
After three straight Top 30 finishes, steer wrestler Riley Duvall is looking to find himself back in the Top 15 for the first time since 2021 and he took a big first step to doing just that in Odessa. He was 7.8 seconds on two and placed in the Top 3 of both rounds to win the rodeo by four tenths of a second.
In team roping, a new partnership quickly paid off as Lightning Aguilera/Wyatt Cox won Round 1 and the Average. Aguilera’s primary partner in 2024 was Jonathan Torres while Cox roped with Chad Masters.
The lone cowboy to defend their Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo title was Statler Wright, who was one point better than his 87.5 in 2024. After 88.5 points on Diamond G’s To The Limit and a payday of $4,286, Wright is No. 4 in the PRCA World Standings in the early going.
Shad Mayfield set the PRCA Regular Season Earnings record in 2024 and started his 2025 with another victory. He was 17.1 seconds on two while no other roper was under 18 seconds on two. He is currently No. 2 in the World Standings behind John Douch.
A one-header in the breakaway roping is always exciting and Karen Little’s 1.8-second run got her the victory. There were only two cowgirls faster than 2 seconds, however, there were 18 times of 2.4 seconds or faster.
Barrel racer Wenda Johnson stopped the clock at 14.79 seconds in the Second Performance in Odessa and she managed to hold off 14.80 and 14.81-second runs to get the win.
In bull riding, Vinell was 4.5 points better than the rest with 86 points on Beutler & Son’s Shake N Bake to win his first ever Playoff Series Rodeo.
BAREBACK RIDING
First Round: 1. Tucker Carricato, 86 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Smoke Bomb, $3,347; 2. Myles Carlson, 83, $2,566; 3. Bradlee Miller, 82.5, $1,897; 4. (tie) Bubba Holcomb and Devon Moore, 82, $1,004 each; 6. Tanner Fine, 81.5, $558; 7. (tie) Quintonn Lunsford and Wacey Schalla, 81, $391 each.
STEER WRESTLING
First Round: 1. Riley Westhaver, 3.7 seconds, $1,597; 2. Marc Joiner, 3.9, $1,321; 3. (tie) Riley Duvall and Gary Gilbert, 4.0, $908 each; 5. Jason Thomas, 4.3, $496; 6. Levi Rudd, 4.4, $275.
Second Round: 1. Trace Harris, 3.6 seconds, $1,597; 2. (tie) Riley Duvall and Rhett Witt, 3.8, $1,184 each; 4. Brandon Harrison, 3.9, $771; 5. (tie) Ty Allred and Jason Thomas, 4.0, $385 each.
Average: 1. Riley Duvall, 7.8 seconds on two head, $2,395; 2. Riley Westhaver, 8.2, $1,982; 3. Jason Thomas, 8.3, $1,569; 4. (tie) Brandon Harrison and Rhett Witt, 8.4, $950 each; 6. Marc Joiner, 9.2, $413.
TEAM ROPING
First Round: 1. Lightning Aguilera/Wyatt Cox, 4.7 seconds, $1,943 each; 2. (tie) Paul David Tierney/Casey McCleskey and Gabe Williams/Speed Williams, 4.8, $1,563 each; 4. (tie) Chad Masters/Cory Petska, Cody Snow/Hunter Koch and Kreece Thompson/Jace Helton, 4.9, $929 each; 7. (tie) Clay Smith/Coleby Payne and Tyler Tryan/Denton Dunning, 5.0, $296 each.
Second Round: 1. Quinton Parchman/Gus Mosley, 3.8 seconds, $1,943 each; 2. Cory Kidd V/Dustin Davis, 3.9, $1,689; 3. Mason Appleton/Rance Doyal, 4.0, $1,436; 4. Lightning Aguilera/Wyatt Cox, 4.3, $1,183; 5. Kolby Krieger/Michael Fortenberry, 4.5, $929; 6. (tie) Jake Orman/Evan Arnold and Kolton Schmidt/Landen Glenn, 4.6, $549 each; 8. (tie) Clay Smith/Coleby Payne and Kreece Thompson/Jace Helton, 4.7, $84 each.
Average: 1. Lightning Aguilera/Wyatt Cox, 9.0 seconds on two head, $2,914 each; 2. Kreece Thompson/Jace Helton, 9.6, $2,534; 3. Clay Smith/Coleby Payne, 9.7, $2,154; 4. Chad Masters/Cory Petska, 10.2, $1,774; 5. Jaxson Tucker/Sid Sporer, 10.5, $1,394; 6. Cody Snow/Hunter Koch, 11.0, $1,014; 7. Quinton Parchman/Gus Mosley, 13.5, $633; 8. Cory Kidd V/Dustin Davis, 13.8, $253.
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
First Round: 1. Statler Wright, 88.5 points on Diamond G Rodeo’s To The Limit, $4,286; 2. Jacobs Crawley, 85.5, $3,286; 3. Mitch Pollock, 84.5, $2,429; 4. Brody Cress, 84, $1,572; 5. Coleman Shallbetter, 82.5, $1,000; 6. (tie) Chase Brooks, Leon Fountain and Jase Stout, 82, $572 each.
TIE-DOWN ROPING
First Round: 1. Michael Otero, 8.6 seconds, $2,548; 2. Shad Mayfield, 8.7, $2,216; 3. Hagen Houck, 8.8, $1,883; 4. Colton Greene, 9.1, $1,551; 5. Brey Yore, 9.5, $1,219; 6. Garrett Jacobs, 9.7, $886; 7. Britt Bedke, 10.0, $554; 8. Tom Crouse, 10.1, $222.
Second Round: 1. Kincade Henry, 7.7 seconds, $2,548; 2. West Smith, 8.1, $2,216; 3. Chance Oftedahl, 8.2, $1,883; 4. Tyler Milligan, 8.3, $1,551; 5. (tie) Tyler Calhoun, Shad Mayfield and Richard Newton, 8.4, $886 each; 8. Tom Crouse, 8.5, $222.
Average: 1. Shad Mayfield, 17.1 seconds on two head, $3,822; 2. Brey Yore, 18.4, $3,324; 3. Tom Crouse, 18.6, $2,825; 4. Garrett Jacobs, 19.3, $2,326; 5. Monty Lewis, 19.6, $1,828; 6. Kyle Lucas, 20.0, $1,329; 7. Kincade Henry, 20.9, $831; 8. Kason Dyer, 21.1, $332.
BREAKAWAY ROPING
First Round: 1. Karen Little, 1.8 seconds, $5,198; 2. Taylor Munsell, 1.9, $4,159; 3. (tie) Jordi Edens and Payton Scalzo, 2.0, $2,989 each; 5. (tie) Timber Allenbrand and Hali Williams, 2.1, $1,819 each; 7. Madalyn Richards, 2.2, $1,300; 8. (tie) Jenna Lee Adams, Sequin Brewer, Claire Dale, Kelsie Domer, Bradi Good, Aspen Miller and Quincy Sullivan, 2.3, $780 each; 15. (tie) McKenna Brennan, Amber Crawford, Taylor Engesser and Jade Mitchell, 2.4, $65 each.
BARREL RACING
First Round: 1. Wenda Johnson, 14.79 seconds, $6,054; 2. Sharin Hall, 14.80, $4,843; 3. Natalie Bland, 14.81, $3,935; 4. Katie Halbert, 14.89, $3,027; 5. (tie) Cassidy Deen, Stephanie Fryar and Julie Plourde, 14.90, $1,917 each; 8. Ashley Schafer, 14.95, $1,362; 9. Londyn Ross, 14.96, $1,211; 10. Kassie Mowry, 14.97, $1,059; 11. Tara Carr, 14.99, $908; 12. Liz Pinkston, 15.04, $757; 13. (tie) Summer Kosel and Avery Ledesma, 15.06, $530 each; 15. Ryann Pedone, 15.08, $303.
BULL RIDING
First Round: 1. Vinell Mariano, 86 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Shake N Bake, $4,935; 2. Colten Fritzlan, 81.5, $3,784; 3. (tie) Cutter Kaylor and Kobe Whitford, 80, $2,303 each; 5. William Barrows, 79, $1,152; 6. Jesse Petri, 77.5, $823; 7. JC Mortensen, 77, $658; 8. (tie) Jesse Hopper and Hayden Welsh, 75, $247 each.
