Marn, Harmon ride to rodeo wins

By The Standard Staff - 08/21/2008

TWIN BRIDGES — Jeff Marn of Belt earned a 75 score to win the bull riding in the Northern Rodeo Association event held at the Madison County Fair last weekend.

Other roughstock winners were Andy Bolich of Belgrade in bareback and Jordan Harmon of Twin Bridges in saddle bronc. Timed event winners included Michael Gollaher of Cascade in steer wrestling, Brett Heggie of Roundup in calf roping, and Rick and Cee Cee Tryan of Helena in team roping. Winning women’s events were Kristen King of Bozeman in goat tying, Maddie Matelli of Kalispell in barrel racing and Arena de la Cruz of Augusta in breakaway roping.

Rodeo results follow (hometowns listed as available):

Bareback — 1, Andy Bolich, Belgrade, 81, $485.04 ($40.42 ground money). 2, Ben Wrzeskinski, Boulder, 78, $363.78 ($40.42). 3, Brendon Lemmon, Lewistown, 73, $242.52 ($40.42).

Rookie bareback — no scores.

Saddle bronc — 1, Jordan Harmon, Twin Bridges, 76, $565.69. 2, Clay Schaeffer, Dickinson, N.D., 74, $432.59. 3, B.J. Schall, 73, $332.76. 4, Gus Thoreson, 72, $216.29. 5, Cody Ahlgren, 68, $116.47.

Bull riding — 1, Jeff Marn, Belt, 75, $699.92. 2, Raymond Daniel, Cody, Wyo., 73, $535.24. 3, Cayd Kluesner, Rigby, Idaho, 71, $411.72. 4 (tie), Jerry Schneiter, Rexburg, Idaho, and Slaid Schendel, Townsend, 70, $205.86 each.

Steer wrestling — 1, Michael Gollaher, Cascade, 5.2, $642.40. 2, Jason Armstrong, Helena, 5.4, $491.24. 3, Will Stovall, Roberts, 5.7, $377.88. 4, Shannon Blixt, Helena, 5.9, $245.62. 5, Rooster Reynolds, Twin Bridges, 6.4, $132.26.

Calf roping — 1, Brett Heggie, Roundup, 8.1, $623.22. 2, Sam Levine, Wolf Creek, 9.7, $476.58. 3, Ryle Harris, Livingston, 9.9, $366.60. 4, Jody Wacker, Melstone, 10.0, $238.29. 5, Jake Newton, Glasgow, 10.6, $128.31.

Team roping — 1, Rick Tryan, Helena/Cee Cee Tryan, Helena, 6.7, $740.11 each. 2, Tell Steinbach, Wolf Creek/Arena de la Cruz, Augusta, 6.9, $612.50 each. 3, John Robertson, Augusta/Chance Bernall, Dillon, 7.1, $484.90. 4, Cory Murray, Ramsay/Bryson Murray, Ramsay, 7.6, $357.29. 5, Jackie Bevan, Twin Bridges/Hank Bevan, Twin Bridges, 8.7, $229.69. 6, Tom Tamcke, Twin Bridges/Dalton Tamcke, Dillon, 9.7, $127.61.

Goat tying — 1, Kristen King, Bozeman, 7.9, $282.00. 2, Amber Overstreet, Bozeman, 9.5, $188.00.

Barrel racing — 1, Maddie Matelli, Kalispell, 17.96, $776.91. 2, Brooke Hirschy, Jackson, 17.97, $642.96. 3, Tammy Eberline, Bozeman, 18.06,. $509.01. 4, Becky Kington, Twin Bridges, 18.14, $375.06. 5, Krystal Nemintz, Geraldine, 18.19, $241.11. 6, Milee Malone, Pray, 18.21, $133.95.

Breakaway roping — 1, Arena de la Cruz, Augusta, 2.3, $809.62. 2, Cadee Tew, Belgrade, 2.7, $670.03. 3 (tie), JoBeth Askin, Belgrade, and Anna Haaland, Billings, 2.9, $460.64 each. 5, Cee Cee Tryan, Helena, 3.0, $251.26. 6, Kaycee Greany, Helena, 3.1, $139.59.

Junior barrel racing — 1, Celie Salmond, Choteau, 18.52, $249.60. 2, Kiana Simonson, Loring, 18.58, $187.20. 3, Kellee Hersrud, Columbus, 18.79, $124.80. 4, Allie Novotny, Helena, 18.82, $62.40.

Junior breakaway roping — 1, Mason Chaffee, Musselshell, 4.2, $259.20. 2 (tie), Shay Wacker, Melstone, and Quade McQueary, Belgrade, 5.5, $162.00. 4, Celie Salmond, Choteau, 6.0, $64.80.