
SEAN BOSTON
Hutch Post
PRETTY PRAIRIE, Kan. — Kansas Largest Night Rodeo is halfway complete, and the top spot in the bull riding is Hutchinson native, Adam (AJ) Mast. Mast scored an 86-point ride on Buetler & Son Rodeo's Bomb Squad on Thursday night.
The 19-year-old is in his first year on the PRCA circuit.
Mast is one of three qualified rides through the first two nights in bull riding.
The highest Mast has finished on a leaderboard this season has been third, which he did twice, at Bennington and at Abbyville.
The Kansas Largest Night Rodeo will finish up on Saturday night in Pretty Prairie. Friday and Saturday night performances are sold out. To see the Daysheet Performances and Results, click here.
Bareback riding leaders: 1. Mason Ortego, 82 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo's Hot Sauce; 2. Bryce Eck, 81; 3. Quintonn Lunsford, 77; 4. Hayden Leavell, 67.5; 5. (tie) Stetson Bierman, Stetson Bierman and Grant Worthington, 66 each.
Steer wrestling: First round: 1. Brayden Tanner, 4.1 seconds, $950; 2. (tie) Ry Clark and Brandon Volker, 4.5, $704 each; 4. Rhett Witt, 4.7, $459; 5. (tie) Ty Batie, Quade Potter and Tyler Scheevel, 4.9, $153 each. Second round leaders: 1. Weston Taylor, 4.2 seconds; 2. Brandon Volker, 4.8; 3. Nathan Duvall, 5.0; 4. (tie) Logan Mullin and Riley Westhaver, 5.4 each; 6. (tie) Colten Leech and Laramie Warren, 5.5 each. Average leaders: 1. Brandon Volker, 9.3 seconds on two head; 2. Riley Westhaver, 10.7; 3. Ry Clark, 11.2; 4. Emmett Edler, 11.5; 5. Weston Taylor, 14.0; 6. Nathan Duvall, 20.6; no other qualified runs.
Team roping: 1. Cash Hendrick/Taylor Varner, 5.5 seconds, $887 each; 2. Gage Williams/Rowdy Jones, 5.8, $665; 3. Brandon Farris/Braden Harmon, 6.2, $443; 4. Clint Whipple/Chase Johnson, 8.1, $222.
Saddle bronc riding leaders: 1. (tie) Cauy Pennington, on Beutler & Son Rodeo's Pop A Top, and Ean Price, on Beutler & Son Rodeo's Two Step, 79.5 points each; 3. Tom Webster, 78.5; 4. Coleman Shallbetter, 77.5; 5. Clint Lindenfeld, 75.5; 6. Skinny Parsons, 75.
Tie-down roping leaders: 1. Jacques Trahan, 8.7 seconds; 2. Tyler Calhoun, 9.6; 3. (tie) Connor Matheson and Colton Willson, 10.2 each; 5. Wyatt Muggli, 10.5; 6. Glenn Jackson, 11.3.
Barrel racing leaders: 1. Sandy McElreath, 17.29 seconds; 2. Cheryl Wallace, 17.35; 3. (tie) Macie Graves and Katie Larson, 17.70 each; 5. Tamara Reinhardt, 17.71; 6. Jean Winters, 17.77.
Bull riding leaders: 1. AJ Mast, 86 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo's Bomb Squad; 2. Colton Byram, 84.5; 3. Harrison Kalinka, 83.5; no other qualified rides.Total payoff:$59,888. Stock contractor: Beutler & Son Rodeo.