Ty Erickson, the second-ranked steer wrestler in the world, had the fastest time of the night on Friday in the third night of Farm-City Pro Rodeo.
Erickson’s time of 5.0 also gave him the fastest combined time of 9.5 seconds, more than 2 seconds ahead of Sean Santucci’s 11.6 seconds. The fastest single time of the week belongs to Luke Branquinho’s 4.4 on Wednesday.
The bulls had the better of the cowboys on Friday, with Jacob O’Mara’s 73 being the only score of the night. The top scores of the week belong to Scottie Knapp and Ty Wallace who notched 82s earlier this week.
In bareback riding, Will Lowe and Richie Champion each scored an 86 to sit atop the leaderboard.
The fastest time of the night in tie-down roping came from Shane Hanchey and his time of 8.4 seconds. Cade Swor’s 8.3 from Thursday night is still the fastest single time. Timber Moore leads the combined time with 17.0.
On Friday, Doug Aldridge tied Zeke Thurston’s score of 85 points to share the best score of the week in saddle bronc riding. Other top scores from Friday included Jesse Wright’s 84, Jake Wright’s 83, and Sam Spreadborough’s 82.
In barrel racing, Kali Parker had the fastest time of the night with a 17.27. Kimmie Wall’s 17.05 seconds on Thursday remains the fastest time of the week. Echo’s Amy Coelho had a time of 17.51 and Jerita Belyea of Hermiston had a time of 18.22.
In team roping, Luke Brown and Kollin VonAhn had the best time of the night with 5.6 seconds, edging the 5.8 time of Kaleb Driggers and Martin Lucero. It wasn’t enough, however, to beat the 4.7 seconds turned in Wednesday by Derrick Begay and Clay O’Brien Cooper. Andy Carlson of Hermiston and Bryan Reay of Adrian had the third-best time of the night with 5.9 seconds. The team of Jake Stanley of Hermiston and his partner Bucky Campbell had a time of 14.9, putting them in fifth place on the night.
