ProRodeo Sports News - August 19, 2022

LAWTON, OKLA.

LAWTON RANGERS RODEO

Shorty Garrett tames Killer Bee in final performance Primetime BY JOLEE JORDAN, Special to ProRodeo Sports News T he best Hollywood writers couldn’t have staged the scene any better – it was the final out on on Aug. 13 of the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo, a stop on the NFR Playoff Series presented by PendletonWhisky, and saddle bronc rider Shorty Garrett was climbing aboard Nutrena’s Killer Bee from the Beutler & Sons Rodeo Company. Garrett needed the win, chasing his second qualification to the Wrangler NFR, and is outside the Top 15 of the PRCA | RAMWorld Standings with just more than a month left in the season. Killer Bee has delivered big points numerous times in her stellar bucking career in ProRodeo, including three trips above 89 points this season. TOP MONEY EARNER Shad Mayfield ($4,757, tie down roping) BAREBACK RIDING 1. Ty Breuer ................................ 84 pts. 2. Yance Day ..................................... 81 (Tie) Kade Sonnier ........................ 81 STEER WRESTLING TOP SCORES Mayfield

1. Stockton Graves ............ 8.3 sec. on 2 2. Bridger Anderson ......................... 8.9 3. Travis Munro ................................ 9.0 TEAM ROPING 1. J. Orman/B. Crites ....... 11.0 sec. on 2 (Tie) K. Thompson/C. Williams ... 11.0 3. C. Smothers/B. Gonzales ............ 12.1 SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. Shorty Garrett ..................... 90.5 pts. 2. Will Pollock ................................... 86 3. Tegan Smith ............................... 85.5 TIE-DOWN ROPING 1. Shad Mayfield ............. 15.3 sec. on 2 2. Hunter Herrin ............................. 15.7 3. Caleb Smidt ................................ 15.9 BARREL RACING 1. Jessica Routier ................. 17.24 sec. 2. Savannah Woodfin ................... 17.31 3. Leslie Smalygo ......................... 17.37 BULL RIDING 1. Logan Hunter ...................... 86.5 pts. 2. Jace Trosclair ................................ 84 3. Coy Pollmeier ................................ 82

She’s no day off and no one knew that better than Garrett. “When I saw that I had her drawn, I knew one thing: I knew I needed to hustle. From the minute I nodded, it was going to be go, go, go,” Garrett, 29, said. The producers in Lawton didn’t make things easier on Garrett, holding him to the final out. “I figured they’d save me for last but boy, it sure gave me a lot of time to think about it,” Garrett said with his usual wry sense of humor. “I kept thinking, ‘I just want to get this one behind me!’ “I was trying not to overthink it. I wanted to be sure to hold my feet (through the mark out) and make her pull them out. I didn’t have to worry about that! She was all there.” It was a battle from the start, but Garrett stayed aggressive through all of Killer Bee’s moves and made the eight seconds. When the dust settled, he had a 90.5-point ride, not only good enough for the win but also good enough to earn a new arena record, besting the previous mark held by 2018 PRCAWorld ChampionWade Sundell. Sundell set the rodeo record with a 90-point ride on Killer Bee in 2015. Making the story even better, Sundell was on the bucking chutes that night. “I ran intoWade just before the rodeo and he told me, go tame that wild sucker,” Garrett noted. “He said, just don’t beat my record.” Sundell helped Garrett get out of the chutes and was the first to congratulate him on the outstanding effort. “He said, ‘you sucker, you beat my record,’” Garrett laughed. “Wade is one of those guys, those old-school guys like Jesse Bail and Clint Johnson, when they tell you made a heck of a bronc ride, you know you did.” “Any time you get a record like that, it’s kinda neat,” Garrett said. “But you want to make sure it’s deserved.” Garrett earned $3,638, continuing his hot streak to start August. He picked up checks on eight of the first nine horses he attempted to start the second to last month of the rodeo season. He’s now earned more than $64,000 for the year and is 20th in the world standings, just about $13,000 away from the 15th and final qualifying spot to make his second Wrangler NFR. He last qualified in 2020. “I knew I had ground I needed to make up,” Garrett said. “I just want to keep my head down, hopefully get some good draws and use them.”

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Dale Hirschman photo Saddle bronc rider Shorty Garrett had a rodeo-record ride of 90.5 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Nutrena’s Killer Bee to win the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo. He earned $3,638 for his performance.

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