ProRodeo Sports News - July 27, 2018

CALIFORNIA RODEO SALINAS

Tie-down roper Monty Lewis, the 2004 world champion, won the Salinas average for the second time in his career, stopping the clock in 35.1 seconds on three head. He won his other title in Salinas in 2005. Jeremy Wombold photo

Turning Back the Clock

Tie-down roper Lewis wins Salinas average 13 years after his first title

“It has been a long time,” said Lewis, 37. “It was really cool to do that again. I’ve always liked that place.” Lewis was a measure of consistency, placing third in both the first round (11.4 seconds) and finals (12.7) and second in round two (11.0). “It takes a certain kind of horse for a set-up like that, and I just had not had the right horse until this year to go out there (to Salinas) and do good,” Lewis said. Lewis was riding 9-year-old Jag. “He’s a little horse I bought this winter,” Lewis said. “He’s a good horse, and he really fits those big setups like that (at Salinas). He can really run, and he can rate in the right place. I had been riding him around the house (in Texas) the first half of the year because he wasn’t quite ready to lay the hammer back and go out. I came out this month, and he’s really come around.”

BY TRACY RENCK B y the time California Rodeo Salinas was complete, World Champion Tie-down Roper Monty Lewis had rekindled some magic. The Hereford, Texas, cowboy clocked a 35.1-second time to win the three-head average at the storied rodeo, which is part of the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour. It was Lewis’ second career win at California Rodeo Salinas, his first in 2005.

TOPS AT SALINAS — July 19-22

ALL-AROUND COWBOY C.J. DeForest Jr. $3,122

BAREBACK RIDING 1. Tim O’Connell ...........173.5 pts. on two 2. Clayton Biglow .............................168.5 3. Zach Hibler .....................................166 4. Steven Peebles ............................165.5

STEER WRESTLING 1. Will Lummus ........... 23.6 sec. on three 2. Blake Mindemann ..........................25.1 3. Sterling Lambert ............................25.3 4. Rowdy Parrott ...............................25.5

TEAM ROPING 1. P. Boyle/J. Hixon .........58.6 sec. on five 2. B. Teixeira/T. Luttrell ......................59.5 3. P. Burgess/T. Hampton ..................60.0 4. C. Proctor/B. Saebens ...................61.9

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