ProRodeo Sports News - November 19, 2021

STEER ROPING

and son to win steer roping world titles. They join John McEntire (1934) and Clark McEntire (1956- 57, 1961) and Charles Good (1975) and Gary Good (1979). “Anytime I get to rope with my dad no matter if it is in Mulvane or some little bitty rodeo in the middle of nowhere, I try not to take it for granted because I know one day it will not be there,” Cole said. “He’s one of the best to ever do it and he taught me everything. I couldn’t ask for a better teacher, a better dad. He’s helped me every step of the way.” Rocky was thrilled to have his son reach the top of the PRCA summit like he has. “Watching Cole win a gold buckle is something else,” he said. “It is pretty special to get to compete with him and then get to watch him put on a dominating performance like he did here was great to see. You can teach anybody to do this, but they have to be willing to bang their head against the wall every day to work at if they want to rope like he did here (at the NFSR).” Cole placed second in Round 1 (10.3 seconds); fourth in Round 2 (12.2); and then won Round 3 (9.5). He followed that up with second place finishes in Round 4 (11.2) and Round 5 (9.9). On Saturday, Cole failed to place in Round 6 and rebounded to take fourth in Round 7 (11.6). Then, he clocked 9.9 seconds to win Round 8. In Round 9, he took third at 11.2 seconds. The only drama left for Cole in Round 10 was to see if he could set the NFSR 10-head average record held by Trevor Brazile at 111.3 seconds and established in 2015. Cole needed a 13.5-second run, and he came up short with a no time. “Missing that last one is probably going to keep me up a few nights, but I think I did pretty well here,” Cole said. “That just shows how good Trevor Brazile is.” Cole still won the average and he and Rocky became the fifth father and son to accomplish that feat in steer roping joining the company of Jim Snively (1959) and Joe Snively (1961, 1972); James Allen (1971) and Guy Allen (1989, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2004); Charles Good (1976) and Gary Good (1979); and JimDavis (1988) and Bryce Davis (2009). Cole was riding Tigger, 16, the 2021 Nutrena Steer Roping Horse of the Year presented by AQHA at the Kansas Star. “A lot of what I have been able to do comes back to this horse,” Cole said. “I feel like I have an unfair advantage when I saddle this horse in the morning. That’s not a knock on anybody else’s horse. There were so many good horses that were in this building this weekend, but this horse right here has something special about him.” Thomas Smith won an event-best three rounds. He won Round 1 with a 10.0-second time and then tied the Round 4 NFSR record with a 9.0-second winning time. Snedecor set the Round 4 record in 2020. Smith added the Round 6 win with a 10.3 run. He earned $32,807 at the NFSR. Chet Herren ($44,705), who was second in the average, and Jess Tierney ($43,779) won the second and third most money at the 2021 NFSR. Slade Wood won Round 2 with an 11.7-second time to win the Colby Goodwin Award. The Second Go-Round Award is given in honor of the late Goodwin, who passed away after being injured during the ninth round of 1999 NFSR. Wood, who finished sixth in the world standings with $82,307 also won the Dixon McGowan Award, given to the highest-ranked first-time qualifier to the NFSR. The award memorializes McGowan, who died at age 23 in an automobile accident May 10, 1997. Wood also was the Resistol All-Around and Steer Roping Rookie of the Year.

Patterson and wife Natalie with the PRCA World Champion gold buckle and saddle. He also took home another saddle for the NFSR average title. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Click Thompson

FINAL STANDINGS 1. Cole Patterson, Pratt, Kan. ......................... $190,242 2. Scott Snedecor, Fredericksburg, Texas ........... 95,951 3. Jess Tierney, Hermosa, S.D. ........................... 89,646 4. J. Tom Fisher, Andrews, Texas ....................... 88,402 5. Chet Herren, Pawhuska, Okla. ........................ 84,372 6. Slade Wood, New Ulm, Texas ......................... 82,307 7. Vin Fisher Jr., Andrews, Texas ........................ 73,600 8. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas .............. 71,757 9. Thomas Smith, Barnsdall, Okla. ..................... 67,399 10. Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan. .......................... 63,029 11. Taylor Santos, Creston, Calif. ......................... 55,811 12. Cash Myers, Athens, Texas ............................ 55,731 13. Cody Lee, Gatesville, Texas ............................ 51,572 14. Garrett Hale, Snyder, Texas ............................ 51,505 15. Mike Chase, McAlester, Okla. ......................... 44,471 COMPLETE RESULTS/PAGE 94

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