The National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas is in the books and Coffeyville’s own Jake Long and partner Clay Smith came in 15^th in the average in team roping, as they did not score on 6 head this year.

 

Also in the team roping event, Buddy Hawkins formerly from just north of Sedan came in 4^th with his partner Andrew Ward. Hawkins also came in 4^th in the World standings with just over $225,000 earned.

 

Tanner Brunner from Ramona, Kansas came in 6^th in the average and 9^th in the World with almost $175,000 earned in the steer-wrestling event.

 

Waverly, Kansas Cowboy Jess Pope won the Bareback Riding and was named the 2022 World Champion. Pope won the average by a wide margin with 860 points, a full 12 points higher than 2^nd place. This is the 3^rd year in a row Pope has won the average. That put him #1 in the world standings with nearly $391,000. The earnings also propelled Pope to 3^rd in the RAM Top Gun Standings.