Area cowboys place at American
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, March 3, 2015
ARLINGTON, Texas — Powell Butte’s Brian Bain and Terrebonne’s Austin Foss placed third and fourth, respectively, in the preliminary round of the bareback competition at the second annual The American rodeo. The event, billed as the world’s largest and richest one-day rodeo, was staged Sunday before a crowd of 42,563 at AT&T Stadium.
Event winners were Taylor Price, of Huntsville, Texas, in bareback; Kaleb Driggers, of Albany, Georgia, and Travis Graves, of Jay, Oklahoma, in team roping; K.C. Jones, of Decatur, Texas, in steer wrestling; Wade Sundell, of Coleman, Oklahoma, in saddle bronc; Reese Riemer, of Stinnett, Texas, in tie-down roping; Lisa Lockhart, of Oelrichs, South Dakota, in barrel racing; and Silvano Alves, of Pilar Do Sul, Brazil, in bull riding.
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Riemer and Price shared the rodeo’s top honor, splitting more than $1 million, and Trevor Brazille, of Decatur, Texas, was the all-around champion.
(Editor’s note: This story has been corrected. The original version included incorrect results for the 2015 The American rodeo. The Bulletin regrets the error.)