Central Oregon will be represented well at the 2015 Columbia River Circuit Finals Rodeo. The annual event, which caps the 32-rodeo CRC season, takes place Friday and Saturday at the Yakima Sundome in Yakima, Washington.

Twelve area cowboys and Terrebonne barrel racer Brenda Mays are among the qualifiers on the entry list for the circuit finals. The Columbia River Circuit is one of 12 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association circuits nationwide and consists of Oregon, Washington and northern Idaho.

Central Oregon qualifiers include three cowboys who also have qualified for next month’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas: bareback riders Austin Foss, of Terrebonne, and Steven Peebles, of Redmond, and all-around cowboy Russell Cardoza, of Terrebonne, who has qualified for the NFR in team roping. In Yakima, Cardoza is on the entry list to compete in tie-down roping, steer roping and team roping.

Also qualified in two CRC events is Redmond’s Roger Nonella, who is entered in both tie-down roping and steer roping.

Other Central Oregon entries for the CRC Finals are Brian Bain, of Powell Butte, and David Peebles, of Redmond, both in the bareback; Allen Helmuth, of Redmond, in bull riding; Shane Erickson, of Terrebonne, in tie-down roping; Joe Scott, of Redmond, in saddle bronc riding; Todd Dickson, of Madras, in steer roping; Sean Santucci, of Prineville, in steer wrestling; and Charly Crawford, of Prineville, in team roping.

Up to 12 qualifiers make up the field for each circuit finals event. Champions from the circuit finals rodeos, as well as the year-end winners in each event from each circuit, are invited to the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, which takes place April 7-10, 2016, in Kissimmee, Florida.