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Kansas team brings home top ranch rodeo award
The team from Scribner Ranch and El Dorado Livestock Inc. took home the World Championship Ranch Rodeo trophy from the recent World Championship Ranch Rodeo.
The World Championship Ranch Rodeo was held Nov. 11-14 at the Amarillo Civic Center in Amarillo, Texas, and was WRCA's 15th annual championship. The rodeo is scheduled to be broadcast in two parts the week of Feb. 15 and the week of Feb. 22 on RFD-TV.
The reserve world champions were Beachner Brothers Livestock of St. Paul and Broken H Ranch of Bronson. Those team members were Calvin Kendall, Cody Kendall, Cliff Hall, Sage Hall, Bruce Beeman and Orban Stevens.
Travis Duncan and Nathan Wells, both of Fort Scott, and Colby Stock and Andy Eck, both of Redfield, took sixth in the competition overall. They participated in branding, doctoring, wild cow milking, penning and saddlebronc riding. Travis' wife, Jackie, said the team was beat out for first place in the raw cow milking competition by half a second.
The winning team, from El Dorado, included dad John Scribner, brothers David, Doug and Daniel Scribner and family friend Brett Cloud. As they turned in strong performances each of the four nights of the rodeo -- without any major mistakes -- "we knew we were probably in the hunt," Daniel said in a news release. The Scribner/El Dorado team ended up winning the wild-cow milking event and overall, surpassing the second-place team by a margin of 12.5 points.
Upon realizing they had won the world championship, "We just shouted and slapped each other on the back. It just felt really good," said John, who is 68. His role at this rodeo was as a substitute, in case someone got hurt. That didn't happen, so he "stayed up in the stands and cheered the boys on."
But don't think he wasn't enjoying himself.
"When you're my age and the boys ask you to come and play with them, it makes you feel good."
For their world championship win, the team won a bronze director's trophy and championship trophy belt buckles from the Working Ranch Cowboys Association, which hosted the championship and sanctions all qualifying rodeos; a 20-foot stock trailer from Gooseneck Trailers; custom saddles sponsored by Texas Vet Lab Inc.; a $350 gift certificate from Oliver Saddle Shop; and a custom-made ranch gate sign from Praisegates/Dennis McBeth.
Third place went to last year's champs, Sweetwater Cattle and Tom Drummond Ranch of Foracker and Pawhuska, Okla. Sweetwater has leases in Kansas, though, so there's a Kansas connection. Fourth place continues the theme, with that honor going to Arndt Ranch and Bailey Ranch of Emporia and Tampa, Kan.
This event's MVPs are both are from Sandhill Cattle Co. of Earth, Texas.
Top hand of the 2010 WCRR was a repeat from the previous year: Riley Smith of Sandhill Cattle Co. Reserve top hand was Tell Good of the Triangle Ranch/Black Cattle Co. team of Dimmitt, Texas.
The top horse was Sixes Sixgun, an athletic American Quarter Horse sired by Sixes Pick, ridden by Tripp Townsend of Sandhill Cattle Co. and is owned by Crofoot & Sandhill Ranches GP.
The rodeo is the primary fundraiser for the Working Ranch Cowboys Foundation, which offers scholarships to family members of working cowboys and crisis assistance when injury or illness take a toll on a ranch family, the release said.
The ranch rodeo featured a benefit auction -- with donations from teams, vendors and volunteers -- as well as fundraisers put on by the Pokey the Clown.
A trade show, ranch-business expo and cowboy entertainment rounded out the event.
To learn more about WRCA and WRCF or to see photos and full results from the championship, visit www.wrca.org.