ALAMOSA – The first day of the 2022 Alamosa Round-up took place on Friday with the stock getting the better of the competitors.

Slack performance

The slack took place Friday morning with four events taking place – steer wrestling, tie-down roping, team roping and ladies breakaway roping.

In steer wrestling, Colt Honey of La Junta had the best time of 5.1 seconds. He edged Chisum Docheff of Mead who had a time of 5.3.

Only two other bulldoggers broke the 10-second mark. Kodie Jang of Townsville, Australia had a time of 6.6, and Blare Romsa had a time of 7.3.

Tie-down roping had only one participatant break the 10-second mark as Seth Hall had a time of 8.6 seconds. Tristan Mahoney of Florence, Ariz., was second in an even 10 seconds, and Casey Collins of Tucson, Ariz., was third in 14.9.

Only one team was successful in team roping as Robert Ansley and James Gilliland had a time of six seconds.

Tamara Tunink of Fowler had the best time in the slack’s breakaway roping as she had a time of 2.5 seconds. Kaylee Billingsley of Phoenix, Ariz., was second in 2.8, Bailey Bates of Tohatchi, N.M., was third in 3.3, Bethanie Shofner was fourth in 3.8, and Teresa Garcia was fifth in 4.1.

Friday night performance

It was a case of the rough stock having the advantage in the first performance.

It was especially the case in bull riding as 15 riders entered but only two recorded successful rides.

Garrett Norby of Walsenburg had the best score as he accumulated 82 points on True Believer. Holden Moss of Ringgold, Ga., is in second place with a 77-point ride on Lizard Lips.

The saddle bronc riders didn’t fare much better as only two of eight performers were able to score.

Slade Keith of Stanfield, Ariz., had the best score of 76 points on Southern Drawl.

Garrett Uptain at first had a 60 ½-point ride on Late 4 Dinner, but he was given the option of a re-ride. He took advantage of his second ride as he scored 72 points on Underestimated.

It was a different story for the bareback riders as all four were successful in their rides. Shawn Perkins of Roberts, Mont., had the best score of 79 ½ points on Sir Grit. Keenan Hayes of Hayden was second with 79 points on Divine Porcupine, Colton Crawford was third with 78 points on Mexican Hat, and Josh Parker scored 74 points on Colorado Gypsy.

In other men’s events, the bulldoggers also had some bad luck as only two of eight recorded a time. Brock Powell of Aragon, N.M., had a time of 6.5 seconds to go into third place overall, while Sterling Lee of Gotebo, Okla., had a time of 16.9 seconds.

In tie-down roping, six of the 10 competitors recorded times. Charlie Gibson of Midland, Texas, had the best score of the performance in 8.7 seconds and he is in second place overall. Blake Blomberg of Fallbrook, Calif., had a time of an even nine seconds, and Ryan Belwew of La Junta had a 9.7 second run.

In team roping, five of the nine duos had successful runs. The team of Edward Hawley Jr. of Surprise, Ariz., and Clint Harry of Nixon, Nev. moved into the lead with a 5.9-second effort.

In the women’s events, only one of three ropers recorded a time in breakaway roping as Dara Belew had a run of 12.8 seconds.

In the ladies barrel race, Emery Mask of Amarillo, Texas, had the best time of 17.60 seconds. Katie Drosihn of Fort Collins and Natalie Bland of Boyd, Texas, tied for second at 17.78.

Corrections on Mutton Bustin’

There were some errors in the Mutton Bustin’ coverage.

In the four-year-old division, Azaryah Pacheco won, followed by Isabella Garcia, Jemeson Davis and Gianni Lamona. The photo was of Isabella Garcia and not Ruby Day.

Among five-year-olds, Bexen Maez was the winner, followed by Rev Dunn, Nevaeh Martinez and Easton Lopez.

With the six-year-olds, Kasen Maez was the winner, followed by Miguel Pacheco, Rilee Fresquez and Jalissa Burrola.

In the seven-year-old division, Elijah Garcia was the winner, followed by Harley Day, Jon E. Kissel and Emerie Schmittel.

The top performers in the four- and five-year-olds returned on Friday. Jameson Davis had the best score in the four-year-olds with 89 points, followed by Gianni Lamona with 81 and Isabella Garcia with 76.

Bexen Maez had the best five-year0old score with 92 points, followed by Rev Dunn with 89 and Easton Lopez with 72.

Valley barrel race

The first five of the Top 10 in the Valley barrel race returned on Friday. Bailey Bishop had the best time of 18.97 seconds on Brenda. Addy Malouff was second with 19.28 on Newt, followed by Tanaye Maez in 19.51 on Danny, Jill Francis in 19.88 on Echo, and Kendra Yund in 26.68 on Reba.

Rodeo concludes today

The final performance of this year’s Round-up will take place at 6 p.m. today.

The demolition derby will take place Sunday at 4 p.m