Rodeo: Etbauer has top ride in rodeo's final round

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LAS VEGAS - Trevor Brazile became the first PRCA triple-crown winner since 1983 on Saturday night, winning the tie-down roping world title in the 10th and final round of the National Finals Rodeo.

Brazile, from Decatur, Texas, won the tie-down roping title with $189,640, edging Houston Hutto of Del Rio, Texas, by about $4,000. Brazile stayed in front of Hutto by earning $14,278 for finishing fifth in the aggregate standings with a time of 101.70 seconds over 10 rounds. Hutto earned $9,783 with a third-place finish in :7.8 during the 10th round. Brazile didn't place with a time of 15.40, taking two loops to secure his calf.

Brazile came into the NFR with the steer roping title and clinched the all-around title during the eighth round. He's the first triple-crown champ since his father-in-law, Roy Cooper, accomplished the feat 24 years ago. Brazile finished the season with a PRCA-record $425,115 in all-around earnings.

"It's awesome," Brazile said. "You're talking about Roy Cooper and Jim Shoulders (a triple-crown winner in 1958), and they're the greatest cowboys to ever live. Anytime you're on the same page as those guys, it's a great accomplishment and means a lot to me."

Camp Crook cowboy Jesse Bail finished seventh in the PRCA all-around standings after earning $120,293.43 during the season.

Billy Etbauer of Edmond, Okla., won the tenth round of saddle bronc with a score of 89-1/2 on Mullin Hill.

NFR rookie Taos Muncy of Corona, N.M., won the world championship with $201,132. Canada's Rod Hay won the aggregate championship with 826 points on a 2007 NFR-best 10 successful rides.

Etbauer was ninth in the final world standings with $106,695, and 12th in the aggregate championship.

Defending champion Chad Ferley of Oelrichs, Bail, and Belvidere's Jeff Willert ended up 13th through 15, respectively, in the event standings.

In tie-down roping, aggregate standings champion Cody Ohl of Hico, Texas, had a 10-head time 90.80 seconds. Ohl also earned an NFR-event record $103,521.

Clint Cooper of Decatur, Texas, and Blair Burk of Durant, Okla., tied for first in the 10th round in 7.3 seconds.

In barrel racing, world standings and aggregate champion Brittany Pozzi-Pharr of Victoria, Texas, set an event record by earning $259,712.

Letcher's Jill Moody struggled in the 10th round, but still took third in the world standings with $169,099. She won $83,690 at the NFR. Oelrichs' Lisa Lockhart ended up fifth in the world standings with $125,492, $58,173 of which came at the NFR.

In bareback riding, event aggregate champion Will Lowe of Canyon, Texas, sealed his second straight title when he won the round with an NFR-record score of 91-1/2 on Magic Wars.

Bobby Mote of Culver, Ore., took the world title with $207,183.

Rapid City's Scott Montague, who tied for sixth in the 10th round, ended up 10th in the world standings with $104,979.71, and also took 10th in the event standings.

In steer wrestling, Jason Miller of Lance Creek, Wyo., won both the world and aggregate championships when he finished in a three-way tie for third place in a time of 4.8 during the 10th round.

Miller was No. 1 in the world with $178,767 and won the aggregate in a time of 42.7 for 10 rounds during his second NFR.

Highmore's Jake Rinehart tied for third in the final round with a time of 4.8 seconds.

In team roping, Chad Masters of Clarksville, Tenn., claimed his first header world title with $183,101, and Walt Woodard of Stockton, Calif., the oldest NFR competitor at age 52, won the world championship for heelers with $177,132.

Masters was partnered with Allen Bach of Weatherford, Texas, and Woodard's header was Clay Tryan of Billings, Mont.

Partners Jake Barnes of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Clay O'Brien Cooper of Morgan Mill, Texas, were the aggregate champs with a time of 72.6 over 10 rounds.

In bull riding, Wesley Silcox of Payson, Utah, finished first for the second consecutive round with a score of 91.5 on Wolf Can Do and claimed both the world title with $228,941 and the aggregate crown with 596 points on seven bulls.

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