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Show 26 Vernal Exprett wdnesdoy, 1 i , a .V s t A, & Y $X J : F'Yrii;-i r . f$ 4f f an- j LJ A : AAvfk . .. R j;NA t f . Sf ? r- v "1A i k - Aj 4 , -7 l;A-7 ' f & A YOUNG cowboy rides a small bike prior to action at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo in Vernal last week. 1 h v - d v --- I A I y ... 1 .v' 1031 ALL-AROUND cowboy Jimmie B. Cooper, Monument, New f.'cxico, stands by his horse before the start of the Dinosaur 'K " A 7''' - 'A'-, V- ' " ,,'!!' t'V-vx "-'-I A A; P ' Y ,V ' I ' V ! . Vy hit ' ' ' A 1 A L. wJ AL .iiik.-.-.- ...... l LA I ' - t1-'. site !-t; ?3 jr?t f juiy is, 1984 w V-rA --c n c J c:- ? f: s 1 n Pi WTO i A. . H K. I 111 I A Roy Cooper of Durant, Okla. won $105,814, but that large amount of money wasn't enough to win the 1981 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's Associa-tion's all-around title as his cousin, Jimmie B. Cooper of Monument, N.M. collected $105,861 and the number one title in the sport of rodeo. Jimmie Cooper was a contestant in the calf roping event at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo Saturday and he remarked, "The last calf decided the 1981 all-around title. I was just barely quick enough in the National Finals Rodeo last go around. We tied with the same time on ten head. We split third and fourth in the average and they went back to see who had tied one the fastest. I tied one at 8.5 and Roy Cooper had one at 8.7. That made me win the rodeo, gave me high points in the rodeo and first place in the calf roping, which was enough points to be 47 dollars ahead of Roy Cooper in total earnings. I placed second in the all-around all-around last year and third the year before." Cooper added, "I compete in calf roping and steer wrestling, but I feel I'm better in calf roping than steer wrestling. I've been doing pretty good at rodeos. I won second at Reno and placed at Denver. I've been winning a little, nothing real big just solid placing. plac-ing. I try to win something in a high percentage of the rodeos I enter. If I Roundup Rodeo, Saturday in Vernal, Cocpcr finished in suth place in calf roping at the Vernal rodeo. M.fce Dccri placed first, ' - go to ten rodeos I try to place in 50 percent per-cent or above." Another top ranked cowboy at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo Saturday was Jack Hannum of Ogden, Utah. Hannum is a well known cowboy in the Uintah Basin area as he coached football foot-ball at Union High School in Roosevelt from 1965 to 1969. Hannum guided Union to the state Class B crown in 1965. Hannum placed 15th last year in the PRCA steer wrestling final standings. "Steer wrestling is what I win the most money at. I won $9100 at Reno, Nev. in steer wrestling in three go arounds with times of 6.3, 6.1 and 5.1. Pretty good pay day take another one of them. I haven't been doing very good this season, but I had a good win at Denver. I won $6600 in steer wrestling. wrestl-ing. At a lot of the bigger rodeos steer wrestling is all that I enter. I enjoy practicing calf roping more, but I win a lot more steer wrestling. I enjoy working with horses, but I pick the event I win the most at." When asked to comment on the sport of football Hannum remarked, "When the fall of the year comes it kinds of gets to you. I feel the urge to get back to the gridiron." Also in attendance at the Saturday portion of the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo were top team roping stars David Motes, Dennis Watkins, Rickey Green and Julio Moreno. Motes of Mesa, Ariz, stated, "The rodeo season has been so-so for me. I've been to ten National Finals Rodeos. I won the world team roping title in 1977. 1 roped a few in six and seven." Some top cowboy stars at the Friday rodeo were Mike Beers, Dee Pickett, team roping and calf roping; Tee Woolman, Clay O'Brien Cooper, Jesse. James and Allen Bach, team roping. Highly ranked cowboys shined at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo as Lewis C; ti ,.9r P- Feild won the bareback title, Mike Beers placed first in calf roping, Paul Hughes grabbed the steer wrestling crown and Allen Bach and Jesse James won the team roping crown, but Utah cowboys also stood out at the annual an-nual rodeo in Vernal. Casey Aimone of Paradise, Utah had to beat a score of 80 gained by Clay Barlow of Las Vegas Friday, but he came through in grand style as he turned in an 85 tally for top bull riding honors. "My bull gave me a good ride. He broke out and I rode him. Kirby's bulls are tough, but I conquered it. Now I'm in the money,' stated Aimone. Utah cowboys Brad Nicholes, Holla-day, Holla-day, Utah and Bret Summerfield, Cedar City, tied for first place in the saddle bronc event with scores of 75. Hughes just barely edged Uintah High School graduate Chad Bedell, 6.0 to 6.1, for first place in the steer wrestling event. The second place finish by Bedell was truly outstanding as he just barely missed taking first place and the cowboy who beat him went to the National Finals Rodeo last year. "Red River is kind of a nice horse. I've been on him six or seven times. I had one good trip the first time, but my best trip on him was this time at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo," stated Nicholes. "He blew out of there, kind of almost threw me and I gassed it and tried to spur him the best I could. He was a good horse. This is my best win ever and this is my rookie year with my card. This will put me in the rookie lead in the Wilderness Circuit. It's a good win for me and I can pay my truck off." An 80 score put Clay Barlow of Las Vegas in the bull riding lead in the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo Friday, but an 85 score by Casey Aimone knocked knock-ed him down to second place. "He was a hard one to track as he had no pattern. He made a few rounds to the right. A lot of bulls have patterns they do every time, but this bull just flopped and popped the rest of the way," commented Barlow. "I started pretty hot the first of the year and won $5000 at Baton Rouge, La. I won some other good checks, but I got stepped on in Vegas and I'm just getting started again. I won at West Jordan. I received receiv-ed a cut to the forehead when I was stepped on in Vegas and was out of action ac-tion for two months. I'm hoping to make the Finals if I get hot." Donny Green, Kamloops, British Columbia and Eric Viers, Nevada, f OR VCR UNION Hh School coach, Jack Hannum. Ogden. Imhci lin la it year in the Professional Rodeo Co boys Avoci4!on s!rcr -rei!!ing final standings. Hannum coached Umon to IH On 0 stafe foc!fcjil u:e m 15, St. GtC::',E c:-t-T rvr:fc -5 9.. P--: - PJ Iowa, were the clowns at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo. Green's specialty act was: "Undependable Ambulance Service." Ser-vice." Green has worked the Calgary Stampede, Pendleton Roundup, National Na-tional High School Rodeo Finals and Columbia River Circuit Finals. "I've got three jobs: one, entertain people; two, try to get the bull to buck as best I can and three, protect the cowboy. I've been a clown for 14 years," remarked Green. "I broke both my legs, arms and cracked some vertebrae just minor stuff. You can get hurt in any job. You got a chance of getting hurt, but we are doing something we enjoy and are making people happy and are our own bosses." When asked to comment on what his job as a bull fighter is, Viers stated, "My job is to make the bulls buck as well as they can so the cowboy gets a high score and keep the cowboy from getting run over. The last rodeo I went to last week a bull hit the barrel so hard he knocked me ten feet in the air and I was behind the barrel. You can imagine what they do when they hit you." 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