GUYMON — Matt Reeves of Pampa, Texas, knows this neck of the woods. He lives just a couple hours south of the regional area known as No Man’s Land.
Chad Van Campen of Granada, Colo., might know it a little better, living a couple hours northwest. But the latter spent four years in Texas County, Okla., while attending Oklahoma Panhandle State University, a mere 10 miles from Henry C. Hitch Pioneer Arena, home of the 77th annual Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo.
On Saturday night during the third performance, Reeves and Van Campen put on a bit of a show. While Van Campen’s time of 5.0 seconds was a bit off the pace, his work as horse owner and hazer came in quite handy. In fact, Darrell Petry of Beaumont, Texas, rodeo Van Campen’s quality horse, Caesar, to a 4.5-second run, but more importantly to the top spot in the aggregate race heading into the final performance, set for 2 p.m. Sunday.
“I won’t do anything in the average myself, but I’ll get quite a bit of mount money,” Van Campen said.
Not all cowboys use their own horses, so they “rent” the good ones. If they win money on Caesar and have Van Campen hazing for them, Van Campen earns 25 percent of the take. If they win nothing, Van Campen wins nothing.
“My year’s been a little slow, but everybody in the rig had won some money all year,” he said. “But it’ll be OK.”
He should know. He won this rodeo in 2005 and has had some of the best competitors in the world ride Caesar during the National Finals Rodeo.
Reeves, a 2007 NFR qualifier from Pampa, normally wouldn’t have to mount another’s horse, but because of an injury, he mounted a horse owned by 2005 world champion Lee Graves. It worked to the tune of a 3.7-second run, which took the lead in the third go-round.
“I like doing well here,” Reeves said. “This is pretty close to home, and I was on an awesome horse.”
If things keep going, he hopes for a second trip to the NFR.
“That’s the goal, but that’s always the goal,” he said.
Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo
Henry C. Hitch Pioneer Arena
Guymon, Okla.
Third Performance Saturday, May 2
Bareback riding: 1. Matt Bright, Azle, Texas, 84 points on Korkow Rodeo’s Hey What; 2. Jason Jeter, Mansfield, Texas, 80; 3. Zach Curran, Arvada, Colo., and Kelly Timberman, Mills Wyo, 77; 5. Tim Shirley, Conifer, Colo., 76. First-round leaders: 1. Jared Smith, Snyder, Texas, on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Dirty Jacket and Brian Bain, Culver, Ore., on Carr’s Big Lights, 87; 3. Kaycee Feild, Elk Ridge, Utah, 85; Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., Matt Bright, Azle, Texas, and Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas, 84.
Team roping: 1. Colby Siddoway, Argyle, Texas/Matt Zancanella, Aurora, S.D., 5.7 seconds; 2. Justin Yost, Mt. Morris, Pa./Britt Bockius, Claremore, Okla., 6.2; 3. Colt Braden, Dewey, Okla./Tanner Braden, Dewey, Okla., 7.3; 4. Dylan Bransom, Burleson, Texas/Justin Copp, Justin, Texas, 7.8; 5. Jake Weddle, St. Joe, Ark./Shawn Harris, Searcy, Ark., 13.2. Third-round leaders: 1. Colby Siddoway, Argyle, Texas/Matt Zancanella, Aurora, S.D., 5.7 seconds; 2. Justin Yost, Mt. Morris, Pa./Britt Bockius, Claremore, Okla., 6.2; 3. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont./Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla., 6.4 seconds; 4. Blaine Linaweaver, Leavenworth, Kan./Richard Durham, Morgan Mill, Texas, and Donnie McNeece, McLouth, Kan./Derrick Peterson, Stillwater, Kan., 6.5.
Steer roping: 1. J. Tom Fisher, Andrews, Texas, 10.9 seconds; 2. Anthony Anderson, Gatesville, Texas, 11.7; 3. Brad Prather, Skiatook, Okla., 13.0; 4. Mike Chase, McAlester, Okla., 14.4; no other qualified times. Fifth-round leaders: 1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 10.1 seconds; 2. K.W. Lauer, Buffalo, Okla., 10.7; 3. J. Tom Fisher, Andrews, Texas, and Cash Myers, Athens, Texas, 10.9 seconds; 5. Vin Fisher Jr., Andrews, Texas, 11.3.
Saddle bronc riding: 1. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 86 points on Korkow Rodeo’s Raylene; 2. Levi Berry, Morgan, Utah, 82; 3. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 79; 4. Will Payne, Beaver, Okla., and Curtis Garton, Kaitaia, New Zealand, 77. First-round leaders: 1. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 88 points; 2. Cody Wreight, Milford, Utah, 86; 3. Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., and Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., 84; 5. Dusty Hausauer, Dickinson, N.D., 83.
Steer wrestling: 1. Matt Reeves, Pampa, Texas, 3.1 seconds; 2. Gabe LeDioux, Kaplan, La., 4.1; 3. Zane hankel, Red Cliff, Alberta, 4.4; 4. Darre3l Petry, Beaumont, Texas, and Lee Graves, Calgary, Alberta, 4.5; Third-round leaders: 1. Matt Reeves, Pampa, Texas, 3.7; 2. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo., 3.9 seconds; 3. Gabe LeDoux, Kaplan, La., 4.1; 4. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 4.3; 5. Jason Lahr, Stephenville, Texas, and Zane Hankel, Red Cliff, Alberta, 4.4.
Tie-down roping: 1. Billy Hamilton, McAlester, Okla., 9.5 seconds; 2. Cody Owens, Rankin, Texas, 10.3; 3. Ken Bailey, Okmulgee, Okla., 10.8; 4. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, 14.2; 5. Justin Macha, Needville, Texas, 14.7. Third-round leaders: 1. Randall Carlisle, Lipan, Texas, 8.6 seconds; 2. Clint Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 8.9; 3. Jim Locke, Miami, Texas, 9.1; 4. Stran T. Smith, Childress, Texas, 11.3; 5. P.J. Spencer, Collinsville, Okla., 11.8.
Barrel racing: 1. Tiffany Fox, Fox, Okla., 17.28 seconds; 2. Shelly Morgan, Eustace, Texas, 17.38; 3. Debbie Caywood, Lexington, Okla., 17.42; 4. Diane Martin, Ulysses, Kan., 17.44; Romany Gordon, Lubbock, Texas, 17.47. Second-round leaders: 1. Brittany Pharr, Victoria, Texas, 17.22 seconds; 2. Britany Fleck, Mandan, N.D., 17.33; 3. Summer Terry, Anadarko, Okla., 17.34; 4. Carol Chesher, Stratford, Texas, and Diann Bukowski, Falcon, Colo., 17.60.
Bull riding: 1. Tyler Smith, Fruita, Colo., 78 points on the bull Pizzazz; 2. Cameron Castleberry, Gillette, Wyo., 77; no other qualified rides. First-round leaders: 1. Jason Beck, Prairieville, La., 90 points on Carr Pro Rodeo’s P.J.; 2. Austin Ambrose, Fletcher, Okla., 87; 3. Jacob Tyner, Sacramento, Calif., 86; 4. Shawn Coleman, Springfield, S.D., 84; 5. Clint Craig, Mena, Ark., 83.
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