Sulphur native Shane Hanchey named NFR Average Champion in Tie-Down Roping Shane Hanchey was named the 2020 Wrangler NFR Average Champion in the Tie-Down Roping. (Source: STEVE F GRAY) By Brady Renard | December 24, 2020 at 9:01 PM CST - Updated December 24 at 9:01 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Sulphur Cowboy Shane Hanchey was in search of another Gold Buckle at the 2020 Wranglers National Finals Rodeo. Heâd earn one, just not the one he was hoping for.
Hanchey for the second year in a row finished just shy in the standings with a third-place finish in tie-down roping. Hanchey wrapped up the event with earnings of $195,991.39, while Shad Mayfield took home the title with $198,399.13.
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Tim O’Connell slipped back a bit in the overall average at the National Finals Rodeo in Arlington, Texas.
According to Prorodeo.com, in Round 7, O’Connell, a three-time world champion, scored a 77 aboard “Network Gazer”. That was good enough for a tie for 10th in the bareback riding event.
The round was won by Orin Larsen, who scored a 90 on “Yippee Kibitz”. Winn Ratliff, aboard Black Leg,” scored an 87; followed by Missouri Valley College grad Jesse Pope and Tanner Aus tied for third with an 83.5 on “Bar Talk” and “MLW’s Irish Eyes”, respectively.
Kaycee Feild and Richmond Champion are tied for the lead in the overall average at the NFR with 594.0 through seven rounds. Pope has surged into third place with a 592.0; with O’Connell in fourth with a 590.0.