Big Circle brings broncs, bulls for Polson rodeo
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POLSON — Bugs Bunny or Lounge Lizard were the sires of most of the bareback and saddle broncs the Big Circle Rodeo Company brought to Polson for the Mission Mountain NRA Rodeo on June 28 and 29. And, no, they are not cartoons.
The Big Circle bucking horses also are mostly all paints, roans and buckskins.
Sparkey Dreesen and Paul Eiker are partners in the Big Circle Rodeo Company, and they also own the pro-rodeo stock company J Bar J. They didn’t really plan to have paints and roans.
“It just kind of worked out that way,” Dreesen said. “You know, it don’t hurt to have them have color. People like to look at pretty horses.”
Dreesen didn’t grow up in the rodeo business, but he saw the 1973 documentary, “The Great American Cowboy,” and that got him interested. He’s supplied rodeo stock since the early 80s. With J Bar J, Dreesen and Eiker go to rodeos, such as the Houston Fat Stock Show, all winter long.
The Big Circle horses, bulls, steers and calves gave NRA cowboys all they could handle at the Mission Mountain Rodeo.
Placers at the rodeo included:
Bareback
1. John Salois, E. Glacier, 79
2. KC France, Glendive, 72
3. Charles Mack, Havre, 71
4. J2 Bridges, Dillon, 70
Saddle Bronc
1\2Chase Brooks, Deer Lodge, 71
1\2Phillip Whiteman, Lame Deer, 71
3. Cody Miller, Dillon, 70
4\5 Jeb Loney, Butte, 67
4\5 Rob McGilvray, Whitefish,67
Bull Riding
1. JD Harrell, Roy, 66
2. Nick Owens, Helena,61
Steer Wrestling
1. Bridger Chambers,Stevensville, 3.8
2. Weston Zupan, Wilsall, 4.1
3. Ross Mosher, Augusta, 4.3
4. Jason Armstrong, Helena, 4.4
5. Michael Gollaher, Cascade,4.6
Calf Roping
1. Brant Davis, Sand Coulee,10.4
2. Orry Frui, tBozeman, 10.5
3. Donnie Benson, Dillon, 11.0
4. Vance Ruff, Bozeman, 11.7
5. Sam Levine, Wolf Creek, 12.1
Team Roping
1. Kevin Petersen, Bozeman, 5.6
Orry Fruit, Bozeman
2. Hoss Pepion, Browning, 8.3
Polite Pepion, Browning
3. Cody Sheridan, Arlee, 10.6
Reed JenkinsFlorence
4. Travis Nichols, Helena, 11.5
Chase Briggs, Manhattan
5. Robert Schall, Arlee, 11.7
Emily Schall, Arlee
Lady Barrels
1. Taylour Russell, Conrad, 17.57
2. Kini Wright, St Anthony, 17.66
3. Kristi Horner, Ronan, 17.73
4. Gayleen Malone, Pray, 17.78
5. Paige Luhman, Corvallis,17.79
6. Lauren Reiser, Bozeman, 17.81
7. Gretchen Benbenek, Missoula, 17.88
8. Catie Birk, Kalispell, 17.90
Lady Breakaway
1Tammy Jo CarpenterKalispell2.4
2Brooke HirschyJackson2.6
3Tanya GettenHelena2.7
4Heather McRaeForsyth2.9
5Milee DaileyPray3.0
6Katelin ConwayCutBank3.2
7Tracey BolichBelgrade3.4
8Tara PetersenHelena3.7
Jr Barrels
1Shai McDonaldGardiner18.23
2Tayla MoeykensThree Forks18.44
3Larissa GettenHelena19.07
4Kylie LundRonan19.55
Jr Breakaway
1Cally OtoupalikArlee3.2
2Caleb GuardipeeCut Bank3.4
3Dillon JohnsonBelt3.9
4Luke MurphyHelena4.3
