NC's JB Mauney Wins Event Championship At Tuff Hedeman's Championship Challenge

NC's JB Mauney Wins The Texas Ford Dealers' Tuff Hedeman Championship Challenge Event Championship Title.

In front of a full house that included his parents, NC's JB Mauney took it down to the wire and won the event with 263 points.He said he felt his folks were his good luck charm as he took home $22,270 in spite of a nagging ankle injury that has haunted him for the past three weeks.Mauney stated that the injury helped to keep him focused in the right direction.
JB rode the BR bull Walk The Line in round 2 for 83 points to add to his score of 89 from the round one.In the short go he faced R/W's Georgia Sun and scored 91.JB was the only rider to cover three during the event. BJ Schumacher had entered the short go in the lead and JB had to wait for BJ ,Hugo Pedrero and Dave Samsel to ride before he knew he was the victor.
Ronnie Kitchens won round two aboard R/W's Renegade with 89.5 but bucked off of BR's Copperhead Slinger in the short go. Ronnie was seventh in the average.He advanced to second place in the CBR standings just $13,870 behind Matt Austin.
BJ Schumacher was second in the round with 89 points aboard R/W's Big City and he finished second in the average with 179.Byron Walker's Blackberry Wine bucked BJ off in the short go.Just love this Blueberry Wine son.You could tell it was a "Tuff" competition as only Mauney rode all three head and only five others rode two.
JC Bean was third in the round with 87.5 aboard Thomas Taylor's  Chilly but bucked off of R/W's Mean Machine in the short go. Marcus Michaelis was fourth in the round with 87 aboard Taylor's China Grove but got ko'd by Kevin Loudamy's Uncle Charlie in the short go.To make matters worse Uncle Charlie came back and flung Michaelis twenty feet.The crowd was hushed as the rider lay unconscious and had to be carried out on the stretcher.Seems I saw a similar wreck here two years ago.Michaelis regained consciousness in the Lane Frost Sports Medicine Room and was sent to the hospital for observation.He  suffered a concussion with a cut that needed to be sutured  and  he was released.
Clayton Williams tied for 5/6/7 in the round with 86.5 on Jerry Nelson's Society's Child and he was thrilled to draw Jerry's World Champion Big Bucks in the short go.Even though Big Bucks won the match Clayton was happy to have lasted 5 seconds on the great bull. He said he made the error of starting to think at that point and you just cannot do that on Big Bucks,
Super Dave Samsel tied with Clayton and Wesley Silcox with 86.5. Dave rode CW's Camo Kat and entered the short go with 172 points. CBR Bull of the Year  R/W's Biloxi Blues beat Dave out in the short go and Dave finished 5th in the average.
Wesley Silcox scored his 86.5 aboard Lufkin Ranch and Rodeo's Surprise but had a terrible get off as he hung up and Surprise stepped on Wesley's ankle and elbow.Wes was unable to take his short go ride but thankfully has no serious injury.His spot in the short go should have gone to Jarrod Craig but WS' Stacy's Pet had other ideas.In another scary wreck the bull stepped on Jarrod's chest and he was sent to the hospital for observation and treatment.As of the 13th he was still in the hospital with 2 broken ribs and a punctured lung and was expected to be released at the end of the week. Rocky Farrington got to fill the spot in the short go.
Hugo Pedrero made a good showing this weekend and finished  eighth in the round and 4th in the average.Hugo scored 85.5 aboard another great R/W bull Poison Ivy but Thomas Taylor's great bull Smokeless War Dance tossed  the rider off.
CBR /PRCA World Champion Matt Austin was the only rider besides Mauney to make a qualified ride  in the short go as he rode R/W's Vertical Limit for 88.5.Matt was third in the average with176.5 and added to his lead in the standings.Matt is currently first in first place in the CBR ,PRCA and PRCA's Xtreme Bulls once again!
Travis Sellers rode Nelson's  Devil's Reject for 81.5 but was thrown off by Nelson's California Dreamin.Travis still finished 6th in the standing with 171 thanks to Saturday's 89.5 ride.
McKennon Wimberley finished eighth in the average with 88.5 he scored in round one Saturday.The score got him into the short go but Thomas Taylor's Pandora's Box got the best of McKennon.
After the event Tuff complimented the riders and was quoted in the CBR press release as having said:“These guys rode hard over the last three days. We put a lot of competition on their plate as well as a lot of media and fan pressure.  That’s why these guys have made it to the top – they have earned the right to ride before thousands of people and continue to prove they are the best athletes in the sport.”
The next CBR event will be held April 29th in College Station,Texas as part of the CBR Bull Bash 2006 tour.