Grady Young claims CFR bull riding title with $85,765 in season winnings

The Canadian Finals Rodeo concluded Saturday at Rogers Place in Edmonton, where 20-year-old Grady Young of Leader took the bull riding title. Young won two of his first three rides before being bucked off twice on Saturday, finishing the season with $85,765.30 in qualifying winnings, nearly $12,000 ahead of the next-best rider. He placed second in the aggregate, one point behind Jordan Hansen.

Maple Creek's Kahl Wasilow finished sixth on the season after an 87.75 ride early Saturday and placed fourth in the aggregate, while Eatonia's Dakota Buttar was fifth in both the season standings and the aggregate following an 85.75 ride in the final round. Only six of twelve riders recorded qualifying rides, with bulls winning 46 of 57 attempts.

Cypress County's Hayes Howe, 15, moved up from a sixth seed to finish fourth on the season and second in the aggregate in junior steer riding, posting first-place rides in rounds two and four. Also from Cypress County, Tyler Popescul recorded qualifying times in all five rounds of tie-down roping to finish 11th on the season and fifth in the aggregate.

In team roping, Consul's Braden Brost and partner Tuftin McLeod placed sixth on the season and third in the aggregate despite no time in round one. Cypress County's Trent Tunke and Levi Schmidt were the only team ropers unable to register a time through five rounds, finishing ninth on the season and 12th in the aggregate.

Bull riding returns to the region this weekend as Professional Bull Riders Canada hosts the Medicine Hat Classic at Co-op Place on Saturday night, with the riders list expected later this week.