08/06/2025
The Lee County Steer Slam and Dud Morris Memorial, which was held over the weekend at the Lee County Sheriff's Posse Arena in Giddings, Texas was an amazing day of bulldogging for the young steer wrestlers of the Ote Berry's Junior Steer Wrestling World Championship Tour! Down to every detail, the Matthijetz and Morris families produced a great event of fun, fair competition that paid amazing and had some very cool unexpected twists.
South Dakota's Treyvan Talsma won the average and $4,134. Louisiana's Ryder Martin was the top points-getter, and took home $4,700. There was $12,000 added to the 18-and-under open, and another $2,500 added to the 16-and-under incentive, no stock charge and a $26,000 total payout. Eleven young steer wrestlers won over $1,000.
Cyndi Bauerle, who's the widow of NFR steer wrestler Leon Bauerle, grandma to past OBJSWWC Tour champ and 2024 Resistol Steer Wrestling Rookie of the Year Tyler Bauerle, did a random drawing after each round and awarded $1,000 cash in "getting down the road money" to lucky winners Sawyer Bell, Barrett Shelton and Ryan Thompson. There is no bigger bulldogging fan than Cyndi Bauerle.
Every kid who finished one out of the money in the rounds was awarded a $100 gift certificate by Hanover Quarter Horses.
We cannot thank the Matthijetz and Morris families, the sponsors and their entire crew enough for pulling out all the stops to make this such a special event for these young cowboys.
THANK YOU!!
Ote & Kendra
OBJSWWC TOUR RESULTS:
2025 OBJSWWC Tour Qualifier 25
Lee County Steer Slam/OBJSWWC Qualifier
August 3 in Giddings, Texas
Round 1:
1 Brady Johnson, 4.28, 200
2 Cade Branquinho*, 5.64, 180
3 Logan Yarborough, 5.88, 160
4 Levi Ferguson, 6.51, 140
5 Levi Ferguson, 6.67, 120
6 Colton Wilson, 7.13, 100
7 Ilan Davis*, 7.33, 80
8 Treyvan Talsma*, 7.52, 60
9 Ethan Cart, 7.57, 40
10 Wacey Bay, 8.25, 20
Round 2:
1 Jesse Olson*, 4.97, 200
2 Ryden Martin, 5.04, 180
3 Ethan Cart, 5.07, 160
4 Treyvan Talsma*, 5.31, 140
5 Grady Johnson, 5.36, 120
6 Levi Ferguson, 5.39, 100
7 Ethan Cart, 5.88, 80
8 Tatum Roberts, 5.90, 60
9 Rorry Johnson*, 6.71, 40
10 Colton Heron*, 8.34, 20
Round 3:
1 Ryan Thompson, 4.27, 200
2 Darius Armstead*, 4.37, 180
3 Ryden Martin, 4.50, 160
4 Dalton Dishman*, 4.75, 140
5 Ryden Martin, 4.82, 120
6 Tatum Roberts, 5.12, 100
7 Colton Heron*, 5.66, 80
8 Colton Wilson, 5.74, 60
9 Jesse Olson*, 6.12, 40
10 Ryan Thompson, 6.15, 20
Incentive Points:
1 Treyvan Talsma*, 23.98 on three, 160
2 Cain Martin*, 32.31, 140
3 Colton Heron*, 48.23, 120
4 Colton Heron*, 14.0 on two, 100
5 Darius Armstead*, 14.69, 80
6 Jesse Olson*, 15.73, 60
7 Cade Branquinho*, 21.76, 40
8 Cade Branquinho*, 22.33, 30
9 Ilan Davis*, 23.12, 20
10 Rorry Johnson, 27.87, 10
Average:
1 Treyvan Talsma*, 23.98 on three, 400
2 Ryden Martin, 25.48, 360
3 Cain Martin*, 32.31, 320
4 Barrett Shelton, 35.82, 280
5 Colton Heron*, 48.23, 240
6 Grady Johnson, 9.64 on two, 200
7 Tatum Roberts, 11.02, 160
8 Ethan Cart, 13.45, 120
9 Colton Wilson, 13.61, 80
10 Colton Heron*, 14.0, 40
*Incentive 16 & Under
**NE = Not Eligible, over 18 as of January 1 and it was a 19 & under jackpot; OR Not an OBJSWWC member
The 2025 Ote Berry’s Junior Steer Wrestling World Championship Tour World Champion will be determined at the OBJSWWC, which will run December 9-13 at the Junior National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. We will again crown an OBJSWWC Tour regular-season champ, an OBJSWWC world champ, an OBJSWWC 16 & under incentive champion, an OBJSWWC finals champion and the OBJSWWC fast time at the finals. Call Ote with all Tour questions at 918-557-0158, including sanctioning, sponsorships and membership.
OBJSWWC TOUR POINTS:
2025 OBJSWWC Tour Qualifier 25
Lee County Steer Slam/OBJSWWC Qualifier
August 3 in Giddings, Texas
Because there was $12,000 added, 20 bonus points were awarded to everyone entered; 40 if entered twice.
1 Ryden Martin, 860
2 Treyvan Talsma*, 800
3 Colton Heron*, 640
4 Grady Johnson of Flatonia, Texas, 540
5 Cain Martin*, 500
6 Ethan Cart, 440
7 Levi Ferguson of Lampasas, Texas 400
8 Tatum Roberts, 360
9 Jesse Olson*, 340
10 Barrett Shelton, 320
11 Darius Armstead*, 300
12 Cade Branquinho*, 290
13 Colton Wilson, 280
14 Ryan Thompson, 260
15 Logan Yarborough of Palmer, Texas, 200
16 Dalton Dishman* of Beaumont, Texas, 180
17 Ilan Davis*, 140
18 Rorry Johnson* of Flatonia, Texas, 70
19/24 Wacey Bay, 40
19/24 Brady Meyer*, 40
19/24 Sawyer Bell, 40
19/24 Luke Sengbusch*, 40
19/24 Cale Orr*, 40
19/24 Preston Martin*, 40
25 James Hoagland* of Crawford, Texas 20
Note: OBJSWWC Tour points are given on a sliding scale based on number of entries. 10-24 entries, 100 points to win the round and drops by 10 points down to 10 for 10th place; incentive is five places, 50-40-30-20-10; short round is five places with same points as incentive.
25-39 entries, 150 points to win the round and drops by 15 points down to 15 for 10th place; incentive is six places, 100-80-60-40-20-10; short round is 10 places, 100 dropping by 10 down to 10 points for 10th place.
40-plus entries, 200 points to win the round and drops by 20 points down to 20 for 10th place; incentive is 10 places, 160 dropping by 20 down to 10 points for 10th place; short round is 10 places with same points as incentive.
The average is double the round points.
Call Ote Berry with all OBJSWWC Tour questions, including sponsorships, membership and sanctioning. The 2025 Ote Berry’s Junior Steer Wrestling World Championship will be held December 9-13 during the Junior NFR in Las Vegas.
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