Young Pine closes in on title in silver cup rodeo

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Blood Reserve veteran cowboy Dallas Young Pine made a big move towards his second Indian Rodeo Cowboy Association (IRCA) all-around honors in the Silver Cup Series No. 2 here at the Agriplex on March 14-15, 1992. The Silver Cup was the second of four to be held here in the month of May.

Young Pine won a total of $502 and added 80 points to the all-around in both the IRCA and Silver Cup Series.

Young Pine, who usually enters all riding events plus the steer wrestling and team roping, won the steer wrestling with a run of 6.3 seconds. He placed second in the bareback riding with 61 points aboard "Larado" and then rode "Clyde" for 61 points, good for a fourth place finish in the bronc riding.

Byron Bruised Head won the Saddle Bronc riding with a solid 69 point effort on Sundance's "Junior", good for $243 at the pay window. Richard Bish was a second at 68 and a return of $182.

Kelvin Fox raked a bronc by the name of "Highlinger" for 67 points to win the bareback and a $175 payoff. Only three of 12 contestants made qualifying rides.

Derrick Martineau of Paddle Prairie was one of them, placing third. But the northern Native came back to win in his speciality, the bull riding, where he tamed "Excalibar" for 68 points and $243 at the pay window.

Spike Guardipee of Browning, Montana was the top money man at the rodeo with $676 in total winnings.

He teamed up with uncle Sam Bird to win the team roping, facing each other at 5.8 seconds and sharing first place money of $900.

Guardipee, the 1990 calf roping and all-around champion of Indian National Rodeo Finals in Albuquerque, came up with a second place finish in the calf roping winning $226 with a 10.4 second run.

Local cowboy Robert Bruised Head won the event stopping the clocks at 9.8 seconds to pocket $300.

The senior barrel racing saw Dodi Strongman of Hobbema win with a fast run of 14.297 seconds and $252. Jackie Little Bear was second at 14.409 and a return of $189.

The junior events saw Brent Dodging Horse of Sarcee win the boys' steer riding with a 69 point ride and $109 added to his Wrangler Jeans.

The junior barrel racing was won by Standoff's Janie Day Chief at 14.481 seconds. She won $108. Jenny Monroe of Browning was second at 14.833 going home with $81.