The WCRA rang in the new year with the 2024 Stampede at The E at the Lazy E in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Jan. 3-6.

In the Progressive Rounds, Jake Wells and Bryer Hamilton took the first-round win with an 8.22, and Heath King and Stephen Britnell won the second round with a 5.79. Peyton Walters and Joe Mattern took home the win and $15,000 with a 5.52-second run in Saturday's Triple Crown of Rodeo Round. 

On this episode of The Short Score, we catch up with the Progressive Round winners and the Stampede at The E champs.

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The Ariat World Series of Team Roping XVII wrapped up at the South Point in Las Vegas Dec. 9-17, 2023, paying out over $18 million. The first roping of the week was the Riata Buckle Open, which paid $106,000 to the winning team of Bubba Buckaloo and Nicky Northcott. Buckaloo and Northcott were 43.06 seconds on six steers for the win, and they join The Short Score to talk about their win.

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The 2023 NFR is in the books, with world champs and average champions crowned. 

It all came down to Round 10, and when it was all said and done, Tyler Wade and Wesley Thorp held on to the lead in the world standings to clinch the 2023 world title. Derrick Begay and Colter Todd went into the tenth round leading the average as the only team to catch all steers. They stayed the course, roping their steer in 4.4 seconds to win the average.

Chelsea Shaffer sat down with both teams to talk about their monumental wins.

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Round 9 win. They were 3.5 seconds Dec. 15 to win their second go-round in a row and push them to the top of the world standings. 

Wade and Thorp join Chelsea Shaffer on The Score to talk about their run, the steers and how they feel heading into the tenth round as the projected world champions.

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In Round 8 of the 2023 NFR, Tyler Wade and Wesley Thorp knew they drew a steer they could win on. The money steer of the round, to be exact. And they took full advantage of it in just 3.3 seconds.

Wade and Thorp not only won the round, they tied the team roping world record and pocketed $30,706 a man. That $30,706 was good enough to put them back in contention for a world title. On this episode of The Score, Chelsea Shaffer sat down with Wade and Thorp to talk about the run, how they felt good about their draw and how they feel being back in world title contention.

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and went to the lead with a 4.0. Six teams later, Clay Smith and Paden Bray tied Begay and Todd. Following Smith and Bray, Clint Summers and Jake Long joined both teams at the top, taking home their fourth round win of this year's NFR.

Chelsea Shaffer sits down with all three teams on this episode of The Score to talk about their night. 

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no-times, a leg and one clean run, to be exact. But in the matinee Wednesday, Dec. 13, Rogers and Eaves turned things around in 3.5 seconds to win the round and pick up their first check of this year's NFR.

Host Chelsea Shaffer sat down with them on The Score to talk about the run, their horses and how they turned things around.

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way out of three tough rounds. After roping a leg in the first two rounds and having a miss on the head side in Round 3, they took home a nice check in Round 4 and won Round 5 with a 3.8.

The win in Round 5 actually marks Koch's first-ever NFR go-round win. On this episode of The Score, Brown and Koch talk about Koch's first round win and how they've bounced back.

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Long. They were 3.7 seconds Monday, Dec. 11 to win Round 4, bringing their NFR round earnings in just four rounds to $92,118.

Summers and Long are back with Chelsea Shaffer on The Score in a feel-good episode. They talk about what it’s like to live out their absolute childhood dreams, what their mindsets look like this year and just how grateful they are for good horses. 

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The strongest, toughest steer in the pen was no match for Coleman Proctor and Logan Medlin, who took the win in Round 3 of the 2023 NFR with a 3.7-second run.

After starting off the Finals with two misses, Proctor and Medlin bounced back, cashing in $30,706 a man for the round win. Chelsea Shaffer sat down with Proctor and Medlin on this episode of The Score to talk about the win, horses, mindset and their steer.

More NFR Coverage:

• 2023 NFR Team Roping Results
• Heating Up: The 2023 NFR Round 3 Cheat Sheet

This episode is presented by CSI Saddlepads. CSI has supported our multimedia coverage of all things team roping for a decade. Their mission is to make sure you and your horse both enjoy riding, which is why they’ve created the CSI Saddle Pad and educate and communicate with their customers and the horse community.