The Texas Swing wrapped up for good over the weekend with the conclusion of the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo and right away in the Finals, a bareback rider who has been in the mix since the beginning of the season made yet another statement.

Wacey Schalla left the chutes about 15 seconds after Rocker Steiner, one of the other bareback riders dueling for the No. 1 spot, was 90.5 to take the lead in the Average. Schalla, aboard J Bar J’s Damn Straight was 91 points right on top of him to best his 176 on two with 178.5 of his own.  Leighton Berry was 85 points on the next ride to finish the performance and bring his total to 177, but no one could touch Schalla, who now sits less than $1,000 behind World No. 1 Bradlee Miller.

Steiner is still No. 3 in the World and just $2,000 behind Schalla. After that, there is $40,000 worth of daylight between Steiner and No. 4 Jacob Lees.

In steer wrestling, Jesse Brown went back-to-back with a 4.2-second run in the Finals. He finished at 18.3 seconds on four and made four straight runs between 4.1 and 5.2 to win $12,227 for the event and move to No. 5 in the World Standings.

Brown won the Short Round and was 1.2 seconds ahead of Cody Devers in the Average.

Team roping belonged to the No. 2 pair in the World, Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira. They entered the Finals in a prime position despite just one eighth place check in the first three rounds and finished the job with their fastest run of the rodeo, a 4.5, to take first in the Short Round.

“This was the first time I’ve made the Short Round here and to win the rodeo, it’s unbelievable,” Driggers said. “I’ve always heard about the Short Round nights here in San Angelo and just so thankful to be a part of it.”

It was enough for them to finish with an aggregate time of 18.7 seconds on four and helped the two-time World Champions cut into Korbin Rice/Cooper Freeman’s big lead from RodeoHouston.

Driggers/Noguiera already have 11 times of 4.5 seconds or faster in 2026.

Chase Brooks’ quiet climb of the PRCA Saddle Bronc Riding World Standings got a bit louder thanks to a 90-point ride on In the Lu that helped him win the Average with 176.5 points on two. He was just a half-point better than Zeke Thurston and Kolby Wanchuk and is now No. 5 in the World.

“It’s cool meeting up with a Montana horse down here,” Brooks said.

Tie-down roping had plenty of young NFR talent at the top including Joel Harris, Beau Cooper, and Dylan Hancock, but it was college cowboy Sam Lewis who snagged the title.

The son of 11-time NFR qualifier Brent Lewis, Sam showed he has what it takes to win at the top level of rodeo. Lewis started with an 11.1 but bounced right back with a 7.2 to win Round 2. After a 9.2 in the Semifinals, he won the Finals with an 8.8.

That Short Round time was crucial, and earned him a standing ovation. It won him the round by 1.8 seconds over Joel Harris, whom he defeated in the Average by 1.6 seconds.

Barrel racing was as close of a Finals as you will ever see with LaTricia Duke, Michelle Alley, Austyn Tobey, and Emily Beisel all stopping the clock between 14.09 and 14.14 seconds.

That, however, is not quite the order the Average went. Alley was the champion with an aggregate time of 43.94 seconds on four, Duke was second at 44.15, and World No. 1 Kassie Mowry was third at 44.22. Tobey and Beisel finished fourth and fifth.

Alley will likely leap from No. 24 into the Top 10 with her victory.

Sam Lewis was not the only second generation cowboy to own the night in Friday’s Finals, bull rider Noah Lee, son of 2004 PBR World Champion Mike Lee, did the same.

Lee made his fifth 90+ Point Ride of the season, a career-best 93, to finish at a whopping 181.50 points on two. He was one of two bull riders to cover both of his bulls and finished eight points ahead of Koby Jacobson in the Average.

With just 17 outs under his belt in his ProRodeo career, the 18-year-old Lee has cracked the Top 15.

Breakaway roping delivered a walk-off win from Danielle Lowman, whose 3.0-second run in the Finals was enough to win the Average by two-tenths of a second. She was 7.2 seconds on three, including a 1.9 to win Round 1.