• LAS VEGAS (AP) -- J.W. Harris wrapped up his fourth bull riding season championship Friday night, tying for first place in the ninth round of the National Finals Rodeo.
• Harris, of Mullin, Texas, scored 87.5 points on Little Shyster to match Trevor Kastner of Ardmore, Okla. Kaster rode Fire Show.
• "It is (better to clinch with a first-place effort rather than backing into it), especially the way I rode the last few nights," Harris said. "Honestly, it's been a disappointing finals for me because I wanted to win the average (aggregate standings) as well.
• "I know there's one round left, but I wanted to win the world and average, and there's no good reason I shouldn't be 9 for 9 right now. One of my goals was to ride all 10 here, but I couldn't get that done."
• Harris earned $16,677 to push his season total to $214,067. He leads all bull riders with $83,684 in NFR earnings and is second in the aggregate standings with 518.5 points for six rides.
• Cody Teel of Kountze, Texas, the winner of the previous two rounds, was fifth with a 77.5 on Seminole Wind. He leads the aggregate standings with 575 points for seven rides. Teel is second in the season standings with $165,179 with one round remaining.
• In barrel racing, season standings leader Sherry Cervi of Marana, Ariz., closed in on her fourth season championship when she tied for third in 13.89 seconds. Cervi leads the aggregate standings at 124.00 for nine rides.
• The lone barrel racer to place in the six money-earning positions in all nine rounds, Cervi leads the standings with $250,733 and tops all NFR competitors with $103,315.
• Defending season champion Mary Walker of Ennis, Texas, is second in the standings with $206,527. She was second in the round in 13.82.
• Lisa Lockhart of Oelrichs, S.D., won the round in 13.65.
• In bareback, Kaycee Feild of Payson, Utah, remained atop the standings with $186,881 after failing to finish among the top six with a 77 on Delta Glamorous.
• Feild, seeking a third consecutive title, leads the aggregate standings with 740 points for nine rides. He's trying to become the first rider to win three consecutive aggregate titles since Jack Ward Jr. in 1974-76. Feild has earned an event-high $66,506 at the NFR.
• Bobby Mote of Culver, Ore., tied for sixth with a 79.5 on Kattle Katie and is sec

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