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The winter rodeo season is upon us and there is plenty of action to follow. Every week Sports Illustrated's Rodeo Daily will provide you with a simple flashback look at the previous week's winners from across the country at various events. 

Be sure to stop by every Monday morning to get your quick and easy look at the winners.

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo

Bracket one at San Antonio wrapped up Saturday afternoon, Feb. 10. These are the athletes who will be moving on to the semifinals:

Bareback Riding: 1. Kade Sonnier, $4,500; 2. (tie) Bronc Marriott and Luke Thrash, $3,750 each; 4. Weston Timberman, $3,250. 

Steer Wrestling: 1. Walt Arnold, $5,000; 2. (tie) Will Lummus and Tyler Pearson, $4,500 each; 4. Cole Walker, $3,250. 

Team Roping: 1. Coy Rahlmann/Billie Jack Saebens, $5,750 each; 2. Jake Cooper/Chase Graves, $3,500; 3. Clint Summers/Jake Long, $3,000; 4. Kellan Johnson/Carson Johnson, $2,250. 

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1. Ryder Sanford, $4,500; 2. Keene Justesen, $4,000; 3. Parker Fleet, $3,750; 4. Logan Cook, $3,500. 

Tie Down Roping: 1. Cole Walker, $4,500; 2. Brushton Minton, $4,000; 3. Kincade Henry, $3,500; 4. Joel Harris, $2,500. 

Barrel Racing: 1. Shelley Morgan, $7,000; 2. Dona Kay Rule, $4,500; 3. Ashley Castleberry, $3,500; 4. Emily Beisel, $2,500. 

Bull Riding: 1. Luke Mast, $5,000; 2. Creek Young, $4,500; 3. Fulton Rutland, $4,000; 4. JaCauy Hale, $3,500. 

Breakaway Roping: 1. Erin Johnson, $4,750; 2. Tacy Webb, $4,000; 3. TiAda Gray, $3,000; 4. Taylor Munsell, $2,250.

The American Contender Tournament Finals

The final round of the American Contender Tournament Finals was held in Abilene, Texas, on Saturday evening, Feb. 10. The top five contestants in their respective events from the three regional finals gathered to contest one more time. These 15 athletes were narrowed down to the top five. These five contestants will be competing against the top five in the PRCA/WPRA World Standings from 2023 to determine the best of the best, and maybe, just maybe, one of them will take home the $1 million prize. 

Here are the winners of the finals:

Bareback Riding: Taylor Broussard, 87.75 points, $15,000

Breakaway Roping: Jordan Jo Hollobaugh, 2.21 seconds, $15,000

Team Roping: Brenten Hall/Kaden Profili, 4.18 seconds, $15,000

Saddle Bronc Riding: Dawson Hay, 88.5 points, $15,000

Steer Wrestling: Ty Erickson, 3.33 seconds, $15,000

Tie-Down Roping: Shane Hanchey, 7.89 seconds, $15,000

Barrel Racing: Brandon Cullins, 15.352 seconds, $15,000

Bull Riding: Cody Nance, 89 points, $15,000

For full results, read: "Official Stage Set for $1M American Rodeo"

79th Annual Yuma Silver Spur Rodeo

The 79th Annual Yuma (Ariz.) Silver Spur Rodeo was completed on Sunday, Feb. 11. These are your winners:

All-around cowboy: Erich Rogers 

Bareback Riding: Matthew Tuni 84.5 points on Salt River Rodeo's Windy Whiskey, $1,272 

Steer Wrestling: Seth Peterson 4.4 seconds, $1,465 

Team Roping: Erich Rogers/Paul Eaves 5.3 seconds, $2,333 each 

Saddle Bronc Riding: Denton Mars on Salt River Rodeo's Hitchin' Post and Cache Schelleberg on Salt River Rodeo's Ducky, 83.5 points, $1,576 each 

Tie-Down Roping: Cole Robinson, 8.2 seconds, $1,772 

Barrel Racing: Taylor Manning and Mariah Morgan, 17.32 seconds, $2,118

Bull Riding: Scottie Knapp on Honeycutt Rodeo's Cajun Boy and Brad Moreno on Honeycutt Rodeo's Lizard Lips, 87.5 points, $1,412 each

Royal Crown Team Roping

The Royal Crown Team Roping events kicked off the incentive's 10-day stay at Buckeye Equestrian and Events Center in Buckeye, Ariz. Here are your champions:

4 & Under Heading: Relentless Honor, ridden by Miles Baker, owned by Relentless Remuda, Score 609.99 Owner $7,120, Stallion $864, Breeder $576

4 & Under Heeling: Lil Bit O Cash, ridden by Miles Baker, owned by Disco Cattle Co, Score 592.82, Owner $5,960, Stallion $672, Breeder $448

6 & Under Heading: Sevens Hawk 2, ridden by Miles Baker, owned by Relentless Remuda, Score 603.28, Owner $8,062, Stallion $1,500, Breeder $1,000

6 & Under Heeling: Pride and Joyy, ridden by Jeremy Buhler, owned by Relentless Remuda/Solo Select/Kaleb Terlip, Score 617.07, Owner $7,440, Stallion $1,368, Breeder $912

Intermediate Header: Celtic Tuff, ridden by Mike Kunzler, owned by Brena Nicole Wells, Score 597.27, Owner $7,776, Stallion $1,843, Breeder $1,229

Intermediate Heeling: Cashing N My Diamond, ridden by Logan Anseth, owned by Mark Beck, Score 593.49, Owner $6,300, Stallion $1,440, Breeder $960

Open: Erich Rogers on ER Dash to Dinero and Paul Eaves, 27.96 seconds, $8,260 each

#15: Levi O'Keefe on Famous Jalapeño and Cole Stevens, 32.33 seconds, $8,100 each

#13: Thomas Baker and Levi O'Keefe, 29.55 seconds, $8,736 each

#11: Lance Knutson and Logan Vanderhamm, 30.27 seconds, $9,411 each

#9: Kip Hunter and Hagen Hunter, 34.12 seconds, $3,363 each.

Kinder Futurity & Derby

The Equinety Kinder Cup Barrel Racing Championship was hosted in Kinder, La., where 265 futurity horses and 167 derby horses went head-to-head to earn the championship titles. Here are your winners:

Futurity

Round One: Danyelle Campbell on Big Shoes Ta Fill, 14.832, $7,174

Round Two: Ceri Ward on Lighters In The Dark, 14.895, $7,174

Average: Taylor Carver on Blings Smooth Girl, 29.951, $10,232

Derby

Round One: Caroline Boucher on Gotta Bee Heavenly, 14.848, $3,274

Round Two: Chloe Gray on Heavenly Red, 14.812, $3,274

Average: Chloe Gray on Heavenly Red, 29.725, $5,085

Open Race One

1D: Skyler Nicholas on Stole My Guy, 14.820, $3,089

2D: Amanda Hardee on Miss Etta Stinson, 15.320, $2,504

3D: Dale Long on PM Streakin Fiesta, 15.823, $1,536

4D: Ellen Crowgey on Bobs Bayou Gold, 16.827, $1,095

Open Race Two

1D: Chloe Gray on Heavenly Red, 14.812, $3,063

2D: Wyatt Paul on OE Dirty Money, 15.313, $2,583

3D: Caroline Boucher on Secret French Kiss, 15.815, $1,522

4D: Sidney L Walkoviak on SW Fabulous Fling, 16.830, $1,141