Broken ankles and wrist. Concussions. Broken collar bones and a broken leg.

It was just another Xtreme Bulls tour stop for these cowboys.

Pendleton, Ore.’s Joe Meling lasted as the sole survivor through five rounds of action at the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Xtreme Bulls newest tour stop Sunday, wrapping up a wet and wild Kitsap County Fair & Stampede.

And while Meling was the only finalist of a dozen to complete his ride, he also was one of lucky ones to escape without injury in the rodeo’s final day.

“This wasn’t really good weather for us,” Meling said as rain returned to the Kitsap County Fairgrounds and Thunderbird Arena after a two-day break. “I can’t think of an Xtreme where we’ve ever had rain. It definitely changes the game a little bit.”

Meling scored a 76 in his first ride to sneak in to the finals thanks to a pair of injuries, but was the only rider to complete 8 seconds aboard in the last round, scoring just a 65 after he was given a re-ride option when the bull, Border Patrol, clipped the gate on the way out of the chute.

Meling, normally a little bullish himself — like most cowboys — opted not to take the re-ride, a decision that secured him a much needed win.

For rodeo director Joe Drouin, the event was a fine way to wrap up a week of exciting, if not unpredictable, rodeo action.

“It went very smoothly,“ Drouin said. “We got great comments from everyone.”

While Wednesday and Thursday saw rain lead to mud, Friday and Saturday offered a dry spell, with Saturday’s heat leading to packed stands throughout Thunderbird Arena.

Those fans came out again Sunday for Xtreme Bulls, with most packing the covered portion of the arena, but many remaining in the rain in both the VIP area and the stadium’s open bleachers.

“We went through a real bad wet start,” Drouin said. “But everyone still showed. They’re excited for rodeo. It’s been a great show every night.”

Through four days of rodeo competition, the Kitsap Fair & Stampede paid out $151,271.

In the end, Joel Young won the bareback with an 88, edging Tilden Hooper’s 86, a score that previously lasted from opening night.

Clint Robinson edged Travis Carnine in steer wrestling by just a tenth of a second thanks to his 3.7-second mark on the opening day before Dean Gorsuch and KC Jones eclipsed that mark with a 3.5 in round two.

Casey Martin posted the best total time, needing just 9 seconds for two successful runs.

In team roping, it was header Richard Charley Crawford and heeler Jhett Johnson posting a time of just 3.9 seconds in round one, while Ty Blasingame and Cody Hintz tied with Trevor Brazile and Patrick Smith in round two, each team posting a time of 4.5.

David Key and Marty Becker had the best total time in team roping, with 9.4 seconds on two head.

Roy Johnson and Cody Taton shared the top saddle bronc ride of 84 points.

In tie-down roping, Casey Branquinho’s time of 8.2 seconds was fast enough to win the first round before Tyson Durfey posted a 7.9 in round two. Branquinho retained the fastest total time however with a 17.2 in two runs.

Whitney Baker proved the fastest barrel racer, clearing all three barrels and the line in 17.22 seconds, while Marcus Michaelis, who led off Xtreme Bulls action Sunday with a no score, won the Stampede bull riding competition with an 86, the second-highest score on the week.

Injuries started early, as cowboys were bucked more often than not thanks to wet bull ropes, a sticky rope used to help secure the rider on the bull.

“I was pretty sore to be honest with you,” Meling said. “My elbow is getting real sore, and my rope was sopping wet and muddy and it wasn’t going to get sticky again.”

He wasn’t alone.

Bobby Welsh, of Gillette, Wyo., capped an exciting first run with an 88, a score that would hold as the highest on the day and week. But that’s when the injuries began. Nat Fly of Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, was the first to get stamped by a bull, even getting partially rolled over.

Logan Knibbe suffered a broken collarbone on his first ride.

Casey Baize sustained a potential broken wrist despite hanging on for a 78 ride.

Jay Morrow logged an 81 in his sectional before Redneck bucked him, head-butted him and drove him into the arena floor. While he walked off with help, Morrow sustained a concussion and sore neck.

Cody Hancock was another who couldn’t go on despite riding to a 78.

Wes Silcox suffered one of the toughest injuries, as the defending Xtreme Bulls champed and No. 3 ranked bull rider coming in, had his right leg broken when his bull, Dippin’ Dots, came down right on it in the finals round. he had scored an 84 to qualify.

But if anyone Sunday knew about injuries, it was Matt Austin, the 2005 National Finals Rodeo bull riding world champion whose been forced to sit out the last two years due to injuries.

In his return to Bremerton, the Wills Point, Texas cowboy wrapped up the fourth sectional with an 85.

“God gave me talent and I get to be my own boss,“ Austin said. “I’m free, I get to ride wild animals for a living, make good money, meet people. It’s a wonderful life.”