SAN ANTONIO -- Saddle bronc rider Spencer Wright will be joining three family members for the semifinals of the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo thanks to his performance in Bracket 5 on Monday.

Wright won the third round of the bracket with an 85.5-point ride on Andrews Rodeo's Catwalk to add $2,281 to his earnings, giving him a total of $5,418. He is the highest money winner out of the bracket and will now join his brother, nephew, and brother-in-law in their quests to take a saddle bronc riding championship home to Milford, Utah.

Wright won a world title in 2014. He qualified for the Wrangler National Finals (NFR) again in 2015. Last year he was 44th, way outside of the top 15 that competed at the NFR but high enough to give him the chance to compete in San Antonio.

The upcoming semifinals will see a lot of family action. Brothers Joshua and Jonathan Torres, from Ocala, Florida, stopped the clock in 4.9 seconds to win the third round in the team roping in Bracket 5. The $2,281 they earned was enough to get them back in the AT&T Center to rope again. Twins Jake and Jim Ross Cooper, who were born and raised at Monument, New Mexico, are also roping in the semifinals.

Along with the Wrights, brothers Jacobs and Sterling Crawley will be competing in the saddle bronc riding. Jacobs, the 2015 world champion, lives less than an hour from the AT&T Center in Boerne. Sterling is three hours farther north at Stephenville. Joe and Josh Frost, also brothers, from Randlett, Utah, have qualified in the bull riding. Joe was the big money winner out of all the brackets and was the only man to ride a bull in the third round. He starts the semifinals with $8,934, a huge advantage as contestants will qualify for Saturday night's championships based on money won.

There will be two rounds in each of the semifinals in San Antonio, beginning on Tuesday night. The five contestants with the highest total money in each of the events from semifinals 1 and semifinals 2 will advance to the finals on Saturday, Feb. 25.

By Susan Kanode