PublicationProRodeo Sports News - February 22, 2019

SOUTHWESTERN EXPO & LIVESTOCK SHOW

Bull rider Foster McCraw had an 86-point ride on Rafter G Rodeo’s Punt Return in the first round, tying him for second place. McCraw went on to win the average with 254 points on three head. James Phifer photo

BiggerThanTexas

BY TRACY RENCK G rowing up and working his way through the bull riding ranks led to this moment for Foster McCraw. The Navasota, Texas, cowboy had a 90-point ride on Rafter G Rodeo’s Chosin One in the finals of the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show in Fort Worth, Texas, catapulting himself to Bull rider McCraw has career-best performance to claim average

the average win. McCraw won the average with 254 points on three head at the ProRodeo Tour stop. “It was crazy,” said McCraw, 21. “I wasn’t expecting to win it. I was just hoping to ride three of them.” The Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show ended its 75- year run in the Will Rogers Coliseum on Feb. 9. The rodeo is moving to Dickies Arena in Fort Worth in 2020. “It was cool to win inWill Rogers Coliseum and put your name in the history books,” McCraw said. McCraw set his wheels in motion for his biggest career win with an 86-point ride on Rafter G Rodeo’s Punt Return in the first round, tying him for second place.

TOPS AT FORT WORTH — Jan. 25-Feb. 9

ALL-AROUND COWBOY Marcus Theriot $10,042

BAREBACK RIDING 1. Ty Breuer ................ 336.5 pts. on four 2. Steven Peebles .............................. 334 3. Seth Hardwick ............................ 333.5 4. Craig Wisehart ............................ 331.5

STEER WRESTLING 1. Stephen Culling ...... 12.5 sec. on three (tie) Josh Clark ............................. 12.5 3. Justin Shaffer ............................... 12.9 4. Marcus Theriot ............................. 13.0

TEAM ROPING 1. Rose/Hillman .......... 16.3 sec. on three 2. K. Fuller/T. Woodard ..................... 16.5 3. C. Kidd V/L. Medlin ....................... 17.0 4. K. Parchman/M. Kasner ................ 17.4

Steer wrestling and team roping

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