ProRodeo Sports News - May 4, 2018

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CONTENTS MAY 4, 2018 – VOLUME 66, NO. 9

Clayton Biglow got some serious air on Calgary Stampede’s Uptown Girl at the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up. Phil Doyle photo

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Red Leads to Gold Red Bluff Round-Up a Wild Ride for cowboys

BUBBA ROLLS Team ropers Bubba Buckaloo, Clint Summers win Rodeo Corpus Christi. 30

continues to add up for the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund. 40

PAYING IT BACK Fundraising

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INSIDE

24 Clovis, Calif. 26 Red Bluff, Calif. 28 Torrington, Wyo. NCFSR 30 Corpus Christi, Texas 32 6 in his own words 8 cowboy grille 12 he said, she said 14 brain teasers 16 short round 47 results 60 prca notes 61 prca business RODEOS Tyler Waguespack won the average at the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo, April 27- 29, in 18.7 seconds on four head. Dan Hubbell photo THE COVER 10 2018 PRCA world 11 Wrangler tour 53 all american 54 circuits Del Rio, Texas Xtreme Bulls

Tuf Cooper set a pair of records at the National

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Circuit Finals Steer Roping in Torrington, Wyo., April 28-29.

PRCA ProRodeo Photo by Fred McClanahan Jr.

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IN HIS OWNWORDS: CESAR DE LA CRUZ

1/4 page color ad $457 (12mth b/w rate) DE LA CRUZ GETS BIRTHDAY PRESENT AT CLOVIS Team roping heeler Cesar de la Cruz is hoping to make his 10th Wrangler National Finals Rodeo this season. As f April 30, de la Cruz, who turned 35 April 29, was 48th in the RAM PRCA World Standings. He and team roper heading partner J.B. James Jr. are coming off winning the average at the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo, where they cashed in for $7,543 each and scored some big points in the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour. how we make our living. It’s a huge investment to try and get there. I feel like I miss it just enough; it’ll always be in my blood. Once you get to that place it stays with you. A lot of the older guys tell me they don’t miss rodeoing at all, but they miss roping at the NFR. We’ve been going to the bigger rodeos. I wouldn’t say we’ve

gone real, real hard, but we’ve gone to FortWorth (Texas), Denver, San Angelo (Texas). We’ve got a lot of day-money checks, we haven’t had a whole lot of average checks. It was awesome to get the win at Clovis. All these Tour rodeos are big ones and pay off good money. My feeling is you can go to the littler ones and you can win $1,000 at a time or $1,500 at a time. Or you can go to a big, Tour rodeo and you can win $7,000, $10,000, $15,000. That’s why I feel like it’s very important to do well at these Tour rodeos.

W inning in Clovis was huge for us. That rodeo has fallen on my birthday weekend ever since I can remember. I’ve been wanting to win that rodeo for the longest time. I’ve had some mishaps. But this year everything worked out. My partner J.B. James roped great for me. He rides a great head horse by the name of Transmission. I ride a nice little heel horse I call Lucky Bucky. He made my job awful easy. I ended up driving home all night, so I could see my wife, Arena, and the boys (Camilo, 7, Gio Rocco, 5, Zorro, 2). That was my birthday present. I got to Arizona (it’s about 10 hours back home fromClovis) and I got to see the wife and kids. It was a great day. For me, the Wrangler NFR is always calling. If everything sets up right and I had the right horses, get on roll, a person can make the Finals. It’s a long road, it’s hard to get there. A lot of guys, if they don’t have a good winter or a good start to the summer, they start doing different things to make a living. Those years I made it – I made it nine times in a row – I was always fortunate to get a decent start and have a good start to the summer. I really want to be there. But it requires great heel horses and a lot of luck, too. It eats at me a lot not to make the Finals. That’s our Super Bowl. That’s

PSN- Pro Rodeo Sports News May 2018 We are in the process of moving fromMarana, Ariz., to Casa Grande, Ariz. We’ll be in the new place in about a month. Our sons are very excited. They said the house is like a castle. They’ve got their own rooms and their own bathrooms, so they’re excited about it.

Camilo and Gio are big into baseball right now. I want them to be involved with rodeo, but if they aren’t, that’s fine with me. They’ve got to know if they’re going to rodeo it’s a big investment, it takes a lot of time and dedication. So if they want to do something like this it’s got to be all in. It’s an expensive little hobby. Camilo can rope. I just want it to be fun for them. For me, roping was always fun. It was work at times, but I had fun when I did it. If they want to do it, we’re going to enjoy it, I’m not going to make them do it. In the winter time, they get to school and I get out to rodeos. Then come summer time they jump in with me and go to a bunch of rodeos. I’m looking forward to summer time to get the family in the rig and go rodeo.

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GRILLE COWBOY

Bareback rider LOGAN PATTERSON has had an encouraging start to his professional rodeo career. Ranked second in the Resistol Rookie Standings in bareback riding as of April 30, Patterson, who attended Garden City (Kan.) C.C., picked up second-place checks at the Brawley (Calif.) Cattle Call Rodeo and Cave Creek (Ariz.) Rodeo Days. Patterson, 23, is hoping his rookie season is a launching pad to something bigger.

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With a little more than $7,600 earned in 2018, how does it feel to get off to such a solid start to your rookie season? Logan: It’s really good. I’ve been to quite a few rodeos, honestly, so maybe I’m not lighting up the world like I had hoped, but I’m dang sure not mad about it either. I feel like it’s a good start and there are a lot of rodeos left. If the stars aligned, how cool would it be to add a Rookie of the Year title to your résumé?

Logan: That’s definitely been on the goal list. I don’t necessarily set it as my highest goal because, everyone says this, but I want to win the world. I definitely see Rookie of the Year as a stepping stone on the way. But if I did get it, I’d be ecstatic. Having the opportunity to travel the country the last couple of years and picking up checks along the way, how much have you enjoyed the start to your ProRodeo career? Logan: The way they’ve got the permit deal set up is really good. I really appreciate how we can stay on our permits throughout college, and it really helped me because I had an ACL injury. I had surgery on that and had it completely replaced. So, I stayed in school for a little bit longer and had an extra semester to go an extra year on my permit. Going to Las Vegas was a really cool experience. While we were out there for the Permit Challenge, I got to go to the NFR, which was the first time I’ve ever been to the Thomas & Mack Center. It just kind of relit the fire. Now that you’ve gotten your feet wet somewhat in the professional ranks, is there any aspect of your craft where you’ve noticed improvement?

Logan: I think with anything like this, everybody evolves. I think my mental capacity to be able to do this has improved. Getting out there and getting on these horses, sometimes you do get your hat handed to you, but you realize it’s not the end of the world. You just keep going, and next time you try your butt off and do it again and hopefully you keep getting better. Another thing you notice being out here is we don’t have hundreds of guys doing this sport. You get to know the top guys and you realize they’re really good at what they do, but they’re still just people. So, it’s like there’s no reason I can’t be doing the same thing. What made you want to be a rodeo cowboy in the first place?

Logan: I grew up on a ranch in Kim, Colo., and my dad rode bareback horses for 20 years in the PRCA. Actually, I didn’t get on a bareback horse until I was a senior in high school. I had roped and done all that stuff in junior rodeos, but riding bareback horses provided me the opportunity to win an all-around saddle. I never won a saddle before and there was a junior rodeo that I was entered at. I told my dad about two weeks before that I was entered in the bareback riding and he figured he’d teach me how to do it. I covered those first two horses and I liked the taste of winning the saddle, and it’s kind of taken off from there. Speaking of the taste of winning, how does winning rodeos make you feel? Logan: The Cedar City (Utah) PRCA Championship Rodeo was probably my first bigger rodeo win, and that was pretty cool. It makes you feel like you’ve got a chance whenever you go somewhere big. It was the same thing later in the year in Nephi, Utah (Ute Stampede) that was a big one. It’s really fun to be able to go out there and not feel like you’re riding for second. Now that you’ve been on the road for a while, is there a rodeo that you would say is your favorite?

Logan: There are so many good ones out there that it’s hard to pick, but I would probably pick the ones that I’ve drawn the best horses. There are some smaller ones out there that are really good rodeos that people don’t really think about, like the Homestead (Fla.) Championship Rodeo. It was good to get off the beaten path and get on some really good horses and see new country. What’s life like in Kim, Colo.? Logan: I always like to say it is the middle of nowhere, but it’s kind of in the middle

of everywhere, too. It’s pretty centrally located for a lot of rodeos, but it’s a good jaunt to go to Wal-Mart. We have to drive an hour to go to

Wal-Mart, but it’s cool to grow up in a small town. Ranching is the town’s lifeblood and it’s really the only industry that we’ve got. When Braxten Nielsen broke his back last year, we were starting to rodeo together and travel together. I asked my church to help out with that deal and they were all on board. It’s cool that they showed him support, and they were telling me the reason they wanted to help him was to show me support. This town has been really supportive. Is there a horse out there that you haven’t had a chance to ride yet, but really want to? Logan: There’s a bunch of them for sure, but one I’ve always kind of thought about was that Good Time Charlie of Pete Carr Pro Rodeo. That horse has just been really good for a long time, and he’s actually gotten a little more out of line and looks to be a little ranker than he used to be. He’s definitely on the top of the list. As a cowboy, what does the NFR, and hopefully someday competing at the NFR, mean to you? Logan: That would be huge. Yeah, I want to make it to the NFR, but it’s not just the thing of getting there, it’s a

thing of getting there and performing, and then doing it over and over. I want to dang sure make my living doing this, so getting to the NFR is not really the question, it’s being successful there numerous times.

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2018 RAM PRCA WORLD STANDINGS

Unofficial as of April 30, 2018. For the 2018 season (Oct. 1, 2017-Sept. 30, 2018), official rodeo limits are as follows: all-around, 70; bareback riding, 100; steer wrestling, 100; team roping, 75; saddle bronc riding, 100; tie-down roping, 100; barrel racing, 100; and bull riding, no limit. Bull riders can count Xtreme Bulls events toward the PRCA World Standings, but not toward the all-around standings.

ALL-AROUND 1. Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas........................... $95,714 2. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas......................... 51,947 3. Ryle Smith, Oakdale, Calif.............................. 50,722 4. Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah...................... 37,894 5. Wesley Brunson, Terry, Miss.......................... 31,112 6. Clayton Hass, Weatherford, Texas.................. 29,948 7. Bart Brunson, Terry, Miss............................... 29,923 8. Marcus Theriot, Poplarville, Miss................... 26,779 9. Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash............... 21,375 10. Cody Doescher, Oklahoma City, Okla.............. 19,184 11. Chant DeForest, Wheatland, Calif................... 19,059 12. Paul David Tierney, Oklahoma City, Okla........ 17,834 13. Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D.................................. 13,453 14. McCoy Profili, Okeechobee, Fla...................... 13,391 15. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas.............. 12,544 16. Eli Lord, Sturgis, S.D..................................... 11,264 17. Zack Jongbloed, Iowa, La............................... 11,171 18. Tanner Green, Cotulla, Texas............................ 9,986 19. Morgan Grant, Didsbury, Alberta...................... 9,272 BAREBACK RIDING 1. Caleb Bennett, Tremonton, Utah................... $68,149 2. Mason Clements, Springville, Utah................ 64,771 3. Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa......................... 50,589 4. Bill Tutor, Huntsville, Texas............................ 45,285 5. Jake Brown, Cleveland, Texas........................ 43,894 6. J.R. Vezain, Cowley, Wyo............................... 41,360 7. Clayton Biglow, Clements, Calif...................... 40,995 8. Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas...................... 40,680 9. Shane O’Connell, Rapid City, S.D................... 39,487 10. Orin Larsen, Inglis, Manitoba......................... 33,889 11. Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb............................... 29,791 12. Kaycee Feild, Spanish Fork, Utah................... 28,918 13. Luke Creasy, Hobbs, N.M............................... 28,293 14. Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn...................... 27,557 15. Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D................................. 27,171 16. Clint Laye, Cadogan, Alberta.......................... 23,741 17. Richmond Champion, The Woodlands, Texas. 23,328 18. Blade Elliott, Centreville, Ala........................... 21,952 19. Evan Jayne, Marseille, France ....................... 21,605 20. Jessy Davis, Power, Mont.............................. 20,732 STEERWRESTLING 1. Cole Edge, Durant, Okla............................... $48,178 2. Tyler Waguespack, Gonzales, La.................... 41,867 3. Jacob Talley, Keatchie, La............................... 40,229 4. Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta.................... 39,019 5. Tyler Pearson, Louisville, Miss....................... 38,906 6. Bridger Chambers, Stevensville, Mont........... 38,878 7. Chason Floyd, Buffalo, S.D............................. 35,860 8. Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev............................. 35,196 9. Riley Duvall, Checotah, Okla........................... 31,595 10. Kyle Irwin, Robertsdale, Ala........................... 30,525 11. Cameron Morman, Glen Ullin, N.D................. 28,037 12. Billy Bugenig, Ferndale, Calif.......................... 27,431 13. Tanner Brunner, Ramona, Kan........................ 24,697 14. Matt Reeves, Cross Plains, Texas................... 23,914 15. Scott Guenthner, Provost, Alberta.................. 23,735 16. Will Lummus, West Point, Miss..................... 22,651 17. Jacob Shofner, Huntsville, Texas.................... 22,367 18. Clayton Hass, Weatherford, Texas.................. 22,181 19. Blake Mindemann, Blanchard, Okla................ 22,141 20. Josh Garner, Live Oak, Calif........................... 21,970 TEAM ROPING (HEADER) 1. Clay Smith, Broken Bow, Okla...................... $51,240 2. Bubba Buckaloo, Kingston, Okla.................... 43,325 3. Luke Brown, Rock Hill, S.C............................ 41,495 4. Cody Snow, Los Olivos, Calif.......................... 39,703 5. Logan Olson, Flandreau, S.D.......................... 35,322 6. Andrew Ward, Edmond, Okla......................... 35,095 7. Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla......................... 29,101 8. Dustin Egusquiza, Mariana, Fla...................... 24,434 9. Nelson Wyatt, Clanton, Ala............................. 24,214

19. Wesley Brunson, Terry, Miss.......................... 21,288 20. Seth Hall, Albuquerque, N.M.......................... 20,603 STEER ROPING 1. Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas........................... $43,577 2. Scott Snedecor, Fredericksburg, Texas........... 41,766 3. Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan........................... 32,748 4. Tony Reina, Wharton, Texas........................... 26,770 5. Chris Glover, Keenesburg, Colo...................... 25,243 6. Garrett Hale, Snyder, Texas............................ 24,935 7. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas......................... 21,890 8. Will Gasperson, Decatur, Texas...................... 20,506 9. Cody Lee, Gatesville, Texas............................ 18,732 10. Jarrett Blessing, Paradise, Texas.................... 15,883 11. Shay Good, Midland, Texas............................ 15,430 12. Brodie Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla..................... 15,281 13. J. Tom Fisher, Andrews, Texas....................... 14,623 14. Vin Fisher Jr., Andrews, Texas........................ 14,091 15. Chet Herren, Pawhuska, Okla......................... 13,335 16. Troy Tillard, Douglas, Wyo............................. 12,373 17. Bryce Davis, Ovalo, Texas.............................. 10,995 18. Jim Locke, Miami, Texas................................ 10,661 19. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas.............. 10,274 20. Chad Mathis, Morristown, Ariz....................... 10,256 BULL RIDING 1. Sage Kimzey, Strong City, Okla.................. $122,041 2. Parker Breding, Edgar, Mont.......................... 85,058 3. Trey Benton III, Rock Island, Texas................ 63,564 4. Trevor Kastner, Roff, Okla.............................. 57,241 5. Dustin Boquet, Bourg, La............................... 54,607 6. Garrett Tribble, Bristow, Okla......................... 50,574 7. Clayton Sellars, Fruitland Park, Fla................. 47,626 8. Tyler Bingham, Honeyville, Utah..................... 45,764 9. Tristan Mize, Bryan, Texas.............................. 44,587 10. Brady Portenier, Caldwell, Idaho.................... 37,079 11. Chase Dougherty, Canby, Ore......................... 36,516 12. Josh Frost, Randlett, Utah.............................. 33,597 13. Koby Radley, Montpelier, La........................... 33,246 14. Lane Nobles, Gatesville, Texas....................... 32,211 15. Eli Vastbinder, Athens, Texas.......................... 31,757 16. Boudreaux Campbell, Crockett, Texas............ 30,980 17. J.W. Harris, Goldthwaite, Texas...................... 29,752 18. Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas............................... 28,332 19. Roscoe Jarboe, New Plymouth, Idaho............ 27,767 20. Jordan Spears, Redding, Calif........................ 25,325 *2018 BARREL RACING (Through April 30, 2018) Barrel racing standings, provided by the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA), are unofficial, subject to audit and may change. Unofficial WPRA Standings are published by the PRCA as a courtesy. The PRCA is not responsible for the verification or updating of WPRA standings. 1. Hailey Kinsel, Cotulla, Texas............................$94,143 2. Nellie Miller, Cottonwood, Calif....................... 71,666 3. Amberleigh Moore, Salem, Ore....................... 71,186 4. Taci Bettis, Round Top, Texas......................... 68,657 5. Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D............................ 55,834 6. Kellie Collier, Hereford, Texas.......................... 45,323 7. Tiany Schuster, Krum, Texas........................... 44,550 8. Carley Richardson, Pampa, Texas................... 43,120 9. Kylie Weast, Comanche, Okla.......................... 41,879 10. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, Victoria, Texas........... 41,561 11. Christine Laughlin, Pueblo, Colo................... 35,231 12. Kelly Bruner, Millsap, Texas.......................... 33,899 13. Jessi Fish, Franklin, Tenn.............................. 32,392 14. Ericka Nelson, Century, Fla........................... 29,350 15. Jessica Telford, Caldwell, Idaho.................... 28,949 16. Shelly Anzick, Shepard, Mont....................... 28,372 17. Tillar Murray, Fort Worth, Texas.................... 27,335 18. Carman Pozzobon, Aldergrove, B.C.............. 24,822 19. Emily Miller, Weatherford, Texas................... 23,650 20. Jessica Routier, Buffalo, S.D......................... 23,647

10. Cory Kidd V, Statesville, N.C........................... 24,128 11. Joshua Torres, Ocala, Fla............................... 23,255 12. Spencer Mitchell, Orange Cove, Calif............. 23,092 13. Kaleb Driggers, Hoboken, Ga......................... 22,825 14. Travis Dorman, Dade City, Fla......................... 21,810 15. Blake Teixeira, Tres Pinos, Calif...................... 20,060 16. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore..................... 19,838 17. Tyler Wade, Terrell, Texas............................... 19,712 18. John Alley, Adams, Tenn................................ 18,861 19. Keven Daniel, Franklin, Tenn.......................... 18,580 20. Jake Cooper, Monument, N.M........................ 18,465 TEAM ROPING (HEELER) 1. Paul Eaves, Lonedell, Mo............................. $51,240 2. Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan............................ 41,495 3. Joseph Harrison, Overbrook, Okla.................. 37,483 4. Matt Kasner, Cody, Neb.................................. 36,252 5. Wesley Thorp, Throckmorton, Texas.............. 36,014 6. Reagan Ward, Edmond, Okla.......................... 35,095 7. Trace Porter, Leesville, La.............................. 29,771 8. Billie Jack Saebens, Nowata, Okla.................. 29,101 9. Logan Medlin, Tatum, N.M............................. 25,749 10. Clint Summers, Lake City, Fla......................... 24,449 11. Kory Koontz, Stephenville, Texas.................... 24,434 12. Jonathan Torres, Ocala, Fla............................ 23,255 13. J. Nogueira, Presidente Prudente, Brazil ....... 22,825 14. Jason Duby, Klamath Falls, Ore...................... 22,004 15. Bradley Massey, Perry, Fla............................. 21,810 16. Trey Yates, Pueblo, Colo................................. 21,532 17. Cole Davison, Stephenville, Texas.................. 19,683 18. Buddy Hawkins II, Columbus, Kan................. 19,424 19. Clark Adcock, Smithville, Tenn....................... 18,861 20. Kyle Lockett, Visalia, Calif.............................. 18,852 SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas.................... $91,225 2. Brody Cress, Hillsdale, Wyo........................... 62,425 3. Wade Sundell, Boxholm, Iowa........................ 54,526 4. Isaac Diaz, Desdemona, Texas....................... 53,304 5. Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah........................... 43,085 6. CoBurn Bradshaw, Beaver, Utah..................... 37,201 7. Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta.................. 36,614 8. Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas............. 36,332 9. J.J. Elshere, Hereford, S.D............................. 33,905 10. Joey Sonnier III, New Iberia, La..................... 32,409 11. Clay Elliott, Nanton, Alberta............................ 29,601 12. Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M.............................. 27,509 13. Ryder Wright, Milford, Utah........................... 26,299 14. Colt Gordon, Comanche, Okla........................ 24,963 15. Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb.............................. 23,155 16. Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah........................... 21,770 17. Bradley Harter, Loranger, La........................... 21,137 18. Allen Boore, Axtell, Utah................................ 20,464 19. Joe Lufkin, Sallisaw, Okla............................... 19,147 20. Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La................................ 18,789 TIE-DOWN ROPING 1. Tyson Durfey, Weatherford, Texas................ $57,034 2. Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas............................. 54,763 3. Jake Pratt, Ellensburg, Wash.......................... 45,810 4. Blane Cox, Cameron, Texas............................ 43,735 5. Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas.................... 41,949 6. Marcos Costa, Childress, Texas...................... 41,795 7. Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La........................... 39,900 8. Ryle Smith, Oakdale, Calif.............................. 38,629 9. Sterling Smith, Stephenville, Texas................ 37,386 10. Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas................. 31,627 11. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas......................... 30,870 12. Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla........................ 26,029 13. Jordan Ketscher, Squaw Valley, Calif.............. 25,296 14. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho................... 24,708 15. Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah...................... 24,579 16. Cody Quaney, Cheney, Kan............................. 23,172 17. Tyler Milligan, Pawhuska, Okla....................... 22,922 18. Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas........................... 21,424

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TOUR STANDINGS Unofficial as of April 30, 2018 (4 of 22 Tour events complete). The Wrangler ProRodeo Tour standings will be totaled over the course of 22 Tour rodeos during the 2018 season. Top 24 competitors in each event qualify for the Justin Finale, Sept. 6-9, in Puyallup, Wash. Complete results, go to prorodeo.com.

BAREBACK RIDING 1..Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas....................245.00 2..Caleb Bennett, Tremonton, Utah..................205.00 3..Orin Larsen, Inglis, Manitoba.......................175.00 4..Zack Brown, Red Bluff, Calif........................130.00 5..Mason Clements, Springville, Utah..............116.00 6..Jake Brown, Cleveland, Texas......................105.00 7..Clint Laye, Cadogan, Alberta..........................95.00 8..Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb..............................90.00 . Kaycee Feild, Spanish Fork, Utah...................90.00 10. .J.R. Vezain, Cowley, Wyo.............................80.00 . Jamie Howlett, Weatherford, Texas.............80.00 12..Bill Tutor, Huntsville, Texas..........................75.00 13..R. Champion, The Woodlands, Texas..........70.00 . Wyatt Denny, Minden, Nev...........................70.00 15..Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn...................60.00 16..Shane O’Connell, Rapid City, S.D.................56.00 17..Kyle Charley, Lukachukai, Ariz.....................51.00 18..Clayton Biglow, Clements, Calif...................45.00 19..Jessy Davis, Power, Mont............................35.00 . Wyatt Bloom, Bozeman, Mont.....................35.00 21..Seth Hardwick, Ranchester, Wyo.................30.00 22..Morgan Wilde, McCammon, Idaho..............20.00 . Cody Kiser, Carson City, Nev........................20.00 24..Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa......................16.00 25..Logan Corbett, Las Cruces, N.M..................10.00 STEERWRESTLING 1..Bridger Chambers, Stevensville, Mont.........335.00 2..Aaron Vosler, Cheyenne, Wyo......................295.00 3..Tyler Waguespack, Gonzales, La..................172.50 4..Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont...........................170.00 . Chase Black, Coalville, Utah.........................170.00 6..Tyler Pearson, Louisville, Miss....................160.00 . Kody Dollery, Caldwell, Texas......................160.00 8..Newt Novich, Twin Bridges, Mont................150.00 9..Jesse Brown, Baker City, Ore.......................145.00 10. .Nick Guy, Sparta, Wis................................140.00 11..Don Payne, Stephenville, Texas.................135.00 12..Cameron Morman, Glen Ullin, N.D............125.00 13..Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore..........115.00 . Dirk Tavenner, Rigby, Idaho.......................115.00 15..Straws Milan, Cochrane, Alberta................110.00 16..Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas......................100.00 . Cody Devers, Alva, Okla.............................100.00 18..Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta..................90.00 19..Stan Branco, Chowchilla, Calif.....................85.00 20..Riley Duvall, Checotah, Okla........................80.00 . J.D. Struxness, Milan, Minn.........................80.00 22..John Franzen, Riverton, Wyo.......................75.00 23..Billy Bugenig, Ferndale, Calif........................70.00 . Michael Bates Jr., Mexican Springs, N.M....70.00 25..John Green, La Grande, Ore........................60.00 . Austin Courmier, Oakwood, Texas...............60.00 . Tanner Brunner, Ramona, Kan.....................60.00 TEAM ROPING (HEADER) 1..Cody Snow, Los Olivos, Calif.......................330.00 2..J.B. James Jr., Bennett, Colo.......................310.00 3..Kaleb Driggers, Hoboken, Ga.......................235.00 . Joshua Torres, Ocala, Fla.............................235.00 5..Andrew Ward, Edmond, Okla.......................230.00 6..Luke Brown, Rock Hill, S.C..........................225.00 7..Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D....................................205.00 8..Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont............................185.00

. Chant DeForest, Wheatland, Calif...............185.00 10. .Bubba Buckaloo, Kingston, Okla................175.00 11..Kolton Schmidt, Barrhead, Alberta............165.00 12..Rhett Anderson, Anabella, Utah.................160.00 13..Chad Masters, Cedar Hill, Tenn..................150.00 . Spencer Mitchell, Orange Cove, Calif.........150.00 15..Brandon Beers, Powell Butte, Ore..............120.00 16..Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas....................115.00 . Jeff Flenniken, Caldwell, Idaho...................115.00 18..Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash...................110.00 19..Cory Kidd V, Statesville, N.C......................105.00 . Aaron Macy, Post, Texas............................105.00 21..Shane Philipp, Washington, Texas.............100.00 22..Laramie Allen, Llano, Texas.........................95.00 23..Levi Simpson, Ponoka, Alberta....................85.00 24..Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore...................80.00 . C.J. DeForest Jr., Wheatland, Calif...............80.00 TEAM ROPING (HEELER) 1..Wesley Thorp, Throckmorton, Texas...........330.00 2..Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz......................310.00 3..Jonathan Torres, Ocala, Fla..........................235.00 . J. Nogueira, Presidente Prudente, Brazil......235.00 5..Reagan Ward, Edmond, Okla.......................230.00 6..Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan..........................225.00 7..Cody Cowden, Atwater, Calif........................205.00 8..Travis Graves, Jay, Okla...............................185.00 . Bronc Boehnlein, Riverside, Calif.................185.00 10. .Clint Summers, Lake City, Fla....................175.00 11..Cole Davison, Stephenville, Texas..............165.00 12..Coleby Payne, Lipan, Texas........................160.00 13..Joseph Harrison, Overbrook, Okla.............150.00 14..Walt Woodard, Stephenville, Texas............135.00 15..Daniel Braman IV, Victoria, Texas..............120.00 16..Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas........................115.00 . Jake Minor, Ellensburg, Wash....................115.00 18..Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash.................110.00 . Jason Duby, Klamath Falls, Ore.................110.00 20..Caleb Anderson, Mocksville, N.C...............105.00 . Wyatt Cox, Arroyo Grande, Calif................105.00 22..Joel Bach, Mount Vernon, Texas................100.00 23..Ross Ashford, Lott, Texas............................95.00 24..Jeremy Buhler, Arrowwood, Alberta............85.00 25..Andy Holcomb, San Juan Batista, Calif........80.00 . James Arnold, Midway, Texas......................80.00 SADDLE BRONC 1..Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah.........................210.00 2..Ryder Wright, Milford, Utah.........................205.00 3..Allen Boore, Axtell, Utah..............................190.00 4..Wyatt Casper, Pampa, Texas........................178.33 5..Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta...............128.33 6..Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah.........................120.00 7..Tyrel Larsen, Weatherford, Okla.....................90.00 8..CoBurn Bradshaw, Beaver, Utah....................83.33 9..Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas......................80.00 . Jake Wright, Milford, Utah.............................80.00 11. .Brody Cress, Hillsdale, Wyo.........................70.00 12..Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M............................65.00 . Mitch Pollock, Winnemucca, Nev................65.00 14..Tyrell Smith, Sand Coulee, Mont.................60.00 15..Cody Wright, Milford, Utah..........................50.00 . Jade Blackwell, Rapid City, S.D....................50.00 . Colt Gordon, Comanche, Okla......................50.00 18..Wade Sundell, Boxholm, Iowa.....................45.00

19..Chuck Schmidt, Keldron, S.D......................40.00 20. .Alex Wright, Milford, Utah...........................25.00 . Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas...........25.00 . Hardy Braden, Welch, Okla..........................25.00 . Joe Lufkin, Sallisaw, Okla............................25.00 24..Tim Ditrich, San Luis Obispo, Calif..............20.00 . Louie Brunson, New Underwood, S.D.........20.00 TIE-DOWN ROPING 1..Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas.........................225.00 2..Wesley Brunson, Terry, Miss.......................220.00 3..Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas..................205.00 . Tyler Milligan, Pawhuska, Okla....................205.00 5..Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas......................180.00 . Cooper Martin, Alma, Kan............................180.00 7..Jordan Ketscher, Squaw Valley, Calif...........170.00 8..Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas.......................165.00 9..Jake Pratt, Ellensburg, Wash.......................150.00 10. .Justin Macha, Needville, Texas..................140.00 . Bart Brunson, Terry, Miss..........................140.00 12..Stetson Vest, Childress, Texas...................130.00 13..Jake Hannum, Plain City, Utah...................125.00 . Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas..........................125.00 . Reese Riemer, Stinnett, Texas....................125.00 . Taylor Santos, Creston, Calif......................125.00 17..Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah...........120.00 18..Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah..................100.00 19..Tyson Durfey, Weatherford, Texas...............90.00 . Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas........................90.00 . Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La........................90.00 22..Ace Slone, Cuero, Texas..............................85.00 . Ty Baker, Van Horn, Texas............................85.00 24..Trent Creager, Stillwater, Okla......................80.00 25..Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas...........................75.00 . Roy Branco, Chowchilla, Calif......................75.00 BULL RIDING 1..Tyler Bingham, Honeyville, Utah..................390.00 2..Brady Portenier, Caldwell, Idaho..................150.00 3..Chris Roundy, Panguitch, Utah....................130.00 4..Shad Heiner, Morgan, Utah..........................100.00 . Jesse Petri, Athens, Texas...........................100.00 6..Tyler McVay, Tucson, Ariz..............................80.00 . Koby Radley, Montpelier, La..........................80.00 8..Jordan Hansen, Ponoka, Alberta....................75.00 . Garrett Tribble, Bristow, Okla.........................75.00 10. .Dalan Duncan, Ballard, Utah........................70.00 . Braden Richardson, Jasper, Texas...............70.00 12..J.W. Harris, Goldthwaite, Texas...................60.00 . Joseph McConnel, Bloomfield, N.M............60.00 . Chase Dougherty, Canby, Ore......................60.00 15..Daylon Swearingen, Rochelle, Ga................50.00 . Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah......................50.00 . Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash............50.00 . Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas.............................50.00 . Joe Frost, Randlett, Utah.............................50.00 . Dave Mason, Burnet, Texas..........................50.00 21..Garrett Jones, Devers, Texas.......................40.00 22..Parker McCown, Montgomery, Texas..........30.00 . Trey Benton III, Rock Island, Texas..............30.00 . Lane Nobles, Gatesville, Texas.....................30.00 25..Rylan Wright, Midway, Utah........................20.00 . Tate Smith, Litchville, N.D............................20.00 . Silvano Alves, Decatur, Texas.......................20.00

10QUESTIONS

HE SAID – SHE SAID

Who knows steer wrestler Cole Edge better, his wife, Torrie, or his traveling partner Chason Floyd?

COLE

WIFE TORRIE

PARTNER CHASON

TORRIE

CHASON

COLE

WHO IS HIS RODEO IDOL?

Sean Mulligan

Clay O’Brien Cooper

Roy Duvall

WHAT HAS BEEN HIS BIGGEST CAREER RODEO WIN?

Austin (Texas)

Austin (Texas)

Austin (Texas)

WHERE’S THE COOLEST PLACE HE HAS TRAVELED TO?

Estes Park (Colo.)

Estes Park (Colo.)

Deadwood, S.D.

WHAT’S HIS FAVORITE RESTAURANT?

Texas Roadhouse

Texas Roadhouse

Texas Roadhouse

WHAT’S HIS FAVORITE NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE?

Coffee

Sweet tea

Sweet tea

WHAT WAS HIS FAVORITE SUBJECT IN HIGH SCHOOL?

History

History

History

WHO WEARS THE PANTS IN THE FAMILY?

Torrie

Me

Torrie

WHO CONTROLS TV REMOTE, COLE OR TORRIE?

Cole

Cole

Me

WHAT IS HIS FAVORITE DESSERT?

Carrot cake

Carrot cake

Molten chocolate cake

12 WHAT’S THE NAME OF HIS FAVORITE HORSE?

Miss Kitty

Miss Kitty

Miss Kitty

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THEN & NOW Can you match these adorable future rodeo stars’ photos with the current PRCA contestants? Some don’t look quite the same.

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1. Find the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo arena records BB: Matt Mosher, 90 pts. SW: Jason Miller, 2.9 sec. TR: Landon McClaugherty /*Tommy Zuniga, 4.6 sec.

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SR: Dan Fisher, 8.6 sec. BR: Tyler Smith, 93 pts

2. Find the 2017 Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo champions AA: *Trevor Brazile ($7,199 tie-down roping, team roping and steer roping) BB: Clayton Biglow (86.5 pts.) SW: Ty Erickson (13.0 seconds on three head) TR: (Tie) Charly Crawford/Joseph Harrison and Brooks Dahozy/*Tommy Zuniga (23.6 seconds on three head) SB: (Tie) Rusty Wright & Heith DeMoss (87 pts.) TD: *Trevor Brazile (23.1 sec. on three head) GB: Tracy Nowlin (35.00 sec. on three runs) SR: Brian Garr (41.0 sec. on three head) BR: (Tie) Roscoe Jarboe & Trevor Reiste (84 pts.)

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R OUND THE SHORT BY THE NUMBERS The number of rodeo records broken at Rodeo Corpus Christi (Texas), April 26-29.

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Saddle bronc rider Jacobs Crawley had a 92-point ride on Frontier Rodeo’s Maple Leaf to break the previous mark. Steer wrestler Cody Devers’ 15.0 seconds on three head was a rodeo record, as was the time of 17.0 seconds on three head by team ropers The number of career Xtreme Bulls Division 1 victories captured by J.W. Harris. His latest win came April 28 in Del Rio, Texas. Harris is second on the Xtreme Bulls Division 1 career wins list, behind Matt Austin’s eight wins. Austin won the 2005 Xtreme Bulls year- end championship with a tour-record $119,584. The number of times bull riders Wacey Cathey (1976, 1978- 79, 1981-91) and Ted Nuce (1982-95) qualified for the National Finals Rodeo, an event record. Nuce won the 1985 bull riding world championship. Bubba Buckaloo/ Clint Summers.

Bareback rider Evan Jayne, who qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in 2015-16, is out indefinitely after breaking his pelvis. The injury occurred during a ride on United Pro Rodeo’s Happy Trails on April 27 at the Ropin’ Dreams Cowboy Fellowship PRCA Rodeo in Jourdanton, Texas. “I had some issues with my pelvis with tendinitis, and it had been bugging me for about a year and I kept rodeoing on it,” Jayne said. “I was hoping it would get better, and I think that was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I hit my riggin’ and I felt a pop. I tried to come off my horse and he sent me back against my riggin’ and I felt a second pop. I finally bailed off about five seconds into the ride and I just called somebody to help me get up because I knew I broke my pelvis.” Jayne also tore some arteries in his pelvis, which caused internal bleeding and resulted in emergency surgery. “I had to have surgery (April 27) to get the internal bleeding taken care of, and then I had surgery (April 28) Evan Jayne likely to retire due to pelvic injury

to fix my pelvis,” Jayne said. “They put one plate and a screw in my pelvis. The doctors said I will be on crutches for three months because I can’t put any weight on my left leg, and I will be out of action for a year total.” Jayne was 19th in the April 30 RAM PRCA World Standings with $21,605. The 35-year-old Jayne said he will likely retire following the injury. “I’m going to try and stay positive and hold on to the positive things in my life,” he said. “I was thinking about retiring after this year, or definitely slowing down. But I have been hurt so much the last 20 years, and bareback riding, you never feel 100 percent. After 20 years of riding bareback horses, I’m just ready to turn the page and try new goals in my life. So, I think this is going to be it for me.” Jayne and his wife, Kristin, have a daughter, Sienna, 5, and are expecting a baby boy in August. The couple also moved into a new home in Glen Rose, Texas, in August.

The highlight of Jayne’s rodeo career came in 2015 when he made history as the first European-born competitor at the Wrangler NFR. The Marseille, France, native saw his first rodeo at age 14, and at 16 he moved to the United States as a foreign-exchange student. He started off riding bulls in America, but after getting stepped on, decided that bareback riding was the event for him. Jayne placed ninth in the world standings in 2015 and 13th in 2016.

Re-Ride Four-time WPRA champion and ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductee Billie McBride was misidentified in a photograph in the Hall of Fame story on page 42 of the April 20, 2018, edition of ProRodeo Sports News .

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Saddle bronc rider Stetson Wright rode Western Rodeo’s Pandora for 84.5 points and the win at the Lakeside (Calif.) Rodeo, April 28. Wright added two more titles to his name, winning the bull riding competition and the all-around cowboy title. He earned $5,782 at the rodeo. Crowd pleaser Gene Hyder photo

Branch book on Wrights set for release May 15 The lives of the Wright family, from Bill and Evelyn Wright to their 13 children (former Saddle Bronc Riding World Champion Cody Wright is the oldest) to many grandchildren, are chronicled in a new book, “The Last Cowboys,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Branch of the New York Times . “The Last Cowboys,” scheduled for a

Booth is a sophomore at FHSU and competes in steer wrestling and team roping. Since 1997, the Phillipsburg Rodeo Association has awarded scholarships to FHSU students who compete in rodeo. The Phillipsburg Rodeo Association is the organization behind Kansas’ Biggest Rodeo, which will be Aug. 2-4. For more information on the rodeo, visit www.KansasBiggestRodeo.com. Franklin (Tenn.) Rodeo awards scholarship The Franklin (Tenn.) Rodeo has awarded a scholarship to a student at the University of Tennessee-Martin. Jonny Walker, of Parkers Crossroads, Tenn., is the designee for the 2018 scholarship award. Walker, a bareback rider, is in his first year of studies at UT-M. Walker graduated from Ranger (Texas) College in May 2017, before trans- ferring. He competed in the Tennessee High School Rodeo Association, winning the bareback riding reserve title in his event in 2012-13 and competing at the National High School Finals Rodeo the same years. He is studying ag business and will graduate in May 2019. He is ranked second in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s Ozark Region and competed at the Franklin Rodeo last year, where he made a qualified ride. The Franklin Rodeo takes place May 17-19. Montana Western rodeo coach to retire University of Montana Western (Dillon) rodeo coach Iola “Olie” Else plans to retire after 31 years. Else is the driving force behind UMW’s rodeo team and equine studies program, with the nation’s only four-year degree in natural horsemanship. “This is the end of an era,” Else said on www.nbcmontana.com. Else said she served 31 years of service to UMW’s rodeo team, 25 years as head coach. Her team has been ranked in the Top 10 in the National Collegiate Rodeo Association every year. Team vice president Treyjan Olson is staying involved in the hiring process for the next head coach but said Else’s tenure will be unmatched. Else will retire from coaching after the College National Finals in June.

May 15 release from publisher W.W. Norton & Company, is the result of more than three years’ worth of Branch’s thorough reporting. Readers not only get an inside look at the grind of professional rodeo, they’re also immersed into the world of cattle raising. For 150 years, the Wright family has run cattle at their ranch on Smith Mesa in southern Utah, outside Zion National Park. Upcoming PRCA Rodeo Camps The next PRCA Rodeo Camp will be May 5 in Gerry, N.Y. The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (ET). There also will be a PRCA Rodeo Camp on May 19 in Dayton, Iowa. The camp will run 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (CT). Registration for the camps is required at www.prorodeo.com/prorodeo/rodeo/youth-rodeo. Phillipsburg (Kan.) awards scholarships Fort Hays (Kan.) State University students Shae Biedenbender, of Westmoreland, Kan., and Travis Booth, of Castle Rock, Colo., have been awarded $500 scholarships courtesy of the Phillipsburg (Kan.) Rodeo Association. Biedenbender, a freshman, competes in breakaway roping, goat tying and team roping (as a heeler), and will add barrel racing to her repertoire this spring.

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