PRCA News Stories

RodeoHouston Results March 6th
[Mar. 6, 2009] BP Super Series II, Round 1 By Courtesy RodeoHouston

RodeoHouston(tm) BP Super Series March 5th
[Mar. 5, 2009] RodeoHouston BP Super Series 1 Round 3 By Courtesy RodeoHouston

50th Anniversary of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo DVD Being Shipped
[Feb. 6, 2009] ProRodeo Films announced today that the 2008 WNFR DVD is now available for immediate shipping. If you have not already ordered your copy, there is a limited number of DVDs left. Once they sell out, they will not be re-duplicated. If you have already placed your order, your DVD should be arriving in the next 10 days.

Round one of the PRCA's First Frontier Circuit Finals battles the cold in Harrisburg, Pa.
[Jan. 17, 2009] Action kicks off at the Pennsylvania Farm Show as the First Frontier Circuit closes out its season By Mary Rudloff

POWELL TAKES CHARGE AT NATIONAL WESTERN
[Jan. 17, 2009] Denver, CO (January 16, 2009) - The 103rd National Western Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA) rodeo has always played a key role in the rodeo season. Acting somewhat like the Dayton of NASCAR, the National Western gives cowboys and cowgirls a launching pad for the year. By Bo Wagner, The NineDot Group

The PBR Donates Authentic Items to be Displayed at Sports Museum of America
[Jan. 9, 2009] The Sports Museum of America, the nation's first and only fully interactive all-sports experience located in historic Lower Manhattan, will honor the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) by displaying authentic items from PBR veterans and current riders with some items being donated by the Rider Relief Fund By Katharine Sherrer, PBR

DeMers continues his confident streak at SandHills Rodeo
[Jan. 3, 2009] Cody DeMers has spent forever, it seems, away from rodeo's biggest stage, the National Finals Rodeo.

Last year, he struggled early, then steamrolled through the end of the season to miss the championship by one position, finishing 16th in a sport where the top 15 in each event qualify. He’s hoping to avoid a slow start, and hoping to return to Las Vegas to play for the biggest paydays available in the sport. By Ted Harbin

SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo - January 2-10
[Jan. 2, 2009] ODESSA, Texas - This west Texas community has a lot to boast about. The Permian Basin is the home of some of the best-known high school football. It's where oil rigs and energy wells dot the landscape...But over the next 10 days, it's home of the SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo... By Ted Harbin

Wrangler National Finals Rodeo creates priceless memories for athletes
[Dec. 19, 2008] World champion rodeo athletes aren’t given bonus checks for winning their prestigious titles, but the gold buckles, memories, and lofty status in the rodeo world are priceless compared to their paychecks. Those checks totaled over $5.6 million for the 119 competitors at the 50th Wrangler National Finals Rodeo WNFR). Rodeo fans totaling 17,898 at the Thomas and Mack Arena in Las Vegas plus thousands of television and internet listeners cheered as the rodeo world crowned the athletes who rose to the top at the end of the 10-day competition held Dec. 4-13.

Four Ariat Athletes Crowned World Champions at 2008 NFR
[Dec. 17, 2008] By Jennifer Hellickson, Ariat International

POWELL FINISHES SEASON ON A HIGH NOTE
[Dec. 17, 2008] The rodeo season always has its ups and downs, but for PRCA team roper Turtle Powell, the season ended on a high note.

Powell earned his spot into the 2008 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at the final stop of the season, the Ariat Playoff Tour Finale in Dallas, TX. Powell was on the bubble to qualify for one of the fifteen spots allowed to compete at the WNFR in Las Vegas, but earning enough at the Dallas event confirmed his place. By Bo Wagner, The NineDot Group

Quick Links 50th Annual National Finals Rodeo!
[Dec. 15, 2008] The 50th National Finals Rodeo is in the books but still in the news. Use these links to catch all the highlights! Plus list of champions.

Tyson Durfey finishes second at NFR, pockets nearly $84,000
[Dec. 14, 2008] Over 10 nights in the Nevada desert, Tyson Durfey of Colbert, Wash., made more money than a lot of folks earn in a year.

It wasn’t the gaming tables that paid off the Savannah, Mo.-born tie-down roper, but the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center, where the 24-year-old Durfey placed in six of 10 go-rounds in the championship of ProRodeo. By Ted Harbin

Durfey places on Pink Night Wednesday at NFR
[Dec. 10, 2008] Wednesday was Tough Enough to Wear Pink night at the National Finals Rodeo, so it was only fitting that Savannah, Mo.-born cowboy Tyson Durfey walked out of the Thomas & Mack Center with a paycheck. By Ted Harbin