PRCA Press Releases

PRCA Rodeo News and Notes July 28, 2008
[Jul. 28, 2008] Dodge City marks final ProRodeo Tour stop; Gerke claims second Cheyenne title; Whitfield, Myers highlight Salt Lake City champions; Brazile repeats thrice in Deadwood; Houston FFA awards PLUS - Upcoming PRCA Rodeos By Courtesy PRCA

PRCA Rodeo News and Notes July 21, 2008
[Jul. 21, 2008] Including: Cheyenne, Salt Lake, Deadwood highlight month's last weekend: Branquinho duo takes Nampa; Texan wins Salinas for 1-2 weekend; San Antonio scholarships PLUS Upcoming PRCA Rodeos By Courtesy PRCA

PRCA Standings as of July 21, 2008
[Jul. 21, 2008] World Standings plus all tour standings. By Courtesy PRCA

Kansas Rodeos Dominate the July Calendar
[Jul. 18, 2008] If you throw a rock in the state of Kansas this time of year, you’re bound to hit a county fair...The annual county fair is as American as apple pie, and towards the end of July, as plentiful as fireflies in the summer...With these county fairs comes the usual evening entertainment - rodeos. By Article courtesy of the Prairie Circuit

PRCA Standings as of July 14, 2008
[Jul. 15, 2008] PRCA World Standings and all tours. By Courtesy PRCA

PRCA News and Notes July 14, 2008
[Jul. 14, 2008] Tour's triple threat: Nampa, Salinas, Salt Lake City offer points this week as Tour winds down; Stroh, Miss Congeniality team for Vernal win; Hall of Fame welcomes newest class; Ledoux ‘busts’ loose in Colorado; Reno champs win in Casper; Ohl starts rally in Sheridan PLUS - Upcoming PRCA Rodeos By Courtesy PRCA

ProRodeo Hall of Fame welcomes newest class
[Jul. 13, 2008] The ProRodeo Hall of Fame celebrated the colorful careers of 10 rodeo legends today at the 2008 induction ceremonies at the headquarters of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). The Class of 2008 included 1979 World Tie-Down Roping Champion and 1980 World Champion All-Around Cowboy Paul Tierney; 1993 and 1995 World Champion Team Roper Bobby Hurley; the late 1987-88 World Champion Steer Roper Shaun Burchett; 2001 World Champion Saddle Bronc Rider Tom Reeves; the late legendary stock contractor Feek Tooke; longtime rodeo entertainers Leon and Vicki Adams; famed bucking horse Trails End; competitor, pickup man and judge Duane Howard; and the late Buddy Lytle, a longtime professional judge. By Courtesy PRCA

ProRodeo Hall of Famer Clem McSpadden dies at 82
[Jul. 8, 2008] Clem McSpadden, a member of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and an immensely popular political figure in his native Oklahoma, died at 10:51 p.m. July 7 at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston after a lengthy struggle with cancer. By Courtesy PRCA

PRCA Standings as of July 7, 2008
[Jul. 7, 2008] World Standings and all tours. By Courtesy PRCA

PRCA Rodeo News and Notes - July 7, 2008
[Jul. 7, 2008] Latest news from the world of ProRodeo and upcoming PRCA rodeos. By Courtesy PRCA

ProRodeo Hall of Fame prepares to welcome new class
[Jul. 7, 2008] It's a special weekend for everyone involved, a one-of-a-kind affair that draws hundreds of rodeo fans, contestants and industry leaders to Colorado Springs, Colo., each July. The annual ProRodeo Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, set for 10 a.m. MT on July 12 in the garden area, pays tribute to the best of the best in the sport of ProRodeo, and this year will be no different. Nine people, one talented horse and 16 rodeo committees will take their places alongside the greatest names the sport has ever known and will be forever enshrined in the elite Hall. By Courtesy PRCA

PRCA Holiday haul: Wright, Brazile lead big winners during Cowboy Christmas
[Jul. 7, 2008] Cody Wright did just a little better this year.
Wright, of Milford, Utah, repeated as saddle bronc riding champion at the Greeley (Colo.) Independence Stampede, and earned a ProRodeo-best $24,288 at three rodeos during the past week, known in rodeo as Cowboy Christmas. By Courtesy PRCA

COWBOY’S CHRISTMAS SEASON BEGINS
[Jul. 2, 2008] For most of us, Christmas is six months away. Our thoughts haven't turned to snow, Santa or shopping. But in the rodeo world, Christmas is just around the corner – Cowboy Christmas, that is. The week before and after July 4th offers the richest and most lucrative rodeos in the nation, and cowboys and cowgirls will compete at as many rodeos as possible, attempting to heap up the prize winnings. By Courtesy Ruth Nicolaus, Prairie Circuit

Release the hounds: Prescott starts run of five Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Tour events for holiday weekend
[Jun. 30, 2008] The lucrative week that is highlighted by Friday's celebration of Independence Day and includes five events on the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour fires up June 30 with the first of eight performances at the World's Oldest Rodeo in Prescott, Ariz.

Prescott gets a one-day By Courtesy PRCA