PRCA Rodeo News and Notes - June 30, 2008

By Courtesy PRCA
Posted Monday, June 30, 2008

Twice the success for Mote, Boettcher
Talk about a daily double.

Bobby Mote, the reigning and two-time World Champion Bareback Rider, and bull rider Fred Boettcher, a six-time Wrangler NFR qualifier, claimed their respective titles at the West of the Pecos (Texas) Rodeo, June 25-28.

Both also earned titles at the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo, which also concluded June 28.
Mote, of Culver, Ore., and Tilden Hooper, of Carthage, Texas, shared the title in Pecos with 87-point rides aboard Carr Pro Rodeo’s Grass Dancer. Both cowboys earned $3,285.

Boettcher earned $4,489 with his 90-point ride on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Hood Figure.
Other Pecos winners were: saddle bronc rider Cody DeMoss of Heflin, La., 88 points on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Hard Drive, $4,147; tie-down roper Joseph Parsons of Marana, Ariz., 20.8 seconds on three head, $3,666; steer wrestler Mickey Gee of Wichita Falls, Texas, 9.2 seconds on two head, $4,414; team ropers Travis Tryan of Billings, Mont./Michael Jones of Stephenville, Texas, 14.7 seconds on two head, $3,880; steer roper Rod Hartness of Pawhuska, Okla., 43.2 seconds on three head, $4,778; and barrel racer Stephanie Fryar of Big Spring, Texas, 17.62 seconds, $3,160.

At Rodeo de Santa Fe (N.M.), reigning World Champion Bull Rider Wesley Silcox and three-time World Champion Bareback Rider Will Lowe were among the champions in New Mexico’s capital city.

Silcox, of Payson, Utah, rode Harry Vold’s Dress Code for 87 points, good for $5,458. Lowe, of Canyon, Texas, earned $3,919 after his 85-point ride aboard Harry Vold’s Classic T.

Other Santa Fe champions were: steer wrestler Cash Myers of Athens, Texas, 7.3 seconds on two head, $4,560; team ropers Clay Tryan of Chico, Texas/Walt Woodard of Stephenville, Texas, 11.1 seconds on two head, $2,496 each; saddle bronc rider Dean Daly of Belen, N.M., 83 points on Harry Vold’s Springboard, $4,560; tie-down roper Randall Carlisle of Lipan, Texas, 15.3 seconds on two head, $5,601; and barrel racer Diann Bukowski of Falcon, Colo., 17.02 seconds, $3,316.

Hall of Fame weekend
Tickets are available for the 2008 ProRodeo Hall of Fame induction weekend, July 11-12 in Colorado Springs, Colo., starting with the Cowboy Ball and culminating with the annual induction ceremony.

For the ProRodeo Hall of Fame Cowboy Ball and Dinner, tickets start at $60 per person and $110 per couple. The event starts at 6 p.m. July 11 at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and features entertainment from country performer Pake McEntire, the brother of legendary singer Reba McEntire.

The following day, the Hall of Fame’s garden area plays host to the induction ceremony, starting at 10 a.m. Tickets, which include lunch afterward, are $20 for adults, $18 for PRCA and Hall of Fame members and $10 for children ages 6-10. Children under 6 are free.

For more information, contact the ProRodeo Hall of Fame at (719) 528-4714.

Upcoming PRCA Rodeos

Badlands Circuit: Mandan Rodeo Days, July 2-4, Mandan, N.D.; Sitting Bull Stampede, July 2-4, Mobridge, S.D.; Killdeer Mt. Roundup Rodeo, July 3-4, Killdeer, N.D.; Black Hills Round-Up, July 3-5, Belle Fourche, S.D.

California Circuit: Folsom Pro Rodeo, July 3-5, Folsom
Columbia River Circuit: St. Paul Rodeo, July 2-5, St. Paul, Ore.; Eugene Pro Rodeo, July 3-5, Eugene, Ore.; Molalla Buckeroo, July 3-6, Molalla, Ore.

First Frontier Circuit: Painted Pony Championship Rodeo, July 4, Lake Luzerne, N.Y.; Cowtown Rodeo, July 5, Woodstown Pilesgrove, N.J.

Great Lakes Circuit: Shenandoah Days Pro Rodeo, July 4-5, Galena, Ill.; 50th Annual Mid-Western Rodeo, July 4-6, Manawa, Wis.

Montana Circuit: Livingston Round-Up, July 2-4, Livingston; Home of Champions, July 2-4, Red Lodge; Broadus PRCA Let’r Buck Rodeo, July 5-6, Broadus; Drummond PRCA Rodeo, July 6, Drummond

Mountain States Circuit: Greeley Independence Stampede, June 27-July 4, Greeley, Colo.; Cody Stampede, July 1-4, Cody, Wyo.; Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo Series, July 4-5, Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Dodge Xtreme Bulls Tour, July 5, Cody, Wyo.

Prairie Circuit: Old West Trail Rodeo, July 2-4, Crawford, Neb.
Southeastern Circuit: Rodeo of the Ozarks, July 1-4, Springdale, Ark.
Texas Circuit: 84th Annual Fourth of July Celebration & PRCA Rodeo, July 3-5, Belton
Turquoise Circuit: World’s Oldest Rodeo, June 30-July 5, Prescott, Ariz.; 22nd Annual Fourth of July Youth Celebration, July 2-5, Window Rock, Ariz.

Wilderness Circuit: Oakley Independence Day Rodeo, July 2-5, Oakley City, Utah; Western Stampede, July 3-5, West Jordan, Utah

Canada: Benalto Stampede, July 4-6, Benalto, Alberta