PRCA Rodo News and Notes

Posted Monday, February 11, 2008

Nuce among Manteca Sports Hall of Fame inductees.
Ted Nuce, the 1985 World Champion Bull Rider who set his event’s standard by qualifying for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo a staggering 14 consecutive times, was recently selected as part of the first class to the Manteca (Calif.) Sports Heroes Hall of Fame.

Induction ceremonies will take place Feb. 26.
Starting in 1982, Nuce started his unprecedented streak of reaching the NFR. In addition to his world title in 1985, Nuce finished second in the final world standings four times. By the time Nuce was done, he had tied Wacey Cathey for the most NFR qualifications in bull riding.

Woolman, Harris, Curtis highlight weekend winners.
Tee Woolman of Llano, Texas, a ProRodeo Hall of Famer and three-time world champion team roper, joined forces with J.W. Borrego of Pueblo West, Colo., to claim the event title at the Bell County PRCA Rodeo, Feb. 7-9 in Belton, Texas. The tandem recorded a time of 4.4 seconds to take top honors and $2,274 each.

J.W. Harris of May, Texas, who has qualified for the Wrangler NFR the past two years, finished the event with the top-marked ride after scoring 90 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Rompus, good for $2,320.Meanwhile, at the PRCA Championship Rodeo in Bismarck, N.D., Feb. 8-9, bull rider Brian Curtis of Belle Fourche, S.D., kept his momentum going. One week after winning the average title at the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo in Rapid City, S.D., Curtis earned a first-place check worth $1,270 in Bismarck after scoring 88 points aboard Joe Simon Rodeo’s No. 3R7.