PRCA Event Reports

Steve Dent gives home-state fans a thrill at River City Roundup
[Sep. 27, 2008] Nebraska high school football fans remember Steven Dent as a tailback who ran for more than 2,400 yards in back-to-back seasons at Mullen High and this weekend his home-state fans are getting a close-up look at how he has come to dominate a much bigger stage in ProRodeo.

Etbauer, Myers highlight 75th Old Fort Days Fort Smith champs
[Jun. 2, 2008] Billy Etbauer shared another saddle bronc riding victory, while Cash Myers added a clutch steer wrestling triumph to highlight the Old Fort Days Rodeo, which wrapped up its six-performance event May 31 in Fort Smith, Ark. By Courtesy PRCA

Fort Smith highlights rodeo's week ahead
[May 27, 2008] Memorial Day gave the summer rodeo season a jumpstart to the Old Fort Days Rodeo at Harper Stadium in Fort Smith, Ark. Action gets under way at 7:30 p.m. CT each day, with the six-performance rodeo ending on May 31. By Courtesy PRCA

Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo Brings in Big Names and Brings Home Local Favorite
[May 5, 2008] There was a light in Beau Franzen's eye on Sunday afternoon. The Oklahoma Panhandle State University graduate had just finished a rugged week of work in his old stomping grounds. Now living in Sidney, Mont., Franzen ventures back to No Man's Land when his work requires it, and last week's Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo called for a reunion in Texas County. By Ted Harbin

Michaelis "monkeys" to win at Clovis Rodeo
[Apr. 29, 2008] Mired in a slow start that put him No. 42 in the Crusher Rentals PRCA World Standings, Marcus Michaelis resorted to a little monkey business to possibly resurrect his season and hopes for a second consecutive Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualification later this year. By Courtesy PRCA

No flash in the ‘Pan:’ Tour makes annual visit to Guymon rodeo
[Apr. 29, 2008] The Guymon (OK) Pioneer Days rodeo is marking its 76th edition in 2008, marking the Sooner State’s largest PRCA rodeo with a purse of more than $375,000 up for grabs. By Courtesy PRCA

Bradley Harter's 90-point ride secures win in San Francisco
[Apr. 15, 2008] Bradley Harter of Weatherford, Texas, added another California victory to his collection of titles after scoring 90 points on Flying Five Rodeo’s No. 756 to win the saddle bronc riding championship at the Grand National Rodeo in San Francisco. By Courtesy PRCA

History repeats at Clark County Fair & Rodeo - Kelly Timberman wins again
[Apr. 15, 2008] A pair of second-place finishes wasn't so bad for Kelly Timberman after all. Added up, they made the 2004 World Champion Bareback Rider the average champion for the second year in a row at the Clark County Fair & Rodeo, which concluded April 13 in Logandale, NV. By Courtesy PRCA

Wright tries to correct a wrong at Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo
[Mar. 20, 2008] Cody Wright was the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo All-Around Champion last year and while he is real proud of that achievement, it didn’t get him a year’s free use of a Dodge truck like all of the individual event winners. By Courtesy PRCA

Countdown: Houston enters final week
[Mar. 17, 2008] One week from now, the Crusher Rentals PRCA World Standings will take on a distinctly different look, fresh off the conclusion of RodeoHouston, which will pay $50,000 to each event champion on March 22 (team ropers will share a $55,000 prize). By Kevin Carmody, PRCA Media Relations

Smith reigns in Austin for second straight Tour win
[Mar. 17, 2008] Score another Wrangler ProRodeo Tour victory in Texas for Stran Smith. For the second time in three weekends, the Childress, Texas, tie-down roper claimed victory in the Lone Star State, this time at Rodeo Austin, which concluded March 15 after a 13-performance run. By Kevin Carmody, PRCA Media Relations

No small potatoes: Pocatello offers titles, big cash at DNCFR
[Mar. 17, 2008] They come from all over the country with the same thing in mind: winning a national title. That’s what is at stake once again in Pocatello, Idaho, at the 22nd Annual Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo, presented by U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, March 19-22, with nearly 200 of the PRCA;s top contestants doing battle for national glory. By Kevin Carmody, PRCA Media Relations

Making history: RodeoHouston's first two Super Series in the books
[Mar. 10, 2008] Two defending RodeoHouston champions kept alive their hopes of a repeat title during weekend action as the rodeo’s second Super Series came to an end. Bobby Mote, the reigning and two-time world champion bareback rider whose $56,833 won in Houston last year paved the way for his 2007 world title, and tie-down roper Houston Hutto, who led the Crusher Rentals PRCA World Standings for most of the 2007 regular-season after his Houston victory, are among eight contestants in each event (eight teams in team roping) to have advanced to RodeoHouston’s semifinal round. By Kevin Carmody, PRCA

Hoffman: The San Angelo rodeo beacon for PRCA tour's best
[Feb. 28, 2008] This month, the world's top competitors have been flocking to San Angelo to ride in the city's renowned rodeo.