PRCA Event Reports

Shazam Shiozawa Moved to Top of Fort Worth Leader Board
[Jan. 28, 2009] FORT WORTH - Rodeo fans missed Matt Shiozawa at last year’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR).

The Chubbock, Idaho, tie-down roper is using the Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo to make a bid for the 2009 edition of rodeo’s championship event. Shiozawa leads the second round of competition with an 8.6-second run. That equaled his first round time and gave him the over-all lead with a total of 17.2 seconds on two runs. By Lauranne Smith

Champions Add Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo To Their ‘To Do’ List
[Jan. 27, 2009] FORT WORTH. - Four years ago J.W. Harris of May, Texas won the Xtreme Bull Riding here. At the time Harris was 19, not very well known and scrapping his way from rodeo to rodeo. Now he is the reigning world champion bull rider and is leading the bull riding at the 113rd Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo. By Lauranne Smith

National Western Stock Show Rodeo Champions Crowned
[Jan. 26, 2009] DENVER - The first of the building rodeos of 2009 is over and two home state cowboys were victorious.

Tim Shirley from Conifer, Colo., tied for the bareback riding championship and Josh Peek from Pueblo, Colo., won the tie-down roping and all-around championships. Shirley led the pack of 12 bareback riders coming into Sunday’s final round. He rode the Kesler Championship Rodeo horse named Silver Moon for 82 points to give him a total of 254 points and $11,217. Shirley started his winning ways by marrying his fiancée Mindy Downare on Saturday night. By Susan Kanode

Bareback Rider Had A Goal For The 113th Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo
[Jan. 25, 2009] FORT WORTH, TX - Kaycee Feild, came to the Fort Worth to win and that is exactly how he is heading out of Cowtown. Feild from Elk Ridge, Utah, set the pace in the bareback riding. He now leads all three rounds and the overall standings. By Lauranne Smith

Brothers Advance to National Western Final Rodeo Performance
[Jan. 25, 2009] DENVER - Clif and Tuf Cooper will be battling it out in the tie-down roping at the final performance of the National Western Stock Show Rodeo...Clif, who qualified for last year’s College National Finals Rodeo moved into fourth place with two solid runs on Saturday with a total time of 17.9 seconds. Younger brother Tuf took the roping world by storm last year. He turned 18 in March, joined the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo where he won over $80,000. By Susan Kanode

Competition Underway at Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo
[Jan. 24, 2009] FORT WORTH. TX - The rodeo at the 113th Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo kicked off Friday night with second generation cowboys setting top scores and fast times.

One of those cowboys is Kaycee Feild from Elk Ridge, Utah. He and Jared Keylon from Fort Scott, Kan., tied for the lead in the bareback riding at 82 points each. Feild, who is the son of world champion Lewis Feild, rode the horse from Pete Carr Pro Rodeo named Real Deal. Keylon was also on a Carr horse, Cool Runnings. By Lauranne Smith

Schroeder has High Hopes for Denver Rodeo
[Jan. 24, 2009] DENVER, CO - Beau Schroeder has some momentum behind him and is hoping to keep it going.

The Beaumont, Texas, resident won the Bull’s Night Out event last Wednesday at the Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo. Just two days later, he was in Denver for the National Western Stock Show. By Susan Kanode

Pre-Rodeo Competition gets things rolling at World's Original Indoor Rodeo
[Jan. 23, 2009] FORT WORTH - The pre-rodeo competition at the Fort Worth Stock Show presented by the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show allowed the majority of steer wrestling and tie-down Rroping contestants compete in their first go-round Wednesday and Thursday morning. By Susan Kanode

Consistency is Key for Denver Rodeo Contestants
[Jan. 23, 2009] DENVER - As the National Western Stock Show Rodeo is winding down, rodeo contestants are seeing that consistency is the key to qualifying for Sunday’s finals.

A perfect example of that is Jed...Moore, from Cheyenne, Wyo., who has ridden two bulls for 86 and 84 points. He had his second ride here on Thursday morning and is now in second place in the over-all standings with 170 points, just five points behind fellow Wyoming rider Kanin Asay, from Powell. By Susan Kanode

Ski Champion Looking for Denver Bull Riding Win
[Jan. 22, 2009] DENVER, CO. - Results from Wednesdays Performances plus - Jed Moore is one happy bull rider.

They Cheyenne, Wyo., resident has been in Steamboat, Colo., competing at the 35th annual Cowboy Down Hill Ski Race. He emerged as the victor in both the Dual Slalom Race and the Chaotic Western Stampede on Skis. By Susan Kanode

Beau Knows Bull
[Jan. 22, 2009] Beau Schroeder wasn't satisfied with his first-place win in the finals at Tuesday night's Bull’s Night Out...Wednesday night he went one step further and won the entire second competition by covering both bulls. Sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) the event at the Will Rogers Coliseum is part of the Xtreme Bulls tour. By Susan Kanode

Wyoming Cowboys Dominating National Western Bull Riding
[Jan. 21, 2009] DENVER, CO. - Cowboys from Wyoming have been rising to the top of the bull riding standings in every category at the 103rd Annual National Western Stock Show Rodeo. By Susan Kanode

PRCA's First Frontier Circuit Finals results
[Jan. 20, 2009] Lebanon, Pa. roughstock rider Clovis Crane sets circuit system record, taking the year average in three events and the all-around. By Mary Rudloff

Missouri Cowboy verses Texas Bulls Equals Big Money
[Jan. 20, 2009] FORT WORTH - Show-Me state cowboy Brent Menz showed the bulls who’s boss at Tuesday night's Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Extreme Bulls event at the Will Rogers Coliseum. By Susan Kanode