PRCA Event Reports

PRCA Rodeo News - Key to Heartland finals is to keep advancing
[Oct. 10, 2008] WACO, Texas-The storylines at the Heartland ProRodeo Championships are many and that's what makes the rodeo so much fun for contestants, fans and organizers. Add in that it is crunch time of the rodeo season and the drama unfolds. Just take the bareback riding of the challenge round held at the Heart O' Texas Fair Complex.

"It's like we're in overtime of a basketball game and you have somebody who can shoot a free throw to win the game or not," said Texas bareback rider Wes Stevenson, who survived Oct. 9th's cut from 12 to 10 of the playoff format. By Courtesy PRCA

Field of 12 set for PRCA Heartland's challenge round
[Oct. 9, 2008] WACO, Texas - The warm-up is over and the field has been thinned as the preliminary rounds of the Heartland ProRodeo Championships concluded Oct. 8 at the Heart O'Texas Fair Complex. The field of 30 in each event was cut to 12 through six rounds of preliminary action that began on Oct. 3...Cowboys begin a playoff format Oct. 9 with hopes of becoming the inaugural Heartland ProRodeo champion. Scores are erased and competition begins again as the field is then further reduced to 10 on Oct. 10 and then eight at 7 p.m. (CT) on Oct. 11, immediately followed by a final four battle for championship buckles. By Courtesy PRCA

Cooper simply too Tuf at PRCA River City Roundup
[Sep. 28, 2008] Results included - Tuf Cooper is going to have to update his MySpace page real soon.
His bio on the Internet friends site lists earnings of "$45,000-$60,000" and that is just so last summer. By Courtesy PRCA

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