WPRA Press Releases

Cervi Cruises to Round 7 Victory and a Little Closer to her Third World Title
[Dec. 9, 2010] 12/9/10 PC Frenchmans Hayday stands by himself for a few hours each evening. He's in Las Vegas, and he's ready to run.

But 15-year-old Dinero probably won't get that chance at this year's Wrangler National Finals Rodeo because his daughter, MP Meter My Hay, is doing just fine. Over the first seven rounds of this year's championship, Stingray has guided Sherry Cervi to the pay window five times, including two round victories. By Ted Harbin

Mays and Jethro Team for Round 6 Victory, Cervi Crosses $2 Million
[Dec. 8, 2010] 12/8/10 Brenda Mays had to be a quick-change artist Tuesday night.

It's just part of the benefit of winning the sixth go-round at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Not only did she and Judge By Cash round the cloverleaf pattern in their fastest time of the 10-day event, she had to scurry from the Thomas & Mack Center to change clothes before taking part in the Montana Silversmiths Go-Round Buckle Presentation at the South Point Hotel & Casino. By Ted Harbin

Lockhart and Louie Turn Up the Heat in Round 5
[Dec. 7, 2010] 12/7/10 Benette Barrington of Lubbock, Texas, posted the fastest run of her first Wrangler National Finals during Monday's fifth go-round.

It was the fourth-best run of the night.

Jill Moody of Letcher, S.D., who has By Ted Harbin

Meadors Rides Mulberry to Fourth Round Victory
[Dec. 6, 2010] 12/6/10 The last time Angie Meadors competed at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, she was 20 years old and had been on the grandest stage in the sport five times already. By Ted Harbin

Tolbert Takes Top Honors in Round 2
[Dec. 4, 2010] 12/4/10 By the time Kelli Tolbert sprinted into the Thomas & Mack Center arena, great times had already been posted.

Tolbert beat them all. By Ted Harbin

Cervi Chasing Third World Title aboard Homegrown Horse
[Nov. 28, 2010] In 2009, two-time WPRA World Champion Sherry Cervi entered the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, seventh in the world with $73,529 in earnings. By Ann Bleiker

Six Ladies Punch their Tickets for DNCFR in One Weekend
[Nov. 22, 2010] Mays dominates Columbia River Circuit, claiming year-end and average titles By Tanya Randall

West Wins Year-End and Average Titles at the Southeastern Circuit Finals
[Nov. 17, 2010] Michelle West never planned to win the Dodge Southeastern Circuit Finals year-end title. Really, all she wanted to do was go to enough rodeos so that she could make the circuit finals rodeo and compete there. By Kristen M. White 11/17/10

Cervi becomes WPRA's All-Time Career Earnings Leader, surpassing James
[Nov. 15, 2010] In 2010, while Sherry Cervi was chasing Lindsay Sears' 2008 regular-season earnings record of $184,756, what she didn't realize was how close she was to 11-time world champion Charmayne James' career By Ann Bleiker

Hunter Claims Wilderness Circuit Titles
[Nov. 8, 2010] Nancy Hunter, a registered nurse that resides in Neola, Utah, entered the 2010 Dodge Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo in Ogden, Utah (Oct. 28-30), just hoping to win enough money to pay for the fuel. She did much more than that by the end of the weekend. By Ann Bleiker

Dolly and Moody Ride Wave of Success into WNFR by Jolee Lautaret
[Nov. 6, 2010] Kansas City, Mo.-Jill Moody and Dolly are back. And they put the exclamation point on their amazing comeback in 2010 with a spectacular October. By Jolee Lautaret 11/6/10

Renick and Eagleberger to Represent the Prairie Circuit at 2011 DNCFR
[Nov. 3, 2010] Tana Renick needed to have a solid Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo in order to surge past standings leader Jeanne Anderson for the year-end championship. By Ted Harbin

Veteran Bests the Field at the Cow Palace
[Nov. 1, 2010] San Francisco, Calif.-There's no denying that Cathey Vallerga embodies the saying, "been there, done that." When the Lower Lake, Calif., cowgirl hung up the phone after entering the Grand National Rodeo Horse and Stock Show, it marked the 25th time the cowgirl had done so. By Jolee Lautaret

NILE ProRodeo Perseveres through Adversity
[Oct. 29, 2010] The Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) has been held annually in October since the late 1960's; a stock show, ProRodeo, and western expo...