ProRodeo Sports News June 14th, 2019

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Oregon rodeo announces 2019 HOF class The St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo recently announced its 2019 Hall of Fame class will be Butch Knowles, Grant McKillip, Richard Ernst, Elaine Smith and Bob Gregory. The Hall of Fame induction barbeque will take place at 5 p.m. (PT), July 1, in the Main Stage Tent on the St. Paul Rodeo Grounds. Tickets are $32 and are available at www.stpaulrodeo.com or at the ticket office. There also will be a live and silent auction to benefit the St. Paul Rodeo Foundation. Call toSt. Paul Hall Santa Maria Elks raise $800,000 for charities The 76th annual Santa Maria (Calif.) Elks Rodeo brought out an estimated 35,000 people and raised a record $800,000 for charitable causes during its May 30 through June 2 run, according to a report in the Santa Maria Times , June 3. “The stands were full, there were people on the midway, parking was full,” said Johnna Clark, media director for the rodeo. The Santa Maria Elks Rodeo was a PRCA ProRodeo Tour stop. During this year’s event, the money was raised for a variety of charitable causes, including a record $795,526 from the Elks Rodeo Queen campaigns.

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The PRCA record for con- secutive bull riding titles set by ProRodeo Hall of Famer Jim Shoulders from 1954- 59. Sage Kimzey has an op- portunity to tie that record if he wins the 2019 bull riding world championship. Kimzey has won the last five titles. As of June 13, he was lead- ing the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $101,578. 91 The record score for saddle bronc riding at the storied Reno (Nev.) Rodeo. The record is shared by Jesse Kruse (2008) and Cody Wright (2009). A year ago, Isaac Diaz had the highest- scored ride in saddle bronc riding with an 88.5-point trip on Flying 5 Rodeo’s Spring Planting to win the final round. The 2019 Reno Rodeo is June 21-29. 95 The PRCA-record score in saddle bronc riding. Doug Vold initially set the record on Franklin’s Transport in Meadow Lake, Saskatch- ewan, in 1979. ProRodeo Hall of Famer Glen O’Neill tied the record on Franklin’s Airwolf in Innisfail, Alberta, in 1996.

Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days saw its third-largest paid attendance last year in the history of the annual Wyoming western celebration. KGAB-AM radio station of Cheyenne, reported rodeo said 101,462 people attended the rodeo and 115,214 fans enjoyed the night shows. Cheyenne Frontier Days CEO Tom Hirsig said the rodeo also set all-time records for merchandise, malt beverage and liquor sales. The 2019 Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo is July 19- 28. Frontier Days had 3rd best showing in 2018 that an annual report released May 31 by the

Scramblin’ Bullfighter Stanley Ray Taylor, left, and bull rider Dalton Shepard try to get clear of a bull at the Glennville (Calif.) Round-Up Rodeo, June 9. Dale Miller photo

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