ProRodeo Sports News June 14th, 2019

For the second time in his career, bull rider Tim Bingham has overcome a broken neck to return to the sport. He put a stamp on his physical therapy by winning the Cedar City (Utah) Champion- ship Rodeo with 87.5 points on Diamond G Rodeo’s Margie’s Tubby, June 8. Never Giving Up

“There’s no way of explaining it, you either do it or you don’t – if you don’t do it, you’ll never understand it, and if you do it, you won’t be able to explain it. It’s just something you can’t let go of.” –TIM BINGHAM

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The number of rodeos saddle bronc rider Mitch Pollock won the

week of May 26-June 2. He captured the

titles at the Wild Rogue Pro Rodeo in Central Point, Ore., and the Fort Herriman (Utah) PRCA Rodeo outright and split the win with Lefty Holman at the Santa Maria (Calif.) Elks Rodeo, a ProRodeo Tour stop. After the three victories, Pollock earned $6,097 and moved up to 19th place in the June 13 PRCA | RAM World Standings with $40,905.

HOT TAKES Steer wrestler Stephen Culling won more than $8,000 in Killdeer, N.D.

Jackie Jensen photo

Steering Upward During the rodeo week of June 3-9, steer wrestler Stephen Culling took advantage of the opportunity presented to him at the Bob Chris- tophersen Memorial Steer Wrestling in Killdeer, N.D. The Canadian cowboy hauled in $8,043 while winning the average at the rodeo with a time of 17.2 seconds on four head. Culling also won the first round of the competition. The monetary boost jumped him five spots in the PRCA | RAM World Standings in steer wrestling, as he climbed from 11th to sixth.

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NUMBER OF PRCA-SANCTIONED RODEOS IN THE 2019 SEASON SO FAR

$18,998,742

MONEY WON BY PRCA COWBOYS IN THE 2019 SEASON

ProRodeo Sports News 6/14/2019

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