PRORODEO Sports - April 24, 2026 Digital Edition

CLARK COUNTY KALAWAIA Continues Hot Start With Win In Logandale By Alex Dodd

T risyn Kalawaia needed an impres sive run in the second round of the Clark County Fair & Rodeo April 10 to continue his red-hot start to the season. The Hilo, Hawaii, steer wrestler tied for fifth during the opening

and I’m glad we got it done. We’ll just keep going onto the next one.” Kalawaia rode his own horse, Rolex, in Logandale, and hopes he will be a solid addition to his primary horse, Cletus, owned by Trevor and Jenna

ended the season 34th in the PRCA World Standings. In 2024, Kalawaia moved with in striking distance of his first trip to Las Vegas, finishing 20th in the world with $76,885. And last season he finished 25th with $76,189. This year,

round of the PRORODEO Playoff Series event in Logandale, Nev. Kalawaia made the most of his opportu nity with

the 23-year old is off to the best start to a season in his young career. As of April 13, he sits seventh in the PRCA | Bill Fick Ford World Stand

a 3.6-sec ond run in his second trip out of the box. The time matched the fastest run of the rodeo, tied

ings with $39,726, thanks in large part to a share of the win at the Fort

Trisyn Kalawaia needed a strong second-round run to secure the title at the Clark County Fair & Rodeo in Logandale, Nev. PRCA photo by Hailey Rae Hurst

Duhan, as the season heats up. “He’s a little bit on the greener side, but he’s doing very well,” Kalawaia said of Rolex. “I’ve been taking him to some rodeos here and there. Between those two bulldogging horses, I feel like I have a good team of horsepower and it makes my confidence a little higher.” Kalawaia earned his PRCA card in 2022 and finished second in the 2023 Resistol Rookie of the Year race behind Cash Robb with $51,806. He

Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. He was the first Hawaiian to earn the title. “Making the NFR has been a dream since I was a little kid,” Kalawaia said. “No, I feel like I’m in the right spot with good horses and I’ve been going (down the road) with good guys. It’s one of those deals where I need to go out there, stay focused, just keep going, being consistent and taking it seriously. It’s been good so far.”

Bray Armes for the second-round win and secured the average title at 7.8 seconds on two head. “The win in Logandale is huge,” Kalawaia told the PRORODEO Sports News. “I felt like at the spot I’m at, getting into Calgary is kind of iffy. But hopefully this will give me enough to get into Calgary. “I also switched circuits, so this is a (Wilderness) Circuit rodeo for me. So that’s a good start to the circuit rodeos as well. It was just a good win,

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