PRORODEO Sports - April 24, 2026 Digital Edition

SHORT ROUND

INJURED SHAD MAYFIELD EYES RETURN AT CALGARY STAMPEDE PRCA Staff

Shad Mayfield, the 2020 PRCA Tie-Down Roping World Champion and 2024 PRCA All-Around World Champion, has had a busy offseason – on the operat ing table. Mayfield, a native of Clovis, N.M., had surgery on his left hip on Dec. 18, and then on March 26 he had surgery on his right hip. “I did my left hip first, and that was because that was the worst hip. It was a lot bigger surgery on it, and then I did my right hip,” said Mayfield, 25. “My right hip wasn’t near as bad, so they just kind of went in there and cleaned it up and repaired stuff.” Mayfield, a seven-time qualifier for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo – 2019-2025 – is not ready to shut down his 2026 season just yet. “The plan is to be back at Calgary,” said Mayfield who is going to be on crutches for three more weeks. “That’s what we’re working on. I go to PT (physical therapy) five days a week. I have one of the best physical therapists out there. The only time I take off is weekends. We alternate hips. I work on one hip one day and the other hip the next day. If I stay in PT and stay true to all that and just stay healthy, then I told him, let’s plan on me being back at Calgary. That’s the goal. I feel like if I can get back at Calgary and have success there and then roll on, I have a big chance of making the NFR.”

Two-time PRCA World Champion Shad Mayfield is eyeing a July return to action at the Calgary Stampede. PRCA photo by Kathryn Coleman

The 2026 Calgary Stampede runs from July 3-12. A year ago, Mayfield finished second in the PRCA | Bill Fick Ford World Standings in tie-down roping with $388,931.

NFR STEER WRESTLER STETSON JORGENSEN OUT WITH KNEE INJURY By Ted Harbin, Special to PRORODEO Sports News

Steer wrestler Stetson Jorgensen suffered an injured knee while competing at slack Monday during the San Angelo (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo. Jorgensen, 32, a six-time Wrangler Na tional Finals Rodeo qualifier from Blackfoot, Idaho, tore the ACL, MCL and meniscus in his right knee. He will be sidelined for four to six months. “It’s God’s plan, and something is going to happen better in the future,” Jorgensen wrote in a text message Wednesday afternoon.

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Jorgenson will be out of action after suffering a right knee injury. PRCA photo by Mallory Beinborn

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