PRORODEO Sports News - August 8, 2025

"This family-friendly event will produce a fast-paced, live audience event that our fans expect from the Daddy of 'em All." Clayton Sellars, a four-time National Finals Rodeo quali fier, competed in a nighttime bull riding event at Frontier Park when he competed out side of the PRCA. He said the Xtreme Bulls stop lived up to the hype and credited the fans for creating an electric atmosphere. "It was good bull riding," Sel lars said. "It's a tight arena, a small arena on a good sum mer night with a big crowd. It was tight and everything was really close together and (the fans were) right on top of you. It was really cool and a high energy event." Early on the first night, Tris ten Hutchings got nervous as the crowd began filing into the arena. But as the sunk sank low on the plains, the spectators found their spots in the stands and kept the energy at a fever pitch. "At the very beginning I was like, I sure hope everybody shows up," Hutchings said. "We just switched this from a PBR to a PRCA event and all of us bull riders wanted to see it succeed and come back next year. Then everybody started filing in there and it made all of us happy. "It was good to see it fill up … I think it went very well. There were good rides and pretty good bulls." PRCA CEO Tom Glause expressed his excitement for the Xtreme Bulls debut in Cheyenne, in his home state of Wyoming, and attended both nights of action.

The inaugural Cheyenne Frontier Days Xtreme Bulls event went off without a hitch. PRCA photo by Click Thompson

Cheyenne Frontier Days CEO Tom Hirsig said the PRORODEO event was a good fit for the history of the legend ary rodeo, especially given the theme of the 129th edition "Year of the Bull Rider." "We're getting back to our rodeo roots by partnering with the PRCA to host the Xtreme Bulls," said Tom Hirsig, CEO of Cheyenne Frontier Days.

ever," Wacey Schalla said after he won the average title on July 22 at 181.5 points on two head. "This is one of the best bull ridings I've seen the PRCA and Xtreme Bulls put together. So I'm just excited to be part of the first one here in Cheyenne and I'm ready for many more to come." When Cheyenne Frontier Days announced the event on Feb. 20,

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