PRORODEO Sports News - August 8, 2025

PRCA photo by Steve Gray

CHEYENNE XTREME BULLS DELIVERED (CONT.) "Having Cheyenne be a part of the PRCA's Xtreme Bulls Tour is a great addi tion to our tour," Glause said when the event was announced. "Cheyenne has had a storied tradition with the PRCA, and now we can spotlight the PRCA's top bull riders at this Xtreme Bulls event." Cooper James said he was skeptical if the event would live up to the expecta tions. The 2024 Resistol Rookie of the Year in bull riding left the arena im pressed. "We drew a crowd every day and it was super loud every time somebody made a ride," James said. "If there was a wreck or anything exciting happened the crowd went wild. It was everything you could want out of a bull riding. This is probably one of the coolest bull ridings and I'm looking forward to it being an Xtreme Bulls for the rest of my career." Eight-time PRCA World Champion Stetson Wright attended bull riding events at Frontier Days in the past and watched from the stands. He hoped to one day get the opportunity to compete under the lights on the beaches of Cheyenne and took full advantage of his two rides at the event. "I was always like, 'Man, I hope one day I could ride at this,'" Wright said. "I'm just glad that it went to Xtreme Bulls and I felt like (the fans) brought the same energy in the same setup. The bulls were good, the guys showed up and we're firing." Wright claimed the top spot in the opening round with a 92.5-point ride on Rafter G's Rank Frank, the highest-scored trip of the event. He finished second in the average at 181.5 points on two head. Competitors routinely one-upped one another throughout the event as the energy continued to build until Schalla earned the victory on the final ride of the two-day bonanza. That energy translated directly from the crowd into the chutes. "Stetson and I were talking about (the atmosphere) in the locker room (Mon day)," Schalla said. "You don't get tired. I mean, you do get tired. But there was no possible way (to be tired) tonight or yesterday. There's no way." The inaugural Cheyenne Frontier Days Xtreme Bulls set the stage for years of top-notch PRORODEO bull riding under the lights of the Daddy of 'em All.

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