PRORODEO Sports News - August 8, 2025

Jayco Roper extended his hot summer streak with a win in Salinas. PRCA photo by Ryan Jae

(Wyo.) Frontier Days on Friday, Roper won the round with an 88-point ride on

Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics bucking horse Sozo, giving him another payday of $2,722. While there's still more than two months of regular season remaining, Roper likes where things are headed, namely back towards Las Vegas this December. "I've been drawing really well and I've been riding well," Roper said. "I'm feeling pretty good about it."

World Standings with a little more than $86,000 in earnings for the season. Over the last few weeks, he's con tinued a steady ascent in the rank ings, picking up checks at six of the last seven rodeos he's competed at, including a win at Mandan (N.D.) Rodeo Days during the Fourth of July run. However, Salinas could be a sea son-changer as his two round wins

and aggregate title put a total of $15,872 in his ledger. "It's been the best (July) I've ever had for sure," Roper said. "Winning big rodeos like that helps a whole bunch, especially with how much the long round and the short round paid a really good chunk." And that momentum shows no signs of slowing. In the first performance at Cheyenne

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