PRORODEO Sports News | January 24, 2025

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Jacobs Crawley returns to action after two years

BY THE NUMBERS 16 The number of career National Finals Rodeo round wins by Stetson Wright. He has 11 in bull riding and five in saddle bronc riding. His last round wins came at the 2022 NFR – one in saddle bronc and two in bull riding. $6K The amount of money ($6,924) tie-down roper Shad Mayfield earned at the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo from Jan. 2-11 in Odessa, Texas. The defending PRCA All-Around World Champion finished as the top money earner at the event. $11K The amount of money ($11,367) bull rider Jake Lockwood pocketed at the RAM Montana Circuit Finals, Jan. 9-11 in Great Falls, Mont. He placed in all three

Two years ago, Jacobs Crawley thought he was done competing in PRORODEO. Crawley suffered a burst fracture of his T12 and sustained damage to his T11 and L1 vertebrae when he was pinned against the chute on June 25, 2023, at the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede. He later underwent surgery to fuse his T10, T11, T12, L1 and L2 vertebrae and clean up the surrounding area.

completely convinced that I was never getting on again. Then, my wife (Lauren) and I prayed about it, and she knew how much I enjoyed bronc riding.” After Crawley heard that getting on another bucking horse probably wasn’t

Later, Moore helped run the NFR’s press room. She served as awards chairman for the Girls Rodeo Association (GRA), securing vehicles, trailers and other donations for barrel racing champions, and became a GRA director at-large, bull riding director and Southern Region director. In 1973, she accepted the executive secretary position for the GRA/WPRA (Women’s Professional Rodeo Association), a position she served in for 22 years. She was honored with the Coca-Cola Woman of the Year award in 1991 and was inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City in 2019. brother Sterling Crawley said he should enter the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo in Odessa, Texas. Jacobs obliged but didn’t get his hopes up. When the dust settled Jan. 11, Crawley was second in Odessa with an 85.5-point ride on No Show Jones to pick up $3,268. Crawley competes in the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo semifinals on Jan. 25 as his comeback continues. in the cards, he started giving away his gear and focusing on his business ventures and role as the chairman of the PRCA Board of Directors. But when doctors told Crawley his back was in good shape and his recovery was way ahead of schedule, he started to test the waters. After gaining traction at the end of 2024, his

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member Lydia Moore passed away on Jan. 9. She was 91. Moore was born in St. Charles, Ill., to a rodeo/circus family. She received trick-roping lessons from Billy Buschbaum at age 10 and performed at area rodeos. She and her sister, Percyna, were instrumental in establishing the Missouri Girls Rodeo Association. They also won events such as goat tying, barrel racing and pole bending. In 1967, the Moore family moved to Oklahoma and, shortly thereafter, Lydia Moore was hired by ProRodeo Hall of Fame announcer Clem McSpadden as the liaison between the NFR and barrel racers. The road to a possible return to rodeo looked bleak, and the 2015 PRCA Saddle Bronc Riding World Champion and 10-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier shifted his focus outside the arena. But less than two years later, the 36-year-old is back and enjoying early success in the 2025 season with impressive showings at the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo in Odessa, Texas, and the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo in Denver. “I need to practice up and get ready, but I’m so grateful,” Crawley said of his return to PRORODEO. “It’s such an emotional deal because I was

Contract personnel member Moore passes Longtime PRCA contract personnel

rounds, winning Round 3 and the average.

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