PRORODEO Sports News - June 1, 2026

tioned again. But that doesn’t change the bottom line of the task that the Buccaneer Commission has, and me being able to continue to still be part of it is pretty special.” Rodeo Corpus Christi’s reunion with the PRCA allowed several PRCA World Champions to compete at this year’s event, including defending champs tie-down roper Riley Webb and bareback rider Rocker Steiner, who claimed their first Buc Days championships on May 9 at the Hil liard Center. “We’re super excited,” Philipello said ahead of the event. “Not just that we have world champions, but the stock and knowing that everything counts toward NFR (qualification) is going to be great. We’ve got what I believe is the best stock contractor in Frontier Rodeo Company, too. That combination is going to be a fun, fun time here in Corpus Christi.” Three-time PRCA World Champion

With his sweep in Corpus Christi, three-time reigning PRCA World Champion Tiedown Roper Riley Webb is on pace to break his own regular season earnings record.

BACK IN THE FOLD After the 2021 PRORODEO season, Rodeo Corpus Christi left the PRCA and spent five years in another asso ciation. Five years later, the event is back in the fold. “We always wanted to be recog nized by the PRCA, but the opportuni ty we took, we just couldn’t pass up,” Dotts said. “But we stayed in touch with the PRCA and told them, ‘We like you. We want to be with you.’ We al ways felt that at some point we could once again become a PRCA rodeo, and we’re just tickled pink (to be back).” Gay has remained with Buc Days and Rodeo Corpus Christi since that first event in 1992 and has stood by the event through a slew of changes over the years. But as a PRCA member for the majority of his life, he’s happy to see the event regain its status as a PRORODEO. “I tried to keep an open mind about it, but I’ve been in the PRCA longer than they’ve had the P in front of that,” Gay, a 1979 ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductee, said. “Rodeo is my life, and it’s special that we’re sanc

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