PRORODEO Sports News - June 1, 2026

CELEBRATING THE PRCA’S 90TH ANNIVERSARY

WORLD CHAMPIONS, NFR QUALIFIERS SHARE FAVORITE RODEO MEMORIES

BY TED HARBIN

IN HONOR OF THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF PRORODEO, THE PRORODEO SPORTS NEWS SPOKE TO MULTIPLE COWBOYS ON THE ROAD AND ASKED THEM TO SHARE THEIR FAVORITE MEMORIES – BOTH NEW AND OLD – OF THE WESTERN SPORT. THESE MEMORIES WILL BE SHARED IN THE PRINT EDITIONS OF THE PRORODEO SPORTS NEWS EVERY MONTH LEADING UP TO THE OFFICIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE PRCA IN OCTOBER.

COLEMAN PROCTOR, NINE-TIME NFR QUALIFIER FROM PRYOR, OKLA.

“There are just so many, like the first back number ceremony or the first time to get a go-round buckle at the South Point

and I moved up to sixth out on my second one. I ran my steer, made a great run, and I won like $11,000 that day. I no more than got my steer untied, the guy hands me my string, and I lope that good gray of mine right out the back. I lope him the length of the arena. “I step off, throw the reins to Tiffany Wagner, who helps me, and jump in the truck with my buddy, who drives me straight to the airport. These guys are in a jet so big that it takes two guys to fly. We peel out, and Tiff doesn’t even have the boots off my horse yet, and this jet comes smoking over the top of Cheyenne. “Tiff’s packed me, and I’ve got a fresh change of clothes and my belt on there. Tiff also always packs a little cooler, so I’ve got my Topo Chico’s … I always open my Topo Chico’s with my buckle, but I don’t have that. They’re not twist-off bottles, so you’ve got to pop them off. I’ve got these Kerry Kelley spurs on sitting on this plane, and I take my spur and just pop the top off, and the bottle doesn’t even fizz. “It was the coolest moments of my life, and nobody was there to see it.”

or the first time walking into the Thomas & Mack, but probably my all-time favorite memory, the coolest moment of my life, was something that nobody saw.

“I’d made the NFR Open in Colorado Springs, which happens to be the same day as the tripping slack in Cheyenne. You can’t drive it, so I looked at planes, but planes were going to take too long, but I just lucked into a deal. I had a friend who

gave me access to a jet. “So, I ran my steer in Cheyenne, and I won second in the first round,

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