PRORODEO Sports News - June 6, 2025

MANAGER'S MESSAGE

Royce Ford

Todd Suhn

Monty Lewis

Linda Vick

look back at the 2005 Reno Rodeo. One notable cowboy in the headlines that year in Reno was all-around and saddle bronc riding champion Cody DeMoss. DeMoss, 24 at the time, won his signature event - saddle bronc riding with 248 points on three head. There’s no question DeMoss was an all-around hand, but it was somewhat surprising that he took home the 2005 all-around crown in Reno be cause he was team roping for the first time with Clayton Hass. Hass, 21 at

header, and DeMoss the heeler. The just-introduced partners re sponded by catching all three of their steers and placed eighth in the average. Not bad, when one considers that most of the world’s best team ropers were entered in Reno. The $622 each won, coupled with DeMoss’ average title in saddle bronc riding, vaulted the Cajun cowboy to all-around honors and a second set of prestigious Reno spurs. “That was definitely the icing on the cake there,” said DeMoss about his

all-around crown. It was just one of the countless mem ories for DeMoss, who qualified for the National Finals Rodeo 14 times - 2003-2007, 2009-12, 2014-17 and 2021. His last trip to Vegas he was 40 and still managed to pocket $32,642 at the NFR. DeMoss won the NFR average in 2012 and was PRCA Reserve World Cham pion four times in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2012. Other Reno winners in 2005 were bareback rider Royce Ford; steer wrestler Todd Suhn; team ropers Steve Purcella/Britt Bockius; tie down roper Monty Lewis; barrel racer Linda Vick; and bull rider Dustin Elliott. Fast-forward 20 years to this June and contestants will at tempt to make lifelong Reno memo ries like DeMoss did in 2005.

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TRACY RENCK Manager of Communications and Media

Britt Bockius

Steve Purcella

Dustin Elliott

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