PRORODEO Sports News - September 5, 2025

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he placed second at Rodeo Billings (Mont.) and the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo. Those performances followed up first-place wins at the Bozeman (Mont.) Stampede and the Lea County PRCA Rodeo in Lovington, N.M., a PRORODEO Series rodeo. He also picked up a victory at the Farm-City Pro Rodeo, another Series event, and big checks in North Dakota, where he made multiple stops. “I’ve just been riding out the lows and riding out the highs,” Wells said. “I control what I can control and come into every ride with confidence … walk up to the bucking chutes with your shoulders back and chin up ready to win.” The checks have proven to be pivotal as he has crept up the world stand ings. He entered Rapid City with less than $30,000 separating him and the

top three in the standings. The win moved him to fourth in the world, giving him a boost of mo mentum as he begins to solidify his second qualification for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas in December to chase his first gold buckle. “It’s all about keeping the momentum going,” Wells said. “I don’t think too far ahead. Anything can happen when you get to the NFR and everybody wants to be a world champ. I believe I can but I’m just going to keep it simple, do my job every night and see where we’re at after the Round 10.”

can’t wait to get my card and be riding there.’ “Now to win it and have my name up there is pretty

neat.” Wells' hot streak began in late July with top 10 finishes at key PRO RODEO Series rodeos, including Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, Utah Days of '47 Rodeo in Salt Lake City,

and the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo in Castle Rock, Colo. It carried over into August where

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