ProRodeo Sports News | 2020 Year-End Edition | Dec.18, 2020

YEAR IN REVIEW JUNE 2020

PRCA | RAM WORLD STANDINGS LEADERS AS OF JUNE 22, 2020 Bareback Riding Tim O’Connell, $79,913 Steer Wrestling Matt Reeves, $83,634 Team Roping Heading Luke Brown, $69,055 Team Roping Heeling Joseph Harrison, $63,650 Saddle Bronc Riding Wyatt Casper, $124,063 Tie-down Roping Shad Mayfield, $138,365 Steer Roping Trevor Brazile, $27,682 Bull Riding Sage Kimzey, $68,463

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In a 111-man field of riders littered with Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifiers, less- heralded Braden Richardson took top honors at the Liberty National Xtreme Bulls in Lawton, Okla. The Richwood, Texas, cowboy had an 87.5-point ride on Frontier Rodeo’s Magic Trick at the two- day event.

Rod Connor photo

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Team ropers and brothers-in-law Andrew Ward and Buddy Hawkins II teamed to win the Woodward (Okla.) Elks Rodeo in 4.4 seconds. Phillip Kitts photo

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The Canadian Professional Rodeo Association, Westerner Park and the Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce decided to postpone this year’s Canadian Finals Rodeo until 2021. 25

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The 2020 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was cut short due to the

The ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American

Steer roper Cole Patter- son clocked a

coronavirus pandemic, but that won’t stop the event from carrying on next year. The 2021 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is scheduled to run May 4-23.

37.3-second run on three head to win the average and a check for $2,126 at the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo.

Cowboy, in Colorado Springs, Colo., launched a new website (prorodeohalloffame.com), making for a cleaner look and a more mobile-friendly site.

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