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

Trevor Brazile won $69,072 at the 2020 NFSR to climb from fourth place to the winner’s circle.

PRCA ProRodeo photos by Rod Connor

2019-20. He entered his 23rd NFSR $12,865 away from reaching the $7 million mark in career earnings – no one else has broken $3.6 million in ProRodeo. By Round 4 on Nov. 6, Brazile reached and passed the milestone by earning $7,577 after placing second with a 9.3-second run. He won Round 3 with a 9.9-second run to extend his PRCA record to 74 career total go-round wins at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo – in tie-down roping and team roping – and steer roping. Brazile has won 36 go-rounds at the NFSR, second only to Allen’s 48. Brazile’s 26 gold buckles include a PRCA-record 14 in all-around (2002-04, 2006-15, 2018), three in tie-down roping (2007, 2009-10) and one in team roping (2010) to go with the NFSR buckles. Brazile stood in the spotlight on Nov. 7 at the Kansas Star Arena, but Jesse Tierney did turn some heads. The Hermosa, S.D., cowboy split the Round 6 win with Landon McClaugherty at 10.4 seconds and then claimed Rounds 7 (9.9 seconds), 8 (10.1 seconds) and 9 (9.8 seconds) outright a day after not earning any money in the first five rounds. “This felt outstanding,” Tierney said. “(Nov. 6) was a real humbling night. I drew some good cattle (Nov. 7) and just focused on what I know how to do, and it felt really good to have that kind of success. Winning one round is an honor, winning four is something I never dreamed of.” Tierney finished fifth in the world standings with $70,103. Tierney, who was fourth in Round 10 at 9.1 seconds, earned $40,251 the second night of the NFSR.

IN OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Vin Fisher Jr. clocked the fastest time in NFSR history with an 8.2-second run in winning Round 10. The previous record was 8.3 seconds, shared by Cash Myers (2006), Jess Tierney (2015), Guy Allen (2016) and Tuf Cooper (2018). Fisher finished third in the world standings with $105,514. • Scott Snedecor set a Round 4 NFSR record with a 9.0-second time. The previous record was 9.2 seconds, shared by Trevor Brazile and Allen (each in 1999), and JoJo LeMond (2017). • Fisher and Rocky Patterson split the Round 2 win with 10.3-second runs to share the Colby Goodwin Award. • Billy Good, who finished ninth in the world standings with $55,750, won the Dixon McGowan Award, given to the highest-ranked first-time qualifier to the NFSR.

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