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

YEAR IN REVIEW APRIL 2020

PRCA | RAM WORLD STANDINGS LEADERS AS OF APRIL 30, 2020 Bareback Riding Tim O’Connell, $73,306 Steer Wrestling Matt Reeves, $77,580 Team Roping Heading Luke Brown, $67,825 Team Roping Heeling Joseph Harrison, $60,360 Saddle Bronc Riding Wyatt Casper, $119,645 Tie-down Roping Shad Mayfield, $130,701 Steer Roping Trevor Brazile, $21,180 Bull Riding Sage Kimzey, $67,463

11

With rodeos on hold due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, tie-down roper Shane Hanchey finds something else to do. The 2013 Tie-down Roping World Champion and 2019 reserve world champ took advantage of his free time to run his own business. Hanchey operated a food trailer called Bo’s Boil N Geaux with his fiancée, barrel racer Taylor Jacob. Hanchey is from Sulphur, La., but he and Jacob live in Carmine, Texas. Courtesy photo

George Taylor , CEO of the PRCA, gives another

update to The Cowboy Channel

Taylor

about the affect the COVID-19 pandemic is having on PRCA rodeos

6

and ProRodeo in general. Taylor said ProRodeo has received an outpouring of support from contestants and people in the entertainment industry. With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the postponement or cancellation of PRCA rodeos, the PRCA Digital Rodeo Tournament presented by The 13

up in a head-to-head bracket, with competitors seeded in their respective spots. The cowboy or cowgirl in the top spot in the standings opens the tournament against the No. 16 competitor. Fans and competitors alike vote daily at ProRodeo. com beginning Monday, April 13. The competitor with the most votes in each matchup advances to the next round. The Cowboy Channel announces winners throughout the tournament.

Cowboy Channel gives fans the opportunity and the power to vote for their favorite cowboys and cowgirls in a tournament- style format. In the tournament, the top 16 competitors in the 2020 PRCA | RAM World Standings in each event – bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, barrel racing and bull riding – are matched

ProRodeo Sports News 12/18/2020

ProRodeo.com

98