ProRodeo Sports News - April 1, 2022

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BY THE NUMBERS $455K The career amount of money ($455,552) earned by Sage Kimzey in the Xtreme Bulls Tour, which is a PRCA record. Kimzey has won five out of the last seven Xtreme Bulls Tour titles, including last year. The next stop on the Division 1 Xtreme Bulls schedule is April 10 in San Angelo, Texas. $458K The combined amount of money ($458,500) earned by the 2022 RodeoHouston winners bareback rider Jess Pope ($60,500); steer wrestler Hunter Cure ($57,000); team ropers Clay Tryan/Jake Long ($54,500); saddle bronc ($57,250); barrel racer Jordon Briggs ($60,000) and bull rider Stetson Wright ($57,250). $1.8M The payout of 2022 RodeoHouston – $1,800,500, making it a key stop on the NFR Playoff Series presented by Pendleton Whisky. rider Sage Newman ($57,500); tie-down roper John Douch

PRCA Executive Council announced The following PRCA Executive Council members were elected or re-elected and will serve two-year terms beginning April 1. The newly elected members are David Petty • James Miller (Rodeo Committee Representative $50k and above), • Jesse Knudsen (Contract Personnel Announcer) Saddle bronc rider Ross Griffin had an 87-point ride on New Star Pro Rodeo’s May Day to split the win at the Osage Xtreme Bronc Days in Pawhuska, Okla., March 25. He earned $3,761. Winning Ride Kay Miller photo

(Rodeo Committee Representative At Large) and Bradley Harter (Saddle Bronc Representative). The re-elected members are as follows:

• Robert “Blue” Jeanes (Contract Personnel

Clowns/Bullfighter)

• Matt Reeves (Steer Wrestling Representative) • J.P. Wickett (Steer Roping Representative)

• Steve Gander (Rodeo Committee

• Wade Sankey (Stock Contractor) • T.J. Korkow (Stock Contractor).

Representative $10k and under)

Los Fresnos (Texas) Rodeo utilizing grant

The Los Fresnos (Texas) Rodeo will put a $50,000 T-Mobile Hometown Grant to work building a permanent rodeo performance stage, paving the midway from rodeo grounds to the Cameron County Fair and Livestock Show and making other improvements to the rodeo and fairgrounds complex. The Los Fresnos Rodeo Committee announced the grant March 24 during an impromptu ceremony, celebrating the grant as a big boost to the Los

Fresnos economy, the Los Fresnos PRCA Rodeo and the county fair and livestock show. “The Hometown Grant from T-Mobile is truly a blessing for the Los Fresnos Rodeo. The grant will allow us to make improvements to the grounds that will help us reduce expenses and allow us to have more events during the year that bring families together in our area,” Larry Cantu, Los Fresnos Rodeo chairman said in an article by My RGV News.

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