ProRodeo Sports News - April 1, 2022

Fast Start

“The start I’ve had definitely helps, I’m in a better position than I’ve ever gotten to be in. I think it does give a guy confidence when you’re riding good and you’re feeling good. You just have to keep building off the momentum that you get from all of that. I’m excited for it and I’m excited to keep rodeoing really hard.” NEXT ON TAP SAN ANGELO RODEO Where: San Angelo, Texas When : April 1-3, 7-9 & 13-15 Broadcast Schedule: The San Angelo Rodeo will be broadcast on The Cowboy Channel and stream live on the PRCA on Cowboy Channel Plus App, April 1-15. CLARK COUNTY FAIR & RODEO Where: Logandale, Nev. When: April 6-10 Broadcast Schedule: The Clark County Fair & Rodeo will be broadcast on The Cowboy Channel and stream live on the PRCA on Cowboy Channel Plus App, April 6-10. RED BLUFF ROUND-UP Where: Red Bluff, Calif. When: April 15-17 Broadcast Schedule: The Red Bluff Round-Up will be broadcast on The Cowboy Channel and stream live on the PRCA on Cowboy Channel Plus App, April 15-17. * Broadcasts are subject to change. For complete broadcast schedule visit https://bit.ly/35oBlRA

Jess Pope came into the new rodeo year on a heater and hasn’t slowed down one bit. Pope is the No. 1 bareback rider in the PRCA | RAM World Standings, with already $96,929 to his name this

season. In 24 outs this season, he has won money in 19 rounds. Pope has his sights set on his first gold buckle in 2022 .

HOT TAKES Alaina Stangle photo Chance Schott made the eight-second whistle at the PRCA Champion- ship in Fargo, N.D., to take home the title with an 85.5-point ride on Mosbrucker Rodeos’ Up Motion.

Gaining Ground Chance Schott has been looking for his footing in the 2022 ProRodeo season. He found it and then some, March 24-26. Schott picked up a first and second place finish in the bull riding at the PRCA Championship Rodeo in Fargo, N.D. and the High Desert Stampede in Redmond, Ore. The two wins earned him $5,891, bumping him up inside the top 40 of the PRCA | RAM World Standings. The Mclaughlin, S.D., cowboy, finished third in the 2021 Resistol Rookie of the Year standings.

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NUMBER OF PRCA-SANCTIONED RODEOS IN THE 2022 SEASON AS OF MARCH 30

$11,602,212

MONEY WON BY PRCA COWBOYS IN THE 2022 SEASON

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