ProRodeo Sports News - April 16, 2021

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BY THE NUMBERS 15 Texas won its 15th team title at the 2021 RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo, which ended April 10 in Kissimmee, Fla. That’s the most of any circuit. Texas won titles in 1994- 96, 1998, 2000-01, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2015-16, 2018-19 and 2021. $10.7K The amount of money ($10,700) earned by bareback rider Tim O’Connell when he won the Riggin Rally Xtreme Broncs in Weatherford, Texas, with a world record- tying 94-point ride on Frontier Rodeo’s Gun Fire, April 3. $133K The combined amount of money ($133,479) earned by the eight event winners at the recently completed RAM NCFR. Team ropers Andrew Ward and Buddy Hawkins II each led the champs with $19,705.

more than 24,000 entries.The 2021 junior livestock and horse show competitions were held as private events and spread out over several weeks, with some events held off-site, allowing the opportunity for Texas 4-H and FFA youth to exhibit their projects in compliance with health and safety guidelines.

Rodeo upheld its mission of promoting agriculture and supporting Texas youth and education, as this year’s private Junior Livestock and Horse Show competitions officially wrapped for 2021 recently. The 2021 competitions received

Big names listed for Cheyenne rodeo concerts Kicking off the entertainment at Cheyenne

Ned Ledoux will also perform that night. Tickets can be purchased at at www.cfdrodeo.com or by calling 307.778.7222. The other entertainers announced and added to the 2021 lineup are Thomas Rhett with Rhett Akins (July 24); Cody Johnson with Aaron Watson (July 25); Maren Morris (July 28); Eric Church with Ashley McBryde (July 29); Kane Brown with Restless Road (July 30); and Blake Shelton with John King (July 31). The 125th annual “Daddy of ’em All” will be July 24-Aug. 1. For a full events schedule and profiles of musical acts, go to www.cfdrodeo.com.

Frontier Days will be Garth Brooks, the seven-time CMA Entertainer of the Year, Cheyenne Frontier Days announced. Brooks, who will perform July 23, is also the first and only artist in history to receive nine Diamond Awards for the nine albums certified by the RIAA at over 10 million album sales each. He remains the No. 1-selling solo artist in U.S. history, certified by the RIAA with 157 million album sales. Brooks was just named one of the five artists that will receive a Kennedy Center Honor this year.

Tarleton Rodeo Hall of Fame announces new HOF inductees The 2021 Tarleton Rodeo Hall of Fame inductees are barrel racer Sue Majors, roper Kirby Eppert and bareback riders Perry Lee and Richmond Champion. The inductees will be presented during the April 24 performance of the season-ending Tarleton Stampede Rodeo in Stephenville, Texas. The quartet will be inducted into the Tarleton Hall of Fame during ceremonies in November. Majors was the first woman to make the College National Finals Rodeo while representing Tarleton State College, qualifying in 1965 and 1966. Eppert, winner of the 2007 CNFR All-Around Cowgirl title, qualified multiple times in breakaway roping and goat tying. As a pro, she qualified for the National Finals Rodeo in 2020. Lee was the first bareback rider to win a national championship for Tarleton, taking the CNFR event in 1973. Champion became the first bareback rider to earn $1 million for a single ride at RFD-TV’s The American, claiming that distinction while still a Tarleton student. He has qualified for the NFR six times.

GoFundMe to help out Jim Korkow

A GoFundMe account has been set up for stock contractor Jim Korkow, who had a health scare and whose shop burned to the ground. The GoFundMe account can be found at: https://gofund.me/0069cf3e (or visit the GoFundMe website and search for Jim Korkow). Donations also will be accepted through BankWest. Checks should be made out to the Jim Korkow Benefit Account. Drop it off at any BankWest location or mail it to BankWest, 420 South Pierre St., Pierre, S.D., 57501.

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