ProRodeo Sports News - April 20, 2018

RAM NCFR

Logan Olson, right, and Matt Kasner won the team roping title at the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo in Kissimmee, Fla. They each took home $20,090. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Kent Soule

middle of April, the ropers will have to decide if they should rodeo full time the rest of the 2018 season. “From the money aspect of it, it’ll get you ahead a little bit,” Olson said. “We don’t rodeo all that hard, so anytime you can come here and win money like this, it’s good. This winning it is something, too. It means a lot. “We hadn’t talked about it, but he probably knows what I think.” Olson made theWrangler National Finals Rodeo in 2005. The last time he rodeoed hard, as he put it, was 2008. He’d like to get back, and Kasner would probably like to make his first Finals. “It’s going to force us to really start thinking about it,” Kasner said. “To win that kind of money and be in the spot we’re in, we’re going to have to sit down and have a conversation about it.” HARDATWORK When they aren’t rodeoing in the Badlands Circuit, the duo is earning a living. Olson rides and shoes horses. Kasner, who owns some cows, is a ranch hand on his father- in-law’s ranch in Nebraska. Not only will the pair have to convince one another to go down the road more often, but they’ll have to convince family members. “My daughter, that’s going to be a hard one to convince,” Olson joked, adding that she found her way home from Florida on a private jet with family friends to avoid the 20-hour drive home. For Kasner, it’s his wife who’ll need a little prompting. But he knows what will likely do the trick. “I can probably convince mine,” he said. “They (my family) are here watching. If I let her go shopping a little bit, it’ll probably be OK.”

TEAM STANDINGS 1. Texas ................................ $120,635 2. Badlands ............................. 115,897 3. Montana ............................... 82,287 4. California .............................. 75,148 5. Wilderness ............................ 61,123 6. Great Lakes ........................... 59,070 7. Prairie ................................... 58,470 8. Columbia River ..................... 52,973 9. Southeast ............................. 46,340 10. Mountain States .................. 42,549 11. Turquoise ............................ 22,080 12. First Frontier ....................... 14,910

Complete results on Page 47

SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. (tie) Isaac Diaz*..........................86 pts. Wade Sundell....................................86 3. (tie) J.J. Elshere................................84 Brody Cress.......................................84 * Diaz wins with higher semifinals score

TIE-DOWN ROPING 1. Tuf Cooper................................ 7.0 sec. 2. Tyson Durfey....................................9.3 3. Trey Young.....................................10.1 4. Ryle Smith......................................18.9

BARREL RACING 1. Taci Bettis............................. 15.34 sec. 2. Jessica Routier.............................15.44 3. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi...................15.56 4. Nikki Hansen................................15.85

ProRodeo Sports News 4/20/18 * Breding wins with higher semifinals score BULL RIDING 1. (tie) Parker Breding.................83.5 pts. Brady Portenier..............................83.5 3. Sage Kimzey.....................................NS 4. Aaron Williams.................................NS

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