ProRodeo Sports News - April 29, 2022

Tie-down ropers Milligan, Cooper split lucrative win Shared Title SAN ANGELO RODEO SAN ANGELO, TEXAS

BY TRACY RENCK T ie-down ropers Tyler Milligan and Tuf Cooper both were smiling on April 15. Milligan and Cooper split the San Angelo rodeo crown as each had a 23.5-second time on three head at the stop on the NFR Playoff Series presented by PendletonWhisky. Milligan won the final round with a 7.8-second run and secured the average tie when Cooper, the last roper out clocked an 8.4-second run in the finals. “That was a really good calf, he was just real honest straight down the pipe, and I just tried to score good and not mess up,” said Milligan about his

run in the finals. “San Angelo, you know they love their calf roping, and to get a win here means a lot.” Cooper, a four-time PRCA world champion, three in tie-down roping and one in all-around, was thrilled to come out on top in San Angelo. “San Angelo this is two years in a row that they have upped their average money,” said Cooper, who won the San Angelo Rodeo for the second year in a row. “It pays really, really well so this makes it a major rodeo (during the PRCA regular season). So, to be able to come here and have success is huge for our world standings and it is going to set us up for the summer run. God willing, we will keep on pushing forward for the NFR.” Cooper earned $19,204 at the San Angelo Rodeo. Milligan earned $17,364.

TOP MONEY WINNER Tuf Cooper TOP SCORES

($19,204, tie down roping) BAREBACK RIDING

Cooper

1. Keenan Hayes ............... 176 pts. on 2 2. Tim O’Connell ........................... 174.5 3. Tanner Aus ............................... 173.5 STEER WRESTLING 1. Dakota Eldridge ........... 11.1 sec. on 3 2. Stetson Jorgensen ..................... 11.7 3. Tyler Waguespack ...................... 11.9 TEAM ROPING 1. D. Begay/C. Todd ........ 12.8 sec. on 3 2. L. Aguilera/C. Payne ................... 13.6 3. K. Schmidt/W. Cox ..................... 14.1 SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. Spencer Wright ......... 177.5 pts. on 2 2. Ryder Wright ............................... 175 3. Chase Brooks ........................... 172.5 TIE-DOWN ROPING 1. Tuf Cooper .................. 23.5 sec. on 3 (Tie) Tyler Milligan ..................... 23.5 3. Ty Harris ..................................... 24.1 BARREL RACING 1. Dona Kay Rule .......... 43.72 sec. on 3 2. Margo Crowther ....................... 44.22 3. Wenda Johnson ....................... 44.26 BULL RIDING 1. Toby Collins .............. 166.5 pts. on 2 2. Laramie Mosley ..................... 90 on 1 3. Riley Barg ...................................... 87

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Ric Andersen photos Tuf Cooper clocked an 8.4-second run in the finals of the San Angelo Rodeo to propel him to split the rodeo win with Tyler Milligan.

Tyler Milligan won the finals at the San Angelo Rodeo and earned $17,364 at the stop on the NFR Playoff Series presented by Pendleton Whisky.

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