ProRodeo Sports News - August 19, 2022

Shad Mayfield isn’t content with winning just one PRCA world title and he’s rodeoing like it. Mayfield is in prime position to contend for another title. As of Aug. 19, he is sitting No. 1 in the PRCA | RAMWorld Standings with $154,426, which includes wins in Lawton, Okla., and Phillipsburg, Kan., in the last two weeks. Gold Buckle Dream

“I’m riding through to the end, rodeoing like I’m 15th. It’s wind- ing down to the fourth quarter. To be sitting first, that takes a lot of pressure off for sure and wins like Lawton help even more. People ask me, ‘you’ve got enough for the Finals, why don’t you go home?’ But this is my job. I love traveling and I love to do this.”

NEXT ON TAP GOODING PRO RODEO Where: Gooding, Idaho When: Aug. 18-22

Broadcast Schedule: The Gooding Pro Rodeo will be broadcast on The Cowboy Channel and stream live on the PRCA on Cowboy Channel Plus App, Aug. 18-22. HORSE HEAVEN ROUNDUP RODEO Where: Kennewick, Wash. When: Aug. 23-27 Broadcast Schedule: The Horse Heaven Roundup Rodeo will be broadcast on The Cowboy Channel and stream live on the PRCA on Cowboy Channel Plus App, Aug. 23-27.

HOT TAKES Alaina Stangle photo Jayco Roper secured the bareback riding title at the Wayne Herman Invitational Xtreme Broncs with an 88.5-point ride on Muddy Creek Pro Rodeo’s Black Mamba.

Fight to the Finish Jayco Roper kept his Wrangler National Finals Rodeo hopes alive at the Wayne Herman Invitational Xtreme Broncs in Golden Valley, N.D. The Oktaha, Okla., cowboy won the event with an 88.5-point ride on Muddy Creek Pro Rodeo’s Black Mamba in the finals. Roper added $4,272 to his cause, which bumped him up to 20th in the latest PRCA | RAM World Standings with $54,459.

KITSAP STAMPEDE Where: Bremerton, Wash. When: Aug. 24-26 Broadcast Schedule: The Kitsap

Stampede will stream live on the PRCA on Cowboy Channel Plus App, Aug. 24-26. * Broadcasts are subject to change.For complete broadcast schedule visit https://bit.ly/3LsEcbR

856

NUMBER OF PRCA-SANCTIONED RODEOS IN THE 2022 SEASON AS OF AUG. 15

$35,947,282

MONEY WON BY PRCA COWBOYS IN THE 2022 SEASON

• For the latest NFR Playoff Series and PRCA Circuit standings, go to https://bit.ly/39WQQSs

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ProRodeo Sports News 8/19/2022