ProRodeo Sports News - August 20, 2021

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BY TANNER BARTH J oe Bell Sr.’s life has revolved around the sport of rodeo since he can remember. The Alloway, N.J., steer to do that makes me happy besides being out here rodeoing,” Bell said. “I wish I could give you a real good answer as to why I’m still doing it, but I’m about half nuts, I guess.” Joe Bell Sr. continues winning tradition at 66 No Tolling Bell Colleen McIntyre photo Joe Bell Sr. had a 5.1-second run, his fastest this season, to win the Cowtown Rodeo in Woodstown Pilesgrove, N.J., July 24.

Over the years, Bell has seen ProRodeo evolve, and he’s adjusted with it. Not counting this season, Bell has earned $128,734 in ProRodeo steer wrestling and another $335 team roping. One thing that hasn’t changed is his eagerness to compete, though he might not be as spry as he was. “I have always had the urge to win, and I guess that’s what keeps driving me every day to get out here and continue rodeoing,” Bell said. “I have bad knees, (but) besides that I’ve got my whole body working great right now.

wrestler has been a PRCA card holder since 1982. Now, 39 years later at the age of 66, he’s still competing in the sport he fell in love with as a child. Nearly every week during the summer rodeo season Bell takes part in the Cowtown Rodeo inWoodstown Pilesgrove, N.J., seven miles from home. It’s the only rodeo he still competes in. He’s left a legacy at Cowtown as one of the oldest contestants to win the rodeo when he put together a 5.1-second run to capture the title July 24. The time was his fastest in ProRodeo this season. “I’ve looked at other hobbies and I can’t find anything I really want

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