ProRodeo Sports News - August 7, 2020

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6 Director’s Cut 8 Brain teasers 10 Hot takes 12 Grille 14 He said-she said 16 Social media 24 Short round 54 Results 72 PRCA notes

RODEOS

20 2020 PRCA world 22 2020 PRCA tour 66 2020 Circuits STANDINGS COVER Tie-down roper Caleb Smidt and his horse Pockets 30 Dodge City, Kan. 32 Dodge City, Kan. Xtreme Bulls 36 Spanish Fork, Utah 38 Deadwood, S.D. 40 Phillipsburg, Kan.

David Seymore photo

Flag girls at the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo ride through the arena, July 31.

Cowboys Do it up in Dodge City

ings and the PRCA | RAM World Standings. 30

The Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo, a stop on the ProRodeo Tour, proved a key component in helping cowboys climb in both the Tour stand-

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Deep Pockets

compete in Deadwood,

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S.D., on July 23.

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Smidtclimbing aftervictory inDeadwood

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