ProRodeo Sports News - Dec. 20, 2019

YEAR IN REVIEW AUGUST 2019

PRCA | RAM WORLD STANDINGS LEADERS AS OF AUG. 21, 2019 Bareback riding Kaycee Feild, $162,385 Steer wrestling Ty Erickson, $134,669 Team roping heading Clay Smith, $123,051 Team roping heeling Ryan Motes, $103,711 Saddle bronc riding Ryder Wright, $200,482 Tie-down roping Caleb Smidt, $118,187 Steer roping Trevor Brazile, $59,166 Bull riding Sage Kimzey, $184,324

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The ProRodeo Hall of Fame grows by 12, as the latest class is inducted. The new members are team roping heeler Allen Bach, bucking horse Commotion, stock contractors Elra and Jiggs Beutler, Doug “Droopy” Brown, steer wrestler Dean Gorsuch, bareback rider Larry Peabody, the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede, contract personnel Tommy Lucia, notable Jerome Robinson, and WPRA barrel racers Sammy Thurman Brackenbury, Florence (Price) Youree and Jimmie Gibbs Munroe. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Steve Gray

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Trey Kimzey wins his first Xtreme Bulls Tour event when he posts a

score of 173.5 points on two head to win the Lea County PRCA Rodeo Xtreme Bulls in Lovington, N.M. ProRodeo Hall of Fame saddle bronc rider Marty Wood passes away at age 86. From 1957-67, the three- time world champion never finished lower than fifth in the world standings. Wade Sundell and Brody Cress split the win at the inaugural Xtreme Broncs Tour Finale in Rapid City, S.D. Sundell and Cress each post two-head averages of 178 points, with Sundell earning $10,599 and Cress making $12,315. 22 10

Sage Kimzey wins his third consecutive Xtreme Bulls Tour

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title by taking second at the Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale in Ellensburg, Wash. Kimzey wins the tour with $88,351.

Tuf Cooper wins the tie-down roping at the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo for the second time, earning $8,785 with a three-head time of 28.0 seconds. Kirt Steinke photo

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