ProRodeo Sports News - Feb. 18, 2022

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Happy Canyon Board tabs president The Happy Canyon Board of Directors, based

BY THE NUMBERS $45K The amount of money earned ($45,534) by saddle bronc rider/bull rider Stetson Wright at two stops in Fort Worth, Texas. On Jan. 19, Wright won the Swels – Division 1 Xtreme Bulls event at Dickies Arena and earned $19,654. The Milford, Utah, star, did even better at the Fort Stock Show and Rodeo in saddle bronc $595K The payout ($595,302) of the 2022 National Western Stock Show & Rodeo in Denver. The rodeo, which concluded Jan. 23, returned in 2022 after being canceled in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. $1.1M The payout ($1,120,800) of the 2022 Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo, which ended Feb. 5 at Dickies Arena. The FWSSR was a stop on the NFR Playoff Series presented by Pendleton. riding, leaving town with $25,880 in that event.

Hansell, 41, has volunteered with Happy Canyon and the Pendleton Round-Up for decades. While on the Happy Canyon Board, he has served as bar director, publicity director and properties director. In addition to selecting Hansell as Happy Canyon’s new president, the board also elected two new board members to fill vacant positions from retiring members: Brian Currin as the new court director and Chris Stuvland as the new grounds director. The Happy Canyon Night Show takes place Sept. 14-17. Tickets are on sale now at www. pendletonroundup.com.

in Pendleton, Ore., held its annual stockholders meeting last month, at which time the Board selected Kenzie Hansell as its 2022 President. “I am honored to have been elected to this role and to carry on the 106-year-old tradition of the Happy Canyon Night Show,” said Hansell, who is beginning his eighth year as a Happy Canyon Director. “I’m fortunate to have the opportunity to volunteer alongside some incredible members of our community to put on Oregon’s official outdoor pageant in the Happy Canyon Arena and put on a great time at Goldie’s Saloon in September.”

Luthi to retire as Tennessee- Martin coach Following a quarter-century of dominance in college rodeo, University of Tennessee at Martin head coach John Luthi will retire at the end of the 2021-22 season. Hired to lead the UT Martin rodeo program in 1997, Luthi developed the Skyhawks into a powerhouse in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. His hard work came to fruition during the 2013-14 season when the UT Martin men became the first collegiate squad located east of the Mississippi River to win a national championship rodeo team title. Under Luthi’s direction, the UT Martin men’s program tallied 14 Ozark Region championships and finished with a top-10 national ranking on eight different occasions since 2005. Additionally, he oversaw the UT Martin women’s team who accounted for five Ozark Region titles in his tenure Luthi competed in the PRCA from 1978-90 and was a five-time Prairie Circuit qualifier in bareback riding and a three-time qualifier in bull riding. He won 15 all-around saddles during his 22-year career as a contestant.

Miss Rodeo America 2022 Hailey Frederiksen brings the American flag into the arena prior to the start of the SW District Fat Stock Show & Rodeo in Lake Charles, La., earlier this month. Stars and Stripes Michael Roberts photo

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