ProRodeo Sports News - Feb. 21, 2020

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BY THE NUMBERS $230M As one of the largest scholarship providers in the U.S., the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has presented more than 19,000 scholarships valued at $230 million since 1957. Each year, more than 800 scholarships are awarded to Texas students by the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. RodeoHouston runs March 3-22. RodeoHouston was chosen as the PRCA 2019 Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year. $210M Established in 1949, the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, with community, donor and volunteer support, has donated more than $210 million to the youth of Texas through scholarships, grants, endowments, auctions, a calf scramble program and show premiums. The 2020 Stock Show & Rodeo, which began Feb. 6 and concludes Feb. 23 at the AT&T Center, will air on The Cowboy Channel, Feb. 18-22. $1.1M The combined payout – $1,140,831 – for the SWELS – Division 1 Xtreme Bulls in Fort Worth, Texas ($61,335), Jan. 21-22, and the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo ($1,079,496), which began Jan. 24 and ended Feb. 8. That was a $412,741 increase from the total combined payout of the Fort Worth Xtreme Bulls and the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo in 2019.

Team ropers Bird/Tyan set record at San Antonio Team roping heeler Levi Tyan didn’t know he’d spend the last day of his 20s setting a record at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. Then, the Nebraska cowboy celebrated his 30th birthday (Feb. 12) as a San Antonio record-holder. He and team roping header Dustin Bird made a 3.5-second run during Round 2 of Bracket 3 on Feb. 11 to break the San Antonio record. “It’s dang sure exciting and it’s exciting to do it at this rodeo,” Tyan said. “I’ve never been 3 (seconds) before and this was a good place to do it.” Before their run, San Antonio’s record was 3.7 seconds, set by Coleman Proctor and Billie Jack Saebens in 2018. The record before that – 3.8 seconds set by Kaleb Driggers and Jade Corkill in 2012 – had stood for six years. The duo’s time also tied for the fastest of the 2020 season. Bird, 39, is a five-time qualifier for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (2012-14 and 2016-17) with $1.03 million in career earnings since his rookie year in 2001. The Cut Bank, Mont., cowboy finished 30th in the 2019 PRCA | RAM World Standings for team roping heading with $47,341. Since joining as a rookie in 2012, Tyan has earned $101,097. Scott Foley photo Team ropers Dustin Bird, right, and Levi Tyan post a 3.5-second run at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, Feb. 12, to break the San Antonio record.

ProRodeo Sports News errantly listed Daylon Swearingen under 2019 Denver winners in the Word Search on page 10 of the February 2020 print edition. Swearingen was not one of the answers in the Word Search puzzle.

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