ProRodeo Sports News - February 19, 2021

Boquet captures San Antonio Xtreme Bulls win Freshest Boquet

BY TRACY RENCK L ast year, Dustin Boquet’s qualification to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo was fueled by an Xtreme Bulls Division 1 victory in Fort Worth, Texas. This season, it could be another Xtreme Bulls competition in the Lone Star State that sends him to the Wrangler NFR. Boquet won the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Xtreme Bulls with an 87-point ride on 4L & Diamond S Rodeo’s Ferdinand in the finals at the Freeman Coliseum, Feb. 14. “It feels great to get a win like this again in the winter, especially with a bunch of stuff getting canceled (because of the COVID-19 pandemic) and you really don’t know what this year is going to hold,” Boquet said. On Jan. 22, 2020, Boquet claimed his first Division 1 Xtreme Bulls win with 175 points on two- head at the SWELS – Xtreme Bulls in Fort Worth at Dickies Arena. At San Antonio, Boquet set his

“I’ve always wanted to win this bull riding (in San Antonio). I’ve never done well at the San Antonio Xtreme Bulls. I always fell off and then did well at the rodeo. “This year when I woke up (Sunday morning), I told myself that I was going to stay on some today at the bull riding and it worked out. I just kept telling myself to stay on them, let my ability take over and do what I know how to do.” Boquet moved into first place in the PRCA | RAMWorld Standings with $18,061. The two-time NFR qualifier (2018 and 2020) won Round 6 of the 2018 NFR with a 91-point ride on Hi Lo Pro Rodeo’s Divinity. Boquet joins Fletcher Jowers (Austin, Texas) as the two winners on the 2021 Division 1 Xtreme Bulls Tour. “I just have to keep taking advantage of every opportunity that the good Lord puts in front of me,” Boquet said. “The goal is to get back to the NFR and go after that gold buckle.”

PRCA XTREME BULLS 2021 TOUR STANDINGS (Unofficial as of Feb. 16) 1. Dustin Boquet, Bourg, La.. ................$11,160 2. Fletcher Jowers, Waxahachie, Texas. ...10,716 3. Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash.. ... 8,216 4. Ky Hamilton, Mackay, Australia. ........... 7,524 5. Josh Frost, Randlett, Utah.................... 7,074 6. Garrett Smith, Rexburg, Idaho.............. 6,625 7. Chris Bechthold, Booker, Texas............. 6,431 8. Levi Gray, Dairy, Ore.. .......................... 6,072 9. Clayton Sellars, Fruitland Park, Fla.. ..... 5,410 10. Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas. .................... 5,300 11. Matt Palmer, Claremore, Okla.. ............. 4,090 12. Trey Benton III, Richards, Texas. .......... 4,035 13. Creek Young, Fort Scott, Kan................ 4,004 14. Hawk Whitt, Thermopolis, Wyo............. 3,125 15. Maverick Potter, Waxahachie, Texas...... 2,878 Complete results/Page 44

victory in motion with an 84.5-point ride on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Lonesome You in the long round, which qualified him for the eight-man finals. Boquet was quite familiar with Lonesome You. He won Round 6 at the 2020 NFR on that bull with an 89.5-point trip at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, Dec. 8. In the finals, Boquet matched up with Ferdinand, the same bull Boudreaux Campbell was on when he won the Xtreme Bulls in San Antonio last year with an 89-point ride at the AT&T Center. “I got on Ferdinand a few years ago in Fort Worth and he made pretty short work of me to be honest,” Boquet said. “I got a little measure of revenge. I was ready for him. When I saw my name against his, I tried to stay loose and cool and ride him jump for jump.” Boquet earned $6,300 for his ride in the finals and left town with $6,550. “This feels great,” said Boquet, 27.

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