ProRodeo Sports News - February 23, 2018

Worth theWait At 29 years old, Logan Corbett rode Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Dirty Jacket for 89 points to tie for second in the final round at the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo, Feb. 16. Corbett, who was a rookie in 2017, won the average. Ric Andersen photo

BY MATT NABER B areback rider Logan Corbett is proof that good things are worth the wait. He started his rookie year at 28 years old last year, and now at 29 he’s winning big rodeos, such as the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo. Corbett’s path to ProRodeo success was far from a straight line. He grew up around Australian rodeos while his dad worked as a preacher. Corbett, who has dual citizenship, spent five years on his permit while competing on the San Angelo win shows Corbett can compete with top cowboys

Murray (Ky.) State University team. But he didn’t take the leap into his rookie year immediately after graduation. Instead, he got married, had a child and started coaching rodeo for NewMexico State University. Then he got the itch. “I had no intentions of ever riding bucking horses again, and I let the kids (on the rodeo team) talk me into it,” Corbett said. “You don’t want to burn your rookie year,” said Corbett’s longtime friend, traveling partner and two-time Bareback RidingWorld Champion, Tim O’Connell. “Your rookie year is so important, and Logan had so many goals and aspirations as a young 20-year-old. He wanted to be a rodeo coach and get his education done, and most rodeo kids go to college to rodeo, it’s a sad thing to say. “A lot of people don’t finish their degree. I would say 70 percent of the guys don’t care about getting their degree. He’s a very intelligent person, and he got married and had a kid and became a rodeo coach, and he still had that itch

TOPS AT SAN ANGELO — Feb. 2-4 & 14-16

BAREBACK RIDING 1. Logan Corbett ............. 176 pts. on two 2. Will Lowe ....................................... 174 3. J.R. Vezain ..................................... 173 4. Two tied at ..................................... 171

STEER WRESTLING 1. Jacob Talley ............ 11.5 sec. on three 2. Dakota Eldridge ............................ 11.7 3. Tyler Waguespack ......................... 12.2 4. Scott Guenthner ........................... 12.3

TEAM ROPING 1. C. Smith/P. Eaves .... 14.1 sec. on three 2. D. Egusquiza/K. Koontz ................ 14.2 3. T. Waters/B. Bockius ..................... 14.3 4. L. Olson/M. Kasner ....................... 14.4

SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. Wade Sundell ............. 175 pts. on two 2. (tie) Clay Elliott ........................... 171.5 Ryder Wright .............................. 171.5 4. Two tied at .................................. 166.5

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