ProRodeo Sports News - Jan. 24, 2020

COWBOY GRILLE WITH TRACY RENCK

What was your rookie season like? Cade: I would have liked to have won rookie of the year, but I came up a little short. I finished 60th in the (world standings) and I wanted to be in the top 50. But just going out and rodeoing for the whole summer was an experience, and I really liked it. It was fun getting to go and do everything because I stayed out the whole year. Was competing full time harder than you thought? Cade: Well, I learned a lot about entering and what rodeos to go to and how to go to them. I learned a lot about the different setups, like what you have to do different at certain rodeos. What horse are you riding this year? Cade: I have a bay horse called Moon. He is 11. That’s the only one I’m taking out on the road. My traveling partner, Heath Thomas, has his bulldogging horse and hazing horse. I used Moon last year, and he’s perfect. I got him as a hazing horse when I was in college. I hazed on him for about five years and switched him over to a bulldogging horse two years ago. Ever since I switched him over, he has been great. What are your 2020 PRCA goals? Cade: I want to make the (Wrangler) NFR. I get to get into Houston, San Antonio and Denver. I get a chance to go to a lot more rodeos. Last year, I didn’t go to California, and this year I will. I want to be smart and place and win every time I can. Are you in college? Cade: No. I did college rodeo and I graduated in 2018. I started out at Wharton County (Texas) Junior College, and I won the College National Finals Rodeo my freshman year in 2014. I stayed at Wharton for two years, then I went to Texas A&M in College Station. I rodeoed for two years and I went to school there for three years to get my degree in 2018 in agricultural economics. What was it like winning a national championship as a freshman? Cade: It was amazing. It was a surprise. What’s your favorite restaurant? Cade: Fuego Tortilla Grill. I get the Dr Pepper Cowboy. (The Dr Pepper Cowboy has smoked brisket, grilled onions, Dr Pepper BBQ sauce, chipotle cream corn and jack cheese in a homemade tortilla.) I get water or pink lemonade to drink. What’s your favorite holiday? Cade: The Fourth of July. That’s the best time to go to rodeos and travel. What’s your go-to movie? Cade: Wyatt Earp . I think I have seen that movie 100 times. Do you have a TV show you binge watch? Cade: I have watched about 13 Netflix series just being on the road. My favorite is The Punisher . Do you have a favorite sports team? Cade: The Houston Texans. My favorite player is J.J. Watt. What would your life be like if cellphones didn’t have GPS programs? Cade: My life would be very, very difficult. I would have to get a fold-out map like my dad did when I was going with him. Do you have family members that rodeoed? Cade: My dad rodeoed through college and was a (tie-down) roper, and I was a (tie-down) roper. The only reason I got started steer wrestling is my dad asked if I wanted to start a new event in high school rodeos and I said, yes. He told me to try steer wrestling. I told him he was crazy, but I ended up liking it and it clicked with me. What was your favorite cartoon to watch as a kid? Cade: Tom and Jerry . I loved the fact that they were always picking on each other. What type of music do you enjoy listening to? Cade: I listen to different types of music, but when I’m in charge of the music in the truck I listen to old-school country music from 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. I like Marty Robbins, George Jones, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. Steer wrestler Cade Goodman, 24, of Waelder, Texas, is off to a strong start to the 2020 season, leading the Jan. 23 PRCA | RAM World Standings with $8,159. A year ago, he earned $25,297, finishing second in the PRCA | Resistol Rookie Standings. With a season under his belt, the 6-foot-1, 200-pound Goodman has high hopes for 2020 as he chases his first berth to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

CADE GOODMAN

ProRodeo Sports News 1/24/2020

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