ProRodeo Sports News - Jan. 24, 2020

Odessa win has Etherton ready for 2020 Cool Shayde BY MATT NABER S teer wrestler Shayde Etherton is set to use the momentum from winning the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo in Odessa, Texas, to propel his 2020 season. He knows a big win like Odessa can set the pace for the rest of his year. SANDHILLS STOCK SHOW & RODEO

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“This win is huge,” Etherton said. “It got me into Houston and then I’m going to get into the San Angelo Cinch Chute-Out Rodeo and some better winter rodeos to get some more won in the winter. I just circuit rodeoed last year and didn’t get enough for San Antonio, Denver or Fort Worth, so it was good to win something else.” Etherton, 28, split the win in Round 1 with Cody Pratt on a 3.8-second run. Competition was tight in Round 2 as Etherton’s 4.4-second run put him in a five-way tie for eighth place, but it positioned him 0.2 seconds ahead of the pack in the average. Etherton’s win came on a horse called Golden Son that his hazer, Riley Duvall, also rides. “That horse is just easy to ride and solid, and it’s the same with Riley hazing by my side,” said Etherton, who earned $5,264. After finishing the 2019 season with $15,072, he’s already equaled nearly half of that through mid-January 2020. His quick start has him second in the PRCA | RAMWorld Standings with $7,481. Etherton’s done well before, splitting the win at the 2016 Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo in Lovington, N.M., for $5,277. That same year, he also placed second at the All-American ProRodeo Finals to earn $9,579. His best seasons came in 2015 and 2018, which were nearly identical, earning $35,335 in 2015 and $35,352 in 2018. Originally from Borden, Ind., Etherton moved to Hico, Texas, in 2014. When he’s not competing, Etherton is a farrier and manages cattle. “I don’t really have a checklist for 2020, but the big goal is to make the Finals,” Etherton said. “I’m looking forward to Houston and the qualifier at San Antonio and hope it goes well so I can get into the big rodeos – everyone wants to qualify for The American.” Winning Odessa didn’t change his plans for 2020, as he’d already prepared to hit the rodeo road with Duvall. “We’re going to go hard to try to make the Finals,” Etherton said. “But this (winning Odessa) gives you more confidence and sets you up to get into better rodeos. If you do well at Houston, then you’re set all year.”

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1. (Tie) Jayco Roper ................... 88 pts. Jake Brown ................................... 88 3. Jade Taton ..................................... 86 STEER WRESTLING 1. Shayde Etherton ............ 8.2 sec. on 2 2. (Tie) Jace Melvin .......................... 8.4 Mike McGinn ................................ 8.4 TEAM ROPING 1. J. Dees/L. Siggins ......... 8.8 sec. on 2 2. C. Proctor/R. Motes ..................... 8.9 3. T. Blasingame/C. Hintz .................. 9.0 SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. (Tie) Tanner Butner .............. 86.5 pts. Parker Fleet ................................ 86.5 3. Two tied at ..................................... 83 TIE-DOWN ROPING 1. Shad Mayfield ....................... 7.8 sec. 2. Marty Yates .................................. 8.4 3. Two tied at .................................... 8.8 STEER ROPING 1. Billy Good ................... 52.5 sec. on 4 2. Cole Patterson ............................ 54.5 3. Tuf Cooper ................................. 57.0 BULL RIDING 1. Colten Fritzlan ........................ 88 pts. 2. Braden Richardson ..................... 86.5 3. Dustin Boquet ............................ 85.5

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