ProRodeo Sports News - Jan. 6, 2023

16 2023 PRCA World STANDINGS COVER 34 Red Bluff, Calif. California Circuit Finals Rodeo 36 Gillette, Wyo. 6 Editor’s Letter 8 Grille 12 He Said-She Said 14 Social Media 18 Short Round 44 Results INSIDE RODEOS

Alaina Stangle photo Bareback rider Dean Thompson had an 89-point ride on Muddy Creek Pro Rodeo’s Black Mamba in the finals of the New Year’s Eve Buck & Ball in Gillette, Wyo., Dec. 31. Ringing in the New Year Roughstock cowboys competed for a $62,000-plus purse at the New Year’s Eve Buck & Ball in Gillette, Wyo., Dec. 31. Fresh off his second Wrangler National Final Rodeo appearance, saddle bronc rider Sage Newman led the way in Gillette, earning $6,671. 36

Photo Finish Lookng back at 2022’s best rodeo images

Saddle bronc rider Wade Brown had a wild ride aboard Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Goodness Gracious at the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede on June 29. Jason Suntych photo

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