ProRodeo Sports News - January 11, 2019

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Clay Smith, right, and Jake Long ackowledge the crowd after winning the team roping title at the RAM Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo in Waco, Jan. 5. Hats Off

$3,157,416 Frank Moore directed arena work. One morning in 2001, Moore never arrived to oversee Dudley’s work. “Frank didn’t show up at Oh-Dark-Thirty,” Dudley said in a press release, “and I thought, if he trusts me to do it myself, I’ve made the grade.” Before Dudley became a director in 2001, he won the Top Hand Award, Paisley debuts video with PRCA footage Country music star Brad Paisley compares breakups to rodeos in his latest song, “Bucked Off,” a theme on which he doubles down on in the new video for the single, which was released recently. In the video, Paisley intersperses the fan-filmed footage with video of PRCA rodeo clips. Check out the video at http://bit.ly/BuckedOffOfficial. Dudley named to lead Red Bluff Round-Up Mike Dudley was elected as the president of the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up. Dudley, a resident of Red Bluff, has been helping with the Round-Up since 1991. That year, his dad, Harry, a long-time director on the Round-Up board, asked Mike to stop by the Tehama District Fairgrounds with a tractor to help with a job. Mike did, enjoyed it and returned for the next few years, doing “odds and ends and chores,” he said. A few years later, he began helping prepare the arena for competition.

given annually to a volunteer at the Round-Up who goes above and beyond the call of duty. Being president of the rodeo is an honor, he said. John Trede served as president before Dudley; before Trede, Dave Ramelli was president; and before Ramelli, it was Frank Moore. Dudley knows he has big shoes to fill, or, in his words, “I’ve got big Justin (Boots) to fill.” At elections, Trede was elected as first vice president; Mike Growney was elected as second vice president, and Paul Wood was re-elected as secretary/ treasurer. The 98th annual Red Bluff Round-Up will run April 19-21. Tickets are on sale at www.RedBluffRoundup.com. For more information, visit the website or call the office at 530.527.1000. PRCA Rodeo Camps on tap A PRCA rodeo camp in Fort Worth, Texas, will take place from 8 am. – 1 p.m. (CT), Jan. 27. All abilities welcome – ages 8-plus. Registration is required — http://bit.ly/PRCACampFW. Cowboy Downhill hits slopes Jan. 21 The Cowboy Downhill, which benefits the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund, takes place Jan. 21 in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Direct questions to Amber Jacobs with JCCF at 719.528.4726 or ajacobs@prorodeo.com.

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