ProRodeo Sports News - January 22, 2021

Steer wrestler Will Lummus won the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo in Odessa, Texas, Jan. 16. Hot Start

“There’s a lot of money to be won in the summer, and you can normally have a good summer and make it to the Finals. But as uncertain as it is now, it’s very important to get an early start because you never know how many rodeos you’ll get to go to, so that makes every steer really important.” – WILL LUMMUS

NEXT ON TAP STOCKYARDS SHOOTOUT

Where: Fort Worth, Texas When: Jan. 21-24

Broadcast schedule: The Cowboy Channel and the PRCA on Cowboy Channel Plus app, 8:30 p.m. (ET), Jan. 21- 23; 3 p.m., Jan. 24 What to know: The Stockyards Shootout might serve as a key event in the race to the 2021 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. The Shootout will serve as a qualifying event to the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, where winnings can lead to a big jump in the PRCA | RAM World Standings. RAM SOUTHEASTERN CIRCUIT FINALS RODEO Where: Davie, Fla. When: Jan. 22-23 Broadcast schedule: The PRCA on Cowboy Channel Plus app, 7:30 p.m. (ET), Jan. 22-23. What to know: The RAM SCFR will pit the top competitors from the Southeastern Circuit against each other to try and finish the season atop the circuit’s standings and to clinch a berth to the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo in April.

Clay Guardipee photo Houston Brown had a 90-point ride in Kalispell, Mont., Jan. 15.

HOT TAKES Ride ’em Houston Brown posted the highest-scored ride of the RAM Montana Circuit Finals Rodeo in Kalispell, Mont., Jan. 15-16, when he notched a 90-point ride aboard New West Rodeo Productions’ Moderations in the first round. The 22-year-old from Miles City, Mont., earned $1,483.

ON THE RISE

STETSON WRIGHT Climbed from 22nd on Jan. 5 to first on Jan. 19 in saddle bronc riding.

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NUMBER OF PRCA-SANCTIONED RODEOS IN THE 2021 SEASON AS OF JAN. 19

$2,833,199

MONEY WON BY PRCA COWBOYS IN THE 2021 SEASON

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