ProRodeo Sports News - January 5, 2024

RED BLUFF, CALIF.

Hayden Webb really shines on PRCA Permit Marquee BY TANNER BARTH T he state of California is home to steer wrestler Hayden Webb. For years he has competed in the state’s high school, college, and ProRodeo ranks. He left his latest mark at the RAM California Circuit Finals Rodeo in Red Bluff on New Year’s Eve. The Wheatland, Calif., native captured the biggest win of his young career at the circuit’s championship event. He clocked 14.8 seconds on three head to TOP MONEY EARNER Lefty Holman ($9,472, saddle bronc riding) BAREBACK RIDING 1. Jacek Frost .................. 251 pts. on 3 2. Clayton Biglow ......................... 248.5 3. Wyatt Denny ............................ 240.5 STEER WRESTLING TOP SCORES Holman RAM CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT FINALS

1. Hayden Webb ............ 14.8 sec. on 3 2. Stan Branco ............................... 15.1 3. Levi Rudd .................................. 16.1 (Tie) Grant Peterson .................. 16.1 TEAM ROPING 1. B. Hirdes/M. George .. 18.0 sec. on 3 2. C. Machado/D. Pearce ............... 21.2 3. P. Burgess/T. Hampton .............. 23.7 SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. Lefty Holman ............ 251.5 pts. on 3 2. Q McWhorter .............................. 244 3. Cameron Messier ........................ 236 TIE-DOWN ROPING 1. Brushton Minton ........ 27.7 sec. on 3 2. Jordan Ketscher ......................... 32.6 3. Tyler Forsberg ............................ 36.5 BARREL RACING 1. Kathy Petska ............ 40.72 sec. on 3 (Tie) Payton Schoeppach ......... 40.72 3. Kaillee Hamre ........................... 41.64 BULL RIDING 1. JC Mortensen .............. 171 pts. on 2 2. Colby Demo ................................ 170 3. Justin Rickard ............................. 145

walk out as the average champion, which included winning Round 2 with the fastest run of the rodeo at 4.3 seconds. He credited a majority of his success to the people he surrounds himself with while on the rodeo trail. “A lot of support from my fellow competitors made the difference for me out there (in Red Bluff),” said Webb, 20. “I got a lot of help from my traveling partner Owen Redfeairn and Stan Branco, who has been helping me for the last three or four years. It really helps a lot having a guy like that in your corner. I practice with Stan, and he gives me a ton of advice.” Having the right horse to the back into the corner with also doesn’t hurt. “I bought that horse (Coco) I was riding in Red Bluff from Jace Melvin,” Webb said. “That’s the horse he was riding when he made the Finals back in 2020. Jace is another guy that has helped me out a ton. I talk with him a lot on the phone about different things. It’s really important to me knowing I have those guys that I can get advice from and get support from.” Webb competed on his PRCA Permit last year leading up to his circuit finals performance. He plans to follow the same path in 2024 as he continues his education at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. “This was my first year with my PRCA Permit. I plan on getting it again in 2024 and staying on it as long as I can while I’m in college,” Webb said. “I go to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where I’m studying Ag Systems Management. My plan is to keep rodeoing for the college and try to go to as many circuit rodeos around here as possible. That’s the plan I’m trying to keep for now while I’m in college.”

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Hayden Webb was a man on a mission at the RAM California Circuit Finals Rodeo. He captured the average title in Red Bluff with 14.8 seconds on three head.

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