ProRodeo Sports News - January 5, 2024

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6 Editor’s Letter 8 Grille 16 Social Media 20 World Standings 22 Short Round 28 Red Bluff, Calif. California Circuit Finals 30 Gillette, Wyo. 32 Billings, Mont. RODEOS

Kristen Schurr photo Hayes Weight won the New Year’s Eve Buck & Ball with an 89-point ride on Burch Rodeo’s Two Words in the four man shootout in Gillette, Wyo., Dec. 31. Celebration on New Year’s Eve A handful of roughstock riders started off the New Year in style by cash ing winning checks at the New Year’s Eve Buck & Ball in Gillette, Wyo., Dec. 31. Bull rider Hayes Weight led the charge with a $9,201 payday. 30

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Bareback rider Zack Brown got all he could handle and then some as he failed to make a qualified ride aboard Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics’ State Line at the Clark County Fair & Rodeo in April in Logandale, Nev. Hailey Rae photo

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