ProRodeo Sports News - July 10, 2020

WORLD’S OLDEST RODEO PRESCOTT, ARIZ.

$3,755 The amount of money earned by bareback rider and bull rid- er J.C. Mortensen to win the all-around title in Prescott. The victory was extra special for Mortensen, 19, since his

grandfather J.C. Trujillo is the general manager of Prescott Frontier Days Inc., the World’s Oldest Rodeo. Trujil- lo, who won the 1981 bareback riding world championship, was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 1994. 2016 The last year that tie-down roper Hunter Herrin made his ninth and most recent appearance at the Wran- gler NFR. The Oklahoma cowboy is back in the mix to make a return trip to Las Vegas after moving up to 23rd in the July 7 world standings. Her- rin won the average in Prescott and earned $6,282.

IN BRIEF JACOB EDLER TOPS STEER WRESTLING COMPETITORS

win the average at 11.9 seconds, 0.1 seconds quicker than Edward Hawley Jr. and Myles John. It was the first time in Tryan’s decorated career to win Prescott, but it was the second victory at the World’s Oldest Rodeo for Long, who won it in 2018 with Luke Brown. “It’s cool to win this again because this is obviously a prestigious rodeo with the history of it,” Long said. “Most of the steers were pretty good in the first round, and our steer was just a little bit soggy so we weren’t able to make as good a run as we could’ve. Our second steer ran well, and I thought we made a really good, snappy run out in the middle of the arena. (Clay) did a really good job on him. I was a little bit late, he drilled the barrier and reached on the way to him and really set the run up. I didn’t think it would hold, but we got the win.” Tryan and Long each earned $3,809 for their winning performance. “The committee did an awesome job by just having it (the rodeo),” Tryan said. “All these rodeos over the Fourth of July did a great job of stepping up, and I hope they keep it up because it helps us a lot.” Long has enjoyed roping with Tryan. “We get along good, travel seems easy and our lifestyles match up pretty good, he has three kids and I have two kids,” Long said.

Jacob Edler had plenty of reason to smile when the 2020 World’s Oldest Rodeo in Prescott con- cluded. Edler earned $5,560 at the rodeo – $3,336 for winning

Elder

the two-head average with a 9.6-second time. The Iowa cowboy also won the first round with a 4.1-second run. Edler earned $7,438 during Cowboy Christmas, the second most of any steer wrestler behind only Jesse Brown’s $11,725. Edler moved up from seventh to fifth in the July 7 PRCA | RAM World Standings with $34,972.

SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. Wyatt Casper ........ 83.5 pts. 2. (Tie) Cort Scheer ............ 83 Ryder Wright .................. 83

TIE-DOWN ROPING 1. H. Herrin ...... 17.4 sec. on 2 2. (Tie) Shad Mayfield ..... 17.9 Adam Gray .................. 17.9

STEER ROPING 1. Garrett Hale .. 41.6 sec. on 3 2. Chet Herren ................. 41.9 3. Tuff Hardman .............. 43.1

BULL RIDING 1. (Tie) D. Mason ...... 84.5 pts. Daylon Swearingen ..... 84.5 3. Two tied at ................... 82.5

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