ProRodeo Sports News - July 24, 2020

RAM CIRCUIT SPOTLIGHT GREAT LAKES

Fisching for Titles Healthy and happy, bull rider building on circuit title Jody Chansler photo Cole Fischer placed sixth at the Wapello (Iowa) Pro Rodeo in 2019. That year Fischer won the Great Lakes Circuit year-end title.

ABOUT COLE AGE: 27 HOMETOWN: Jefferson City, Mo. CIRCUIT: Great Lakes EVENT: Bull riding CAREER HIGHLIGHT: 2019 Great Lakes Circuit year-end champion

BY SCOTT KANIEWSKI W hen Cole Fischer was cage fighting, his mother, Dina, avoided attending the events. She didn’t want to watch her son get locked in a cage and go toe-to-toe with another guy trying to dish out as much pain as possible. But when Fischer told her he wanted to start bull riding, Dina’s response: Go back to cage fighting, at least there’s a referee who can stop the fight.

Fischer finished the 2019 season as the Great Lakes Circuit year-end champion for the first time. He earned his berth to his first RAMNational Circuit Finals Rodeo after finishing the season with $24,311 in his circuit. His nearest competitor in the Great Lakes Circuit was almost $7,000 behind. “It was relieving,” said Fischer, of Jefferson City, Mo. “It’s always nice to set a goal early in the season and be able to accomplish it. The (2019) season started slower than I wanted to, but I got on a roll in the middle of summer and was able to finish

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