ProRodeo Sports News - June 23, 2023

6 Editor’s Letter 8 Hot Takes 12 Grille 16 Social Media 20 World Standings 22 Short Round 64 Results INSIDE RODEOS 50 Weatherford, Texas 52 Sisters, Ore. 54 Woodward, Okla. 56 Fallon, Nev. Broncs 58 Reno, Nev. Xtreme Bulls

PRCA ProRodeo file photo ProRodeo Hall of Fame trophies like these will be handed out to the 2023 Hall of Fame class on July 15 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Hall opens its doors for 2023 class Steer wrestler Luke Branquinho, a five-time PRCA World Champion, heads up a star-studded 2023 induction class for the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. Branquinho is joined by two-time PRCA World Champion Saddle Bronc Rider Cody Wright (2008 and 2010), World Champion Team Roper Doyle Gellerman (1981), pickup man Kenny Clabaugh, rodeo notables Butch Knowles and Tom Feller and standout bareback horse Nightjacket, rodeo committees from the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo and Cowtown Rodeo in Pilesgrove, N.J., and barrel racer Sherry (Combs) Johnson, the 1962 WPRA World Champion and WPRA notable Fay Ann Horton Leach. 32

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Reno Riches Rookie Jestyn Woodward hits jackpot at Reno X-Bulls

INSIDE •Branquinho highlights 2023 Hall of Fame class

Jestyn Woodward had an 84.5-point ride on Big Stone Rodeo Inc.’s Mr. Clean in the finals to win the two-head average at the Reno Rodeo Xtreme Bulls with 168 points on two head. Phil Doyle photo

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