ProRodeo Sports News, June 29, 2018

Askey wins $12,628 at Reno Two 87.5-point

rides added up to winning the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo bull riding for Jeff Askey. The 30-year-old cowboy tied for first in the first round on Rosser Rodeo’s Hash Tag and returned to make the same score in the final round. Askey’s former traveling partner, Caleb Sanderson, had ridden the same bull Askey drew, so Askey knew what he was in for. “He said, ‘If I can ride him, you could,’” Askey said. “He was a little better than I remembered.” at Reno pushed Askey from 16th to ninth in the 2018 PRCA | RAMWorld Standings. “It’s great, you start thinking of ways to invest or make it useful,” Askey said, adding that he might use his Reno winnings to pay off some cattle. Reno was the first rodeo for Askey’s summer run. “It gives me momentum and Winning $12,628

Bull rider Jeff Askey made two 87.5-point rides at the

confidence going into the summer run,” Askey said. “I feel good about the next three months.” –Matt Naber Tim O’Connell wins bareback by a half-point Two-time World Champion Bareback Rider TimO’Connell won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo by a half-point. she has the stuff to make you look dumb.” Winning $8,064 at Reno bumped up the 26-year-old Iowan from third to second in the PRCA | RAMWorld Standings. Reno Rodeo to win the average and move from 16th to ninth in the world standings. Kirt Steinke photo

“I am shocked to get Reno knocked off my bucket list,” O’Connell said. “I never made the short list here before, and what a way to start your summer.” Two 82-point rides in the first two rounds, followed by an 87-point ride on Flying U Rodeo’s Lil Red Hawk in the final round, added up to 251 points on three head for O’Connell. “I choked on my sandwich when I saw I had Lil Red Hawk,” O’Connell said. “We have won rounds in the NFR on her. She is truly something special, and she has a heart the size of this arena. If you don’t give it everything you got,

“It’s such a confidence booster,” O’Connell said. “When you’re hot, you’re hot, and when you feel good, you ride good and there’s nothing you can’t do on a bucking horse.” After Reno, O’Connell was set to hit 11 rodeos in eight days, three on the Fourth of July. “It’s time to put the pedal to the metal,” O’Connell said. –Matt Naber

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