ProRodeo Sports News, June 29, 2018

you have a young kid like that behind you, who ropes really good and is willing to do anything and everything to get to the Finals, it makes things easier for me where I just have to catch and turn steers for him.” Petska chose to reduce his roping schedule this year, going to 40 or 50 rodeos instead of 90, while Rogers wanted to maintain the same schedule he had in the past, so they opted for new partners. Rogers has qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo the last seven years. JARBOE RETURNS FROM BACK INJURY Jarboe suffered a back injury following his

He dropped to 28th in the June 25 standings with $29,195. “Bull riding is what I do,” he said. “I will get it figured out pretty quick. I don’t want to take any breaks from the NFR. Once I get a few rides under my belt, I can get the ball rolling again, and I will feel a lot better.” Jarboe was the 2016 Resistol Bull Riding Rookie of the Year and placed ninth in the world standings with $149,765. He won Round 2 at that year’s Wrangler NFR with an 88.5-point ride onWayne Vold Rodeo’s Cooper’s Comet. Last year at the Wrangler NFR, Jarboe again finished ninth in the world standings with $156,855. He placed in three rounds, highlighted by his second- place effort in Round 1 with an 87-point ride on Honeycutt Rodeo’s Braggin Rights. HUGHES BACK FROM BROKENARM Hughes, who has been on the cusp of making

87-point ride on Andrews Rodeo’s F1 in the first round at Rodeo Austin (Texas), March 21. Moments after Jarboe made the whistle, he came off the bull and was on the ground on his hands and knees when the bull came back around and stepped on Jarboe’s back. “I ended up fracturing my L2, L3, L4 and L5 vertebra,” Jarboe said. “My L4 vertebrae also had slipped and I bulged a disc underneath it. Dr. Tyler Frizzell told me that everything should heal up normal. “My fractures weren’t huge, and my bulging disc should go away. He just told me eventually I would have to get surgery, but there’s no need for it right now. Dr. Frizzell told me I would be good to go by the first of June and I came back for the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo (June 10-13).” Jarboe acknowledged he is in the process of shaking off some rust. “I didn’t have a very good week during Sisters,” he said. “I lost my bull rope a few times. I lost my rope right at the whistle during the Reno Xtreme Bulls (June 14) and I got bucked off at the Reno Rodeo. I went to Santa Fe (N.M.) and rode my bull right to the whistle. I think things are coming back.” Jarboe was 12th in the March 26 PRCAWorld Standings with $27,767.

Westyn Hughes broke his arm in March during a practice ride.

his Wrangler NFR debut the past two years, finishing 25th in the 2016 world standings and 20th last year, positioned himself well before breaking his right (roping) armMarch 28 while making a practice bareback ride. “I was out around eight weeks,” said Hughes, the 2016 PRCA Resistol Tie-Down Roping Rookie of the Year. “I was sitting good in the winter until my injury happened, but there are a lot of good rodeos coming up and hopefully I can get things going. If things go my way I could make the NFR. I have to just keep looking toward the next run and stay focused and stay positive.” Hughes was 16th in the April 2 tie-down roping world standings with $16,758. He is 33rd in the latest standings with $18,623. “Roping is something I enjoy,” Hughes said. “I’m glad to be back out here. This is a fresh start for me and I’m going to try and get to as many rodeos as I can.”

Team roping header Erich Rogers speaks to Suzanne Alexander of CBS Sports moments after winning his inaugural world championship at the 2017 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. Rogers was out of action for more than three months after injuring his right knee. He returned earlier this month. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Greg Westfall

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