ProRodeo Sports News - March 1, 2024

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

Sellars picks up early season boost Laser Focus BY TANNER BARTH A gold buckle is squarely on the mind of bull rider Clayton Sellars as the 2024 ProRodeo season enters the month of March. The Wildwood, Fla., cowboy helped his cause at the 75th San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW & RODEO TOP MONEY EARNER TOP SCORES

Clayton Sellars ($27,083, bull riding) BAREBACK RIDING

Sellars was the top money earner at the historic rodeo, pocketing $27,083 on his way to the title. The win didn’t come without its fair share of twists and turns. In the 11-man finals, he had originally drawn Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Broken Dreams, but the bull went to the ground during the trip resulting in a re-ride. That led to a matchup with Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Yellowstone, widely known as one of the ranker bulls in ProRodeo. Sellars didn’t back down from the challenge. The duo combined for 90.5 points and the $15,000 first-place check, which ultimately resulted in the rodeo win. “I’ve seen that bull quite a bit now. I knew there was a bucker within that bull,” said Sellars, a three-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier. “You know I’ve seen him have trips where he just really bucked like he did tonight. I just trusted the Lord above on that deal. I knew I was put in that spot for a reason and God was giving me that chance. I figured I better take it.” The win catapulted Sellars up to No. 1 in the PRCA | RAM World Standings as of Feb. 28 with $66,597. He nearly captured his first world title in 2021, finishing sixth in the gold buckle race. Sellars took a year off to compete in another association in 2022, but he is back and ready to reach the ProRodeo mountain top in 2024. “The PRCA is where my career started. You know I turned 18 and the first thing I did was buy my PRCA card. That’s all I ever knew for a while,” Sellars said. “Then in 2022, I stepped away for a season. I have nothing bad to say about that it was a great experience for me. “But the whole time I just had something missing. All my family was in the PRCA. My heart was here, and my soul does better here. So, I made the decision to make the jump back to the PRCA. My family has been loving every bit of it and I’ve been loving every bit of it. It doesn’t get any better than this.” Sellars hopes he can carry the momentum from this win throughout the rest of the winter run. “I think the main thing is that you leave here, and you know this wasn’t an accident,” Sellars said. “You know I came here and did this on purpose. I know what’s going on within me, so I just have to make sure to stay true to myself and be the best person I can be and keep climbing that ladder.”

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1. Rocker Steiner ..................... $17,750 2. Cole Reiner........................... $17,000 3. Bronc Marriott...................... $10,750 STEER WRESTLING 1. Jacob Talley.......................... $23,500 2. Stephen Culling.................... $16,250 3. Tyler Pearson........................ $13,500 TEAM ROPING 1. D. Begay/C. Todd.................. $22,500 2. C. Summers/J. Long............. $17,500 3. D. Egusquiza/L. Lord............ $11,250 SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. Logan Hay ........................... $21,000 2. Lefty Holman ....................... $19,000 3. Mitch Pollock ....................... $14,500 TIE-DOWN ROPING 1. Shad Mayfield ...................... $26,750 2. John Douch ......................... $18,750 3. Kincade Henry ..................... $12,500 BARREL RACING 1. Kassie Mowry ...................... $22,500 2. Wenda Johnson ................... $17,000 3. Ashley Castleberry ............... $12,500 BULL RIDING 1. Clayton Sellars ..................... $27,083 2. Jake Gardner ....................... $17,000 3. Cooper James ...................... $15,333

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Hailey Rae photo

Bull rider Clayton Sellars, above, was aboard Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Broken Dreams in the finals in San Antonio. He received a re-ride and won the rodeo with a 90.5-point trip on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Yellowstone.

ProRodeo Sports News 3/1/2024

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