ProRodeo Sports News - March 18, 2022

ARCADIA, FLA.

ARCADIA ALL-FLORIDA CHAMPIONSHIP

Koby Radley gets key win in Arcadia Springing Forward TOP SCORES

TOP MONEY WINNER

BY TANNER BARTH K oby Radley has been battling the injury bug the past two seasons of his ProRodeo career. In 2022, he’s healthy and ready to make a push to the Wrangler Nationals Finals Rodeo presented by Teton Ridge for the first time since 2019. He proved that March 13 at the 94th Annual Arcadia All-Florida Championship Rodeo. The 23-year-old bull rider picked up one of his biggest wins so far this season. He had an 87-point ride on Frontier Rodeo’s Bonanza to secure the title. It was a matchup he didn’t know much about heading into the Saturday night performance. “To be honest with you I really didn’t know a whole lot about the bull,” said Radley, a two-time Wrangler NFR qualifier. “I asked someone about him when I got there, ‘they said he was a good bull and if I rode him, I would win it.’ I knew that once he said that he would be a good bull and he was.” Radley earned $4,395 for the win, bumping him up to 19th in the latest PRCA | RAMWorld Standings with $21,417 earned so far in 2022. Just over $10,000 shy of what he made all last year. After back-to-back years of having his season cut short because of injuries he finally feels like his riding and health are back on track. “The past two years have been a little rough on me. I had a goal this year to have a good winter and I let a few get by me with missed opportunities,” he said. “So, I’m trying to take advantage of everything I got from here on out. “After those injuries I gave it time, got everything right, worked out a bunch and got everything on track to come back this year. I have some high goals set for myself this year and I’m going to try to go at them pretty hard.” One of those goals for the Montpelier, La., cowboy is to obviously make a return trip to Las Vegas for the 2022 NFR. He said the group of competitors going down the road right now is as tough as it has ever been but he’s confident he has what it takes to be back in the Top 15 by year’s end. “It’s going to take a lot and I know that,” Radley said. “I think the group of guys in the PRCA riding bulls right now is better than it ever has been. Every year it gets tougher and like I said it’s going to take a lot, but if I can keep doing what I’m doing all year long I’ll be there.”

Riley Webb ($4,822, tie- down roping) BAREBACK RIDING

Webb

1. Jess Pope ........................... 89.5 pts. 2. Ty Pope ......................................... 87 3. Mason Clements ........................ 85.5 STEER WRESTLING 1. Marc Joiner .......................... 4.3 sec. 2. Justin Kimsey .............................. 4.5 3. Two tied at ................................... 4.6 TEAM ROPING 1. S. Carroll/E. Arnold ............... 4.9 sec. 2. Brax. Culpepper/B.Culpepper ....... 5.0 (tie) K. Daniel/A.Plyler ................... 5.0 D. Turner/T. Vaught ....................... 5.0 SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. Rusty Wright .......................... 89 pts. 2. Ryder Wright ............................. 86.5 3. Two tied at .................................... 86 TIE-DOWN ROPING 1. Riley Webb ........................... 7.7 sec. 2. Ty Harris ...................................... 8.7 3. Two tied at ................................... 9.1 BARREL RACING 1. Kristin Hanchey ................ 16.74 sec. (tie) Taycie Matthews ................ 16.74 3. Sissy Winn ............................... 16.97 BULL RIDING 1. Koby Radley ........................... 87 pts. 2. Gage Gay ...................................... 85 (tie) Cullen Telfer ............................ 85

Complete results/ Page 34

Mike Rastelli photo Koby Radley picked up one of his biggest wins of the year at the 94th Annual Arcadia All-Championship Rodeo with an 87-point ride on Frontier Rodeo’s Bonanza.

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