ProRodeo Sports News - March 8, 2019

Keylon recovering from injuries Bareback rider Jared Keylon is on the road to recovery after suffering multiple injuries during a semifinal ride at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, Feb. 22. Just before the 8-second whistle, Keylon got hung up while riding Powder River Rodeo’s Knot So Foxy, and things went from bad to worse. “That’s the first time I had been on that horse,” Keylon, 34, said recently. “That horse was phenomenal. I was getting ready to fold up, and it was just a regular everyday thing. Usually you don’t just try and double grab to get off them, you try to pick your spot. I was getting ready to get off, and just as I balled up, she slung me over her head. My face hit my rigging and busted three of my teeth loose, and my free (left) arm came down on my rigging handle at the same time and broke my arm where it meets at the shoulder.” While Keylon was on the ground at the AT&T Center, the horse magnified the cowboy’s injuries. “When she came down, she stomped me in the ribs and broke five ribs on my right side,” said Keylon, who received no score on the ride. “That in turn caused a small puncture in my lung, which caused half of my lung to collapse. It also lacerated my liver and my kidney. They got the internal bleeding on the liver and kidney to stop, and they have been draining the blood out of my lungs.” Keylon was released from the hospital March 1. Keylon was having a strong season, as he was ninth in the March 6 PRCA | RAM World Standings with $25,223. In 2012, Keylon made his lone appearance at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, finishing 15th in the world standings with $54,478. Keylon expects to be side- lined for three months.

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Tie-down roper Cooper Raley won the Matagorda County Fair & Rodeo in Bay City, Texas, in 8.4 seconds, March 1. Raley won the rodeo, which ran Feb. 28-March 2, by nearly two seconds. Bay Watch

8 Seconds star Luke Perry passes Luke Perry was never a member of the PRCA, but he did have quite an impact on the sport of rodeo through the movie 8 Seconds . Perry, who portrayed the late 1987 PRCA World Champion Bull Rider Lane Frost in the movie that debuted Feb. 25, 1994, passed away March 4 because of compli- cations from a stroke. He was 52.

What’s more, in countless bios on the PRCA’s website – prorodeo.com – numerous cowboys were inspired to rodeo after watching 8 Seconds . Frost passed away July 30, 1989, at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days. He was 25. Frost was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1990.

PRCA Rodeo camps on tap during March

There are two upcoming PRCA Rodeo Day

camps in San Antonio and Red Bluff, Calif.

The PRCA one-day camps in San Antonio take place March 11-14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (CT). All abilities welcome for ages 8 and up. Registration required at http://prorodeo.com/jrrodeo. The PRCA Rodeo Camp in Red Bluff is slated for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (PT), March 23. All abilities welcome for ages 8 and up. Registration required at http://prorodeo. com/jrrodeo.

Perry had a prolific acting career on TV and in movies – rising to fame while playing Dylan McKay in the TV show Beverly Hills, 90210 . Most recently, he had a starring role as Archie’s dad on CW’s hit show, Riverdale . Although 8 Seconds took liberties in depicting Frost’s story, the movie played a key role in keeping his legacy alive.

$9,617,361

MONEYWON BY PRCA COWBOYS INTHE 2019 SEASON

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