ProRodeo Sports News - March 9, 2018

PRCA NOTES

ARRIVALS

HAZEN JEFFREY O’CONNELL Born March 2 to PRCAWorld Champion Bareback Rider TimO’Connell and his wife, Samantha, of Marshall, Mo., a boy, Hazen Jeffrey. Hazen

O’Connell

weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 inches long. This is the couple’s first child.

JAYDE KENNEDY ZURCHER Born Feb. 17 to

PRCA team roping heeler Ryan Zurcher and his wife, Jacque, of Powell, Wyo., a girl, Jayde Kennedy. Jayde weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. This is the couple’s second child. Ryley, 2, is Jayde’s older brother. Zurcher

BRIEFS

Rodeo Corpus Christi Concert Series lineup

The Buccaneer Commission announced its Rodeo Corpus Christi (Texas) Concert Series lineup. Two hours of ProRodeo will be followed by lowering a stage from the American Bank Center Arena rafters onto the dirt to allow for an hour-long concert. The four Rodeo Corpus Christi performances will feature the Josh Abbott Band, April 26; Turnpike Troubadours, April 27; Robert Earl Keen, April 28; and Intocable, April 29. Season tickets may be purchased at www.BucDays.com or at the American Bank Center box office. Individual tickets will go on sale March 1 at 10 a.m. (CT). Ticket pricing ranges from $15-50 and includes the rodeo and concert. Steer named Checkers earns payday at San Antonio A steer named Checkers was crowned the big winner Feb. 24 at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, fetching a kingly sum of $110,000 for Dawson Campbell. The boy and his beast triumphed at the junior market steer auction that also earned Campbell, 14, a $10,000 scholarship that will help him pursue his plans to study agriculture at Texas A&M University.

Mitchell Gardner wrestles his steer to the arena dirt at La Fiesta de los Vaqueros in Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 17. Down and Dirty Mia Larocque photo

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