ProRodeo Sports News - May 15, 2020

PRCA on The Cowboy Channel Plus App to stream live rodeos Rodeo All the Time SHORT ROUND

O n May 15, The Cowboy Channel and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association launched the PRCA on The Cowboy Channel Plus App, which will bring the most exciting ProRodeo streaming to fans’ fingertips. The new and exciting app also will allow subscribers to stream The Cowboy Channel’s Western lifestyle content on any device, anytime, anywhere. Fans can get a sneak peek at this all-new design with the Beta version available now. As the world’s destination for all things ProRodeo, the PRCA on The Cowboy Channel Plus App will keep fans up-to-date with their favorite PRCA rodeos and athletes, as well as provide behind- the-scenes access to livestreamed and on-demand PRCA rodeo events from around the country. The content can be accessed via the mobile app (available on Android and iOS), as well as any browser, smart TV or device. Viewers will be able to enjoy free access to up-to-the-minute news, bios, rodeos and highlights. Those with a subscription will

unlock premium content such as up to six simultaneous live rodeo feeds, classic PRCA archived rodeos, The Cowboy Channel video-on-demand programming, and the only place viewers can stream the Wrangler NFR. “ProRodeo fans will quickly find that the PRCA on The Cowboy Channel

Plus App is the place to go for all their ProRodeo needs,” PRCA CEO George Taylor said. “For digital content, this is one of the most exciting things to happen to the sport of Professional Rodeo. This app is a one-stop shop for all things PRCA.” Starting May 15, the app will be the exclusive livestreaming home for the PRCA. In the weeks to follow, more ProRodeo streaming, stats and exclusive content will be available on the app. “The Cowboy Channel has gained a tremendous and loyal audience since becoming the official network of the PRCA in January,” said Raquel Gottsch, CEO of The Cowboy Channel. “This momentum continues with the launch of the PRCA on The Cowboy Channel Plus App.”

Nokes named top coach in region

Harter recovering from leg injury Saddle bronc rider

which resulted in him deciding to sit out the remainder of the NFR. “They thought I tore it (the hamstring) a couple of millimeters, but when (Dr. Tandy

Garrett Nokes, the Mid-Plains (Neb.) Community College rodeo coach, was recently named Coach of the Year for the Great Plains Region. “It’s a big honor,” Nokes said in a press release. “One of the things I love about my job is that coaching in this region is pretty unique. Our environment is the most positive environment I’ve ever been around in college rodeo. All of the coaches want their kids to win, but there’s not a coach in the region that won’t help a kid from another school if asked.” Nokes’ convictions stem from a lifetime spent in the rodeo industry in addition to his own experience as a college rodeo athlete at Oklahoma Panhandle State University. He was on the university’s first two national championship teams in 1997 and ’98. A member of the PRCA since 1996, Nokes has $740,032 in PRCA career earnings. That includes winnings from the 2005 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo where he competed in steer wrestling and placed fourth in the world standings.

Bradley Harter didn’t want to end his PRCA career this way. The veteran cowboy clawed his way to qualify for his 11th Wrangler NFR in 2019, only to miss the final seven rounds with a

Freeman) went in there it was four inches off the bone,” said Harter, who had surgery in late December. “He had to pull it up and screw it back in. I have been rehabbing every day, and I’m planning to be back in July.” The untimely injury caused Harter to change his rodeo career plans. “Here’s the deal, I was actually thinking about possibly retiring after last year’s NFR,” said Harter, 38. “But I can’t go out like that.”

Harter

left hamstring injury. Harter, who lives in Loranger, La., split second in Round 1 with an 86.5-point ride on Sutton Rodeo’s West Texas, earning $18,192. Unfortunately, Harter’s NFR was sabotaged in Round 2 after suffering an avulsion to his left hamstring when he was bucked off Wayne Vold Rodeo’s One More Reason, Dec. 6. He tried to ride in Round 3 but was bucked off again,

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