ProRodeo Sports News - May 4, 2018

PRCA NOTES

Finnerty was an active member of the Platte

grandparents, Louise Finnerty and Neil E. Williams. He is survived by his father, Dean (Rachael Settles) Finnerty; mother, Dawn (Gavin) Carmichael; brother, Tel Finnerty; paternal grandfather, Jack Finnerty; and maternal grandparents, Jack and Phyllis Shinn. The Gorman Funeral Homes – Platte Chapel of Wheatland oversees the arrangements. Condolences can be sent to the family at gormanfh.com.

County 4-H program.

In the fall of 2015, Finnerty was enrolled at Central Wyoming College (CWC) in Riverton, where he was a leading member of the rodeo team. He competed in steer wrestling, tie-down roping and team roping with CWC for two years. Upon graduation, Finnerty worked on the family ranch in Wheatland. He also pursued his passion of welding. In February 2018, Finnerty pursued his rodeo career by moving to Decatur, Texas, to hone his steer wrestling skills. In March, Finnerty moved to Whitman, Ariz., where he continued his plans as a cowboy. Finnerty was planning to continue his education and rodeo career in the fall at the University of Wyoming, where he was a scholarship recipient. Amemorial scholarship fund has been established at the Wyoming Community Foundation, 1472 North Fifth Street, Suite 201, Laramie, Wyo., 82072; specify “Teigen Finnerty Memorial Fund” in the memo line of the check, or contribute at www.wycf.org. Finnerty was preceded in death by his

PASSAGES

TEIGEN FINNERTY

Teigen Finnerty, a PRCA steer wrestler, tie-down roper and team roper, passed away

ARRIVALS

April 28 in a motor vehicle accident near Wheatland, Wyo. He was 21. Finnerty was born Aug. 9, 1996, inWheatland, the son of Dean Patrick Finnerty and Dawn Marie (Williams) Finnerty-Carmichael. Finnerty excelled in many life activities, including rodeo, wrestling, football, welding, academics, and other community and school events. Finnerty

JADE O’BRIEN SMITH PRCA team roping header Clay Smith and his wife, Taylor, of Bowie, Texas, a boy, Jade, weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 19 inches long. This is the couple’s first child. Born April 23 to

Smith

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Steer wrestler Nick Guy stopped the clock in 5.1 seconds at the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up to take third in the first round of the April 20-22 rodeo. Kickin’ It Up

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