ProRodeo Sports News - Nov.20, 2020

HOME SWEET HOME A look at the cowboys who’ve qualified for the 2020 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and call Texas home. BAREBACK RIDING Tilden Hooper.................. Carthage Leighton Berry................ Weatherford Jake Brown..................... Cleveland Chad Rutherford............. Hillsboro STEER WRESTLING Matt Reeves.................... Cross Plains Clayton Hass................... Weatherford TEAM ROPING HEADING Colby Lovell. ................... Madisonville Charly Crawford.............. Stephenville TEAM ROPING HEELING Junior Nogueira.............. Lipan Wesley Thorp.................. Throckmorton Paden Bray...................... Stephenville Hunter Koch.................... Vernon SADDLE BRONC RIDING Wyatt Casper................... Pampa Jacobs Crawley............... Stephenville Sterling Crawley.............. Huntsville Isaac Diaz........................ Desdemona TIE-DOWN ROPING Tuf Cooper....................... Decatur Westyn Hughes............... Caldwell Marty Yates..................... Stephenville Ty Harris.......................... San Angelo Timber Moore................. Aubrey Caleb Smidt..................... Bellville Tyson Durfey................... Brock Adam Gray...................... Seymour BULL RIDING Sage Kimzey. .................. Salado Ky Hamilton.................... Bowie, Texas Jeff Askey........................ Athens Boudreaux Campbell....... Crockett Parker McCown. ............. Montgomery

Ty Harris, of San Angelo, Texas, traveled to Las Vegas for the 2019 NFR. He and fellow Texans will stay closer to home for the 2020 Wrangler NFR. PRCA ProRodeo file photo by Dan Hubbell

Second-year bareback rider Leighton Berry jumped from 29th place in last year’s final PRCA | RAMWorld Standings to 10th in the 2020 regular-season final standings to earn his first Wrangler NFR berth. If the Weatherford, Texas, cowboy has the same kind of season in 2021 and the Wrangler NFR can return home to Las Vegas, he predicts feeling those first-time butterflies all over again. “I don’t know what to expect anyway,” said Berry, who lives on the Steiner Ranch along with roommate and fellowWrangler NFR bareback riding qualifier Cole Reiner. “I will be right at home this year since I know the area, and I’ll be close enough (90 minutes) that I can come home and sleep in my own bed if I want to. But I’m pretty excited for when we do put it back in Vegas. I’ll have the same first-night jitters at Thomas &Mack. Who can say they can have two first-time NFR experiences?”

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