ProRodeo Sports News - November 19, 2021

NATIONAL FINALS

Cole Patterson broke the single-season steer roping earnings mark with $190,242, after taking home $85,726 in Mulvane, Kan. at the NFSR. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Click Thompson

Record-Setter BY TRACY RENCK C ole Patterson left no doubt who the best steer roper is in the PRCA in 2021. Patterson, who came into the National Cole Patterson garners first gold buckle

standings with $190,242, a single-season steer roping earnings mark. Patterson’s NFSR earnings broke the mark of $70,651 set by Cody Lee in 2016. Patterson also won the average with a 97.7-second time on nine head to collect $27,347. Scott Snedecor took second place in the world

Finals Steer Roping with a $39,415 lead in the PRCA | RAMWorld Standings, was never threatened as he cruised to his first career gold buckle at the Kansas Star Arena. “The hardest one to get is the first gold buckle and to get it this early is big,” said Patterson, 26. “I have a ton of family here and I will be talking to them all night. This has been a long time coming. A lot of work has gone into this. I want to try and reflect on everything. To think just four years ago I was learning how to do this.” Patterson won Round 3 and Round 8, as well as placed in eight other rounds to earn an NFSR-record $85,726. He finished atop the world

standings with $95,951 – $94,291 behind Patterson. Patterson earned $104,516 in the regular season, which ended Sept. 30, which set the steer roping regular season record. And he kept cashing checks at the Kansas Star. Cole broke the single-season steer roping earnings record of $142,350 set by his father Rocky in 2016. Rocky finished 10th in the world standings with $63,029. Cole joins his father as a steer roping world champion. Rocky won championships in 2009-10, 2012 and 2016. The Pattersons are the third father

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