ProRodeo Sports News - November 2, 2018

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PRCA opens merchandise store The PRCA opened its inaugural store to sell merchandise. Among the merchandise are caps, T-shirts, novelties and more available for purchase. The PRCA store is at the historic Fort Worth (Texas) Stockyards.

Thanks to PRCA’s partners at RFD-TV, the PRCA store has a home within the RFD-TV building at 130 E. Exchange Ave. The store hours are Monday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (CT). To purchase PRCA merchandise online visit www.proro- deogear.com.

“Rodeo is a popular sport across the region among high school students,” Kurt Kohler, dean of student life and athletics, said in an article at http:// kticradio.com. “Northeast Community College wants to give those students the opportunity to pursue their passion to take part in the competition the sport offers while earning their college degree with us. “Also, with agriculture as the college’s largest academic program, rodeo is a natural fit and is relevant to the curriculum that is offered.” Kohler said the program will provide additional student-athletes opportunities to compete for Northeast. “We want to give all of our student-athletes the chance to compete in the sport they love, whether its basketball, soccer, volleyball or whatever it may be,” he said. “Rodeo is one more opportunity for our student-athletes to learn the many invaluable lessons that sports teach them, while also providing them a quality education.”

both won Miss Rodeo Idaho and Miss Rodeo America titles. As for Idaho’s rodeo duos, Shawn Davis, a ProRodeo Hall of Famer and three-time world champion saddle bronc rider, and his son, Zane also were inducted. Shawn Davis coached the College of Southern Idaho’s rodeo team for nearly 40 years. Other father-and-son duos included Arty Tyler (posthumously) and Bob Tyler, and Casey Bequeath (posthumously) and Cody Bequeath. Husband-and-wife duos include Jim and Karen Fain, and Stevia and Kirk Webb. Also inducted were Everett Prescott (posthu- mously) and his daughter, Sheri Prescott Arkoosh. Northeast Community College adds rodeo program On Oct. 18, officials at Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Neb., announced that rodeo will become the 10th intercollegiate athletic program at the school beginning in fall 2019.

BRIEFS Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame inducts 2018 class On Oct. 20, the Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame inducted its 2018 class in Twin Falls. The class included horseman Jackson Sundown, nephew of Chief Joseph, posthumously honored for his performances in the rodeo arena. Sundown was the first American Indian to win a world title in the saddle bronc champion- ship at Pendleton, Ore., and is a member of the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame, the National Cowboys of Color Museum and Hall of Fame, and the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame. Other 2018 inductees to the IRHOF were Ernie Sites, ProRodeo Hall of Famer Dee Pickett, Judi VanDorn Thacker and Joni James Smith. Smith and her mother, Karen Laven James,

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