ProRodeo Sports News - Oct.4, 2019

COWBOY GRILLE WITH TRACY RENCK

What was this season like for you? Logan: This season was up and down. I broke my right ankle in late April in Red Bluff, Calif., and I took two weeks off. When I came back, I wasn’t riding very good until it healed up around June, and then I had a really good Fourth of July run (winning $3,944 in St. Paul, Ore., and $2,716 in Greeley, Colo.). Was your rookie season in the PRCA everything you thought it would be? Logan: I’m happy with how I did, but my goal was to win rookie of the year and make the Canadian Finals Rodeo. I did make the CFR (in Red Deer, Alberta, Oct. 29-Nov. 3) for the first time, which is very exciting. What was the coolest PRCA rodeo you competed at this season? Logan: I would say Pendleton (Round-Up in Oregon). I always knew they competed on the grass there, but the people, the crowd, it’s just a great place to rodeo. What was it like growing up having Rod Hay as your father? Logan: It was pretty cool. Dawson and I always got to go rodeoing with him all over the place when we were younger. It was cool doing that, and when we started riding broncs it was really good because you couldn’t have a better coach than him. He also raises bucking horses, so we got on all his bucking horses and it worked out well. What was your timeline to compete for PRCA | Resistol Rookie of the Year? Logan Hay, a 22-year-old saddle bronc rider from Wildwood, Alberta, had a solid rookie season in 2019. Hay earned $31,667, which placed him third in the PRCA | Resistol Rookie Standings behind Stetson Wright and Tegan Smith. His father, Rod, was a saddle bronc rider and qualified 20 times for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (1989-90, 1992-2008 and 2010). His younger brother, Dawson, 21, also a saddle bronc rider, will make his debut at the 2019 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Dec. 5-14. After battling through some injuries in 2019, Logan, 5-foot-7 and 140 pounds, has expectations of making the Wrangler NFR in 2020.

LOGAN HAY

Logan: Dawson and I started at the same time, but I broke my left arm like four times. I took the summer off and let my arm heal and I went guiding in the mountains. I was guiding (hunts for) moose, stone sheep and caribou in northern British Columbia. That was the summer of 2015. I had surgery on my left arm in the spring of 2015, and it is better now, and I went into my rookie year in the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association and PRCA in 2019. What was it like guiding for Kawdy Outfitters in 2015? Logan: That was really cool. If I wasn’t riding broncs, I would be guiding hunts in the mountains, for sure. You’re up there for like three months and there’s no power, no cellphones. You’re literally living in the wild.

What was the first job you did to receive a paycheck? Logan: I helped my grandpa build a house and I did carpentry. Did you play hockey growing up? Logan: I played from the age of 5 to 16. I was a right winger. I was pretty good, but I was a little too small to go too far. Who is your favorite hockey player? Logan: Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers center). I live about an hour from Edmonton, and my team is the Oilers. I’ve been to quite a few of their games. What’s your best skill besides saddle bronc riding? Logan: I would have to say snow skiing. What is your favorite restaurant? Logan: I’m a big fan of Mexican food, and I like a restaurant called Azteca. I eat there when I’m in Oregon and Idaho. When I’m there I get the steak enchiladas and water to drink. Where’s your favorite place to get a cup of coffee? Logan: Tim Hortons, for sure.

What is your go-to TV show to watch? Logan: I’ve been binge watching The Blacklist . My favorite character is Red. He’s a mad dog. What is your favorite movie?

Logan: Step Brothers . That is really funny. What type of music do you listen to? Logan: I listen to a lot of Drake. I like his stuff.

ProRodeo Sports News 10/4/2019

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