ProRodeo Sports News - Oct.4, 2019

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Daggett County Centennial plays key role in community

BY THE NUMBERS 5 The number of rookies who qualified for the 2019 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Dec. 5-14. Those rookies are bull riders Stetson Wright, Daylon Swearingen and Trey Kimzey, and tie-down Rookie steer roper Cole Patterson qualified for the 2019 Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Nov. 22-23. No rookies qualified for the Wrangler NFR or NFSR in 2018. $108K The amount of money, $108,160, earned by bull rider Trey Kimzey during the PRCA regular season, which ended Sept. 30. That total put Kimzey in the No. 15 spot in the unofficial PRCA | RAM World Standings. Kimzey’s total was the most money earned by the No. 15-qualifying bull rider for the Wrangler NFR. The previous record for money needed to qualify for the Finals in bull riding was set last season by Trevor Kastner at $94,396. ropers Haven Meged and Shad Mayfield.

As a proud sponsor of the PRCA, AGCO® Corporation, through its brands Hesston® and Massey Ferguson, recognize that PRCA-sanctioned rodeos contribute significant support for local, regional and national charities and organizations. These charitable efforts by rodeo committees are making a positive impact on members of the various communities. Hesston and Massey Ferguson, through its Sowing Good Deeds initiative, want to raise awareness of these local efforts and reward one PRCA committee each year whose impact goes above and beyond. One rodeo committee will be chosen to win a Massey Ferguson® tractor valued at $35,000 for the good work they do.

One applicant for the Sowing Good Deeds initiative is the Daggett County Centennial PRCA Rodeo in Manila, Utah, which was Aug. 30-31. The rodeo committee is all volunteer for this county-sponsored event. It celebrates the county’s centennial as Utah’s youngest and least populated county with a rich heritage of agriculture, oil and gas development and tourism/outdoor recreation. The rodeo arena was not in the best shape, but volunteers from the high school, the community, the chamber of commerce and the county worked to upgrade and improve the facility. Because Manila is so small, it takes a tremendous amount of work to make the rodeo happen, and to do that the committee brought in more than 100 sponsors, most of which are from outside the community. The sponsors helped

upgrade the arena and bring other resources. The entrepreneurial spirit was exemplified by taking a risk to bring a high-cost rodeo to the community and working hard to make it successful in a short period of time. The undertaking of putting on a PRCA rodeo helped bring the community together and brought a sense of pride. The biggest challenge the rodeo faces involves the small size of the community. The county population is fewer than 1,000 and the closest big city is Salt Lake City, 180 miles away. The committee went outside its county boundaries and recruited volunteers, sponsors and resources from as far away as Salt Lake. Through the hard work of the Daggett County Centennial PRCA Rodeo committee the rodeo succeeded, which created more optimism.

Elshere plans to compete at Wrangler NFR

Saddle bronc rider J.J. Elshere, who was 15th in the Sept. 30 unofficial PRCA | RAM World Standings, broke the tibia and fibula in his right leg while competing at the Corn Palace Challenge in Mitchell, S.D., Sept. 27. Elshere, of Hereford, S.D., suffered the injury following his 84.5-point ride on Korkow Rodeo’s Broken Angel. Elshere had surgery in Rapid City, S.D., Sept. 28.

Challenge and earned $2,680, which helped him finish 15th. The 2019 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo will be in Las Vegas, Dec. 5-14. “I was told by the doctor that I should be good to go in eight weeks,” Elshere said. “I’m going to try everything I can to get her healed up as quick as I can. I have never had an issue with my right leg before this. I’m planning on getting healthy and

Elshere

Elshere, 39, placed third at the Corn Palace

competing at the NFR.”

PRCA photographers for NFR, NFSR announced Photographers for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping have been named. The Wrangler NFR will be at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Dec. 5-14. The in-arena photographers will be James Phifer and Billie-Jean Duff. The behind-the-scenes photographers will be Steve Gray and Clay Guardipee. The photographer for the NFSR will be William Kierce. The NFSR will be at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Nov. 22-23.

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