ProRodeo Sports News - Oct.4, 2019

OMAHA RIVER CITY RODEO OMAHA, NEB.

PRCA ProRodeo photo by James Phifer Steer wrestler Tyler Pearson competes during the 2018 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Pearson is headed back to his fourth Wrangler NFR in 2019, thanks to wins like he had at the Omaha (Neb.) River City Rodeo where he earned a $3,059 check.

IN BRIEF HESSMAN WINS BULL RIDING

MATHEWS TOPS IN TIE-DOWN Tie-down roper Cooper Mathews, 21, captured the title in Omaha with a 7.7-sec- ond run. The victory earned the Cleburne, Texas, cowboy $3,643. Mathews edged Lane Livingston by one-tenth of a sec- ond for the title. The 2019 season was Mathews’ rookie year.

Tyler Hessman had an 86-point ride on The Cervi Brothers’ Jack Hammer to claim the victory and earn $3,837. Hess- man, 26, is from Beaver, Okla. He joined the PRCA in De- cember 2015. He had his best season to date in the PRCA in 2019, earning $14,280. Before 2019, Hessman had $24,966 in PRCA career earnings. Hessman was the third cowboy to make the whistle on Jack Hammer.

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