ProRodeo Sports News - October 19, 2018

Wrangler Gold Buckle Gala tickets on sale The Wrangler Gold

T-shirt to benefit TETWP This new T-shirt is available for purchase online. All the proceeds from the sale of the T-shirt will go back to Tough Enough to Wear Pink™. Pink Night at the 2018 Wrangler National

Buckle Gala is scheduled for Dec. 3 at the South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas honoring the 2018 Legend of ProRodeo Keith Martin.

Finals Rodeo is Dec. 10.

RSVP no later than Nov. 26. Reserve your tickets by calling 719.528.4732 or buy online at https://squareup.com/store/ prorodeo-hall-of-fame. 6 p.m. Doors Open – Silent auction; 7 p.m. Welcome, invoca- tion, dinner; 7:45 p.m. Silent auction closes; 8 p.m. Live auction; 8:20 p.m. Legend of ProRodeo Award. All times are Pacific. Tickets are on sale for $100 a person or $900 for a table of 10. Tickets must be purchased by Nov. 26. For more information or to be added to the Gala mailing list email stadken@prorodeo.com or call 719.528.4732. All proceeds benefit the ProRodeo Hall of Fame & Museum of the American Cowboy. at the Ike rodeo in West Monroe (La.) will go directly to J.R. and (wife) Shelby.” Stampede at the Ike will take place Jan. 4-5. The Breeder’s Connection online also is hosting a benefit for J.R. Vezain and Shelby. There is an online bucking horse sale Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. (CT), two front-row, 10th-round Wrangler NFR tickets donated by the Harry Vold family will be up for auction, a benefit raffle and more. Details at http://bit.ly/ BreederConnectionBenefit. Vezain is undergoing rehabilitation at the TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital. Tarleton State Hall of Fame to induct trio Tarleton State University’s Rodeo Hall of Fame will celebrate the induction of three new members during the ninth annual steak dinner and auction Nov. 3, at the Twisted J in Stephenville, Texas. The inductees are Bradley Harter, Kim Todd Hodge and Tommy Houston. The annual event, which benefits Tarleton Rodeo’s scholarship fund, begins at 6 p.m. (CT) with a reception and preview mixer, followed by the induction ceremony, dinner and live auction. Admission to the event is $50 per person and includes dinner. Buy tickets by 5 p.m., Nov. 2 at 254.968.9344 or 254.968.9187. Harter, a saddle bronc rider, is a 10-time qualifier for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. After high school, he attended Wharton County Junior College for two years before transferring to Tarleton. Hodge grew up in Colorado where she began her rodeo career compet- ing in the National Little Britches Rodeo Association and high school rodeos. Hodge competed her first two years in the NIRA at New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs, and then transferred to Tarleton as a junior. Houston, current operator and manager of the Houston Ranch in Bluff Dale, Texas, accepted a rodeo scholarship at Texas Tech, but traveled with members of the Tarleton Rodeo team, including Tooter Waites, Randy Majors, Charles Bitters and Bobby Hungate.

ProRodeoTV.com to broadcast circuit finals ProRodeoTV.com will stream RAM Circuit Finals Rodeos with livestreams from the Prairie, Mountain States, Wilderness and Great Lakes Circuit Finals rodeos. The RAM Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo in Duncan, Okla., Oct. 18-20, will livestream at 8:30 p.m. (ET) each night. ProRodeoTV.com will livestream the RAM Mountain States Circuit Finals Rodeo in Loveland, Colo., Oct. 25-27. It will begin at 9 p.m. (ET). The Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo, from Heber City, Utah, takes place Nov. 1-3. That livestream begins at 9 p.m. (ET) nightly. The RAM Great Lakes Circuit Finals Rodeo on ProRodeoTV.com will livestream Nov. 8-10 in Louisville, Ky. The livestream begins at 7:30 p.m. (ET) each night. For more information about ProRodeoTV.com go to http://prorodeo.com/prorodeo/ tv/online-streaming-schedule. PRCA ups music-licensing agreements The PRCA has agreements with all three of the major music licensing organizations: ASCAP, BMI and SESAC. This allows licensed music from these entities to be played at PRCA rodeo events. PRCA rodeo fans can now enjoy their favorite artist’s music while attending a PRCA rodeo, a significant benefit to PRCA rodeo production companies and their music providers. Organizations raising money for Vezain Last month, bareback rider J.R. Vezain suffered a broken back that required surgery and has left him with mobility issues from the waist down. He is under- going rehabilitation in Houston, while, expenses continue to add up. Multiple orgazinations are raising money to donate to Vezain. “The rodeo industry is one big family, and when one of our family members is down, we all need to pick them up,” said Pete Carr, owner of Pete Carr Pro Rodeo. “We put on rodeos, so my heart told me that the next rodeo we produce could be a benefit rodeo for the Vezain family. All the proceeds from the Stampede

$38,564,889 MONEYWON BY PRCA COWBOYS IN 2018

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