ProRodeo Sports News - Sept. 6, 2024

ELLENSBURG, WASH.

ELLENSBURG RODEO

Dynamic Duo

First-year partners Hall and Profili keep success rolling

BY ALEX RILEY, Special to ProRodeo Sports News B efore the 2024 PRORODEO season started, Brenten Hall faced a choice. A three-time qualifier to the National Finals Rodeo as a team roping header, Hall is no stranger to success in the arena. But the Jay, Okla., cowboy felt that finding a new partner to maintain that level was not going to be easy. “I knew I was not going to go compete if I didn’t think I could win,” Hall said. He had no idea that one text to Kaden Profili would change everything. The first-year partnership continued its successful season over the Labor Day weekend, winning the average championship at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo thanks to an aggregate time of 16.6 seconds on three head. It’s the fourth rodeo victory the duo have claimed so far this season, which matches the most Hall has won in a single year with efforts in 2019 and 2021. “In the few years I’ve made the NFR, I’ve had a lot of success making the Finals in those years, but I’ve never just won rodeos outright. Kind of winning these rodeos, it’s been a surreal moment for us,” Hall said. After placing fifth in both the first and second goes with respective runs of 5.5 and 5.6 seconds, the duo kept a steady pace in the finals, clocking 5.5 seconds again to place second. Between round money and the average title, the win in Ellensburg netted each cowboy $9,113. Coupled with earnings at the Iron Country Fair and PRCA Rodeo in Parowan, Utah, and the Magic Valley Stampede in Filer, Idaho, the holiday sprint put nearly $14,000 into each of their ledgers. Prior to the weekend, Hall had just shy of $107,000 in winnings compiled for the year, already his second-highest total in a season since turning pro back in 2018. Profili was just ahead of him with about $108,000. Each cowboy was ranked eighth in the respective header and heeler PRCA | RAM World Standings, putting them in a strong position to reach NFR together. For Hall, the partnership has been a rewarding experience helping him reach new heights in the arena. For Profili, it’s been a great experience as his career ramps up. After winning Resistol Rookie Heeler of the Year last season and the heeler championship at the National College Finals Rodeo back in June, Profili was grateful to find a veteran teammate he could quickly build trust with going into his second year on the PRCA circuit. He credits a supportive family and Hall’s ability to set him up for clean heel catch as the biggest reason he’s been able to help the pair find so much success. It’s a plan that’s carried them to a strong showing thus far, with no signs of changing. “I’m just going to focus on heeling the steers and doing my job and staying inside that Top 15,” Profili said.

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Team ropers Kaden Profili, left and Brenten Hall are all smiles after winning the Ellensburg (Wash.). The duo won the average with 16.6 seconds on two head.

BAREBACK RIDING 1. Jess Pope ... 173.5 pts. on 2 2. Orin Larsen ................ 171.5 3. Keenan Hayes ............ 169.5

STEER WRESTLING 1. D. Eldridge ... 13.3 sec. on 3 2. Brendan Laye ............... 13.6 3. Tyler Waguespack ........ 14.0

TEAM ROPING 1. B. Hall/K. Profili ... 16.6 sec. on 3 2. D. Egusquiza/L. Lord ........... 16.7 3. T. Tomlinson/P. Smith .......... 17.7

SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. Wyatt Casper .. 177 pts. on 2 2. Sage Newman ............... 174 3. Brody Cress ............... 171.5

TIE-DOWN ROPING 1. H. Herrin ....... 26.4 sec. on 3 2. Seth Hall ...................... 26.7 3. Riley Webb .................. 26.8

STEER ROPING 1. Billy Good ..... 27.2 sec. on 2 2. Trenton Johnson .......... 27.6 3. Brodie Poppino ............ 29.6

BULL RIDING 1. M. Smith ..... 174.5 pts. on 2 2. Hector Cardona ............... 87 3. Maverick Potter ........... 86.5

TOP MONEY EARNER Maverick Smith ($11,118, bull riding)

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