ProRodeo Sports News - September 6, 2019

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Rodeo Corpus Christi giving back

BY THE NUMBERS 0 The number of repeat winners that occurred during the eight stops on the 2019 Xtreme Bulls Tour. In 2018, Sage Kimzey won two events in Fort Mohave, Ariz., and Ellensburg, Wash., on the way to his second Xtreme Bulls season title and third in four years. In 2017, Kimzey also was the only rider to win two events in Xtreme Bulls Division 1 action as he took home the top honors at Fort Worth, Texas, and Lovington, N.M. Kimzey won one event this year in Reno, Nev., and added his third consecutive Xtreme Bulls Tour title. $36K Bull rider Jordan Spears won $36,465 over the Labor Day Weekend, largely thanks to winning the average at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale, the Magic Valley Stampede in Filer, Idaho, and splitting the win at Walla Walla (Wash.) Frontier Days. Spears jumped 12 spots in the PRCA | RAM World Standings, from 20th to eighth.

Deadline coming

One applicant for the Sowing Good Deeds initiative is Rodeo Corpus Christi (Texas). With more than 300 volunteers, Rodeo Corpus Christi (Buccaneer Days) has contributed to supporting education and the military in south Texas. To date, the Buccaneer Commission (DBA Rodeo Corpus Christi) has awarded more than $1.2 million in the form of scholarships and military housing support. In 2019, Rodeo Corpus Christi awarded $150,000 toward education and military support. Each year, Rodeo Corpus Christi (Buccaneer Commission) accepts applications from more than 100 of the best and brightest high school seniors in the south Texas region to compete for a spot in the Buc Days Leadership Program. The students are narrowed down to 10 boys and 10 girls. The students go through a rigorous, semester-long leadership program. They spend four weeks in the Dale Carnegie Leadership Training. They provide community service with Habitat for Humanity, Ronald McDonald House and Downtown Cleanup Opportunities. Rodeo Corpus Christi looks to improve its product. For the first 15 years, Rodeo Corpus Christi sold out the Old Memorial Coliseum (1,500-seat venue). The city built a new arena with a rodeo seating capacity of 6,500. The rodeo moved to the new arena in 2006. The rodeo maintained a decent attendance between 3,000 to 4000 per performance, but never could seem to fill the venue. Attendance became flat and the excitement in the building stagnant. In 2017, the board approved a plan to add concerts to each performance following the rodeo as part of the ticket. In the first year of the concert series, attendance jumped 30%. By year two, attendance was 40% higher than when there were no concerts. In 2019, the arena achieved its first sellout – an overflow crowd – 7,005 for a Saturday night rodeo with the Eli Young Band.

The deadline for rodeo committees to enter the Sowing Good Deeds initiative

and have a chance

to win a Massey Ferguson®

tractor is Sept. 15.

As a proud sponsor of the PRCA, AGCO® Corporation, through its brands Hesston® and Massey Ferguson, recognizes that PRCA-sanctioned rodeos contribute significant support for local, regional and national charities and organizations. These 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. One rodeo committee will be chosen to win a Massey Ferguson® tractor valued at $35,000 for the good work they do. For more info, go to http://www.hesston. com/sowinggooddeeds/index.html. Sundell is headed in the right direction for a full recovery, but the process is slow. Sundell, 34, won his first world title last year after finishing the season with $280,636. He earned $177,327 at the 2018 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. This season, the Iowa cowboy has been battling to secure a spot in the Top 15 PRCA | RAM World Standings. Following splitting the win at the Range

Sundell injured in San Juan Capistrano

Reigning Saddle Bronc Riding World Champion Wade Sundell was injured Aug. 24 while competing at the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. Sundell was aboard The Cervi Brothers’ Living The High Life when

the horse reared up in the chute and smashed Sundell in the chest. The impact lacerated Sundell’s liver, according to Rick Foster of the Justin Sportsmedicine team. Sundell was taken to the hospital and had surgery that evening. A spokesman for the Justin Sportsmedicine team told ProRodeo Sports News Sept. 4, that

Sundell

Days Rodeo Xtreme Broncs Finale in Rapid City, S.D., Aug. 22, Sundell had climbed to 12th in the world standings with $83,329. In the Sept. 4 world standings, Sundell was in 13th.

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