ProRodeo Sports News - Dec. 21, 2018

YEAR IN REVIEW DECEMBER 2017

World champions crowned at the Thomas & Mack Center were (clockwise from top middle) bareback rider Tim O’Connell , steer wrestler Tyler Pearson , all- around champion Tuf Cooper, team roping heeler Cory Petska , barrel racer Nellie Miller , header Erich Rogers , bull rider Sage Kimzey and saddle bronc rider Ryder Wright . PRCA ProRodeo photo by Roseanna Sales

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A year after becoming the first bull rider to win the world title in his first three seasons on the PRCA circuit,

Sage Kimzey makes it four in a row to start a career, finishing the season with $436,479.

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Marcos Costa becomes the first Brazilian to win the PRCA Tie-down Roping World Championship, earning

$195,519 at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo to finish with $317,421.

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Bob A. Robinson , a ProRodeo Hall of Fame steer

wrestler, passes away at the age of 84. In 1960, Robinson competed in saddle bronc riding and steer wrestling, winning the steer wrestling world title and finishing runner-

up in the all-around category. He became the PRCA’s director of rodeo administration. He was instrumental in moving the NFR from Oklahoma City, Okla., to Las Vegas.

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Steer wrestler Cade Staton wins his first career average title at the RAM Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo

Tuf Cooper holds off brother-in-law and 23-time world champion Trevor Brazile to claim his first All-Around title after finishing with $341,560. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Dan Hubbell

with a 13.2-second time on three head.

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