ProRodeo Sports News - Dec. 21, 2018

YEAR IN REVIEW MARCH 2018

PRCA WORLD STANDINGS LEADERS AS OF MARCH 19, 2018 Bareback riding Caleb Bennett $41,487 Steer wrestling Dakota Eldridge $34,307 Team roping (header) Clay Smith $40,437 Team roping (heeler) Paul Eaves $40,437 Saddle bronc riding Jacobs Crawley $63,794 Tie-down roping Blane Cox $43,735 Steer roping Scott Snedecor $35,642 Bull riding Sage Kimzey $78,999

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As the Arcadia All-Fla Champ- ionship Rodeo ends, Kaycee Feild wins the bareback rodeo- record, 90-point ride on Frontier Rodeo’s Gun Fire. James Phifer photo riding with a

Four-time world champion bull rider Sage Kimzey , less than two months removed from suffering a fractured pelvis, wins the Fort Mohave (Ariz.) PRCA Xtreme Bulls event. The PRCA announces the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour , which consists of 22 rodeos plus the Justin Finale in Puyallup, Wash., which pays out more than $500,000. The top 24 9 3 race to Puyallup and a chance to win big money in hopes of qualifying for the Wrangler NFR. Brody Cress wins the Southeastern Livestock Exposition in Montgomery, Ala., with a rodeo-record, 90.5-point ride on Frontier Rodeo’s Maple Leaf. One year after teaming up, team roping header Marcus Theriot and team roping heeler Cody Doescher win Rodeo Austin, posting a 4.8-second run in the final round. 17 24 cowboys in each event qualify for the Finale, making for an exciting

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Tyson Durfey , the 2016 tie-down roping world champ- ion, hauls in more than $19,000 as he wins Rodeo Austin (Texas). Durfey also wins the rodeo buckle and the trophy branding iron. Kirt Steinke photo

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