ProRodeo Sports News - Dec. 21, 2018

YEAR IN REVIEW MAY 2018

PRCA WORLD STANDINGS LEADERS AS OF MAY 29, 2018 Bareback riding Caleb Bennett $70,105 Steer wrestling Cole Edge $49,337 Team roping (header) Clay Smith $53,072 Team roping (heeler) Paul Eaves $53,072 Saddle bronc riding Jacobs Crawley $95,709 Tie-down roping Tyson Durfey $58,861 Steer roping Tuf Cooper $50,913 Bull riding Sage Kimzey $129,304

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Tie-down roper Adam Gray shows his healing process from hip surgery is behind him, as he wins the Redding

(Calif.) Rodeo and takes home $4,737.

Bob Click photo

Bull Rider Cole Melancon rides Pete Carr’s Classic Pro Rodeo’s Chigger for 89 points and the win at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo. 6

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Pulitzer Prize- winning

journalist John Branch releases a book on the Wright family, a result of more than three years’ worth of reporting.

The ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo., welcomes three horses from the Harry Vold Rodeo Company for the Rodeo Livestock Exhibit. Among the three is an 8-day-old colt. 23

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The city of Claremore, Okla., and the Will Rogers Stampede PRCA

The PRCA announces it will be sanctioning RFD-TV’s The American . The prize money will be increased to a payout of $2.355 million. The 2019 American will take place March 2-3 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Photo courtesy Kelly Alexander

Rodeo dedicate Stampede Park to ProRodeo Hall of Famer Clem McSpadden .

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