ProRodeo Sports News - Dec. 21, 2018

STEER WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPION

Back on Top Waguespack captures second title in three years

BY TRACY RENCK A fter leaving the crown for a year, Tyler Waguespack is once again the king of PRCA’s steer wrestlers. The Gonzales, La., cowboy won his second world championship in the last three years with a memorable run at the 2018Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at theThomas &Mack Center in Las Vegas. Waguespack won his world championship by earning $260,013, pocketing $180,429 of that at the Wrangler NFR, the most of any steer wrestler.

Waguespack won the average and the world championship, just like he did in 2016. “This feels just like the first one, and this one feels incredible for sure,” Waguespack said. “We worked hard all year long and it all paid off in the end.” Waguespack arrived in Las Vegas No. 10 in the PRCA | RAMWorld Standings with $79,584, but he rocketed to the top by placing in six rounds and winning Rounds 1 and 8. “This takes hours and hours of practice and great horsepower and great traveling partners,” Waguespack said. Heading into Round 10, Waguespack was leading the world standings

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