IN THIS RELEASE YOU’LL FIND:
1. Whitney breaks out of slump at Okeechobee Xtreme Bulls

2. Smith overcomes top field to secure Dixie title

3. Harris to undergo knee surgery, out at least 18 weeks

4. Wrangler Million Dollar Tour adds three rodeos

5. ProRodeoLive.com to air San Antonio’s final rounds

6. Reality ProRodeo to shed light on lives of contestants

7. Next Up

8. News and notes from the rodeo trail

9. 2012 PRCA World Standings leaders
10. 2012 PRCA World Standings

11. 2012 Wrangler Million Dollar Tour Standings

12. 2012 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour Standings

 

1. Whitney breaks out of slump at Okeechobee Xtreme Bulls 

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. – It figured it would be a PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour event that would get Cody Whitney back on track.

Struggling with his confidence and “with just staying on” after injuring his left (riding) hand at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Whitney broke through Feb. 19 with a win at the Seminole Classic Xtreme Bulls Tour event.

Whitney, of Sayre, Okla., had an 83-point ride in the long round and won the short go by scoring 89.5 points on Robinson Pro Rodeo’s Thomas the Train – the second highest score ever achieved on that bull.

Whitney’s two-head total of 172.5 points gave him a victory margin of 14.5 points over Tony Mendes – the only other contestant to ride both bulls – and gave him total earnings of $12,549. He is now fourth in the X Bulls standings and ninth in the world.

“I really needed this,” Whitney said. “I’ve had such a rough start to the year. I didn’t do anything in Fort Worth or in San Antonio (he had just $540 in season earnings entering the weekend). I needed to stay on one and get a check.

“Now that I know that I’m healthy and I can win, it gives me something to build on.”

How much he might be able to do and whether he could qualify for a third consecutive Wrangler NFR this year was very much an open question when he left Las Vegas in December.

X-rays and an MRI showed no fracture in his left hand. The doctors didn’t know what was causing him so much pain, but they had a couple of theories including that it was some sort of nerve damage.

“That’s what makes the most sense to me,” Whitney said. “It was right in the middle of my hand and based on how it felt and what the docs told me, I think it was related to that.

“I took off for about six weeks after the NFR, trying to regroup and trying to convince myself that the hand was going to be OK.”

That his first big jolt of confidence of the new season should come in an Xtreme Bulls Tour event seemed only fitting. It felt a lot like last year when he won the San Antonio Xtreme Bulls Tour event, on the exact same date.

Whitney went on to win another Xtreme Bulls event in Bremerton, Wash., and finished third in the Tour standings, with nearly half of the $76,089 he earned during the regular season coming at X Bulls stops.

He has had three wins in the last eight X Bulls events over two seasons.

“The Xtreme Bulls Tour has been great to me,” Whitney said.

 

2. Smith overcomes top field to secure Dixie title

        JACKSON, Miss. – Dustin Smith’s original plan to stay close to home in Rome, Ga., this year and work in construction for his dad’s Garner Brothers Company may have to be revised now that he’s building a bigger career in rodeo.

        Smith, 23, rode 2011 PRCA Bareback Riding Horse of the Year Full Baggage for 87 points to win the Feb. 9-15 Dixie National Rodeo over a field that included 11 qualifiers from last year’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

        It is the biggest win of his four-year ProRodeo career, surpassing his second-place tie in this same rodeo a year ago, and gave him a huge jolt of confidence entering his first appearance in the $1.2 million San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo on Feb. 19 (where he qualified for the semifinals by earning checks in two rounds).

        “I don’t know what it is about Jackson that I have done so well there,” Smith said. “I’ve gone there every year since I bought my permit in 2008 and I always try to get on the Saturday night schedule. The last couple of years I’ve drawn well and I’ve had good results.”

Smith had mixed feelings when he learned he’d drawn Full Baggage of the Frontier Rodeo string. They were matched two years ago at Arcadia, Fla., and while Smith completed the ride, it wasn’t smooth and he only scored 74 points.

He remembered Full Baggage as “a kinda big, scary looking horse,” and he certainly knew how much the horse had improved since their last encounter.

“My approach was the same as last time,” Smith said. “I was still nervous. When the announcer’s talking about this being the Horse of the Year, you know you’re in for a tough time, but you also know you’ve got a real shot at putting up a big score.

“I’m glad the buzzer went off when it did because I wasn’t on him for a whole lot after that before I hit the dirt in a face plant.”

Smith, who was third in the PRCA bareback riding rookie standings in 2009, had his best season a year ago when he finished 42^nd in the world with earnings of $18,265. The problem was that most of that earning came during the winter months.

He hit the road hard for two months in the summer without much of a return. That got him thinking that he might limit his competition mostly to rodeos in the Southeastern Circuit and see if he could repeat the circuit year-end title he won in 2009.

“But if I can follow Jackson with some checks in San Antonio, that could change things pretty fast,” Smith said. “We’ll just have to see what happens.”

Other champions at the Mississippi Coliseum were steer wrestlers Matthew Mousseau and Bray Armes (8.9 seconds on two head), team ropers Derrick Miller and Mark Luttrell (11.2 seconds on two head), saddle bronc rider Tyrel Larsen (87 points) and tie-down roper Fred Whitfield (17.0 seconds on two head), bull riders Cody Samora and Cody Rostockyj (86 points each) and barrel racer Robyn Herring (14.99 seconds).

• Reigning World Champion Bull Rider Shane Proctor, out for two months after breaking his left (free) arm in the 10^th round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, returned to competition over the Feb. 16-19 weekend, “knocking off some of the rust” with three appearances in PRCA events in Florida. He debuted with a 74-point ride on Feb. 17 at the Brighton Field Days Festival & Rodeo in Okeechobee that brought him an eighth-place check, was bucked off at the Silver Spurs Rodeo in Kissimmee on Feb. 18, and then earned $2,679 for a fourth-place tie in the long round and a fifth-place tie in the average (82 on one head) at the Seminole Classic Xtreme Bulls event in Okeechobee.

• Team roping heeler Kinney Harrell and partner Garrett Tonozzi finished in a tie for second place in Okeechobee, Fla., and a tie for third in Kissimmee, Fla., to move Harrell to the top of the PRCA World Standings – the only lead change to come out of this weekend’s four PRCA rodeos. Tonozzi moved from 13^th place to fourth among headers. They each earned $3,975, bringing Harrell’s season earnings to $16,600 and Tonozzi’s to $11,312.

• Mike Johnson, who holds the tie-down roping record with 23 qualifications into the Wrangler NFR, is fully recovered from twin knee surgeries and is looking revitalized. Johnson, who turns 48 on March 4, won the Feb. 17-18 Southern Miss Coca-Cola Classic Rodeo in Hattiesburg, Miss., with a time of 9.1 seconds and then earned a sixth-place check at the Feb. 16-18 Brighton Field Days Festival & Rodeo in Okeechobee, Fla.

• With the win at Jackson, Miss., two checks already banked at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo and a second-place finish at the Silver Spurs Rodeo in Kissimmee, Fla., tie-down roper Fred Whitfield is closing in on another milestone. Already one of only three PRCA cowboys – with Trevor Brazile and Billy Etbauer – to surpass $3 million in career earnings, Whitfield needs just $27,162 to join Etbauer as the only contestants to earn $3 million in a single event.

• After Chandler Bownds rode Beutler & Son Rodeo’s bull No. 781 for 86 points in the first round of La Fiesta de los Vaqueros in Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 18, Bennie Beutler reckoned it was time to give the bull a name. Suggestions were solicited by the ProRodeo Hall of Fame stock contractor online at www.facebook.com/tucsonrodeo and Beutler announced on Feb. 20 that the bull will henceforth be known as … Facebook.

• Visit www.prorodeo.com for complete results of all PRCA-sanctioned rodeos.

 

3. Harris to undergo knee surgery, out at least 18 weeks

        Three-time World Champion Bull Rider J.W. Harris will undergo knee surgery in Dallas on Feb. 29 and will be out of action for at least 18 weeks.

        Dr. Tandy Freeman, director of the Justin Sportsmedicine Team, will perform the operation to repair a torn ACL in Harris’s left knee that has been troubling him since 2009.

        “My wife is glad I’m having the surgery, so I won’t be so grouchy all the time,” Harris said, with a laugh. “It hurts constantly, whether I’m jumping off a fence or just walking.”

He took a month off after the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo last December, hoping it would feel better, and while he wasn’t in any great pain at his first rodeo back, in Odessa, Texas, he got hung up on a ride in Lafayette, La., later that weekend and aggravated the injury.

“I went in to have it checked out then,” Harris said, “and I was told there were calcium deposits that weren’t allowing the ACL to heal correctly. That’s when we scheduled the surgery.”

Actually, Harris scheduled two dates, hedging his bets. If he had not done well at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo last week, he would have gone under the knife on Feb. 15. Once he placed in all three rounds of Bracket II – a first, a second and a third – Harris reverted to his backup date on the 29^th.

That will allow him to compete in the semifinals (and potentially the finals) of the rodeo and also to take part in the $100,000 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour event there on Feb. 25.

“I wanted to try to at least have a crack at San Antone,” Harris said. “I kind of put all my eggs in one basket that way, and hope it works out.”

Harris knows well what he is facing. He had surgery to repair his ACL once before, in 2004, and was sidelined for more than three months.

He will work out at the Brownsville, Texas, rehab facility that he used the first time around, concentrating on a total fitness program.

“If it is 18 weeks, that brings me back around the Fourth of July,” Harris said. “If I’m doing really well with my rehab, it could be earlier. Reno (Nev., at the end of June) isn’t out of the question, but I’m definitely looking to ride bulls again by July 4.

“It’s going to be so good to feel right.”

        Also facing surgery are Australian-born steer wrestler Brad McGilchrist (right shoulder), who may be sidelined for as long as six months and bull rider Casey Bowman of Lamesa, Texas (reconstruction of ACL, left knee), who will be out 18-24 weeks.

        Evan Jayne, the bareback rider from Marseille, France, has a fracture of the trochanter – the part of the femur that connects to the hip bone – and will be unable to compete for about 12 weeks.

 

4. Wrangler Million Dollar Tour adds three Silver rodeos

        The Wrangler Million Dollar Tour has added three Silver Tour events to its calendar for July – at Casper, Wyo.; Sheridan, Wyo., and Spanish Fork, Utah – bringing the total number of Wrangler MDT regular-season rodeos this year to 23 with total prize money exceeding $6 million.

The Central Wyoming Fair & PRCA Rodeo in Casper, Wyo., and the Sheridan WYO Rodeo are on the schedule for July 10-14 with the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs, Colo., making it the busiest weekend of the Wrangler MDT season.

The Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo is July 20-24 at the Lance Money Arena.

Casper is the only first-time addition to the Tour schedule.

“We decided to become a tour rodeo to minimize conflicts with other rodeos and to hopefully eliminate turnouts or at least cut them way down at all three of the rodeos,” said Casper fairgrounds manager Tom Jones. “Sheridan, Colorado Springs and Casper have always tried to help each other any way we can.”

 

Wrangler Million Dollar Tour

Silver Tour Schedule

Pocatello, Idaho                April 12-14

Logandale, Nev.         April 12-15

Red Bluff, Calif.               April 20-22

Clovis, Calif.                  April 27-29

Redding, Calif.         May 17-19

Prescott, Ariz.                 June 28-July 4

Casper, Wyo.                    July 10-14

Colorado Springs, Colo. July 11-14

Sheridan, Wyo.          July 11-14

Spanish Fork, Utah              July 20-24

Dodge City, Kan.                July 31-Aug. 5

Sikeston, Mo.                   Aug. 8-11

Lovington, N.M.         Aug. 8-11

Hermiston, Ore.         TBA

 

5. ProRodeoLive.com to air San Antonio’s final rounds

ProRodeoLive.com, the radio and Internet broadcast home of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, will launch its exclusive 2012 schedule of live rodeo coverage at the award-winning San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.

ProRodeoLive will present the final rounds of the San Antonio Rodeo, including semifinal rounds, the championship round, and the $100,000 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour event Feb. 21-25.

ProRodeoLive.com is owned by veteran PRCA rodeo announcer Steve Kenyon, who will be describing the action from San Antonio. Kenyon received the PRCA’s Media Award for Excellence in Broadcasting in 2009.

ProRodeoLive’s springtime schedule of rodeo coverage will also include live broadcasts from the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo March 29-April 1 in Oklahoma City.

ProRodeoLive’s coverage is live and, in 2012, will include award-winning rodeos like Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo and the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up, plus all of the PRCA’s championship events, climaxing with the 2012 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Dec. 6-15 in Las Vegas.

ProRodeoLive’s coverage from San Antonio will begin 15 minutes before the start of each performance.

BROADCAST SCHEDULE
February 21-23          6:45 p.m. (CT)
February 24                     7:15 p.m. (CT)
February 25 Xtreme Bulls        12:45 p.m.(CT)
February 25 Rodeo Finals         7:15 p.m. (CT)

 

5. Reality ProRodeo to shed light on lives of contestants

Sankey Rodeo Company will launch a seven-week reality television series March 11 on HRTV which will provide an insider’s look at the Cowboy Sport, focusing on the lives of contestants Ryan Jarrett, J.R. Vezain and Sue Smith, along with four Sankey bucking horses.

The 30-minute show, Reality ProRodeo (http://realityprorodeo.com), will air each Sunday night at 10 p.m. (ET) from March 11 through April 22. Will Rasmussen is the show’s host.

Ike Sankey, a veteran PRCA stock contractor, came up with the concept and hired a company from Missouri to handle the photography and editing.

Filming was done at the Sankey ranches in Joliet, Mont., and Cody, Wyo., and at rodeos in Sheridan, Wyo.; Cody, Wyo.; Spanish Fork, Utah, and Castle Dale, Utah.

“Along the way, each of the contestants tells their personal story,” Sankey said. “They talk about their families, how they became involved in the sport and what they hope to achieve, as we follow them through the season.

“But the show is also focused on our livestock. We feature four horses (Domino Theory, Monopoly, Parlor Games and Sodoku), all out of Dominos. Three have been to the (Wrangler) National Finals Rodeo and the fourth will go. It’s a chance to explore breeding programs and genetics.”

        HRTV is a 24-hour, television-based multimedia network dedicated to horseracing which features racing action from the world’s greatest racetracks. HRTV also features other forms of equestrian competition, as well as original programming and award-winning documentaries covering a variety of racing and general equestrian topics. The live stream of HRTV is available on a subscription basis to high-speed Internet users worldwide at www.hrtvlive.com. The HRTV television network is presently available via cable, telco video and satellite in approximately 19 million  homes in the United States.

 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

        “Jade and I talked about it after last night (after breaking the barrier). We decided we needed to go for it and see what happened. I tried to score good and get out. It’s pretty exciting. This rodeo is good to us. I’d love to win it again.”

– Team roping header Kaleb Driggers, after he and Jade Corkill won the third round of Bracket III at the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo with an arena record of 3.8 seconds. Driggers and Brad Culpepper set the previous mark of 4.0 on their way to winning the rodeo in 2009.

 

4. Next Up

Feb. 21      San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo ongoing

Feb. 21      San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo ongoing

Feb. 21      La Fiesta de los Vaqueros, Tucson, Ariz., ongoing

Feb. 23      Georgia National Junior Livestock Show & Rodeo, Perry, Ga., begins

Feb. 24      Pasco County Fair Championship Rodeo, Dade City, Fla., begins

Feb. 25      San Antonio (Texas) Xtreme Bulls     

Feb. 25      San Patricio County Pro Rodeo, Sinton, Texas, begins

Feb. 25      Davie (Fla.) ProRodeo begins

 

5. News and notes from the rodeo trail

Paul Bond, an early member of the Cowboys’ Turtle Association, a trick rider and a master boot maker with a national reputation, died Feb. 9 at his home in Nogales, Ariz. He was 96. Funeral services were held on Feb. 14 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Nogales. Bond grew up in Carlsbad, N.M., where he worked in a saddle and boot shop during his high school years while also competing in local rodeos as a bareback rider. When he joined the Cowboys’ Turtle Association at Tucson, Ariz., in 1937 (card number 395), he brought along his boot-making equipment so he could supplement his income. Bond met Jim Shoulders – later to become a 16-time world champion – when Shoulders was 15 and he sold Bonds’ boots out on the rodeo road for a few years, the beginning of a lifelong friendship. When his days as a contestant were done, Bond worked as a trick rider at many rodeos in the West before settling in to concentrate on his custom, hand-made cowboy boot business. Bond started the Paul Bond Boot Company in 1946 in Carlsbad, N.M., moved to Nogales during the 1950s. Among the many celebrities of his time who wore Bond’s boots were John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Gene Autry, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash and Charlie Daniels. Bond was honored with induction into the Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City in 1992. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, son, George, and daughter, Eleanor, and four grandchildren ... Ballots to determine contested PRCA council positions have been mailed out from the office in Colorado Springs, Colo., and must be returned and sent to the auditing firm by March 25. Those who are running for council seats are Dustin Brewer and Forest (Timber) Tuckness for contract personnel (bullfighters, clowns, barrelmen); Keith Martin and Doug Schwartz for rodeo committee ($50,000 or greater); Cody Taton and Rusty Allen for saddle bronc event representative; and Skip Beeler, Mike Corey, Hank Franzen and Marty Johns for stock contractor (two open positions). There are five council positions that have already been set: Spud Duvall, steer wrestling event representative; J.P.  Wickett, steer roping event representative; Troy Weekley, rodeo committees (less than $10,000); Gary Williams rodeo committees (at-large), and Benje Bendele, contract personnel (announcers) … The Great American Country telecast (DISH Network 167, DirecTV 326) of the Black Hills Xtreme Bulls Tour event in Rapid City, S.D., will be aired tonight at 10 p.m. (ET) and re-aired Feb. 22 at 2 a.m., Feb. 28 at 10 p.m., and Feb. 29 at 2 a.m. (all times ET) … Gregg County Commissioners agreed on Feb. 13 to provide labor, asphalt and equipment to create 850 additional parking spaces at the Longview, Texas, rodeo arena the city is renovating – a contribution worth $84,000. The Longview City Council had earlier committed $892,000 to replace structurally failing bleachers at the arena and replace them with new seating for 5,060 people, plus new lighting and an announcer’s booth. County Commissioner Darryl Primo has even presented a case for covering the arena … The Greeley Tribune has reported that the Greeley Stampede’s profit of about $500,000 last year was the largest reported since 1998 by the Fourth of July rodeo … Registration is now open for Rodeo U, presented by State Farm, a behind-the-chutes course for women 18 and older at Rodeo Austin (Texas) taught by some of ProRodeo’s finest contestants and officials. For further information visit www.RodeoAustin.com … Marv Allerheiligen retired Feb. 6 after 45 years on the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede board of directors. While on the board, he served in every position, and oversaw more than 4,050 rodeos (including Cody Nite Rodeos). Allerheilgen is widely credited with saving the Stampede “during some pretty dark financial days along the way,” according to Paul Fees, the curator at the Buffalo Bill Historical Society in Cody. The board room and hospitality building on the grounds is named the Allerheiligen Building, but the locals call it “The Marv” for short … With Tony Branquinho stepping down at the end of this season, Cal Poly State University-San Luis Obispo has begun the process of searching for a new rodeo coach. For details visit www.prorodeo.com … With the NBA San Antonio Spurs on the home stretch of their annual “rodeo road trip,” the Portland Trail Blazers will give them a glimpse of home tonight. During timeouts of the Feb. 21 Spurs-Blazers game, Oregon cowboys, including bareback rider Brian Bain, team roper Jake Stanley and steer wrestler Trevor Knowles, will be shown in streaming video on the big-screen scoreboard, competing in the semifinals of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.

 

6. 2012 PRCA World Standings leaders
AA: Trevor Brazile..………...$21,202

BB: Wes Stevenson................$27,863

SW: Billy Bugenig..................$14,073
TR-1: Colby Lovell......….......$14,596
TR-2: Kinney Harrell…..........$16,611
SB: Cody Taton………..........$22,526

TD: Riley Pruitt..………........$18,052
BR: Cody Samora...................$32,277
SR: Chet Herren........................$7,913

 

7. 2012 PRCA World Standings
Unofficial as of Feb. 21, 2012.
For the 2012 season (Oct. 1, 2011 to Sept. 30, 2012), official rodeo limits are as follows: all-around, 70; bareback riding, 100; steer wrestling, 70; team roping, 85; saddle bronc riding, 100; tie-down roping, 75; barrel racing, 70; and bull riding, 125. Bull riders can count earnings at PRCA Xtreme Bulls events toward the PRCA World Standings, but not toward the all-around standings.

 

All-around

1.      Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas   21,202

2.      Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas       10,819

3.      Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla.    9,902

4.      Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah       9,099

 

Bareback Riding

1.      Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas    27,863

2.      Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah       14,778

3.      Winn Ratliff, Leesville, La.     12,851

4.      Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb.        12,139

5.      Matt Bright, Azle, Texas         11,034

6.      Caleb Bennett, Morgan, Utah      9,361

7.      Jared Keylon, Uniontown, Kan.    9,164

8.      Casey Colletti, Pueblo, Colo.    8,888

9.      Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas         8,194

10.     Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas      7,763

11.     Richie Champion, The Woodlands, Texas    6,848

12.     Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash.         6,484

13.     Dustin Smith, Rome, Ga.  5,743

14.     Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore.         5,489

15.     Caine Riddle, Vernon, Texas      5,250

16.     Matthew Smith, Clinton, Miss.    4,969

17.     Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas   4,944

18.     Heath Ford, Slocum, Texas        4,827

19.     Seth Hardwick, Laramie, Wyo.     4,807

20.     Cimmaron Gerke, Odessa, Texas    4,648

 

Steer Wrestling

1.      Billy Bugenig, Ferndale, Calif.  14,073

2.      Beau Clark, Belgrade, Mont.      13,698

3.      Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo.         12,223

4.      Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb.       11,223

5.      Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta         9,921

6.      Cody Harmon, Stephenville, Texas         9,609

7.      Justin Blaine Davis, Argyle, Texas       9,240

8.      Termaine Debose, Anderson, Texas         8,959

9.      Les Shepperson, Midwest, Wyo.    8,890

10.     Ben Goodman, Beaumont, Texas     8,693

11.     Jake Shaw, Marshall, Texas       8,419

12.     Jake Rinehart, Highmore, S.D.    7,653

13.     Straws Milan, Cochrane, Alberta  7,537

14.     Kyle Broce, La Junta, Colo.      7,360

15.     Ethen Thouvenell, Napa, Calif.   6,744

16.     Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla.    6,254

17.     Tyler Pearson, Louisville, Miss.         6,219

18.     Ken Lewis, La Junta, Colo.       5,897

19.     Casey McMillen, Redmond, Ore.    5,675

20.     Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore.       5,656

 

Team Roping (header)

1.      Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas        14,596

2.      Shane Philipp, Washington, Texas         12,905

3.      Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont.     12,235

4.      Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo.   11,323

5.      Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas   10,954

6.      Ty St. Goddard, Browning, Mont.  10,793

7.      Spencer Mitchell, Colusa, Calif.         10,182

8.      Dustin Davis, Marshall, Texas    9,770

9.      Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore.        8,962

10.     Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont.    8,948

11.     Kelsey Parchman, Cumberland City, Tenn.  8,925

12.     Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas  8,381

13.     Manny Egusquiza Jr., Madison, Ga.        7,821

14.     Tyler Magnus, Mason, Texas       7,569

15.     Nick Sartain, Dover, Okla.       6,968

16.     Tyler Wade, Terrell, Texas       6,648

17.     Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga.      6,435

18.     Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz.       5,933

19.     Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas       5,590

20.     Blaine Linaweaver, Leavenworth, Kan.     5,479

 

Team Roping (heeler)

1.      Kinney Harrell, Marshall, Texas  16,611

2.      John Philipp, Washington, Texas  12,905

3.      B.J. Campbell, Wickenburg, Ariz.         12,235

4.      Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas    10,954

5.      Ryle Whitford, Browning, Mont.   10,793

6.      Broc Cresta, Santa Rosa, Calif.  10,182

7.      Justin Copp, Justin, Texas       9,968

8.      Joel Bach, Millsap, Texas        9,602

9.      Clay Cooper, Gardnerville, Nev.  8,962

10.     Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas       8,381

11.     Tyler Barton, Buckner, Ark.      8,190

12.     Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas   8,043

13.     Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore.        7,721

14.     Kollin VonAhn, Durant, Okla.     6,968

15.     Brad Culpepper, Poulan, Ga.      6,602

16.     Cole Davison, Madisonville, Texas        6,086

17.     Cory Petska, Marana, Ariz.       5,933

18.     Brandon Bates, Valley Springs, Texas     5,642

19.     Larry Hammons, San Antonio, Texas        5,590

20.     Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas        5,339

 

Saddle Bronc Riding

1.      Cody Taton, Mud Butte, S.D.      22,526

2.      Cody Wright, Milford, Utah       20,679

3.      Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D.        17,003

4.      Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah      14,945

5.      Tyrel Larsen, Inglis, Manitoba   12,166

6.      Jacobs Crawley, College Station, Texas   11,259

7.      Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La.         11,032

8.      Joaquin Real, Woody, Calif.      9,132

9.      Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M.         7,918

10.     Jake Wright, Milford, Utah       7,630

11.     Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D.      6,528

12.     Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas       6,240

13.     Kyle Thomson, Lundbreck, Alberta         5,734

14.     Curtis Garton, Kaitaia, New Zealand      5,213

15.     Josh Reynolds, Ekalaka, Mont.    5,188

16.     Troy Crowser, Whitewood, S.D.    5,045

17.     Jesse James Kirby, Dodge City, Kan.      4,886

18.     Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D.     4,800

19.     Bryan Hammons, Victoria, Texas   4,715

20.     Townsend Prince, Livermore, Colo.        4,412

 

Tie-down Roping

1.      Riley Pruitt, Gering, Neb.       18,052

2.      Justin Maass, Giddings, Texas    16,215

3.      Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas   15,534

4.      Houston Hutto, Tomball, Texas    13,979

5.      Jared Kempker, Eugene, Mo.       13,847

6.      Jake Hannum, Plain City, Utah    13,292

7.      Shank Edwards, Tatum, N.M.       11,891

8.      E.J. Roberts, Stephenville, Texas        10,572

9.      Jake Pratt, Ellensburg, Wash.    10,495

10.     Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla.     10,171

11.     Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas        9,159

12.     Codie Poe, Farmerville, La.      9,127

13.     Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La.      8,860

14.     Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas        8,278

15.     Blake Huckabee, Center, Texas    8,185

16.     Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla.   7,341

17.     Jerrad Hofstetter, Portales, N.M.        6,363

18.     Clint Carpenter, Wewoka, Okla.   6,015

19.     Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah       5,698

20.     Ace Slone, Cuero, Texas  5,629

 

Steer Roping

1.      Chet Herren, Pawhuska, Okla.     7,913

2.      Cecil Wilson, Boise City, Okla.  4,674

3.      Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas   4,671

4.      Jay Peters, San Antonio, Texas   4,651

5.      Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas       4,498

6.      Tony Reina, Wharton, Texas       4,409

7.      Buster Record Jr., Buffalo, Okla.        4,233

8.      Cody Lee, Gatesville, Texas      4,120

9.      Kim Ziegelgruber, Edmond, Okla.  3,666

10.     Dan Fisher, Andrews, Texas       3,451

11.     Guy Allen, Santa Anna, Texas     3,231

12.     J.B. Whatley, Gardendale, Texas  2,447

13.     Marty Jones, Hobbs, N.M.         2,150

14.     J.P. Wickett, Sallisaw, Okla.    2,090

15.     Ralph Williams, Skiatook, Okla.  1,764

        Mike Outhier, Utopia, Texas      1,764

        Vin Fisher Jr., Andrews, Texas   1,764

18.     Mike Chase, McAlester, Okla.     1,499

19.     Coy Thompson, Whitewood, S.D.    1,423

20.     Bryce Davis, Abilene, Texas      1,418

 

Bull Riding

1.      Cody Samora, Cortez, Colo.       32,277

2.      Brett Stall, Detroit Lakes, Minn.        20,809

3.      Seth Glause, Cheyenne, Wyo.      17,257

4.      Nile Lebaron, Hamilton, Texas    15,724

5.      Trevor Kastner, Ardmore, Okla.   14,559

6.      Douglas Duncan, Alvin, Texas     14,467

7.      Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas        13,898

8.      Cody Rostockyj, Hillsboro, Texas         13,436

9.      Cody Whitney, Sayre, Okla.       13,089

10.     Trey Benton III, Rock Island, Texas      12,254

11.     Chandler Bownds, Lubbock, Texas  11,642

12.     Paul Coppini, Kuna, Idaho        10,951

13.     Tyler Willis, Wheatland, Wyo.    10,745

14.     Tate Stratton, Kellyville, Okla.         10,467

15.     Brent Menz, Delta, Mo.   10,227

16.     Jacob O’Mara, Prairieville, La.  10,205

17.     J.W. Harris, Mullin, Texas       10,054

18.     L.J. Jenkins, Porum, Okla.       9,514

19.     Tony Mendes, Fruita, Colo.       9,066

20.     Riggin Phillips, McKinney, Texas         7,773

 

*2012 Barrel Racing (through Feb. 21, 2012)
Barrel racing standings, provided by the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA), are unofficial, subject to audit and may change. Unofficial WPRA Standings are published by the PRCA as a courtesy. The PRCA is not responsible for the verification or updating of WPRA standings.

1. Benette Barrington-Little, Ardmore, Okla.    $33,744

2. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas        31,258

3. Carlee Pierce, Stephenville, Texas     29,804

4. Nikki Steffes, Vale, S.D.      14,428

5. Robyn Herring, Huntington, Texas       14,236

6. Callie Chamberlain, Colorado City, Texas       11,878

7. Paige Conrado, Hudson, Colo.   11,055

8. Shelley Morgan, Eustace, Texas         10,591

9. Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D.          10,426

10. Linda Vick, Hesperia, Calif.            8,824

11. Tana Renick, Kingston, Okla.            8,450

12. Aimee Kay, Bluff Dale, Texas            8,381

13. Trula Churchill, Valentine, Neb.        8,184

14. Brenda Mays,        Terrebonne, Ore.             7,909

15. Morgan Figueroa, Bandera, Texas         7,774

16. Emily Efurd, Pittsburg, Texas           7,697

17. Pamela Capper, Cheney, Wash.            7,632

18. Kendra Dickson, Aubrey, Texas           7,160

19. Kaley Bass, Davenport, Fla.     7,040

20. Karen Little, San Saba, Texas                            6,942

 

8. 2012 Wrangler Million Dollar Tour Standings
Unofficial as of Feb. 21, 2012.

Bareback Riding

1.      Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas   $8,457

2.      Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash.        6,484

3.      Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb.       4,793

4.      Matt Bright, Azle, Texas        2,537

        Brian Bain, Culver, Ore.        2,537

6.      Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas     846

        Chase Erickson, Helena, Mont.   846

        Mac Erickson, Sundance, Wyo.    846

        Casey Colletti, Pueblo, Colo.   846

 

Steer Wrestling

1.      Ken Lewis, La Junta, Colo.      $5,897

2.      Les Shepperson, Midwest, Wyo.   5,534

3.      Straws Milan, Cochrane, Alberta 5,154

4.      Ryan Swayze, Freedom, Okla.     4,047

5.      Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb.      3,519

6.      John Franzen, Riverton, Wyo.    2,874

7.      Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La.        2,280

8.      Aaron Vosler, Cheyenne, Wyo.    2,181

9.      Tyler Harris, Cole Camp, Mo.    2,131

10.     K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas      1,685

        Riley Duvall, Checotah, Okla.   1,685

12.     Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla.   1,536

        Jake Johnson, Fayette, Mo.      1,536

14.     Sean Santucci, Prineville, Ore. 1,239

15.     Tyler Haugen, Sturgis, S.D.     942

16.     Zack Cobb, Pampa, Texas 496

17.     Shane Henderson, Winfield, Kan. 430

        Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo. 430

        Gabe Burrows, Hugoton, Kan.     430

        Beau Clark, Okmulgee, Okla.     430

 

Team Roping-Header

1.      Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas       $6,876

2.      Dustin Davis, Texarkana, Texas  5,289

3.      Nick Sartain, Yukon, Okla.      4,423

4.      Spencer Mitchell, Colusa, Calif.        3,846

5.      Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas  3,558

6.      Tyler Wade, Terrell, Texas      2,548

7.      Shawn Bessette, Vaughn, Mont.   2,212

8.      Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev.      1,923

        Nathan McWhorter, Telephone, Texas      1,923

10.     Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas 1,779

        Jake Day, Glenrock, Wyo.        1,779

12.     David Key, Stephenville, Texas  1,683

13.     Blake Larmon, Jay, Okla.        1,346

        Shane Philipp, Washington, Texas        1,346

15.     Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla.   1,058

        Paul David Tierney, Oral, S.D.  1,058

17.     Brandon Beers, Powell Butte, Ore.       337

18.     Jake Barnes, Scottsdale, Ariz.  288

 

Team Roping-Heeler

1.      Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas  $6,876

2.      Kinney Harrell, Marshall, Texas 5,289

3.      Kollin VonAhn, Durant, Okla.    4,423

4.      Broc Cresta, Santa Rosa, Calif. 3,846

5.      Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas   3,558

6.      Tyler Barton, Buckner, Ark.     2,548

7.      Sid Sporer, Cody, Wyo.  2,212

8.      Twister Cain, Gonzales, Texas   1,923

        Justin Wade Davis, Cottonwood, Calif.   1,923

10.     Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas      1,779

        Lance Allen, Orchard, Colo.     1,779

12.     Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas      1,683

13.     John Philipp, Washington, Texas 1,346

        Nick Simmons, Colcord, Okla.    1,346

15.     Caleb Twisselman, Santa Margarita, Calif.       1,058

        Jared Bilby, Bridgeport, Neb.   1,058

17.     Jim Ross Cooper, Monument, N.M. 337

18.     Walt Woodard, Stephenville, Texas       288

 

Saddle Bronc Riding

1.      Tyrel Larsen, Inglis, Manitoba  $6,168

        Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D.       6,168

3.      Cody Wright, Milford, Utah      3,259

        Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D.     3,259

5.      Jacobs Crawley, College Station, Texas  1,397

        Jake Wright, Milford, Utah      1,397

7.      Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas      815

        Clayton Zibell, Walnut Grove, Mo.       815

 

Tie Down Roping

1.      Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla.  $6,001

2.      Riley Pruitt, Gering, Neb.      4,771

3.      Clif Cooper, Decatur, Texas     4,673

4.      Shank Edwards, Tatum, N.M.      3,492

5.      Jake Hannum, Plain City, Utah   3,443

6.      Trent Creager, Stillwater, Okla.        2,312

7.      Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas       2,263

8.      Ross Beasley, Sulphur, La.      2,115

9.      Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah      2,050

10.     Ace Slone, Cuero, Texas 1,968

11.     Michael Otero, Lowndesboro, Ala.        1,672

12.     Shane Slack, Idabel, Okla.      1,623

13.     Dakota Eldridge, Hermiston, Ore.        1,377

14.     Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Wash.    1,230

15.     Zeb Chapman, Lafayette, Ga.     1,082

16.     Roger Nonella, Klamath Falls, Ore.      1,017

17.     Tim Pharr, Resaca, Ga.  959

        Jerrad Hofstetter, Portales, N.M.       959

19.     Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga. 344

        Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla.    344

        Chris Demases, Boyd, Texas      344

 

Bull Riding

1.      Jacob O’Mara, Prairieville, La. $7,964

2.      J.W. Harris, Mullin, Texas      5,909

3.      Logan Knibbe, Rockdale, Texas   4,585

        Clayton Foltyn, El Campo, Texas 4,585

5.      Chandler Bownds, Lubbock, Texas 1,985

6.      Seth Glause, Cheyenne, Wyo.     1,513

7.      Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas       1,253

8.      Beau Hill, West Glacier, Mont.  603

        Cody Rostockyj, Hillsboro, Texas        603

10.     Buck Moon, Sargent, Neb.        213

        Friday Wright II, Moss Point, Miss.     213

        Sunshine Schwartz, Anoka, Minn. 213

13.     Cody Johansen, Gill, Colo.      166

        Colin McTaggart, Las Vegas, Nev.        166

        Garrett Vig, Newell, S.D.       166

        Josh Daries, Salinas, Calif.    166

       Ryan Shanklin, Rocksprings, Texas                           166

 

9. 2012 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour Standings

Unofficial as of Feb. 21, 2012.

 

1.      Douglas Duncan, Alvin, Texas    $13,351

2.      Brett Stall, Detroit Lakes, Minn.       13,326

3.      Nile Lebaron, Hamilton, Texas   12,586

4.      Cody Whitney, Sayre, Okla.      12,549

5.      Tate Stratton, Kellyville, Okla.        9,644

6.      Tyler Willis, Wheatland, Wyo.   8,495

7.      Tony Mendes, Fruita, Colo.      7,520

8.      Patrick Geipel, Elbert, Colo.   5,923

9.      Chandler Bownds, Lubbock, Texas 5,828

10.     Brent Menz, Delta, Mo.  5,485

11.     L.J. Jenkins, Porum, Okla.      5,444

12.     Kanin Asay, Powell, Wyo.        4,442

13.     Tag Elliott, Thatcher, Utah     4,061

14.     Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah     3,797

15.     Cole Echols, Elm Grove, La.     3,662

16.     Cody Rostockyj, Hillsboro, Texas        3,480

17.     Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash.      2,679

18.     Beau Schroeder, Beaumont, Texas 2,679

19.     Seth Glause, Cheyenne, Wyo.     2,406

20.  Dustin Larsen, Manila, Utah                                   2,369

 

The PRCA, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., is the largest and oldest professional rodeo-sanctioning body in the world. The recognized leader in ProRodeo, the PRCA is committed to maintaining the highest standards. The PRCA, a membership-based organization, sanctions approximately 600 rodeos annually, and there are nearly 30 million fans in the U.S. The PRCA showcases the world’s best cowboys in premier events through the Wrangler Million Dollar Tour presented by Justin Boots, and its subsequent Justin Boots Playoffs, the PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour presented by B&W Trailer Hitches; and the world-renowned Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Action from PRCA-sanctioned rodeos and its premier events appears on Great American Country (DISH Network 167, DirecTV 326) and Pursuit (DISH Network 240, DirecTV 608). Each year, PRCA-sanctioned rodeos raise more than $26 million for local and national charities. www.prorodeo.com

 

 

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