32nd ANNUAL GEORGE STRAIT TEAM ROPING CLASSIC GIVES AWAY OVER $1 MILLION IN CASH AND PRIZES & SETS EVENT RECORDS

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Saturday, March 15, 2013) – The 32nd Annual George Strait Team Roping Classic (GSTRC) continues to grow leaps and bounds each year, and this year was no different. The 2014 event saw a record-breaking 697 teams compete for over $1 million in cash and prizes across the two-day event. This year’s competition was held at The Rose Palace Arena in San Antonio, Texas on March 14-15, 2014, and continued in its tradition as the largest open roping event in America.

L to R: 32nd Annual George Strait Team Roping Classic (GSTRC) Champions Clint Summers, George Strait, and Matt Sherwood at 2014 event on Saturday, March 15. Photo is courtesy: Terry Calonge

The 2014 competition surpassed the past 31 years’ records in attendance, participation, and earnings with top placing competitors, Matt Sherwood (header) and Clint Summers (heeler), were awarded a total of $265,800 in cash and both received their own 2015 Cavender Chevrolet (Boerne, Texas) Duallies, a Strait Xtreme horse trailer from Bruton Trailers, a Twister saddle, a Resistol Rope bag, Classic Ropes, golf clubs and bag from The Resort at Tapatio Springs and buckles from Montana Silversmith. Sherwood and Summers won with a time of 16.75 seconds.

In all, $723,500 in cash prizes was awarded including $50,000 that went to rotation winners; Classic champions also clocked the fastest time on Friday night for a time of 4.54 (from the fifth rotation) each winning an additional $1,500 in cash. Arky Rogers and Chase Tryan received the Fast Time on 2 with 9.96 on Friday. All fifty finalists were awarded Justin and Wrangler jackets.

The George Strait Team Roping Classic, which originated as a small family roping gathering with George and his brother Buddy in 1982 is now one of the most prestigious roping competitions in the country and consistently attracts the biggest names in the sport each year.

Additional sponsors of are Wright Lawyers, Coyote Tractors, Frost Bank, Bar-G Feedyard, Cactus Ropes, Priefert Chutes and Classic Ropes. For more information on the 2014 event, stay tuned to www.gstrc.com.

Results

• GSTRC 2014 Results


• GSTRC Saturday Qualifiers


• GSTRC Fast Time Winners

32nd ANNUAL GEORGE STRAIT TEAM ROPING CLASSIC GIVES AWAY OVER $1 MILLION IN CASH AND PRIZES & SETS EVENT RECORDS

PRCA Weekly Press Release – Feb. 10, 2014

IN THIS RELEASE YOU’LL FIND:    1.  Peebles stays red hot in Fort Worth 2.  Healthy again, Stall makes Rapid progress 3.  Beaver fifth man to pass $3 million mark 4.  News & Notes from the rodeo trail 5.  Next Up 6.  2014 World Standings Leaders 7.  2014 Windham Weaponry High Performance PRCA World Standings 8.  2014 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Standings

1. Peebles stays red hot in Fort Worth FORT WORTH, Texas – Bareback riders of the PRCA be warned – Steven Peebles is officially on fire. The 24-year-old is in the best stretch of his six-year PRCA career, and he continued to roll with a big win at the Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo on Feb. 8. Peebles started 2014 the same way he ended the 2013 season – riding extremely well and brimming with confidence. After winning his first Wrangler Champions Challenge, presented by Justin Boots, event in Rapid City, S.D., on Feb. 4, Peebles used his performance in Fort Worth as an encore. His 328 points on four head was enough to edge three-time and defending World Champion Kaycee Feild by four points. “This is the highest my confidence has ever been,” said Peebles, who also won Fort Worth in 2011. “It’s hard to explain in words what winning here again means. I didn’t know any of my horses when I got here, and it was a crapshoot. I got on the horses blind and didn’t worry about what they did, and rode the best I could.” Peebles won the first round, took third in the third round and split the win with Feild and Bill Tutor in the finals. In all, the Redmond, Ore., cowboy earned $10,879, and moved into first place in the Feb. 10 Windham Weaponry High Performance PRCA World Standings. After suffering several major injuries the past three seasons – including a hip problem he’s still battling – Peebles is feeling close to fully healthy for the first time in a long time, and it shows. “It’s been a few years since I’ve had a full season, and it feels awesome,” he said. “I’m excited to have a full winter and spring run. I’ve been craving a gold buckle bad, and finishing second last year gives me that extra fight for this year.” Peebles finished second in the 2013 world standings, and second in the 2013 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo average race. He made $116,386 in the 10 nights in Las Vegas, and now has his sights set on overtaking Feild – the current king of bareback riding. “Kaycee has turned bareback riding into a new sport, and he’s like a machine,” said Peebles, who has made the WNFR all five years he’s been in ProRodeo. “I know that if I want to win a gold buckle, I need to perfect my craft like he has. I feed off Kaycee and I love how he rides, and I do watch him. We’re great friends, but we’re also competitors. Everybody wants a gold buckle, and it pushes us to all be better.” With the momentum of his finish last season, and winning two big rodeos in five days’ time, Peebles is ready for an encore to his breakout 2013 campaign. He’s keeping his thinking simple. “You can really get to overthinking things, and you get too much involved in the standings,” he said. “It all comes down to riding your horses the best you can. I try not to think and just have fun and ride as best I can.” Other winners at the $597,986 rodeo were steer wrestler Seth Brockman (12.6 seconds on three head), team ropers Drew Horner and Buddy Hawkins II (15.9 seconds on three head), saddle bronc rider Cody Wright (243 points on three head), tie-down roper Chant DeForest (26.6 seconds on three head), bull rider Joe Frost (234 points on three head) and barrel racer Shelly Anzick (49.87 seconds on three runs). Wright was the only repeat champion, and he barely held off his 18-year-old son, Rusty, to manage it.

2. Healthy again, Stall makes Rapid progress RAPID CITY, S.D. – Bull rider Brett Stall knows what it takes to make it to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.             The Detroit Lakes, Minn., cowboy finished 12th in the world standings in 2012.Last year, however, Stall could not repeat history as he placed 25th in the world. Stall’s journey back to Las Vegas was derailed when he missed four months after having hip surgery in February. “I came back in late June and I made a run for it (the WNFR), but I didn’t make it where I wanted to be,” Stall said. Now, a healthy Stall is aiming to get back to the WNFR, and he took a small step toward reaching that goal at the Feb. 1, 6-8 Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo. Stall had a winning ride of 86 points on New Frontier Rodeo’s Big E. “It was righteous,” said Stall of his victorious ride at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. “I can’t even put this in words. I would like to take the Rapid City arena around and pack it around with me after the ride I had (on the rodeo’s opening night).” Stall came to Rapid City 38th in the world standings, but he rocketed up the standings to 13th after pocketing $4,597. Although Stall had an outstanding ride, he didn’t think his score on Big E would hold up through another four performances. “I had never been on him before, and I honestly didn’t think I would win with that score,” said Stall, 24. “It’s awesome and unreal to come back healthy and get a paycheck like this. I’m getting to ride bulls. I’m healthy, craving it and having fun.” Stall has a simple game plan to get back to the Wrangler NFR. “I’m just going to keep nodding my head and chasing my dream, doing what I love,” said Stall, who joined the PRCA in 2010 and made his lone appearance in Las Vegas in 2012. The other champions at this $194,668 rodeo were bareback rider Caleb Bennett (83 points on Sutton Rodeos’ American Graffiti), steer wrestler Dean Gorsuch (4.6 seconds), co-champion team ropers Riley Minor and Brady Minor, and Garrett Tonozzi and Dugan Kelly (4.2 seconds each), saddle bronc rider Taos Muncy (83 points on Sutton Rodeos’ Campfire), tie-down roper Trevor Brazile (7.7 seconds) and barrel racer Jessica Miller (12.65 seconds). Rapid City wasn’t the only place in the region to host rodeo action over the weekend, as 324 miles to the northeast, Bismarck, N.D., hosted the PRCA Championship Rodeo. North Dakota native Casey Breuer broke the bareback riding arena record at the Bismarck Civic Center on Feb. 7 with an 89-point ride on Mosbrucker Rodeos’ Moon Glory. Breuer, the younger brother of Wrangler NFR bareback rider Ty Breuer, earned $1,929, and only had to travel six miles from his home in Mandan, N.D. “It was a good horse, and you have to have a dancing partner,” Breuer told the Bismarck Tribune. “He had a lot of kick off the back end, which the power comes from, and the judges are looking for that.” A night before Breuer set the bareback riding arena record, Rorey Maier won the Bismarck Xtreme Bulls Division 2 event at the Bismarck Civic Center. Maier, a native of Timber Lake, S.D., rode Silver Creek Pro Rodeo’s Guns and Donuts for 90 points, earning $4,343. Maier outdid the 49 other men in the field with relative ease, as his 90 points were five more than any other competitor. “It’s an hour-and-a-half from the house, and it’s pretty much my hometown rodeo,” Maier told the Tri-State Neighbor. “All the family gets to come and watch. That makes it good.”

3.  Beaver fifth man to pass $3 million mark             COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -With his fifth-place finish in the average at the Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo Feb. 9, Joe Beaver became just the fifth man in rodeo history to surpass $3 million in career earnings.Paired with team roping heeler – and godson – Reno Gonzales, Beaver tied for sixth in the finals and each man earned $3,175 for placing fifth in the average, with a time of 18.4 seconds on three head. “I had no idea I was close to $3 million, and then my good friend Chuck Doebbler called me after the rodeo and told me,” Beaver said. “I quit really competing (full time) so long ago that it was something that hadn’t crossed my mind anymore. This shouldn’t have taken so long; I was at $2.8 million about six years ago.” Beaver – who was only $1,514 short of the mark entering Fort Worth – joins the exclusive club of Trevor Brazile, Cody Ohl, Fred Whitfield and Billy Etbauer as the only men to make $3 million in PRCA history. Brazile is the only man in history to earn more than $5 million. “That’s a pretty elite group right there,” Beaver said. “That is what makes this so cool, that I join those guys. I’m pretty much done rodeoing, but I still go with Reno, and if it wasn’t for him, I don’t think I would’ve reached this mark.” Beaver – an eight-time world champion – made $2,191,749, and won five world titles, in tie-down roping. The 48-year-old has made $338,898 in team roping and $34,247 in steer roping. He says not to look for him to make a run at $4 million. “Oh man, no way,” Beaver said with a laugh. “I’m good where I’m at, and I still run rodeo clinics. The TV (commentary) is more my deal nowadays.” Rich Skelton – an eight-time team roping world champion, and 20-time Wrangler NFR qualifier – is the man who is the closest to making the group a half-dozen. Skelton currently has $2,654,843 in career earnings.

4. News & Notes from the Rodeo Trail            Riding to the front: A group of PRCA saddle bronc riders, including five-time Reserve World Champion Cody DeMoss and two-time Linderman Award winnerJesse Bail, volunteered their time during last week’s Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo in Rapid City, S.D., to hang out with Children’s Western Wish Foundation visitor Tucker Varns of nearby Spearfish. Varns, 15, was born without a left ventricle and has thus far undergone four open-heart surgeries and four pacemaker surgeries. Being around rodeos and horses has always been the one thing that could be counted on to calm and sustain him through all of his health issues; getting to spend time with some of his rodeo heroes made for a special day. “It just warms my heart,” his mother, Dixie Varns, told the Rapid City Journal.  ”Just to know that they (the cowboys) have a lot going on, but they take the time to answer his questions. It’s just overwhelming.” … Joe Baumgartner, a four-time PRCA Bullfighter of the Year and 2013 ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductee, will serve as Grand Marshal of the 59th annual Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up parade on April 19. A long-time resident of Red Bluff, Baumgartner was a fixture at the Round-Up until his retirement in 2011; his nomination for the ProRodeo Hall of Fame was submitted by Red Bluff committeeman Harvey Camacho … Jack Daines, founder of the Alberta Rodeo Circuit and the Daines Ranch Rodeo in Innisfail, is on the mend from surgery for bladder cancer and is hard at work on promoting his 54th annual event this June … Connie Weishaar, the mother of Badlands Circuit team roper Seth Weishaar, suffered two broken heels and another broken bone in her leg on Feb. 4 when her Ram truck was involved in a head-on collision on an icy South Dakota road. “Her seatbelt and the airbag saved her life,” Seth Weishaar said. “I’ve seen a picture of the truck and it’s hard to believe anybody survived the crash.” Connie Weishaar was trapped behind the wheel for two hours and had to be rescued by an emergency response team with the Jaws of Life before being sent on to a Rapid City hospital for treatment. The accident occurred when the westbound truck containing seven-time World Champion Jake Barnes and fellow team roper Junior Nogueiraapparently lost adhesion on an icy bridge and collided with Connie Weishaar’s truck. Barnes, Nogueira and the horses they were hauling escaped without injury … Nominations for the fifth annual California Rodeo Salinas Hall of Fame induction class will close on Feb. 28. The forms can be found at www.carodeo.com by clicking on ‘Get Involved’ and then ‘Entry Forms & Applications.’ Categories for induction include: Committee Members, Livestock, Contestants, Contract Personnel/Performers, Notables, Supporters/Contributors and Staff. Each year the inductees are honored at the Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon during Big Week. The luncheon will take place on Thursday, July 17 at 11:30 a.m. on the Director’s Patio at the Salinas Sports Complex at 1034 N. Main St. For further information, call 831.775.3100 … About 5,500 elementary students from the Belton, Texas, area were treated to a sneak peek of the 27th annual Bell County PRCA Rodeo on Feb. 5 with a mini-rodeo that included barrel racing, team roping, clown acts, bull riding, and freestyle motocross … The Lynden (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo is shifting from its traditional weekend schedule to a Tuesday-Wednesday format (Aug. 12-13) this year, according to a Feb. 5 statement issued by the Northwest Washington Fair and Event Center … The Dixie National Rodeo in Jackson, Miss., had attendance of more than 48,000 people in 2013, and brought in an estimated $20 million to the Mississippi economy. The 2014 edition of the rodeo is ongoing, ending Feb. 12 … The annual Simon Bucking Stock Sale in Guthrie, Okla., again surpassed the high-selling bucking stock record Jan. 14-15 at the Lazy E Arena. Bucking horses ruled the sale with the highest-priced animal award going to a bareback horse owned by Joe Simon selling for $45,000. The same horse also won the Bareback Futurity. The second-highest seller was also a horse owned by Simon, which was second in the sale’s three-year-old Futurity, and sold for $34,000.  QUOTE OF THE WEEK “I won a rodeo in Pampa (Texas) and didn’t go back to the screw gun.” -Three-time World Champion Bull Rider Tuff Hedeman, telling the Rio Rancho (N.M.) Observer about the turning point moment when he went from being a $40-a-day screw gun operator to a full-time rodeo cowboy.

5. Next Up Feb. 10  San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo ongoing Feb. 10  Dixie National Rodeo, Jackson, Miss, ongoing Feb. 14  Coors ProRodeo, Gillette, Wyo., begins Feb. 14  Southern Miss Coca-Cola Classic Rodeo, Hattiesburg, Miss., begins Feb. 14  Brighton Field Day Festival & Rodeo, Okeechobee, Fla., begins Feb. 14  San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo begins Feb. 15  La Fiesta de los Vaqueros, Tucson, Ariz., begins Feb. 16  Seminole Classic Xtreme Bulls, Okeechobee, Fla.

6. 2014 World Standings Leaders   AA: Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $24,907 BB: Steven Peebles, Redmond, Ore. $19,529 SW: Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb. $16,639 TR-1: Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas $19,596 TR-2: Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas $17,796 SB: Cody Wright, Milford, Utah $19,890 TD: Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas $15,076 BR: J.W. Harris, Mullin, Texas $31,939 SR: Bryce Davis, Ovalo, Texas $5,559

7. 2014 WINDHAM WEAPONRY HIGH PERFORMANCE PRCA WORLD STANDINGS Unofficial through Feb. 10, 2014   All-around 1 Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $24,907 Bareback Riding 1 Steven Peebles, Redmond, Ore. $19,529 2 Austin Foss, Terrebonne, Ore. 17,932 3 Richie Champion, The Woodlands, Texas 13,940 4 Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah 12,592 5 Caleb Bennett, Morgan, Utah 11,991 6 Winn Ratliff, Leesville, La. 10,944 7 Bill Tutor, Huntsville, Texas 7,904 8 Seth Hardwick, Laramie, Wyo. 7,872 9 Justin Miller, Billings, Mont. 7,861 10 Casey Colletti, Pueblo, Colo. 7,396 11 Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore. 6,901 12 Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas 6,085 13 Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas 6,048 14 Orin Larsen, Goodwell, Okla. 5,685 15 Luke Creasy, Levelland, Texas 5,437 16 Kyle Bowers, Calgary, Alberta 4,850 17 Cody Joe Ziober, Huntsville, Texas 4,686 18 Jessy Davis, Power, Mont. 4,535 19 Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb. 4,524 20 Mac Erickson, Sundance, Wyo. 4,465 Steer Wrestling 1 Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb. $16,639 2 Seth Brockman, Wheatland, Wyo. 12,943 3 Bray Armes, Ponder, Texas 11,177 4 J.B. Lord, Sturgis, S.D. 10,679 5 Tom Lewis, Lehi, Utah 10,313 6 Casey Martin, Sulphur, La. 9,553 7 Billy Bugenig, Ferndale, Calif. 9,517 8 Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas 9,155 9 Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore. 8,234 10 Jule Hazen, Ashland, Kan. 7,657 11 Blake Knowles, Heppner, Ore. 7,209 12 Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev. 7,136 13 Austin Courmier, Oakwood, Texas 6,804 14 Christian Radabaugh, Prineville, Ore. 6,385 15 Tanner Brunner, Ramona, Kan. 5,772 16 Olin Hannum, Ogden, Utah 5,771 17 Ryan Bothum, Caddo, Okla. 5,754 18 Clayton Hass, Terrell, Texas 5,542 19 Riley Duvall, Checotah, Okla. 5,272 20 Kamry Dymmek, Kissimmee, Fla. 4,871 Team Roping (header) 1 Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas $19,596 2 Jake Barnes, Scottsdale, Ariz. 14,491 3 Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. 14,474 4 Drew Horner, Plano, Texas 12,783 5 Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas 12,358 6 Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont. 10,153 7 Spencer Mitchell, Colusa, Calif. 9,801 8 Tyler Wade, Terrell, Texas 8,791 9 Cale Markham, Vinita, Okla. 7,380 10 Brock Hanson, Casa Grande, Ariz. 7,098 11 Turtle Powell, Stephenville, Texas 6,918 12 Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo. 6,392 Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. 6,392 14 Ty Blasingame, Ramah, Colo. 6,304 15 Jesse Harville, Bivins, Texas 6,293 16 Cory Kidd V, Statesville, N.C. 6,026 17 Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga. 5,697 18 Nick Sartain, Dover, Okla. 5,681 19 Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla. 5,461 20 Andrew Ward, Edmond, Okla. 5,318 Team Roping (heeler) 1 Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas $17,796 2 Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. 14,474 3 Buddy Hawkins II, Columbus, Kan. 12,783 4 Travis Graves, Jay, Okla. 12,358 5 Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas 10,199 6 Paul Eaves, Lonedell, Mo. 10,153 7 Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore. 9,801 8 Tyler Barton, Buckner, Ark. 9,639 9 Cody Doescher, Oklahoma City, Okla. 8,795 10 Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz. 7,098 11 Dakota Kirchenschlager, Morgan Mill,Texas 6,918 12 Joe Mattern, Plantersville, Texas 6,635 13 Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan. 6,461 14 Dugan Kelly, Paso Robles, Calif. 6,392 Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. 6,392 16 Cole Davison, Madisonville, Texas 6,304 17 Dustin Davis, Marshall, Texas 6,293 18 Brad Culpepper, Sylvester, Ga. 6,026 19 Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas 5,697 20 Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas 5,681 Saddle Bronc Riding 1 Cody Wright, Milford, Utah $19,890 2 Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D. 15,195 3 Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb. 14,673 4 Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M. 10,989 5 Sam Spreadborough, Snyder, Texas 10,045 6 Chet Johnson, Sheridan, Wyo. 9,193 7 Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. 8,749 8 Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas 8,662 9 Ryan MacKenzie, Jordan Valley, Ore. 7,760 10 Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La. 7,430 11 Jacobs Crawley, Stephenville, Texas 6,652 12 Tyrel Larsen, Inglis, Manitoba 6,591 13 Jake Wright, Milford, Utah 6,114 14 Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D. 5,860 15 Tyler Corrington, Hastings, Minn. 5,687 16 Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah 5,494 17 Jesse Kruse, Great Falls, Mont. 5,245 18 Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La. 4,143 19 Jeremy Melancon, Huntsville, Texas 4,134 20 Dean Wadsworth, Ozona, Texas 3,446 Tie-down Roping 1 Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas $15,076 2 Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas 14,984 3 Chant DeForest, Wheatland, Calif. 14,772 4 Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah 13,348 5 Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas 11,668 6 Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla. 10,870 7 Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla. 10,003 8 Clint Cooper, Decatur, Texas 9,448 9 Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas 9,401 10 Ryan Watkins, Alliance, Neb. 9,166 11 Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas 8,912 12 Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas 8,505 13 Randall Carlisle, Baton Rouge, La. 8,414 14 Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas 7,842 15 Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas 7,244 16 Reese Riemer, Stinnett, Texas 7,096 17 Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Wash. 7,070 18 Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La. 6,638 19 Riley Pruitt, Gering, Neb. 6,369 20 Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho 6,028 Steer Roping 1 Bryce Davis, Ovalo, Texas $5,559 2 Scott Snedecor, Fredericksburg, Texas 5,339 3 Chance Kelton, Mayer, Ariz. 5,169 4 Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan. 4,970 5 Ralph Williams, Skiatook, Okla. 4,310 6 Shane Suggs, Granbury, Texas 3,989 7 Neal Wood, Needville, Texas 3,683 8 Brady Garten, Claremore, Okla. 3,679 9 Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas 3,637 10 Chris Glover, Keenesburg, Colo. 3,333 11 Jess Tierney, Hermosa, S.D. 3,043 12 Vin Fisher Jr., Andrews, Texas 2,999 13 Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas 2,945 14 J.P. Wickett, Sallisaw, Okla. 2,890 15 Lawson Plemons, Axtell, Texas 2,804 16 Ty Herd, Irene, Texas 2,729 17 Walter Priestly, Robstown, Texas 2,383 18 Cody Lee, Gatesville, Texas 2,324 19 Chet Herren, Pawhuska, Okla. 2,318 20 Joe Wells, Cisco, Texas 2,203 Bull Riding 1 J.W. Harris, Mullin, Texas $31,939 2 Sage Kimzey, Strong City, Okla. 22,962 3 Ty Wallace, Collbran, Colo. 17,098 4 Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas 16,429 5 Tanner Bothwell, Rapid City, S.D. 12,799 6 Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo. 11,891 7 Rorey Maier, Timber Lake, S.D. 11,459 8 Paul Coppini, Kuna, Idaho 10,534 9 Dylan Vick, Escalon, Calif. 10,490 10 Corey Maier, Timber Lake, S.D. 10,417 11 Joe Frost, Randlett, Utah 10,256 12 Trevor Kastner, Ardmore, Okla. 9,952 13 Brett Stall, Detroit Lakes, Minn. 9,584 14 Beau Hill, West Glacier, Mont. 9,502 15 John Young, Orient, Iowa 8,809 16 Elliot Jacoby, Fredricksburg, Texas 8,248 17 Aaron Pass, Dallas, Texas 7,909 18 Casey Huckabee, Grand Saline, Texas 7,631 19 Reid Barker, Comfort, Texas 7,498 20 Garrett Vig, Newell, S.D. 6,743 *2014 Barrel Racing (through Feb. 10, 2014)  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 Mary Walker, Ennis, Texas $22,467 2 Shelley Morgan, Eustace, Texas 20,362 3 Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D. 19,171 4 Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont. 16,355 5 Fallon Taylor, Whitesboro, Texas 12,979 6 Trula Churchill, Valentine, Neb. 11,118 7 Andrea Cline, Stringtown, Texas 9,845 8 Victoria Williams, Kiln, Miss. 9,841 9 Kenna Squires, Fredonia, Texas 8,215 10 Michele McLeod, Whitesboro, Texas 8,100 11 Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla. 7,841 12 Jane Melby, Burneyville, Okla. 7,726 13 Samantha Lyne, Cotulla, Texas 7,106 14 Danyelle Bassett, Bryan, Texas 6,497 15 Megan Williams, Daingerfield, Texas 6,458 16 Christy Loflin, Franktown, Colo. 6,408 17 Kimberly Couch, Rattan, Okla. 6,383 18 Kendra Dickson, Aubrey, Texas 6,282 19 Taylor Langdon, Aubrey, Texas 6,071 20 Cheyenne Kelly, Hallettsville, Texas 5,957

8. 2014 XTREME BULLS TOUR STANDINGS Unofficial through Feb. 10, 2014   1 J.W. Harris, Mullin, Texas $21,787 2 Paul Coppini, Kuna, Idaho 7,614 3 Cody Campbell, Summerville, Ore. 7,590 4 Corey Maier, Timber Lake, S.D. 7,372 5 Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah 7,199 6 Tanner Bothwell, Rapid City, S.D. 7,057 7 Aaron Pass, Dallas, Texas 6,715 8 Parker Breding, Edgar, Mont. 6,665 9 Josh Koschel, Nunn, Colo. 4,544 10 Tyler Smith, Fruita, Colo. 4,207 11 Ty Wallace, Collbran, Colo. 4,145 12 Clayton Foltyn, Winnie, Texas 3,898 13 Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas 3,754 14 Tag Elliott, Thatcher, Utah 3,528 15 Garrett Green, Meeting Creek, Alberta 3,356 16 Beau Hill, West Glacier, Mont. 3,265 17 Brennon Eldred, Sulphur, Okla. 2,764 18 Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo. 2,517 19 Sammy Matthews, Springville, Calif. 2,450 20 Brett Stall, Detroit Lakes, Minn. 1,987

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 more than 30 million fans in the U.S. The PRCA showcases the world’s best cowboys by televising the sport’s premier events, including the Wrangler Champions Challenge and the world-renowned Wrangler National Finals Rodeo on CBS Sports Net (DISH channel 158, DirecTV channel 221). The Justin Boots Playoffs and Championships, Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, All American ProRodeo Finals, and the PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour will be aired on MAV-TV (DISH channel 248, DirecTV channel 214). PRCA-sanctioned rodeos raise more than $26 million for local and national charities. For comprehensive coverage of the cowboy sport, read the ProRodeo Sports News, the official publication of the PRCA, and for daily updates of news and results visit the PRCA’s official website, www.prorodeo.com.

PRCA Weekly Press Release – Feb. 10, 2014

Bob Crase, Father of Rodeo Attitude Co-founder Todd Crase, Passes

Visitation will be Sunday evening, 2/9/14, in Winterset from 4-7 pm at Ochiltree Funeral Service, 1823 N John Wayne Drive, Winterset, IA.

Funeral service will be Monday, 2/10/14, at 10:30 am with no grave site service. This will follow with a reception at the Jackson Building at the Fair grounds.

Once again Thank you from the Crase & Bane family.

Bob Crase, Father of Rodeo Attitude Co-founder Todd Crase, Passes

Wrangler NFR in Las Vegas Through 2024

Las Vegas Events and PRCA Agree on Extension to Keep the Wrangler NFR in Las Vegas Through 2024

World’s richest and most prestigious rodeo to continue its run of 270 consecutive sold-out performances in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (January 24, 2014) - Following unanimous votes by the Las Vegas Events Board of Trustees and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Board of Directors, both organizations jointly announced today that they have reached an agreement to keep the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas through 2024. The new agreement will begin following the 2014 Wrangler NFR.

Per the agreement, LVE will guarantee $16.5 million annually in purse and sponsorship for the Wrangler NFR. From 2015-19, the contestant purse will be $10 million, while stock contractors will receive $3 million annually. The contestants will be guaranteed $10,000 each year, which will not be offset by contestant winnings. From 2020-24, there will be cost-of-living increases to each purse and guarantee.

Additional elements of the agreement include a season-long sponsorship program with the PRCA, presenting sponsorships of the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo and 12 RAM Circuit Final Rodeos, as well as the National Finals Steer Roping, if it is held in Las Vegas.

“Perhaps the best aspect of this agreement,” said PRCA Chairman of the Board Keith Martin, “is that it benefits every PRCA member – contestants, stock contractors, committees and contract personnel. There is an investment here to advance the PRCA’s circuit system and help the sport continue to grow.”

“For nearly 30 years, Las Vegas has built a strong partnership with the PRCA and its contestants,” said Bill McBeath, chairman of the Las Vegas Events Board of Trustees. ”This new agreement clearly demonstrates the commitment that Las Vegas has to the PRCA, to the overall growth of the sport of rodeo and to the contestants. We feel that the new agreement is beneficial to all parties, and we’re very pleased to continue to host this iconic event for an additional ten years.”

“This is truly a historic day for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and the sport of professional rodeo,” said PRCA Commissioner Karl Stressman. “The PRCA Board of Directors and this administration has been through a long and at times painful process of due diligence and careful consideration in looking out for the very best interest of every member of this association and this great sport. It hasn’t always been easy, but what we’re announcing today makes it all worthwhile. We could not be happier, and look forward to working with our partners in Las Vegas on continued growth and prosperity for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.”

The Wrangler NFR, known as the richest and most prestigious rodeo in the world, has sold out 270 consecutive performances and attracts the top 15 contestants in bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, barrel racing and bull riding. Qualification is based on the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association World Standings. In 2013, the event had a total attendance of 176,558 over the ten days of competition in Las Vegas, resulting in a non-gaming economic impact of $87.9 million for the destination.

“Since 1985, more than one million visitors have traveled to the world’s premier destination to experience the energy and excitement of two great brands – Las Vegas and the NFR,” said Rossi Ralenkotter, president/CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. “This new agreement will ensure NFR and its loyal fans will be back to Las Vegas for another decade of unrivaled experiences.”

In 2014, the Wrangler NFR will run from Dec. 4 through 13 at the Thomas & Mack Center.

“We are relieved that we were able to assemble an agreement that both ensures that the Wrangler NFR will remain in Las Vegas for the long term and that all parties will prosper,” said Pat Christenson, president of Las Vegas Events. “We look forward to working with all of our partners in growing the NFR Experience for rodeo fans in Las Vegas.”

For more information on the Wrangler NFR, please go to www.prorodeo.comor www.NFRexperience.com

Wrangler NFR in Las Vegas Through 2024

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