Jeff Copenhaver, the 1975 PRCA World Champion Tie-Down Roper, and an instrumental figure in the cowboy ministry, passed away May 17 in Granbury, Texas. He was 73.

Copenhaver is the son of ProRodeo Hall of Famer and two-time Saddle Bronc Riding World Champion Deb Copenhaver. Deb passed away Feb. 6, 2019, at the age of 94.

“It was a great ride,” said Sherry Copenhaver, about her marriage to Jeff for 43 years. “I want people to remember that he made a difference for God in this Earth and that he was a great mentor, a great roping coach and I lived with a champion, and I lived with a fighter.”

Jeff and Sherry had one child, daughter, Shandy, who is married to Cody Stromberg.

Jeff qualified for the National Finals Rodeo six times – 1971, 1973-76 and 1978. He was fourth and fifth in the world standings in 1974 and ’76 and was the world champ in 1975.

“Jeff lived life with a passion and zeal,” Sherry said. “He was able to give back to others. He was able to be a great mentor and tutor and helped others become world champions.”

Jeff was born Jan. 12, 1949, and raised on a ranch in Post Falls, Idaho.

Jeff started roping at age four and by 11 he was competing seriously. In addition to help from his dad, and roper George Richmond, and Warren Wuthier, Jeff also honed his roping skills by watching old movies of ProRodeo Hall of Famers Dean Oliver and Jim Bob Altizer roping.

Jeff did go through a one-week binge of wanting to ride roughstock but that faded quickly.

“When I was 14 years old, I weighed 175 pounds, which was too big to start with, and I decided right quick to leave the broncs and bulls to someone else,” said Copenhaver in a May 31, 1978, article of the ProRodeo Sports News. “I had been roping since I was about 11 years old, and I liked tying down calves best, anyway.”

Jeff joined the PRCA in 1968. He won the Columbia River Circuit Year-End title in 1976 and Lone Star Circuit, now known as the Texas Circuit, in 1978 and was the champion at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo in 1974 and 1978.

“A contestant might have all the ability in the world but he’s not going to do any good until he learns how to win by eliminating all his mistakes,” Copenhaver said in the May 31, 1978, article of the PSN.

Jeff trained champion tie-down and breakaway ropers for more than 30 years, in the U.S. and Canada. He has also trained champions in Australia and Cuba.

In 1986, Jeff and Sherry started America’s first Cowboy church at Billy Bob’s in the historic Fort Worth (Texas) Stockyards. Jeff and Sherry spent years traveling nationally and internationally teaching roping schools and motivating others to be champions for God in their world.

Copenhaver also wrote a book titled “God Wants You to Win!”

“It was great to accomplish a goal that was my whole life,” said Copenhaver about winning his world championship in a Dec. 9, 2008, article in the Spokesman-Review. “It consumed my every thought, every breath, my very existence. That night I sat on the edge of my bed and asked, ‘Is that all there is?’ Even with the satisfaction of accomplishing that there was a void, and it started a three-year search.”

According to the article in the Spokesman-Review, three years later, at a rodeo in Madison Square Garden in New York, Copenhaver and his wife, Sherry, ran into an old friend, “a calf roper from Connecticut, you can imagine how rare that is,” Copenhaver said.

The Copenhavers were struck by his demeanor.

“I could just see the peace, the contentedness, that something good had happened to him,” Copenhaver said.

After grilling their friend, the Copenhavers returned to their motel.

“We knelt down at the end of our bed,” he recalled, “and asked Jesus Christ into our hearts.”

Steer roper and pastor Corey Ross praised Copenhaver.

“The greatest thing about Jeff is he had a heart for the Lord,” Ross said. “When you have a heart for God then you have a heart to want to help people. That’s what his mission was.  I met Jeff many, many years ago and I had such a love for him and his family.”

Funeral services for Copenhaver will take place at 10:30 a.m. (CT) May 23 at the Cowboy Church of Erath County in Stephenville, Texas.

Sometimes, a roughstock cowboy might wait months or even years to get a second ride on the same animal. For rookie saddle bronc rider Statler Wright, the wait was barely two weeks.

And Wright made that recently acquired knowledge pay off in Saturday’s short round at the inaugural Cowboy Channel Rookie Roundup presented by Resistol in Fort Worth, Texas.

Wright, the latest to join the PRCA in a family full of successful saddle bronc riders, posted an 88.5-point ride aboard Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Border Town at the historic Cowtown Coliseum.

“I actually got on that horse a couple weeks ago at San Angelo (Texas),” Wright said, noting he had a solid 84-point ride in the Cinch Chute-Out. “I knew what I had to do to ride him a little better this time. I really wanted to be super aggressive. I felt like last time, I wasn’t aggressive enough.”

The first performance on April 29 featured all 15 contestants in a single go-round of competition. The top eight contestants in each event were then brought back to compete in the semifinals on April 30 with the top four then advancing to the championship round that same performance.

The 18-year-old Wright has been traveling with older brother and two-time world champion Ryder Wright. The younger Wright hadn’t claimed the top spot at a rodeo since February.

“I kept telling Ryder, ‘I just want one win, and it’ll boost me,’” Wright said, noting earlier this year, while still on his PRCA permit, he got wins in Hattiesburg and South Haven, Miss., and at Lake Charles, La.

“But since then, I hadn’t won a rodeo. I was really itching for a win,” he said, excited about notching his first victory on his actual rookie PRCA card. “It feels really good.”

Statler had an 84.5-point ride on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Fire Freckles to advance out of the semifinals.

The first-place ride by Statler in the championship round was worth $2,500. Wright also added a second-place, 85-point ride on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Spur Strap in the first round of the Rookie Roundup, for an additional $1,069.

Money won during the Cowboy Channel Rookie Roundup presented by Resistol will count towards the Resistol Rookie Standings but will not be credited towards the PRCA | RAM World Standings for NFR qualification.

Wright said his solid weekend – and of course the victory – certainly gives him some fuel going forward.

“I think it’ll boost my confidence a lot,” he said. “The horses were really good today. They put us on the best horses, ones that they knew would challenge us, and I thought that helped me out a lot.”

Wright has $6,144 in qualifying earnings thus far in 2022. So, he knows there’s work to do if he wants to end up where the rest of his namesake tends to end up at season’s end: the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.

“I plan on being there, and not to just watch,” he said. “I don’t like watching it very much!”

Resistol Rookie Roundup
Fort Worth, Texas, April 29-30
Bareback riding: First round: 1. Waylon Bourgeois, 83 points on United Pro Rodeo’s Jungle Cat, $1,329; 2. Bodee Lammers, 80, $1,156; 3. Calder Peterson, 79, $982; 4. Rickey Williams, 78, $809; 5. Shannon Warren, 77, $636; 6. Matt Tuni, 75.5, $462; 7. Troy Kirkpatrick, 75, $289; 8. Cooper Cooke, 74, $116. Finals: 1. Waylon Bourgeois, 85.5 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo Co’s Faded Nite, $2,500; 2. Rickey Williams, 83.5, $1,500; 3. Bodee Lammers, 79, $1,000; 4. Matt Tuni, 71, $500.
Steer wrestling: First round: 1. Joshua Hefner, 4.6 seconds, $1,329; 2. Sterling Walton, 5.2, $1,156; 3. Adam Musil, 5.7, $982; 4. Landris White, 7.6, $809; 5. Kyler Dick, 7.7, $636; 6. Bryn Roy, 9.8, $462; 7. Kaden Greenfield, 16.8, $289; no other qualified runs. Finals: 1. Kaden Greenfield, 5.2 seconds, $2,500; 2. Landris White, 7.4, $1,500; 3. Quentin Wheeler, 9.2, $1,000; no other qualified runs.
Team roping: First round: 1. Logan Currie/Clay Green, 6.2 seconds, $1,329 each; 2. Jason Burson/Garrett Smith, 6.8, $1,156; 3. Peter Bennett/Brandt Ross, 8.6, $982; 4. (tie) Wyatt Lacey/Junior Zambrano and Kreece Thompson/Zack Woods, 11.3, $722 each; 6. Trevor Hale/Levi Walter, 11.5, $462; 7. Bodie Mattson/Trae Smith, 11.6, $289; 8. Tyler Hobert/Kolton Good, 11.7, $116. Finals: 1. Bodie Mattson/Trae Smith, 5.5 seconds, $2,500 each; 2. Wyatt Lacey/Junior Zambrano, 5.6, $1,500; 3. Logan Currie/Clay Green, 5.7, $1,000; 4. Jason Burson/Garrett Smith, 9.6, $500.
Saddle bronc riding: First round: 1. Cree Minkoff, 87.5 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Daisy Duke, $1,329; 2. (tie) Damian Brennan and Statler Wright, 85, $1,069 each; 4. (tie) Brody Wells and Bailey Bench, 82.5, $722 each; 6. Dylan Schofield, 79, $462; 7. Chris Williams, 76, $289; 8. Triston Eklund, 75, $116. Finals: 1. Statler Wright, 88.5 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Border Town, $2,500; 2. Damian Brennan, 84.5, $1,500; no other qualified rides.
Tie-down roping: First round: 1. Riley Mason Webb, 9.1 seconds, $1,329; 2. Tate Thomas, 9.4, $1,156; 3. Zaine Mikita, 9.6, $982; 4. Austin Davis, 10.0, $809; 5. Tom Crouse, 11.6, $636; 6. Dallen McIntire, 11.9, $462; 7. Kase Bacque, 13.5, $289; 8. Cash Hooper, 13.8, $116. Finals: 1. Tom Crouse, 8.2 seconds, $2,500; 2. Riley Mason Webb, 10.5, $1,500; no other qualified runs.
Barrel racing: First round: 1. Hannah Forsythe, 14.03 seconds, $1,329; 2. Presley Smith, 14.05, $1,156; 3. Jamie Olsen, 14.12, $982; 4. Kailee Murdock, 14.26, $809; 5. Jordan Driver, 14.27, $636; 6. Teneille Angland, 14.29, $462; 7. Taycie Matthews, 14.34, $289; 8. Jessica L Anderson, 14.42, $116. Finals: 1. Presley Smith, 13.82 seconds, $2,500; 2. Jordan Driver, 13.96, $1,500; 3. Hannah Forsythe, 18.87, $1,000; 4. Taycie Matthews, 23.92, $500.
Bull riding: * First round: 1. Wade Berg, 85 points on United Pro Rodeo’s White Diamond, $5,778; no other qualified rides. * Finals: 1. Wade Berg, 80 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo Co’s Punchline, $5,500; no other qualified rides. Average leaders: 1. (tie) Wade Berg and Wade Berg, 165 points on two head each; 3. (tie) Dawson Gleaves and Dawson Gleaves, 85 on one head each; no other qualified rides. *(all totals include ground money).
Total payoff: $90,222. Stock contractors: New Star Pro Rodeo, Pete Carr Pro Rodeo, Lancaster & Jones Pro Rodeo, United Pro Rodeo and Pickett Pro Rodeo Co. Rodeo secretary: Sandy Gwatney. Timers: Jayme Pemberton and Teri Cribb. Announcers: Steve Kenyon and Justin McKee. Specialty act: Madidie MacDonald. Bullfighters: Clay Heger and Bryce Redo. Clown/barrelman: John Harrison. Chute bosses: John Gwatney and Pete Carr. Pickup men: Jeff Dees and Jake Dees. Photographers: Ken Carmona, Joe Duty and Lisa Duty. Music director: Ryan Killingsworth.

Teton Ridge NFR Express to include Las Vegas Convention Center and

24 hotel properties

LAS VEGAS – November 19, 2021 – Rodeo fans looking for transportation to and from the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo^â will have the option to utilize the complimentary shuttle bus service – the Teton Ridge NFR Express – with routes from the Las Vegas Convention Center and NFR official host hotels on the Las Vegas Strip and Downtown to the Thomas & Mack Center.

From Thursday, Dec. 2 through Saturday, Dec. 11, shuttle buses will pick up at The Cowboy Channel Cowboy Christmas located at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This one-way route will run from the Las Vegas Convention Center South Hall directly to the Thomas & Mack Center.

Also beginning on Dec. 2, the Teton Ridge NFR Express will begin complimentary routes to and from the NFR sponsor hotels. There are now fourteen routes, covering 24 hotel properties.

“The Teton Ridge NFR Express continues to be the most efficient means to get to the Thomas & Mack Center,” said Pat Christenson, president of Las Vegas Events. “In addition to the routes that service our hotel partners, there is a one-way shuttle that allows fans to move from The Cowboy Channel Cowboy Christmas to the arena. Due to increased traffic and parking congestion in around the Thomas & Mack Center, and the early start time, we encourage fans to consider this complimentary mode of transportation.”

In 2021, all Wrangler NFR performances begin at 5:45 p.m. (PT). NFR Express will begin pick-ups at 4 p.m. (PT) and include return service until 9:45 p.m. (PT).  There is no shuttle bus service during the actual rodeo performance from 6 p.m. through 8:15 pm.

Rodeo fans are urged to utilize the Teton Ridge NFR Express for round-trip transportation. In addition, fans are asked to allow approximately 15 minutes for traffic conditions from each hotel pick-up point. The Teton Ridge NFR Express routes and pick-up points are as follows:

Route 1 – One-Way Express Shuttle

• Cowboy Christmas – Las Vegas Convention Center, South Halls (East Entrance)

Route 2

• MGM Grand – West wing entrance

Route 3

• Sam’s Town – Rear entrance (behind the food court)

Route 4

• Mandalay Bay – Shark Reef entrance
• Tropicana – North entrance

 Route 5

• Resorts World – Rideshare Lot at south entrance
• Westgate – North Tower entrance

Route 6

• New York-New York – Main entrance
• The Orleans – Valet entrance

Route 7

• Gold Coast – Valet entrance
• Rio – Rotunda entrance

 Route 8

• The D – Main entrance
• Golden Nugget – Carson Tower entrance

Route 9

• Downtown Grand – Entrance at 3^rd St. and Ogden Ave.
• The Plaza – The Plaza Welcome Sign – Main St. and Carson Ave.

 Route 10

• Caesars Palace – Tour bus area (Under Planet Hollywood sign)
• The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – Main entrance (north wall)

Route 11

• The Mirage – North valet entrance
• Treasure Island (TI) – Bus loading zone, near the South Side Valet

Route 12

• Flamingo – Tour bus area
• Harrah’s – Bus tour lobby

Route 13

• Planet Hollywood – Tour bus depot
• Virgin Las Vegas – Main entrance

 Route 14

• Silverton – Main entrance
• South Point – Main entrance

For more information on the Wrangler NFR and The Cowboy Channel Cowboy Christmas, please visit www.NFRexperience.com or through social media at /LasVegasNFR and use #WranglerNFR. For the latest Pro Rodeo news and Wrangler NFR coverage, please visit prorodeo.com or through social media at @PRCA_ProRodeo.

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About the Wrangler NFR

The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR), considered the world’s premier rodeo, features 10 straight days of the best in PRCA PRORODEO competition, with a total of 120 contestants competing every night in seven events. Each December, the top 15 contestants, based on the PRCA | RAM World Standings, in bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, barrel racing, and bull riding qualify to compete at the Wrangler NFR.

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Cole Patterson  joins his father as a steer roping world champion. Rocky won championships in 2009-10, 2012 and 2016. The Pattersons are the third father and son to win steer roping world titles. They join John McEntire (1934) and Clark McEntire (1956-57, 1961) and Charles Good (1975) and Gary Good (1979).

Cole won over $83,000 in the ten rounds. Jess Tierney won $41,000

Steer roping: First round: 1. Thomas Smith, 10.0 seconds, $9,155; 2. Cole Patterson, 10.3, $7,577; 3. Landon McClaugherty, 11.0, $5,998; 4. Chet Herren, 11.1, $4,420; 5. Slade Wood, 11.3, $2,841; 6. J. Tom Fisher, 12.4, $1,579. Second round: 1. Slade Wood, 11.7 seconds, $9,155; 2. Cash Myers, 11.8, $7,577; 3. Scott Snedecor, 12.0, $5,998; 4. Cole Patterson, 12.2, $4,420; 5. Thomas Smith, 13.3, $2,841; 6. Chet Herren, 13.5, $1,579. Third round: 1. Cole Patterson, 9.5 seconds, $9,155; 2. J. Tom Fisher, 10.8, $7,577; 3. Slade Wood, 11.6, $5,998; 4. Taylor Santos, 12.1, $4,420; 5. Jess Tierney, 12.7, $2,841; 6. Rocky Patterson, 13.2, $1,579. Fourth round: 1. Thomas Smith, 9.0 seconds, $9,155; 2. Cole Patterson, 11.2, $7,577; 3. (tie) J. Tom Fisher and Jess Tierney, 11.9, $5,209 each; 5. Rocky Patterson, 12.3, $2,841; 6. Landon McClaugherty, 13.7, $1,579. Fifth round: 1. Landon McClaugherty, 9.7 seconds, $9,155; 2. Cole Patterson, 9.9, $7,577; 3. Mike Chase, 10.8, $5,998; 4. (tie) Jess Tierney and J. Tom Fisher, 10.9, $3,631 each; 6. Slade Wood, 11.1, $1,579. Sixth round: 1. Thomas Smith, 10.3 seconds, $9,155; 2. Chet Herren, 10.4, $7,577; 3. Vin Fisher Jr., 11.1, $5,998; 4. Jess Tierney, 11.2, $4,420; 5. Rocky Patterson, 11.4, $2,841; 6. Landon McClaugherty, 11.7, $1,579. Seventh round: 1. Cash Myers, 10.1 seconds, $9,155; 2. Scott Snedecor, 10.3, $7,577; 3. Garrett Hale, 11.2, $5,998; 4. Cole Patterson, 11.6, $4,420; 5. Jess Tierney, 11.8, $2,841; 6. (tie) Landon McClaugherty and J. Tom Fisher, 12.9, $789 each. Eight round: 1. Cole Patterson, 9.9 seconds, $9,155; 2. Cody Lee, 13.5, $7,577; 3. Chet Herren, 14.6, $5,998; 4. J. Tom Fisher, 14.9, $4,420; 5. Taylor Santos, 15.0, $2,841; 6. Jess Tierney, 16.2, $1,579. Ninth round: 1. Scott Snedecor, 10.3 seconds, $9,155; 2. Cody Lee, 10.6, $7,577; 3. Cole Patterson, 11.2, $5,998; 4. Rocky Patterson, 11.3, $4,420; 5. Jess Tierney, 12.0, $2,841; 6. Mike Chase, 12.3, $1,579. Tenth round: 1. Taylor Santos, 9.8 seconds, $9,155; 2. Scott Snedecor, 10.3, $7,577; 3. Slade Wood, 11.6, $5,998; 4. Landon McClaugherty, 11.8, $4,420; 5. Cash Myers, 12.0, $2,841; 6. J. Tom Fisher, 12.8, $1,579. Average: 1. Cole Patterson, 97.7 seconds on nine head, $27,347; 2. Chet Herren, 133.7, $22,632; 3. Jess Tierney, 139.4, $17,917; 4. J. Tom Fisher, 101.2 on eight head, $13,202; 5. Scott Snedecor, 101.8, $8,487; 6. Rocky Patterson, 111.0, $4,71

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The PRCA Donita Barnes Lifetime Achievement Award honors contract personnel such as announcers, bullfighters, clowns, specialty acts, secretaries and timers who have been PRCA members for at least 15 years and have committed their lives to the rodeo industry, yet received little recognition for their commitment and contributions.

The posthumous recipient of the inaugural Contract Lifetime Achievement Award was long-time PRCA secretary Donita Barnes, wife of ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductee and PRCA stock contractor Bob Barnes and mentor to thousands of contestants and others involved with Barnes rodeos. The PRCA named the award in her honor in 2012.

The 2021 nominees are:

• Andrea Moon, a secretary and timer from Iron River, Mich., who has been with the PRCA since 1978. She served as the National Finals Rodeo’s secretary in 1990 and was a timer at the 1983 NFR.
• Irene Singer, a secretary and timer from Calhan, Colo., who has been with the PRCA since 1970. She served as the NFR secretary in 2004 and was a timer at the 1996 NFR. Singer also served as the secretary for the National Finals Steer Roping in 2009 and the National Circuit Finals Rodeo in 1999. She was the assistant secretary at the 1998 NCFR, too. Singer also was one of the timers at the NCFR in 1990 and 2012.
• The Harris Family. Grant Harris’ grandfather started producing rodeos in 1930, and in 1955 Grant’s father, Howard, started a weekly rodeo in New Jersey that continues to this day. Grant and Betsy Harris bought Cowtown Rodeo in 1978 and run the weekly rodeo that’s held in Woodstown-Pilesgrove, N.J. Grant has been with the PRCA since 1973, having competed in bull riding, team roping and saddle bronc riding. He was the First Frontier Circuit’s saddle bronc riding champion in 1975 and 1977-78. Betsy joined the PRCA in the late 1970s and served as assistant secretary for the 1994 NCFR and was the secretary for the 1995 NCFR. She was also a timer at the 1989 NCFR.
• Jennifer Nicholson, of the Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls, has been with the PRCA since 1990 and lives in Three Rivers, Calif. The Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls have been nominated for Specialty Act of the Year four times (2011, 2013, 2015-16). They performed at the NFR in 1985-89, 1996 and 2014.
• Kay Gay is a secretary and timer from Terrell, Texas, who has been with the PRCA since 1964.

Recipients of past Donita Barnes Awards are: Donita Barnes (2011); Art and Linda Alsbaugh (2012); Fred and Norma Dorenkamp (2013); Quail Dobbs (2014); Cotton Rosser (2015); Karen Vold (2016); Jim and Julie Sutton (2017); Hadley Barrett (2018); Roy and Virginia Honeycutt (2019) and Cindy Rosser (2020).

Women’s Breakaway Roping will debut at the 2022 RODEOHOUSTON Super Series 

HOUSTON (Sept. 7, 2021) — Today, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo announced that women’s breakaway roping will debut at the RODEOHOUSTON Super Series in 2022.

Breakaway roping, sanctioned by the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA), is an allwomen’s event that has recently been added to professional rodeos across the country. At the National Finals Breakaway Roping in Arlington, Texas, the 2020 WPRA World Champion was crowned.

“Breakaway roping is the fastest-growing event in rodeo, and we are thrilled to feature our second women’s rodeo event at RODEOHOUSTON in 2022,” said Chris Boleman, Rodeo president and CEO. “Like women’s barrel racing, breakaway roping is fast-paced and requires strong horsemanship skills, and it’s an event that promises to keep rodeo fans on the edge of their seats.”

Breakaway roping will be held seven nights during the 2022 RODEOHOUSTON Super Series, a tournament-style competition that crowns an event champion in bareback riding, bull riding, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, tie-down roping, team roping, women’s barrel racing, and now, women’s breakaway roping. RODEOHOUSTON will offer equal pay in the breakaway roping event. Champions in all events earn $50,000 on top of their Super Series earnings.

“This is truly a monumental day for the women in breakaway roping,” said Jimmie Munroe, WPRA President. “Not only will they have the opportunity to compete and showcase their talent on one of rodeo’s largest stages, but they will do so with equal prize money. The WPRA has had a long-standing relationship with RODEOHOUSTON and we are excited to expand our partnership to feature a second all-women’s event at this historic rodeo.”

2022 Women’s Breakaway Roping Schedule:

• Breakaway roping will be included in one performance in each Super Series, with performance dates to be announced.
• The top two athletes from each performance will advance to the Semifinal round, for a total of 10 athletes.
• Top four athletes from the Semifinal round will advance directly to the Championship Shootout Round on Saturday, March 19.

“It’s been great to see breakaway roping have the success it is having at PRORODEO® events across North America,” said Tom Glause, PRCA Interim CEO. “RODEOHOUSTON welcoming the ladies of breakaway is yet another example of that.”

RODEOHOUSTON has been a WPRA sanctioned event for decades, with earnings from the RODEOHOUSTON Super Series counting toward qualification for the NFR and the WPRA World Standings.

“The WPRA is very pleased and excited that RODEOHOUSTON has decided to add breakaway roping to the line-up of their iconic rodeo for the 2022 edition,” said Jolee Jordan, WPRA Roping Director. “It is awesome that WPRA members will have the opportunity to compete at the largest rodeo in ProRodeo and we look forward to growing the ropers’ relationship with RODEOHOUSTON in the future.”