On The Rodeo Road

SAC CITY, Iowa — The home of the World’s Largest Popcorn Ball (5,060 pounds) is now home to another world figure.
It’s Kollin Von Ahn, a Sac City native who just won the world team roping title at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nev. He earned $106,000 for the title. (Sorry, I don’t know [...]

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Brittany Pozzi has saddled up for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo since age 19, a year after she graduated from Memorial High School in 2002.
Six years and two world barrel racing titles later, Pozzi said Monday that she no longer feels young.
“I feel like a very old 25,” she said. “I’ve seen more things and [...]

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LAS VEGAS — Coming into the National Finals Rodeo, the chances of Culver cowboy Bobby Mote winning a third world title in bareback riding seemed remote.
Mote was $63,000 behind the leader in the world standings, who hadn’t been bucked off a horse all season.
But after an amazing 10 days in which he made up the [...]

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LAS VEGAS — Trevor Brazile added two more gold buckles to his collection Saturday night at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
Brazile, from Decatur, Texas, matched the record of seven all-around titles held by Ty Murray and moved into a tie for third on the overall list with 11 gold buckles.
Brazile won his record-tying seventh all-around [...]

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 It definitely came down to the wire!!!  Click here for Average Results
Way to go girls!!

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There is a new king of cowboys.
Trevor Brazile is the 2009 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo champion and now seven-time All-Around World Champion Cowboy.
“Oh, man,” a relieved Brazile said afterwards. “The only day better than the 10th round is the day after the 10th round. It’s been a tough week.”…(read more)

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