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Cowboy Christmas<br />
Steer<br />
Clear<br />
Kyle Irwin’s<br />
run blitzed him<br />
back onto<br />
rodeo’s radar<br />
BY NICK CICERE<br />
Steer wrestler Kyle Irwin<br />
didn’t simply celebrate<br />
Cowboy Christmas.<br />
During the fabled stretch<br />
of lucrative rodeos, Irwin may<br />
as well have been Santa Claus<br />
himself.<br />
Following wins at the<br />
Cody (Wyo.) Stampede and<br />
St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo, as well<br />
as placing at the World’s Oldest<br />
Rodeo in Prescott, Ariz., the<br />
entirety of Irwin’s Christmascome-early<br />
rodeo sprint came<br />
to be a bountiful $24,504.<br />
Not only was Irwin<br />
the most dominating of bulldoggers, but his jump from 37th to 11th in the<br />
Kent Soule photo<br />
The pride of Robertsdale, Ala., steer wrestler Kyle Irwin’s average win at the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo contributed to his<br />
Cowboy Christmas bankroll of $24,504.<br />
WEATHER GUARD® PRCA World Standings was the largest of any cowboy<br />
as of July 11. Summing up his newfound home in the world standings, Irwin<br />
paraphrased his holiday spoils in four easy words.<br />
“That was much needed,” he said.<br />
At the Cody Stampede, Irwin’s winning run of 3.8-seconds finished a<br />
half-second short of the fastest time ever recorded at Stampede Park, a catch<br />
that notched him $8,934.<br />
“You hear Cinderella stories about Cody from everybody that’s ever had<br />
success there, and <strong>for</strong> me to come out and win it, that was great,” the 27-yearold<br />
said. “I was just looking to place because it pays so well, and when they told<br />
me I was 3.8 and winning it, I was ecstatic. It’s another one of those rodeos that<br />
was on my bucket list, so I’m grateful to win it.”<br />
TOPS IN AT ST. CODY PAUL –— June JULY 301-4<br />
through July 4<br />
ALL-AROUND COWBOY<br />
Rhen Richard<br />
$3,480<br />
Tie-down roping<br />
and team roping<br />
BAREBACK RIDING<br />
1. Tim O’Connell ......................... 89.5 pts<br />
2. Steven Peebles ................................ 87<br />
3. (tie) Logan Corbett ....................... 85.5<br />
Richmond Champion ................... 85.5<br />
STEER WRESTLING<br />
1. Kyle Irwin .................... 8.6 sec. on two<br />
2. Matt Reeves ................................... 9.0<br />
3. Tanner Milan .................................. 9.2<br />
4. Will Lummus .................................. 9.4<br />
TEAM ROPING<br />
1. Craw<strong>for</strong>d/Harrison ...... 9.8 sec. on two<br />
2. A. Tsinigine/R. Motes ................... 10.4<br />
3. J. Flenniken/T. Duby ..................... 11.1<br />
4. R. Opie/D. Staf<strong>for</strong>d ....................... 11.6<br />
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ProRodeo Sports News 7/<strong>21</strong>/2017<br />
ProRodeo.com
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