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12-06-2025
- Sport
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2025 PBR Chevron Showdown: The Ariat Texas Rattlers mentorship with Odessa College
ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – The Ariat Texas Rattlers return to Odessa for the second straight year of the Professional Bull Riding Chevron Showdown at Ector County Coliseum. This year features the Rattlers, who were the 2023 PBR Team Champions, the Nashville Stampede who won in 2022 and also competing is our very own Odessa College Rodeo Team. The Texas Rattlers have partnered with the Wranglers leading up to the Chevron Showdown to provide a mentorship, and OC head coach Tom Kelly says it's invaluable. 'For Chevron and Kent Quick to bring the Texas Rattlers to town and then for them to also include us in this event with this training, with working out with the Rattlers, with riding with them, practicing with them, you can't put a price tag on that.' With the Rattlers back in Odessa, they are looking to expand their brand nationwide, starting with the Lone Star State. 'Our hometown is Fort Worth, but we want to be known all over the country,' Rattlers head coach Cody Lambert said. 'Coming here to Odessa, I want fans, I want to be looked at, I want the Rattlers to be looked at as Texas' team.' In the 2024 PBR Chevron Showdown, Odessa College's Hayden Welsh won the event, and the team gives a lot of credit to the Rattlers team. 'It just started our year off well, and we carried the momentum through. In my opinion, we owe a big thank you to the Rattlers for helping us do that,' Kelly said. Now, the 2025 PBR Chevron Showdown expectations are at an all-time high. 'We got some of the best bulls in the business, the best bull riders in the business. It will come down to who wants to win.' The event is set for 7:00 p.m. at Ector County Coliseum in Odessa, and tickets can be found online at or the box office for $25. Following the event, country music legend Dwight Yoakam will be performing. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Sport
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Bull riding's top tour back in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The most exciting eight seconds in sports is ready to make its return to Sioux Falls. The stage at the Premier Center is nearly set for PBR Unleash the Beast. Rapid City schools committed to supporting Native students 'The root of the PBR is to guarantee the fans, when they come to a show, to see the greatest bull riders in the world on the greatest bulls in the world,' said Flint Rasmussen, senior vice president of fan engagement. The three-day event kicks off Friday with something new to Sioux Falls. Of the 44 individual bull riders scheduled to compete, 12 will also be part of a team challenge. It's a preview of the PBR Team Series which starts in July. 'A few events, on the first night, we throw in a team element as part of that show,' Rasmussen said. There are ten teams in the series, including Friday's competitors representing the Nashville Stampede and Carolina Cowboys. 'Even the coaches are superstars. Nashville has Justin McBride, one of our greatest world champions. The legendary Jerome Davis is the Carolina coach, and so we just want people to see what we're trying to accomplish, how that head to head competition goes,' Rasmussen said. 'It's just another way to get fans to interact, so I think it's really cool and it's a cool way to keep progressing the sport forward,' professional bull rider Ezekiel Mitchell said. Mitchell isn't part of the team competition, but the Texas native needs to perform well in Sioux Falls to qualify for a spot in next month's World Finals. 'This is going to be the last three-day event of the year,' he said. 'That means we have more points up for grabs than any other event for the rest of the year, so this is kind of crunch time for everybody to start making their move.' Building industry impacted by tariffs As every bull rider attempts to hang on for eight seconds, don't underestimate the importance of the fans. 'The energy of the crowd carries over to what's going on in those chutes, simple as that, football players know it, basketball players know it, baseball players know it, bull riders are the same,' Rasmussen said. This is the fifth consecutive season the PBR's top tour has visited Sioux Falls. The competition gets underway at 7:45 Friday and Saturday night, and wraps up at 1:45 Sunday afternoon. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
