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Cort Scheer

Cort Scheer – Elsmere, Neb. ($101,843)
6-time WNFR qualifier

Cort Scheer isn’t a guy to pay attention to standings or money earned. He pays more attention to his riding and knows if he is riding well, all the other things will fall into place.

That is certainly what happened this year. He passed $1 million in career earnings in the PRCA, won over $400,000 at RFD TV’s The American (which didn’t count in the standings) and qualified for his sixth Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

Cort will start the competition in ninth place with regular-season earnings of $101,843. In September, he got a big and emotional win at the Ellensburg (Washington) Rodeo. It was a rodeo that he had been entering nearly every year since joining the PRCA in 2007. He won over $7,000 there, but the trophy bronc saddle and buckle that went with it will be treasures forever.

Cort’s rodeo competition started as a kid following in his father’s footsteps. The natural athlete represented Nebraska at the National High School Finals Rodeo where he competed in saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling and tie-down roping.

He went to Garden City (Kansas) Community College and then to Panhandle State University. It was all a progression from the ranch in the sandhills of Nebraska to his current status as one of the best bronc riders in the world.

That progression hasn’t included much time in the gym or finding ways to stay fit. Instead, he spends a lot of time working at the family ranch where he is building up his own cow herd. When he had a break from rodeos in September, he was horseback getting calves ready for market.

Because most of the winter rodeos are in Texas, the enterprising Cort bought a place near Stephenville. He has been making improvements on it on days off, is planning to sell the investment and start over again.

All that time in the saddle will come in handy this December. He and bareback rider Steven Dent are the lone representatives from Nebraska so Cort will get to carry the state flag for them during the grand entry. Then just like his normal life he will go from riding a saddle horse to a bucking horse and hoping to get more money to add to his future investments.

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