PRCA Weekly Recap: Riley Webb Pushing the Pace as Season Nears End
At 19 years old Riley Webb is competing in his first full season of ProRodeo and while he might be a rookie, he’s roping like a savvy veteran this September.
The Denton, Texas, tie-down roper posted the fastest run in the PRCA this week with his 7.5-second time at the Magic Valley Stampede in Filer, Idaho. The run not only won him the rodeo but put $4,634 in his pocket.
“I had a pretty good calf and just tried to score sharp that run,” said Webb, who leads the Resistol Rookie of the Year race. “It was in the slack after the rodeo, about 2 o’clock in the morning, but it’s crunch time at the end of the season. So, you have to be ready whenever you get to run a good calf.”
Since Aug. 16, Webb has earned $34,685, bumping him up to 13th in the latest PRCA | RAM World Standings. He said he tries not to look at the standings as the season goes on but acknowledged it’s hard not to at this time of the year.
“I try not to (look at the standings), but every once in a while, you take a look at them just to see where you sit,” he said. “But it’s not something I’m worrying about checking every night.”
Webb is trying to punch his ticket to his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo this December in Las Vegas. Just 24 days remain in the 2022 ProRodeo regular season, which means every run becomes just that much more important.
“You really can’t put added pressure on yourself,” Webb said. “You just have to try to do the best you can every time you back into the box. I just have to try to stay sharp and finish the year out strong.”
Below, are the other top times and rides for the week of August 29 through Sept. 4.
Tilden Hooper had the highest-marked bareback ride of the week. He had an 89-point ride on Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics’ Bronc Riding Nation at the Magic Valley Stampede in Filer, Idaho, Sept. 3.
Trell Etbauer clocked the fastest steer wrestling run this past week. Etbauer stopped the clock in 3.2 seconds in Filer, Idaho, Sept. 2.
Tanner Tomlinson/Patrick Smith and Quinn Kesler/Caleb Hendrix shared the quickest team roping run of the week. Both teams clocked 4.0-second runs in Filer, and Dillon, Mont., respectively.
Sage Newman and Layton Green tied for the highest score in the saddle bronc riding. Newman had a 90-point effort on Powder River Rodeo’s Foxy Mama at the Sanders County Fair & PRCA Rodeo in Plains, Mont., Sept. 2. Green’s 90-point ride came on Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics’ Black Tie in Filer, Sept. 1.
Tacy Webb and Delaney Kunau had the fastest breakaway roping times this past week. Each cowgirl clocked a 1.9-second run over the weekend in White Sulphur Springs, Mont. and Filer.
Jen Merriman and Rebecca Campbell tied for the top barrel racing time of the week. The duo both registered 14.39-second runs at the Painted Pony Championship Rodeo in Lake Luzerne, N.Y.
Maverick Potter had the highest-scored bull ride of the week. Potter had an 88.5-point ride on Wayne Vold Rodeo’s By The Batch at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo Xtreme Bulls, Sept. 3.
Rocky Patterson put together the fastest steer roping time of the week. He clocked a 9.5-second run at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo, Aug. 30.
Courtesy of PRCA