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STEPHENVILLE (June 6, 2016) — Huckabay team roping header Kaleb Driggers and heeling partner Junior Nogueira made the money at five PRCA rodeos in five states last week, including wins at the Cherokee Chamber PRCA Rodeo in Cherokee, Iowa, the North Central Rodeo Championship in Medford, Wisconsin and the Hugo PRCA Rodeo in Hugo, Oklahoma.
But Driggers wasn’t the only local athlete covering a lot of miles and pocketing big paydays on the PRCA circuit last week.

Tie-down roper Marty Yates stayed hot by winning the Old Fort Days Rodeo in Fort Smith, Ark., reigning world champ Jacobs Crawley captured the saddle bronc title at Wild, Wild West Rodeo in Silver City, New Mexico, Stephenville’s Luke Brown and Morgan Mill’s Jake Long were victorious in team roping at Fort Herriman PRCA Rodeo in Herriman, Utah and Stephenville’s Colby Lovell and Morgan Mill’s Travis Graves split top team roping money at Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo in El Paso, where Stephenville tie-down and team roper Sterling Smith took all-around honors.
Here’s a run-down of local winnings at PRCA rodeos last week:
Old Fort Days Rodeo
Fort Smith, Ark., May 30-June 4
Time-down roping:
1. Marty Yates, 8.6, $2,393

Wild, Wild West ProRodeo
Silver City, NM., June 2-4
Team Roping:
Second Round: 1. JoJo LeMond/Kory Koontz, 4.6, $806 each
Saddle bronc riding:
1. Jacobs Crawley, 84, $1,266
Steer Roping:
First Round – 4. (tie) Martin Poindexter, 11.9, $141
Third Round – 4. Martin Poindexter, 13.4, $282
Average – 2. Martin Poindexter, 46.3 on 3, $1,269
Bull riding:
2. Bryce Barrios, 88, $2,486
Pioneer Days Rodeo
Clovis, NM., June 2-4
Saddle bronc riding:
2. Jacobs Crawley, 78, $787
Flint Hills Rodeo
Team roping:
4. (tie) Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 5.0, $797
Bennington PRCA Rodeo
Bennington, Kan., June 2-4
Team Roping:
2. Colby Lovell/Travis Graves, 5.9, $1,607
6. (tie) Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 6.3, $167

Cherokee Chamber PRCA Rodeo
Cherokee, IA, June 2-4
Team roping:
1. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 5.6, $1,254
North Central Rodeo Championship
Medford, Wisc., June 3-4
Team roping:
1. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 6.0, $1,758
Fort Herriman PRCA Rodeo:
Herriman, Utah, June 3-4
Team roping:
1. Luke Brown/Jake Long, 5.0, $1,072 each
Hugo PRCA Rodeo
Hugo, Okla. June 3-4
Team roping:
1. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 4.0, $2,486

Spanish Fork Champions Challenge
Spanish Fork, Utah, June 4
Team roping:
4. Colby Lovell/Kory Koontz, 12.0, $1,508 each
Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo
El Paso, June 3-5
All-Around Cowboy:
Sterling Smith, $1,598, tie-down roping and team roping
Team roping:
1. (tie) Colby Lovell/Travis Graves, 4.2, $2,546 each; 3. Jake Cooper/Tyler McKnight, 4.6, $2,013; 6. JoJo LeMond/Kory Koontz, 4.8, $948
Tie-down roping:
2. Sterling Smith, 10.2, $1,598; 6. Jace Melvin, 13.1, $639
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