New names and faces took to the arena in Pennsylvania at the First Frontier Circuit Finals and they proved they have what it takes to become champions.
From the newest members of professional rodeo to those fresh off championships in Las Vegas, a wide variety of athletes shone in Odessa, Texas, at the Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo.
Barely into his second season in the PRCA, Mason Reine has qualified for the National Western Stock Show to prove he can hang with the best of the best bull riders in the country.
A hamstring injury has sidelined a 4-time NFR qualifier from the Cinch Timed Event Championship but now Justin Shaffer is stepping in to take on the rodeo for the first time.
Fresh off the NFR, Wacey Schalla is starting the season off strong with a win in the bareback riding at Cinch World's Toughest Rodeo in Des Moines, Iowa.