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Which Cowboys and Cowgirls Will Gear Up for Cinch Playoffs?

Here is an inside look into who will be heading to the Cinch Playoffs at the end of the month to battle it out for the coveted Governor's Cup and a $1 million dollar purse.
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Which Cowboys and Cowgirls Will Gear Up for Cinch Playoffs?
Which Cowboys and Cowgirls Will Gear Up for Cinch Playoffs?

With the Puyallup Washington Pro Rodeo concluding this past weekend we now have insight into the competitors who will be battling it out in Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sept. 28-30. 

This prestigious event will payout a $1 million purse, as well as the coveted Governor's Cup. Not all Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA) athletes are able to compete in this. 

Throughout the year contestants were not only competing for money for the right to compete at the National Finals Rodeo but also points for the playoff series to compete in Cinch Playoffs. 

The Top-24 contestants within each event in the playoff series standings competed in Puyallup, WA this past weekend. The contestants that finished in the top-4 at Puyallup and the top-8 contestants in the playoff standings after this weekend's rodeo advanced to the Cinch Playoffs.

Once the contestants get to Cinch Playoffs, all 12 will compete in both of the first rounds. After taking the average of the two rounds, the top-8 will advance to Saturday. The round on Saturday is a clean slate round with the top-4 advancing to the finals, which is also a clean slate for the athletes.

The top-4 contestants in each event from Puyallup this past weekend that advance on to the Cinch Playoffs are as follows.

Bareback Riding: 

1. (tie) Jayco Roper and Clayton Biglow 

3. (tie) Kade Sonnier and Keenan Hayes.

Steer Wrestling: 

1. Dalton Massey

2. Dakota Eldridge 

3. Ty Erickson

4. Kyler Dick

Team Roping: 

1. Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp

2. Tanner Tomlinson/Patrick Smith

3. Clay Smith/Coleby Payne

4. Luke Brown

Saddle Bronc Riding: 

1.Ryder Sanford

2. Stetson Wright

3. Sterling Crawley

4. Dawson Hay

Tie-down Roping: 

1. Riley Webb

2. Cory Solomon

3. Caleb Smidt

4. Shad Mayfield

Barrel Racing: 

1. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi

2. Emily Beisel

3. Jessica Routier

4. Taycie Matthews

Bull riding: 

1. Trey Kimzey

2. Clayton Sellers

3. T. Parker

4. Stetson Wright

Breakaway roping:  

1. Maddy Deerman

2. Bradi Good

3. Hali Williams

4. Kendal Pierson

There are only two rodeos left in the playoff series to determine the top 8 that will also move on to the play off finals. Make sure to tune into the Cinch Playoffs at the end of September as these athletes compete for the $1 million purse and another shot at solidifying their spot in December's National Finals Rodeo. 

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Madi Roelofsen
MADI ROELOFSEN

Madi Roelofsen is a writer for Sports Illustrated's feature, Rodeo Daily. Madi not only writes about the western lifestyle and rodeo world but lives it daily. She attended Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, and competed in the barrel racing as part of their rodeo team. Roelofsen graduated in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in animal science. Madi enjoyed not only competing in rodeo events but also spectating the greatest sport on dirt. In 2017, while on vacation attending the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, she met her husband Tim Roelofsen. They got married a few years later in 2020. Tim had already established TVR Working Horses but together they grew their program and enjoy raising foals, training colts, barrel racing, team roping and standing their stallions (TVR Eye Needa Corona and CR Baron Bee Joy "Big Sexy") in both Texas and Iowa. They stay busy with the horses, farming alfalfa and raising their baby girl, Texi. Madi has always been passionate about horses, from learning about different bloodlines, breeding the foals themselves to training and competing. She expresses that passion within the articles she writes to open up the world of horses and rodeo to everyone.  Twitter-@Madi_Roelofsen  Facebook- @TVR Working Horses

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