Cash Calendar BIG MONEY Winners!

Congrats to Ken Flamand, Elizabeth Frandsen and Rhonda Hambright for being the big money winners for this year's Cash Calendar drawing at the Finals!

The Montana Bucking Horse and Bull Sale!

The MPRF is adding a new dimension to the Circuit Finals by hosting the Montana Bucking Horse and Bull Sale, sponsored in part by 560 KMON. The sale will be Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 9:00am. VJV Auction will be conducting the sale and is limited to 50 bucking horses and 20 bucking bulls with some pickup horses for sale. Admission is $10 at the door. Livestock consignment, call 403-549-2120, for contestant entries, call 406-697-8256. Visit the website here.

The Montana PRCA Pro Rodeo Circuit Finals!

The 33rd Anniversary of the Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit Finals will be held at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls on January 13, 14 and 15, 2012. Tickets go one sale Saturday, December 10 at 11am at the Four Seasons Arena (406-727-1481) - OR ORDER HERE ONLINE!.You can also download the event guide and order via mail, or find out more about the performances!

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December Cash Calendar Winners

1 Linda & Arron Boehm Rudyard 3043 $30
2 Jackie Conway Browning 2558 $30
3 Jay & Ann Lowder Missoula 2557 $100
4 Michael McKinlay Carter 410 $30
5 Mark Wertheimer Hobson 2629 $30
6 Dixie Miller Worden 685 $30
7 Bob Zimmerman Thompson Falls 3096 $30
8 Harry McCarthy Meeker, CO 2960 $30
9 George Klind Port Ludlow, WA 1586 $30
10 Jim Tadvick Stevensville 2218 $100
11 Loretta Tescher Beach, ND 1768 $30
12 Stephanie Pittman Miles City 197 $30
13 Bobbi Jo Bjarko Scobey 2475 $30
14 Tesla McDowell Great Falls 3516 $30
15 Virgil Hershberger Fairfield 624 $30
16 Levi Oja Valleyford, WA 777 $30
17 Nancy Garoutte Wolf Point 644 $100
18 Jay Shaw Miles City 3182 $30
19 Phyllis Newton Glendive 2755 $30
20 Mike Weeks Culbertson 225 $30
21 Kenny Drinkwalter Huntley 689 $30
22 Kari Opheim Billings 3289 $30
23 Dennis Wortman Boulder 2823 $30
24 Kelly Tynes Great Falls 3125 $100
25 Cathy Bessette Great Falls 3606 $30
26 Darae Larson Belt 3598 $30
27 Jodi Louis Browning 791 $30
28 Pete Bassett Huntley 1945 $30
29 Vicky Hicks Belt 3159 $30
30 Donald Kolka Volborg 1970 $30
31 Rod Sacks Corvallis 2217 $500

November Cash Calendar Winners

1 Montana Equine Three Forks 1499 $30
2 Leslie Whitney Fort Collins, CO 1193 $30
3 Caro & Russ Austin Canonsburg, PA 2664 $30
4 Jay Shirley Helena 2804 $30
5 Mary Alice Mangen Broadus 1999 $100
6 Terry Stevens Billings 2267 $30
7 Casey Wagner Fromberg 2386 $30
8 Laura Smrcka Cut Bank 3258 $30
9 Bruce Nelson Great Falls 2100 $30
10 Patti Jo Black Wolf Point 78 $30
11 Ray Guardipee Cut Bank 1952 $30
12 Marvin Weatherwax, Jr. Browning 798 $100
13 Linda Smith Big Timber 1694 $30
14 Jack Billingsley Glasgow 455 $30
15 Tyler Malnaa Glasgow 264 $30
16 Jamie Newberry Florence 1241 $30
17 Robert & Jackie Newman Melstone 3620 $30
18 Parke Edwards Missoula 2307 $30
19 Earl & Alice Martin Hall 3278 $100
20 Rich Boyle Simms 3589 $30
21 Gordon Broermann Butte 3112 $30
22 Jennifer Fox Lolo 2303 $30
23 Karen Larson Hysham 2480 $30
24 Ethan Schaff Bozeman 2913 $30
25 Christina Tennant Glendive 1764 $30
26 Rod Bailey Lewistown 1123 $100
27 Kelly Wasalski Park River, ND 3239 $30
28 Jason Hambright Roy 731 $30
29 Bob Barnes Dillon 2793 $30
30 Marianne Little & Jerry Smith Firth, ID 1187 $500

Lucky Bareback Rider was at Rodeo When Heart Stopped

Rodeo can be a dangerous, even deadly sport, but rodeo probably saved A.J. St. Goddard's life last Friday night.

The 20-year-old University of Montana Western student had just finished his bareback ride on Medina Gold at the NILE Rodeo when he collapsed after being set down by his pickup rider.
"The last thing I remember is taping up my buddy, Buck," St. Goddard said from his Billings Clinic hospital bed Wednesday.

When St. Goddard collapsed, EMTs present at the event in case of injury strapped him to a backboard and rushed him into a waiting ambulance. As his girlfriend, Tiffany Sinclair, stepped into the ambulance to ride with him, the EMTs told her to get out. St. Goddard's heart had stopped. Read more...

Newman’s Career Takes Flight with NILE Triumph

The most famous person ever to come out of Melstone, Mont. (population 136) was pioneering aviatrix Evelyn Genevieve Sharp, and while Nevada Newman is majoring in aviation at Casper College, if he is ever going to overshadow Ms. Sharp it will be for flying by the seat of his pants on a 2,000-pound bull. Read more...

October Cash Calendar Winners

1 Jason Fuller Little Rock, AR 2138 $100
2 Jacob Lalli Roy 739 $30
3 Paul George Sunburst 984 $30
4 Brenda Berry Glendive 856 $30
5 Cindy Knop Box Elder 1555 $30
6 Jackie Barten Joliet 2649 $30
7 Mike Welker Butte 1480 $30
8 Lisa Ferguson Lewistown 2121 $100
9 Debbie Stefanik Helena 3537 $30
10 Misty Filipowicz Great Falls 9 $30
11 Karen Gaskill Volborg 2573 $30
12 Valerie Marinko Hinsdale 3369 $30
13 Kyle Stensrud Florence 3323 $30
14 Allie Novotny Helena 1580 $30
15 Carol Ann Schilz Red Lodge 2284 $100
16 Jenny Tofte Fairview 1103 $30
17 Gary Bjorklund Cut Bank 1844 $30
18 Emma Lamb Three Forks 1537 $30
19 Max Hansen Dillon 3416 $30
20 Damon Ward Darby 2412 $30
21 Vernon Severson Great Falls 994 $30
22 Bryan Holmen Miles City 2977 $100
23 Jenell Pickart Three Forks 1506 $30
24 Kay Lynn Allen Fromberg 3167 $30
25 Jane Denzin Buffalo, SD 2187 $30
26 Melissa Ehrlich Windsor, CO 1191 $30
27 Mylee Barry Cut Bank 3245 $30
28 Alana Long Three Forks 1541 $30
29 Karen Crawford Choteau 3477 $100
30 Cory Marquis Belt 506 $30
31 Michael Cox Helena 1298 $500

September Cash Calendar Winners

1 Mark Swank Poplar 222 $30
2 Todd Jensen Blackfoot, ID 2077 $30
3 George Christensen Helena 1294 $100
4 Jimmy Filipowicz Great Falls 6 $30
5 Ray Mcgowan East Helena 3524 $30
6 John Hill Raynesford 1605 $30
7 Sandy Gast Helena 3540 $30
8 Joel Johnson Ballantine 1946 $30
9 Gil Crouse Lewistown 3030 $30
10 Lawrence Gebhardt Great Falls 2791 $100
11 Tate Dempewolf Lindsay 1440 $30
12 Myrna Finn Big Timber 712 $30
13 Tater Erickson Hobson 2098 $30
14 Evertt Mattila Helena 3500 $30
15 Pete Rasmussen Choteau 3447 $30
16 Casey Dey Miles City 868 $30
17 Mitch Burley Gillette, WY 1351 $100
18 Roy Seaholm Grass Range 2124 $30
19 Lane Basso Billings 1908 $30
20 Liz Sorlie Billings 1909 $30
21 Ronnie Hammer Adrian, MO 1840 $30
22 John Price Avon 1266 $30
23 Tom Schmitt Glasgow 3514 $30
24 Theresa Walter Billings 1910 $100
25 Todd Durham Cameron 3423 $30
26 Carol Ryan Coeur D Alena, ID 2073 $30
27 Muriel Old Chief Browning 763 $30
28 Geri Mason Whitehall 1724 $30
29 Miranda Gabel Powell, WY 690 $30
30 Cody Cox Worden 1911 $500

August Cash Calendar Winners

1 Rick Baker Helena 3541 $30
2 Tim Downey Butte 3409 $30
3 Heather Ann Iron Shirt Browning 1557 $30
4 Randal Whitford Box Elder 1717 $30
5 Bethany Chinadle Havre 2830 $30
6 Tara Moore Rosebud 508 $100
7 Dan Murphy Baker 132 $30
8 Jim Fisher Boulder 1357 $30
9 Rick Olson Helena 561 $30
10 Gloria Burkhart Bozeman 3290 $30
11 Doreen Miller Billings 2852 $30
12 Tyler Kelly Stanford 467 $30
13 Dolores McKenna Three Forks 1226 $100
14 Sherri Pryor Livingston 1225 $30
15 Kari Bevl Bozeman 1239 $30
16 Mark Jorgensen Blackfoot 2071 $30
17 Sandra White Augusta 3455 $30
18 Delbert Beddes Payson, UT 1477 $30
19 Daryl St. Goddard Browning 1961 $30
20 Dales Fuel Clyde Park 2917 $100
21 June & Justin Blatter Glendale, AZ 2173 $30
22 Daniel Fish Browning 1211 $30
23 Lauren Williams Great Falls 653 $30
24 Bruce Sanford Great Falls 945 $30
25 Dennis Diegel Glendive 1447 $30
26 Rodger & Sheila Nordahl Helena 3525 $30
27 Smiley Kittson Browning 761 $100
28 Pam Swanke Billings 2846 $30
29 Francis Meagher Deer Lodge 3061 $30
30 Jo Vilhauer Miles City 28 $30
31 Pete Mast Bismarck 3215 $500

July Cash Calendar Winners

1 Jana Saltness Three Forks 1881 $30
2 Lon LaCross Baker 2765 $100
3 Cally Goyins Helena 1106 $30
4 Roxy Burley Billings 2469 $30
5 Chad Simonson Great Falls 2108 $30
6 Remington Burley Gillette, WY 2467 $30
7 Danelle Oakes Three Forks 1879 $30
8 Richard Miller Billings 2843 $30
9 Ryan Hamilton Manhattan 1111 $100
10 Gwyn Shepherd Hamilton 2212 $30
11 Rock LaCross Oxnard, CA 2763 $30
12 Patty Jones Three Forks 1877 $30
13 Michael Loutzenhiser Baker 2764 $30
14 Don Carney Glasgow 254 $30
15 Mike Goyins Helena 3560 $30
16 Ann Cole Willow Creek 1878 $100
17 Rick & Laurie Tryan Helena 1968 $30
18 Leslie Kennedy Bozeman 1880 $30
19 Diane Kottke Great Falls 922 $30
20 Amy Locke Three Forks 1882 $30
21 Joe Naughton Billings 2398 $30
22 Barbara Taylor E. Wenatchee, WA 2395 $30
23 Paula Hams Billings 1297 $100
24 Mick Dykman Harrison 1533 $30
25 Jeri Crowe Willow Creek 1532 $30
26 Glenda Thompson E. Wenatchee, WA 2396 $30
27 Matt Miller Helena 1269 $30
28 Kendee Hill-Barnes Condon 1772 $30
29 Ahsley Ouzts Billings 2399 $30
30 Mike Marzetta Great Falls 2950 $100
31 Greg Preble Cascade 2613 $500

June Cash Calendar Winners

1 Kacie Killen, Angela 176 $30
2 Laurie Bjorklund, Helena 1841 $30
3 Kim Roberts, Sidney 670 $30
4 Rodger & Sheila Nordahl, Helena 3521 $100
5 Scott Michelena "Wellington, CO" 1203 $30
6 Shawn Merritt Helena 3534 $30
7 Ron & Brandie Hoyt Helena 2328 $30
8 Boyd Draper Custer 1581 $30
9 Karen Robertson Red Lodge 3127 $30
10 Mike Roskilly Ramsay 3499 $30
11 Jeff Petek Helena 3519 $100
12 Mary Ann Nicholas Dillon 1458 $30
13 Tia Murphy Cut Bank 794 $30
14 Darell Ten Broek "Ten Sleep, WY" 679 $30
15 Cal McOmber Corvallis 2134 $30
16 Harlan Lund Shepherd 3506 $30
17 Julie Shepherd Choteau 3479 $30
18 Laurence Barthel Glendive 861 $100
19 Karen Miller Lewistown 2123 $30
20 Mary Bell Helena 2036 $30
21 "Daryell Cogdill, Jr." Whitehall 3270 $30
22 Dennis Donoven Kremlin 1179 $30
23 Avery & Dylan Oja "Valleyford, WA" 3507 $30
24 Jamie Lynn St. Goddard Browning 879 $30
25 Nick Stubblefield Choteau 3467 $100
26 Charles Scherzberg Fishtail 2202 $30
27 Jeff Cahill Livingston 706 $30
28 Terry Counts Belgrade 3348 $30
29 Shane Warfield East Helena 553 $30
30 Ken Hord Roy 729 $500

May Cash Calendar Winners

1 Donnie Keltz Dillon 3408 $30
2 Jack Hokanson Lewistown 3019 $30
3 Sue Little Geraldine 3562 $30
4 Janet Singer Baker 823 $30
5 Louis Monson Glasgow 486 $30
6 Rick & Sharon Young Forsyth 1685 $30
7 John Riley Geyser 398 $100
8 Shannon Wortman Drummond 3276 $30
9 Wayne Riley Geyser 395 $30
10 Joyce Conway Browning 2559 $30
11 Herman Busch Kinsey 2957 $30
12 Kenny Smith Livestock Lewiston, ID 1464 $30
13 Donna Johnson Belt 3600 $30
14 Jim Davis Deer Lodge 3080 $100
15 Holly Viereck Blaine, WA 2016 $30
16 Jimi Rae Croff Geyser 394 $30
17 Penny Urick Belt 3603 $30
18 Mitch Schwartz Missoula 549 $30
19 Ardythe Bessette Vaughn 3625 $30
20 Butch Bailey Billings 3174 $30
21 David Smith Stanford 3316 $100
22 Ron Harris Wolf Point 41 $30
23 Big Timber Rodeo Association Big Timber 715 $30
24 Teigan & Terra Brooks Great Falls 926 $30
25 Matt Kunnary Helena 3489 $30
26 Joe Blankenship Dickinson, ND 1436 $30
27 Pat Eggebrecht Vida 1435 $30
28 Keith Luoma Stockett 3644 $100
29 Bob's Auto Mart Lewistown 3027 $30
30 Tammy Zier Stanford 3320 $30
31 Jack Hogart Butte 3108 $500

April Cash Calendar Winners

1 Joe Seymour Butte 3116 $30
2 Corner Bar Deer Lodge 3085 $100
3 Jamie Kellogg Conrad 3570 $30
4 Brandon Herrera Boulder 1363 $30
5 Dennis Brimer Ft. Rice, ND 3229 $30
6 Ken Hart Outlook 975 $30
7 Rusty Giulio Boulder 1319 $30
8 Daryle Swanson Valier 1056 $30
9 David & Lindsay Kennedy Florence 2033 $100
10 Anna Flom Malta 963 $30
11 Monte Malnaa Billings 1797 $30
12 Travis & Bailee Stovall Helena 1277 $30
13 Allen & Peggy Sloan Ronan 3392 $30
14 Sally Taylor Huntley 1589 $30
15 Vicki Small Ashland 2567 $30
16 Cindy Sundheim Billings 2844 $100
17 Bud Anzick Livingston 1852 $30
18 Jay Kirkland Billings 1800 $30
19 Barb Norlander Whitefish 1743 $30
20 Jim & Sherry Belk Eldorado, TX 3388 $30
21 Kassy Brough Havre 1170 $30
22 Courtney Small Pryor 2569 $30
23 Cheryl Tom Warm Springs, OR 2570 $100
24 Joe Michelena Clearmont, WY 3297 $30
25 Larry Bowman Trey 3293 $30
26 Don Dahlberg Brockton 210 $30
27 Damon Ward Darby 2414 $30
28 Jack Sheilas Lewistown 3040 $30
29 Julie Sax Cody, WY 2352 $30
30 Ty & Cara Mann Rochester, MN 1569 $50

March Cash Calendar Winners

1 Terry Fink Raymond 883 $30
2 Honey Davis Browning 1960 $30
3 Duane Mahlum Fergus Falls, MN 26 $30
4 Gene Christensen Choteau 3480 $30
5 Patty Juneau Browning 1061 $100
6 Stephanie Wiltfang Miles City 137 $30
7 Casey Weekes Babb 2562 $30
8 Sam Posey Roberts 3162 $30
9 Terry Taylor Columbus 3132 $30
10 Heather Parmer Helena 3558 $30
11 Mary Grasky Tucson, AZ 3440 $30
12 Janet Tamcke Florence 3331 $100
13 Logan Leritz Great Falls 1679 $30
14 Lynette Lunak Browning 802 $30
15 Rodney Lay Florence 3332 $30
16 Tina Young Greycliff 1689 $30
17 Len Watkins Great Falls 2949 $30
18 Ron Nessland Gold Canyon, AZ 3512 $30
19 Tony Sinclair, Sr. Browning 1940 $100
20 Len Duvall Geraldine 654 $30
21 Sheila Haselhuhn Forsyth 2761 $30
22 Ali McCarty Pryor 1912 $30
23 Steve & Patty Davis Ennis 3084 $30
24 Sandi Silka Clarksville, VA 347 $30
25 Karen & Buck Moore Columbia Falls 2140 $30
26 Lauren Williams Great Falls 660 $100
27 CeeCee Tryan Miles City 1967 $30
28 Jackie Grimsrud Roy 733 $30
29 J.O. Hash Roscoe 3134 $30
30 Penny Teeters Forsyth 2477 $30
31 Ronnie Hines Worden 2280 $500

February Cash Calendar Winners

1 Linda Gopher Box Elder 1722 $30
2 Nate Finch Dillon 3376 $30
3 Rob Burdick Choteau 3446 $30
4 Preston Murch Glasgow 2728 $30
5 Brad & Tawnya Quade Billings 1345 $100
6 Becky Jones Norton, KS 1700 $30
7 Jennifer Wandler Stevensville 2209 $30
8 Ryle Harms Miles City 1 $30
9 John Fortier Shepherd 3508 $30
10 John Harrison Dillon 3382 $30
11 Kesler Championship Rodeo Helena 573 $30
12 Jerry VanVerVelde Richey 2738 $100
13 Forst Eichhorn Baker 821 $30
14 Mike Schwartz Great Falls 207 $30
15 Annette Graner Huff, ND 3205 $30
16 Shonny Nordlund Lewistown 2256 $30
17 Tiffany Sinclair Ronan 1089 $30
18 Britt Cooper Harrison 1885 $30
19 Ed Andrews Windsor, CO 1204 $100
20 Emily Kallenberger Havre 1173 $30
21 Kevin Horne Helena 849 $30
22 Bill Yeagle Butte 2798 $30
23 Susan Ford Augusta 3452 $30
24 Lonnie Severson Redstone 326 $30
25 Tom & Lisa Lappe Dell 749 $30
26 Butch Reynolds Ekalaka 2133 $100
27 Troy & Dawn Benson Ronan 3393 $30
28 Jennifer Tash Polaris 3380 $500