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Benefiting Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas

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Dirteater= bounces back from injury to l= ead PBR Challenge

Teams CNB, THNB share first-round victory in Da= isy Protection Bullfight Tour event

SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas – A look at the Professional Bull Riders website reveals that Ryan Dirteater is injured.

On Friday night during the = opening performance of the two-night Texas Heritage National Bank PBR Challenge presented by Priefert Ranch Equipment and Pro-<= span class=3DSpellE>Trak Trailers benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas, Dirteater made a point of telling = the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center crowd that he is perfectly sound.

The Hulbert, Okla., man was one of just two cowboys= to earn two qualified rides, and his 171 cumulative score has him on top of the PBR Touring Pro event leaderboard. Luis Blanco = of Irving, Texas, finished Friday night with 157 points and is second heading into the final performance, set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

But there was plenty of act= ion in the civic center on opening night. Not only did Dirtea= ter take the lead – he scored 89 points in the first round and 82.5 in the short go-round – but the competition in the Professional Bullfights D= aisy Protection Bullfight Tour ended with two teams atop the leaderboard: Team City National Bank and Team Texas Heritage National Bank with 114 poin= ts each.

Team CNB is represented by = Chad Dowdy of Bristow, Okla., and Evan Allard= of Vinita, Okla., wh= ile Team THNB features Dusty Tuckness of Meeteetse, Wyo.,= and Ross Hill of Muscle Shoals, Ala. Both teams were just seven points better than T= eam Guaranty Bond Bank, Dave Jantzi of Sugar Creek,= Ohio, and Anthony Moore of Council Hill, Okla. Team Lonestar= Dodge, Jason Magditch of Revere, Pa., and Brodie Nelson of Perry, Ark., slid into the fourth-pl= ace spot with 105 points, followed by Team Alliance Bank, Lance McIlvain of Arlington, Texas, and Pat Riha of Stuart, Ne= b., which finished with 96 points.

RESU= LTS

Texas Heritage National Bank PBR Challenge

pres= ented by Priefert Ranch Equipment and Pro-Trak Trailers

PBR Touring Pro Division:

First go-round: 1. Ryan Dirteater, Hulbert, Okla., 89 points, $293; 2. Jason Mara, Boldor= combre, Queensland, Australia, 86.5, $225; 3. Luis Blanco, Irving, Texas, 83, $158.=

Second go-round: 1. Kyle Willoughby, Denison, Texas, 85.5 points, $270; 2. Dirteater, 82.5, $203; 3. Robson Aragao, Aracuju, Sergipe, Brazile, 77.5, $= 125; 4. Blanco, 74, $68.

Average: 1. Dirteater, 171.5 = points on two rides, $1,160; 2. Blanco, 157, $845; 3. Mara, 86.5, $530; Willoughby, 85.5, $372; 5. Aragao, 77.5, $246. <= /span>

Daisy Protection Bullfight Tour:

First round: 1. Team City National Bank, Chad Dowdy, Bristow, Okl= a.-Evan Allard, Vinita, Okla., and Team Texas Heri= tage National Bank, Dusty Tuckness, Meeteetse, Wyo.-Ross Hill, Muscle Shoals, Ala., 114 points; 3. Team Guaranty Bond Bank, Dave Jantz= i, Sugar Creek, Ohio-Anthony Moore, Council Hill, Okla., 10= 7; 4. Team Lonestar Dodge, Jason Madgitch, Revere, Pa.-Brodie Nelson, Perry, Ark., 105; 5.= Team Alliance Bank, Lance McIlvain, Arlington, Texas-Pat R= iha, Stuart, Neb., 96.

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