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Dowdy claims ano= ther MVP, wins bullfighting title with Allard

SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas – Chad Dowdy has been in this position before. Heck, it was just a ye= ar ago.

On Saturday night, the Bris= tow, Okla., athlete c= linched back-to-back victories at the 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.

This year, he and his partn= er, Evan Allard of Vinita, O= kla., represented Team City National Bank all the way to the Professional Bullfighters Daisy Protection Bullfight Tour event title at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. Dowdy was also named the event’s Most Valuable Player, something that isn’t new to the veteran bullfighter.

A season ago, Dowdy and then-teammate Wacey Munsel= l led Team CNB to the title. This year, he and Allard scored big points on bo= th nights of the competition. They won both rounds – they split the open= ing round with Team Texas Heritage National Bank, Dusty Tu= ckness-Ross Hill, with 114 points, then split the second-rou= nd victory with Team Lonestar Dodge, Jason Magditch-Brodie Nelson, with 136 points. Their 250-po= int total bested Magditch and Nelson by just nine p= oints in the cumulative score.

“It’s always ni= ce to come to an event you’ve won before, and it’s even better when y= ou win again,” said Dowdy, who has won more Daisy Protection Tour MVP aw= ards than any other bullfighter.

While Dowdy won the bullfig= ht, the bull Jed Clampett – owned by Jerry Nelson= , Ivan Stoltzfus and the Jaynes Gang – won the American Bucking Bull Inc. Classic event, a competitio= n of the bulls that bucked throughout the weekend.

Meanwhile, Colby Yates, who= lived in Sulphur Springs for some time, was the only = cowboy to hang on for the qualifying eight seconds on two rides. That earned him t= he second-round victory and the average championship for the contestants who competed Saturday night in the Professional Bull Riders Touring Pro Division event.

But they weren’t the = only winners over the weekend. Because of the PBR Challenge, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas was the beneficiary of $9,069 in donations during= the two days of competition in Sulphur Springs.

RESU= LTS

Texas Heritage National Bank PBR Challenge

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

FRID= AY NIGHT

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.

SATU= RDAY NIGHT

PBR Touring Pro Division:

First go-round: No qualified rides

Second go-round: 1. Colby Yates, 78 points.

Average: 1. Yates, 78.

Daisy Protection Bullfight Tour:

Second round: 1. Team City National Bank, Chad Dowdy, Bristow, Okl= a.-Evan Allard, Vinita, Okla., and Team L= onestar Dodge, Jason Magditch, Re= vere, Pa.-Brodie Nelson, Perry, Ark., 136 points; 3. = Team Guaranty Bond Bank, Dave Jantzi, Sugar Creek, Ohio-Anthony Moore, Council Hill, Okla., and Team Alliance Bank, Lance McIlvain, Arlington, Texas-Pat R= iha, Stuart, Neb., 130; 3. 5. Team Texas Heritage National Bank, Dusty Tuckness, = Meeteetse, Wyo.-Ross Hill, Muscle Shoals, Ala., 126

Average: 1. Team CNB, Dowdy-Allard, 250 points; 2. Team <= span class=3DSpellE>Lonestar, Magditch-Nelson= , 241; 3. Team THNB, Tuckness-Hill, 240; 4. Team Guara= nty Bond Bank, Jantzi-Moore, 237; 5. Team Alliance = Bank, McIlvain-Riha, 226.

Daisy MVP: Chad Dowdy, Bristow, Okla.

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