As a top-ten year-end money earner in the tiedown calf roping permit standings within the Professional Rodeo Cowboys of America (PRCA) Association, Cash Fuesz participated in the Permit Finals held in Waco, Texas, in October. Finishing this event in the top five, allowed him a birth into the Permit Challenge of the Year held at the Southpoint Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev., on December 7.
Fuesz competed in two rounds winning second in both with 10.4 seconds on both runs and winning the average. He used a 12-year-old quarter horse mare belonging to Brian Carter of Seminole, Okla.
In the PRCA, members first join as “permit” holders. Those who win $1,000 are eligible to buy their PRCA card and become full members. However, those in college may choose to stay on their permit. Fuesz will remain on his permit into the 2024 season. In 2023. the PRCA had approximately 1,700 permit holders.
Fuesz is a 2022 graduate of Eureka Junior/Senior High School and is a sophomore at Weatherford College, in Weatherford, Texas, where he competes on their rodeo team. He is majoring in Organizational Leadership.
Fuesz is pictured above with his parents, Cory and Heather, girlfriend Carolyn Thomas and Ty O’Neal, commentator of the Cowboy Channel.
He is the grandson of Irlene Huntington of rural Eureka and of Gary and Vicki Fuesz of rural Haxtun, Colo.
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Cory Fuesz, Caroline Thomas, Cash Fuesz, Ty O’Neal and Heather Fuesz
