LAS VEGAS, NV. (KLFY) — Church Point native, Waylon Bourgeois, has earned his second straight paycheck at his first National Finals Rodeo (NFR), finishing in a three-way tie for fifth place in Friday’s second round.
Bourgeois rode Diamond G Rodeo’s Reaelynn for the Win for 83.75 points and finished in a three-way tie for fifth place during Friday’s second round of the National Finals Rodeo, pocketing $5,126 in the process. He has earned $44,000 in two nights of work inside the Thomas & Mack Center on the University of Nevada-Las Vegas campus.
“That was more of a difficult horse to ride in bareback riding,” said Bourgeois “It just boils down to getting your job done and doing the best you can. It’s good that we got another check.”…