Ohl, a six-time world champion, entered the final round at the Caldwell Night Rodeo ranked 48th in the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association standings, battling knee and hamstring injuries since June’s Reno Rodeo.
Feeling as good as he has in two months, Ohl won the CNR championship with a 25.1-second total on three head.
When given the set of spurs presented to the winners, the Hico, Texas, cowboy handed them to 85-year-old Dean Oliver. An eight-time world champion roper, Oliver is a Greenleaf native.
“I think about him all the time. It makes me try harder knowing my hero, my everything is there coming out to see me rope,” Ohl said.
A “roller coaster” summer hit a high point with Ohl’s win Saturday, considering his health returning to normal, one of his idols on hand and the pivotal late-season timing.
“It couldn’t have come at a better time,” he said. “... This is my favorite rodeo to be at on a Saturday night. It’s how it should be.”
Though Ohl’s had a tough season, most of the rodeo’s winners continued to climb in the top 10 of the world rankings.
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