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Willis' double triumph in Waco unexpected

Courtesy PRCA

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — As shocked as he may have been about what he had just done, bull rider Tyler Willis still had the presence of mind to call home from the arena of the Heartland ProRodeo Championships Oct. 17. "My mom had been a nervous wreck all week," Willis said, "so I knew making that call was the first thing I had to do." Willis' parents, Don and Tammy, had made it down to Waco, Texas, for the early rounds of the rodeo from their Wheatland, Wyo., ranch and were awaiting new ...

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