Capping an opening weekend in which several PBR Teams records were shattered, the Oklahoma Wildcatters concluded their inaugural PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Camping World Team Series homestand and highly anticipated debut of head coach J.B. Mauney with a crucial victory, defeating the scoreless Austin Gamblers 155.75-0 to improve to 2-1 in game play.
The expansion team making their debut inside Paycom Center in Oklahoma City is now ranked No. 4 in the league.
After both teams were shut out in the first two frames, the Wildcatters took the lead in the third via a score from Cort McFadden, who was a perfect 3-for-3 on the weekend, and never looked back. While they clinched the game win early when Austin’s closer Jose Vitor Leme was bucked off, their ebullient rookie Clay Guiton augmented the win with a mammoth ride on Boujee Boy for fans to remember.
The Wildcatters, who beat the reigning PBR Teams Champion Texas Rattlers on opening night before falling to the Arizona Ridge Riders on Saturday, improved to 2-1 in gameplay. They are now ranked No. 4 in the league.
Austin left the Sooner State 0-2 and are No. 9 in the early PBR Teams standings.
Less than 24 hours after their record-setting 5-for-5 game producing 448 points, the most in a game by a team in league history, the Carolina Cowboys continued to ride in championship-
defeating the New York Mavericks 161.25-82.5 to improve to 2-0 in 2024 and claim the No. 1 rank in the league.
After Cooper Davis delivered the gamehigh score in the top of the first, Sage Steele Kimzey knocked down what would prove to be the game-winning score in the top of the fifth.
While the New York Mavericks, the other expansion team making their league debut, concluded competition in Oklahoma City 0-3, ranked No. 10 in the league, Davi Henrique da Liva recorded the team’s first-ever qualified ride during their loss to Carolina, covering Rowdy for 82.5 points.
The Florida Freedom earned the team’s first win of 2024 on Sunday afternoon, knocking off the 2022 PBR Teams Champion Nashville Stampede 173.75-87.25.
After Elizmar Jeremias delivered the first score for Florida, John Crimber, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 PBR Teams New Rider Draft, clinched the victory for the team with a crucial 88-point ride on Stryker in the top of the fifth. Florida is now 1-1 in 2024, ranked No. 5 in the league.
Nashville, which was prevented from suffering a shutout loss compliments of a bottomof- the-fifth ride from three-time PBR World Champion Silvano Alves, left Oklahoma City with a 1-2 record, now ranked No. 7 in the league.
The final night of PBR’s Wildcatters Days, presented by Travel Oklahoma, began with the first iteration of the 2024 Show-Me Showdown as the Kansas City Outlaws played the Missouri Thunder.
Compliments of early scores from Koltin Hevalow and Sandro Batista in the opening two frames and a key fourthframe ride from Brennon Eldred, the Outlaws emerged as the top team in Missouri, beating the Thunder by 81.75 points, 260.25-172.5. The Outlaws improved to 2-0 in 2024, now ranked No. 3 in the league, while the Thunder are now 1-2, sitting at No. 8.
In the Shootout Round to conclude the event, Jeremias delivered for Florida as the lone competitor to convert. His winning ride was an 88.25-point score on Mike’s Motive.
