With assistance from KNEB Radio in Scottsbluff.

Sin City has changed into a cowtown …. with the start of the 2012 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Round one of 10 rounds of rodeo begins Thursday night, Dec. 6, at the Thomas and Mack Arena on the campus of UNLV.

The top 15 competitors in seven events are set to compete for the world championship in Rodeo.

Nebraska will be watching two-time World Champion Steer Wrestler Dean Gorsuch of Gering as he makes his –7th trip to the National Finals Rodeo.

Grosuch, a 1998 graduate of Alliance High School,  is currently sitting third in the world.  However, early on in the year his fast gray horse “Pumpjack” shattered his pastern, shortly after that his replacement horse died.

Gorsuch goes into the 2012 NFR with $87 thousand in earrings, just $11 thousand out of first place. With ten rounds ahead of him, he doesn’t worry about the numbers.

Gorsuch is a talented athlete.  He was a state runner-up in high school wrestling in the Class A 189-pound division in 1998 for AHS.

The NFR will be shown live on GAC staring at 8pm. Round one begins tonight with the NFR culminating on Saturday, December 15th.