ALVA, Okla. – Like any individual competitor, senior Riley Wakefield was quite pleased with his wins in the all-around and tie-down roping this past weekend at the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rodeo. But his greatest accomplishment was being part of the men’s team title, which pushed the Rangers into the lead in the Central Plains[...]

Gibson wins at his first BFO event; Rockin’ B & Magnifica claims inaugural Cattle Battle WICHITA, Kan. – A year ago, Cade Gibson was taking part in his first freestyle bullfighting school with educators Cody Webster, Dusty Tuckness and Nathan Harp, all Bullfighters Only pioneers. This past Saturday night, he competed in his first BFO[...]

DUNCAN, Okla. – Bryson Seachrist had never won the year-end championship in the Prairie Circuit, though he’s a multiple-time qualifier to the Chisholm Trail Ram Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo. That changed Saturday night in a somewhat unlikely fashion. Seachrist had failed to place in the top four in either of the first two go-rounds, including[...]

DUNCAN, Okla. – Hardy Braden knew he had no chance to win the year-end saddle bronc riding title in the Prairie Circuit. His only chance to advance to the National Circuit Finals Rodeo was to win the average championship this weekend at the Chisholm Trail Ram Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo at the Stephens County Arena[...]

The first champions of the 2018 Chisholm Trail Ram Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo were crowned Friday morning at Stephens County Arena in Duncan, Okla. Kelton McMillen of Paden, Okla., won the steer roping average championship by roping three steers in a cumulative time of 51.8 seconds. Four-time world champion Rocky Patterson of Pratt, Kan., won[...]

DUNCAN, Okla. – Steer wrestling is nothing new to Blake Mindemann. He grew up in a bulldogging family and took to it in high school in the early 2000s. Now the 33-year-old cowboy who grew up in nearby Apache, Okla., is heading to the National Finals Rodeo for the first time in his 14-year career.[...]

DALLAS – When bareback rider J.R. Vezain was paralyzed, the reality of rodeo injuries emerged again on Sept. 22, 2018. Vezain suffered a broken back that required surgery and has left him paralyzed from the waist down at this point. He is undergoing rehabilitation in Houston and will continue that beyond his time in southeast[...]

Bullfighters Only brings a showcase of danger, excitement at Hartman Arena WICHITA, Kan. – Bullfighters Only will invade central Kansas on Saturday, as the world’s top freestyle bullfighters compete in the BFO Wichita Invitational at Park City’s Hartman Arena. As has been the case the last two years, the race for the world championship is[...]

ALVA, Okla. – The deep red dirt that filled the arena at the Oklahoma State University rodeo this past weekend in Stillwater just got darker and thicker as the weekend wore on. “It was bad,” said Bo Yaussi, a sophomore all-around cowboy at Northwestern Oklahoma State University from Udall, Kan. “The first performance was great.[...]

CLAREMORE, Okla. – After viewing it for the first time, organizer David Petty knew he wanted to make Claremore’s Extreme Roughstock a better experience for everyone. That’s the plan for this year’s event, which is presented by the Kubota Center of Oklahoma, set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Claremore Expo Center. This[...]