Monthly Archives: March 2014
Brothers have bronc connection
Written on March 31, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
GUTHRIE, Okla. – It wasn’t that long ago that the best known bronc riding brothers were the Etbauers. These days, though, there is a multitude of elite bronc riding brothers: the Wrights from Utah, the DeMosses from Louisiana and the Crawleys from Texas. Combined they own 36 qualifications to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and Continue Reading »
McCoys spint to runner-up finish
Written on March 31, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
The sixth leg of “The Amazing Race” turned into a sprint for The Cowboys, Jet and Cord McCoy. The brothers from southeastern Oklahoma are one of seven teams remaining in the race around the world for $1 million in the CBS-TV reality series now in its 24th season. They maneuvered through Sri Lanka on the Continue Reading »
Carr taking top stock to Guymon
Written on March 27, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
GUYMON, Okla. – Pete Carr has been the primary stock contractor for the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo for several years. Over time, he’s become the talk of the town. “Fans tell us all the time what they like about our rodeo, and one of the big things is the great livestock,” said Earl Helm, chairman Continue Reading »
Change the message from hate
Written on March 25, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
EDITOR’S NOTE: Fred Phelps died last week, and though it isn’t a story on rodeo, this opinion piece is one I’d like to tell, so here goes: I met Fred Phelps in 1990 in the small Citizen-Patriot office in tiny Atwood, Kan., as the man best known for being a hate enthusiast was making his Continue Reading »
Team ropers have to battle Barnes
Written on March 24, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
GUTHRIE, Okla. – It’s been a few years since Jake Barnes last won a team roping world championship. It’s OK. He owns seven heading gold buckles, the last of which came two decades ago. He is still one of the greatest ropers on the rodeo trail. Proof of that is in the 25 qualifications to Continue Reading »
Carr rodeo is like a family affair
Written on March 24, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – When Pete Carr established his rodeo company years ago, he knew he needed a great team of talented people to help him along the way. What Carr found was a family atmosphere, one very similar to the rodeo lifestyle itself. Crew members work, travel and celebrate together during the 30-plus rodeo season. Continue Reading »
McCoys place third, advance in race
Written on March 24, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
Being a cowboy means tackling any task necessary to handle any job before him. That philosophy came in quite handy for Jet and Cord McCoy during the fifth leg of “The Amazing Race” All-Star Edition, which was broadcast Sunday, May 23, on CBS-TV. The ranch-raised brothers from the southeastern Oklahoma community of Tupelo overcame traveling Continue Reading »
Schneeberger eager for national title
Written on March 17, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
GUTHRIE, Okla. – The first time Jerome Schneeberger qualified for the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, he was a 21-year-old young gun fresh off his inaugural appearance at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Much has changed since 1998, but the Ponca City, Okla., cowboy remains one of the greatest tie-down ropers in the Prairie Circuit, Continue Reading »
McCoys rolling on ‘Amazing Race’
Written on March 17, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
In his initial appearance on “The Amazing Race” four years ago, Cord McCoy created a catch phrase that took the reality TV show’s audience by storm. His “Oh, my gravy” commentary may have been trumped during Sunday night’s fourth episode of Season 24, when the youngest of the two brothers on the show uttered a Continue Reading »
Champs eager to defend Guymon titles
Written on March 16, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
GUYMON, Okla. – Forgive Tyler Smith if he is a little greedy when he arrives in the Oklahoma Panhandle in a month and a half. Smith, a two-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo bull rider from Fruita, Colo., owns two Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo trophy belts; he’d like to win a third during the 2014 edition, Continue Reading »
Tough love pays off for Price, Rangers
Written on March 12, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
ALVA, Okla. – There are times in each person’s life when a little tough love is needed to help him or her along the right path. Trisha Price got a taste of it during practice last week, and it led her to the breakaway roping winner’s circle this past weekend at the Fort Scott (Kan.) Continue Reading »
Isley’s comedy coming to RNCFR
Written on March 11, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
GUTHRIE, Okla. – Keith Isley is one of the most decorated clowns in rodeo. Now Isley will bring his brand of funny to the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, scheduled for 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10; 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 11; and 1 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12. “I thoroughly enjoy Continue Reading »
Ingenuity keeps McCoys in race
Written on March 10, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
Ranch work is equal parts animal care, land management and jack-of-all-trades Western engineering. That experience came in handy for the McCoy brothers during the third episode of Season 24 of “The Amazing Race,” the CBS-TV reality series. The brothers put their ingenuity to work during the Sunday, March 9, telecast that featured the teams racing Continue Reading »
Changing of the guard
Written on March 9, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
Paul David Tierney becomes 12th Timed Event champ GUTHRIE, Okla. – There’s a changing of the guard at the Timed Event Championship of the World. Paul David Tierney, a 24-year-old cowboy from Oral, S.D., roped, tied and wrestled 25 animals in 332.3 seconds to win his first gold buckle, the fifth Timed Event title for Continue Reading »
Tierney continues to lead Timed Event
Written on March 9, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
GUTHRIE, Okla. – Paul Tierney has been in the lead heading into the final round of the Timed Event Championship of the World. Paul David Tierney hasn’t. He’s 24 years old competing in the “Ironman of ProRodeo” for just the third time. But he has a fine pedigree; his father is ProRodeo Hall of Fame Continue Reading »
Tierney takes control with fast round
Written on March 8, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
GUTHRIE, Okla. – The third round of the Timed Event Championship of the World proved to be a game-changer. Pre-round leader Landon McClaugherty dropped out of contention moments after the round began Saturday afternoon at the Lazy E Arena. Past champions K.C. Jones, Kyle Lockett and Daniel Green swarmed the top of the leaderboard like Continue Reading »
McClaugherty bolts into TEC lead
Written on March 8, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
GUTHRIE, Okla. – A good cowboy is one who learns from experiences. Landon McClaugherty is a good cowboy, and he proved it Friday night during the second go-round of the Timed Event Championship of the World. The Tilden, Texas, man raced through five runs in 57.2 seconds and pushed his two-round cumulative time to 122.6 Continue Reading »
Jones takes early lead in Timed Event
Written on March 7, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
GUTHRIE, Okla. – K.C. Jones has spent half his life coming to the Lazy E Arena every March to compete in the Timed Event Championship of the World. Jones, 46, is in this exclusive field for the 23rd time in the event’s 30-year history. He’s one of two men who have earned the coveted championship Continue Reading »
Bulldoggers have power in RNCFR
Written on March 4, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
GUTHRIE, Okla. – Every timed-event contestant in rodeo knows it takes great horsepower to excel in the rodeo arena. Fans will get to see it in full force during the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, scheduled for 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10; 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 11; and 1 and 7:30 p.m. Continue Reading »
Ropers ride to win in Garden City
Written on March 3, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
ALVA, Okla. – Parker Warner and Dustin Searcy have found their comfort zone. The team ropers from Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s rodeo team have won each of the past two National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association events in which they have competed, the most recent this past weekend at the Garden City (Kan.) Community College rodeo. “We Continue Reading »
‘Ironman’ is a true test for rodeo’s best
Written on March 3, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
GUTHRIE, Okla. – Why is the Timed Event Championship of the World called the “Ironman of ProRodeo?” It’s the most challenging rodeo event in the world, where 20 invited cowboys pony up $3,000 each to test their versatile talents against one another and in each discipline: heading, heeling, tie-down roping, steer wrestling and steer roping. Continue Reading »
Carr’s pickup men are true cowboys
Written on March 3, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
MARSHALL, Texas – Jeremy Hight and Jeremy Willis took very different paths to their careers as pickup men. Hight grew up around livestock but never competed in rodeo; Willis rode bareback horses professionally before transitioning to his existing role. They bring it all together quite well as pickup men for Pete Carr’s Classic Pro Rodeo, Continue Reading »
Kick saves the day for Cowboys
Written on March 3, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Ted
Cord McCoy slid across the tile-lined park in Guangzhou, China, for a kick-save in a fascinating game of feather ball. That move kept The Cowboys in the chase for the $1 million first-place prize during Season 24 of “The Amazing Race.” In Sunday night’s episode of the CBS-TV reality series, the brothers from southeastern Oklahoma Continue Reading »