Monthly Archives: January 2015
Top cowboys return for TEC
Written on January 27, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
TIMED EVENT IS A SHOWCASE OF RUGGED TALENT BY PRORODEO’S STARS GUTHRIE, Okla. – In three decades of featuring rodeo legends, the Timed Event Championship of the World has crowned just a dozen men as its champion. That is as true an indication of the challenge the greatest all-around timed-event contestants face through the five-round, Continue Reading »
Darrel Radacy – 1966-2015
Written on January 27, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
Like so many from southern Colorado, Darrel Radacy moved to Oklahoma to chase his rodeo dreams. Radacy was a team roper I met more than a decade ago because of rodeo. A graduate of Panhandle State University, he was part of the Massey family of western Oklahoma, marrying Jami in 1990. I saw the two Continue Reading »
Range Round-Up moving home
Written on January 20, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
GUTHRIE, Okla. – After a decade away, the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association’s Range Round-Up is returning to its original home, the Lazy E Arena. The 31st annual event will take place Aug. 28-29, 2015, at the Lazy E Arena, which served as a two-decade host of the Range Round-Up beginning with its inception in 1985. “We Continue Reading »
Prater wins the battle
Written on January 18, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
OKLAHOMA BRONC BUSTER WINS TIGHT RACY BY SHARING FINAL-ROUND TITLE OKLAHOMA CITY – Sean Prater and Shawn Minor have been locked in a dogfight for the International Professional Rodeo Association’s saddle bronc riding world title. The battle waged all the way through the final day of the season Sunday afternoon during the fourth go-round of Continue Reading »
Fields goes 3 for 3 at IFR
Written on January 18, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
3-TIME CHAMP WINS THIRD STRAIGHT ROUND AT HOMETOWN EVENT OKLAHOMA CITY – Ronnie Fields picked himself off the Jim Norick State Fair Arena dirt, dusted his jeans and shook his head. International Finals Rodeo 45 has been that good to the Oklahoma City steer wrestler. He has earned at least a share of the title Continue Reading »
Tribble is a true young gun
Written on January 17, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
17-YEAR-OLD CHAMP WINS SECOND ROUND AT IFR 45 OKLAHOMA CITY – Four months shy of his 18th birthday, Garrett Tribble of Bristow, Okla., is already a world champion bull rider. “I couldn’t ask for a better year,” said Tribble, who has earned more than $39,500 this season in the International Professional Rodeo Association. “It’s been Continue Reading »
It’s a family tradition
Written on January 17, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
SECOND-GENERATION BAREBACK RIDER SPUR LACASSE WINS FIRST ROUND OF IFR 45 OKLAHOMA CITY – Spur Lacasse is carrying on a family legacy in the world of rodeo. Lacasse, a 21-year-old bareback rider from Mirabel, Quebec, won Friday’s opening round of International Finals Rodeo 45, spurring Hampton Rodeo’s Black Water for 79.75 points, collecting $1,792 in Continue Reading »
IFR to be broadcast online
Written on January 16, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
Can’t make it to the International Finals Rodeo this weekend but still want to watch? The Wrangler Network will broadcast all four go-rounds. Just click on the HERE to go directly to the page and click on the IFR 45 logo. The Wrangler Network is home to many great events and provides rodeo fans with Continue Reading »
Prairie Circuit has a strong NFR
Written on January 15, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
DUNCAN, Okla. – The Prairie Circuit has a grand history in professional rodeo. World champions from the Oklahoma-Kansas-Nebraska region dot the landscape, just as the tiny towns and larger communities: Shoulders, Duvall, Etbauer, Ferguson, Roberts, Ward and Gorsuch are just a few of those who have worn the coveted gold buckles. Add Kimzey to that Continue Reading »
IFR an Oklahoma tradition
Written on January 14, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
CHAMPIONSHIP HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF SOONER STATE CONTESTANTS OKLAHOMA CITY – Middle America is the perfect home for the International Finals Rodeo. “There are a lot of people in the state of Oklahoma that still love rodeo,” said Fields, a three-time International Professional Rodeo Association world champion steer wrestler from Oklahoma Continue Reading »
Money on their minds
Written on January 12, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
COWBOYS, COWGIRLS HOPE TO ROPE IN CASH DURING IFR45 OKLAHOMA CITY – Walt White owns eight International Professional Rodeo Association tie-down roping world championships. He won’t win No. 9 this year, but he is still happy to be part of the field at International Finals Rodeo 45, set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, 1:30 and 7:30 Continue Reading »
Painting a brilliant picture
Written on January 11, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
Inside every artist are a set of eyes that see things differently, that view the world in different dimensions. Inside every cowboy rests a powerful workmanlike nature and a task-driven demeanor. For the most part, they are opposite personalities, but they are both the truthful passions of a man named Chance Hays. He is from Continue Reading »
Wrestling for the gold
Written on January 9, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
TOP BULLDOGGERS RACE FOR TITLE; OKLAHOMA COWBOYS RETURN TO GLORY DAYS OKLAHOMA CITY – In all likelihood, the race for the International Professional Rodeo Association’s steer wrestling world championship will be between four cowboys. Canadian Cody Mousseau owns a small lead over Brian Barefoot of Dunn, N.C.; Brad Stewart of Mt. Ulla, N.C.; and Justin Continue Reading »
Worth the wait
Written on January 8, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a story I wrote for the January issue of Women’s Pro Rodeo News, the official magazine of the WPRA. For 10 nights, it seemed, Fallon Taylor exited the Thomas & Mack Center arena with a smile on her face as she and Babyflo sprinted past the famous yellow chutes. Even more Continue Reading »
’16 Little Britches Finals moves to Lazy E Arena
Written on January 7, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The National Little Britches Rodeo Association Finals is moving to the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Okla., beginning in 2016. “We are extremely proud to be selected as the host facility for the NLBRA Finals and look forward to growing our partnership,” said Dan Wall, general manager of Lazy E Arena. Continue Reading »
Johnson returns to elite status
Written on January 6, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
OKLAHOMA CITY – Eleven months ago, tie-down roper Trenton Johnson was just getting out of hip surgery that saw him on crutches for eight weeks. He spent four months going through physical therapy for a repaired hip labrum and a hip microfracture, then he handled the rehabilitation himself while taking care of the business of Continue Reading »
The silver anniversary
Written on January 4, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Ted
IFR TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS AS AN OKLAHOMA CITY INSTITUTION OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma’s capital city is much different than it was in January 1991. There’s an NBA franchise in town, and the 89ers became the RedHawks and are now the Dodgers. Gary Gibbs was in his third season as coach of the Sooners football Continue Reading »