Monthly Archives: September 2018

Bullfighters Only to be part of Charlotte Motor Speedway race-day experience CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Bullfighters Only is teaming up with Speedway Motorsports to showcase freestyle bullfighting to NASCAR fans for the first time in the sports’ history. On Sunday, Sept. 30, nine of the BFO’s top athletes will be featured at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Bank  Continue Reading »

the Oct. 18-20 championship. (COURTESY PHOTO)[/caption] DUNCAN, Okla. – A rod and four screws is what holds Joe Lufkin’s lower left leg together. Lufkin, the 2013 saddle bronc riding year-end champion in the Prairie Circuit, had led the region standings much of the year. He held more than a $7,000 advantage when the regular season  Continue Reading »

BELLVILLE, Texas – Every good team needs a good coach and the perfect leader on the field. The Austin County Fair and Rodeo has a very good team. The volunteer committee, which works hard all year to produce Bellville’s rodeo, works closely with award-winning announcer Boyd Polhamus through each of the three rodeo performances, set  Continue Reading »

DUNCAN, Okla. – For the past four months, Kylie Weast has traveled the country chasing her gold buckle dreams. She’s competed at rodeos in Arkansas and Washington and every state in between, following a family tradition that is three generations deep. As a barrel racer, she follows in the footsteps of her grandparents, Dale and  Continue Reading »

STEPHENVILLE, Texas – The cowboys have spoken: The Cowboy Capital of the World PRCA Rodeo is one of the best in the country. For the fourth straight year, Stephenville’s rodeo has been nominated for Medium Rodeo of the Year in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Only five committees are up for the honor in each  Continue Reading »

The year-end awards in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association have expanded, adding the Timer of the Year honor to this year’s ballot. Also on the ballot for the first time is Photographer of the Year, an award that has been given annually for the past 19 years; it is now decided on a vote of  Continue Reading »

BELLVILLE, Texas – The contestants who make the Austin County Fair and Rodeo part of their schedule recognize the hard work the volunteers put in to make it a successful event. The proof came last year when the barrel racers in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association recognized Bellville’s rodeo as one of the best in  Continue Reading »

HEMPSTEAD, Texas – The success of the annual Waller County Fair and Rodeo runs equivalent to the support it receives around the southeast Texas communities within its borders. “I think the community has seen the growth and what the fair has done in the past, and they’ve followed suit,” said Dustin Standley, president of the  Continue Reading »

ALVA, Okla. – A year ago, Taylor Munsell sat in Colby, Kan., not sure which way to turn. Her grandmother, Cindy Hunter, was in the hospital and not doing well, and Munsell was set to rope the next morning at the Colby Community College Rodeo. Her family urged her to compete, and the Northwestern Oklahoma  Continue Reading »

DUNCAN, Okla. – Keith Isley is one of the most decorated clowns in rodeo. Now Isley will bring his brand of funny to the Chisholm Trail Ram Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo, set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18-Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Stephens County Arena in Duncan. “I thoroughly enjoy watching people have a good  Continue Reading »

Freestyle bullfighters gain key tools through the BFO Every true athlete knows that having a good coach is instrumental to developing the skills necessary to compete. For the rising stars of Bullfighters Only, that intense training comes in the form of the BFO Development Camps. A quick look at the Pendleton Whisky World Standings reveals  Continue Reading »

Nebraskan battles through wild card to win Wrangler Tour stop in Lewiston LEWISTON, Idaho – Beau Schueth fought more bulls last week during the Lewiston Roundup than any other man in Bullfighters Only, and he made it pay off with the BFO Wrangler Bullfight tour victory. Schueth scored an 85-point bout in the opening round  Continue Reading »

BELLVILLE, Texas – Much of Cody Sosebee’s life has changed in the last year. This past December, he worked the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo for the first time in his career. A couple of months ago, he became engaged to Tonya Baumgartner, and now he’s planning a wedding. At least he’s supposed to be helping  Continue Reading »

Ross Hill victorious at two Washington Wrangler Bullfight Tour stops LEWISTON, Idaho – Ross Hill’s comeback is complete. The Bullfighters Only veteran suffered a devastating knee injury in 2016 that took him out of competition for a year and a half. He returned in July, then promptly won the BFO Wrangler Bullfight Tour stop at California  Continue Reading »

HEMPSTEAD, Texas – “The stars at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas.” It’s more than the lyrics to a classic Texas song, especially for the organizers of the Waller County Fair and Rodeo, which has three rodeo performances set for Thursday, Oct. 4-Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Waller County Fairgrounds  Continue Reading »

BELLVILLE, Texas – There is a special feeling that happens in the arena at the Austin County Fairgrounds. There are many adjectives that describe the aura that surrounds one of the best rodeos in southeast Texas each fall, but the cowboys say it best. “It’s like one of those small-town football games where the whole  Continue Reading »