Monthly Archives: May 2021

GUNNISON, Colo. – There are a handful of barrel-racing events that take place in Gunnison every year, but the one everyone looks forward to most is the Watershed Legacy Barrel Race. That’s because it’s part of the annual Cattlemen’s Days celebration and will feature locals competing for prizes and bragging rights. The competition is set  Continue Reading »

Cinch endorsee is the man behind the scenes of PRCA’s top stock contractor Heath Stewart didn’t have to dream of being a cowboy like most boys. He was born into it, the son of a ranching and rodeo cowboy named Butch Stewart, who, with his wife, Brenda, raised their two children around grasslands and pastures.  Continue Reading »

GUNNISON, Colo. – For nearly eight decades, the open horse show has been a staple for the Cattlemen’s Days celebration. Of course, the community-based gathering dates back even further, to 1900, when the inaugural Cattlemen’s Days helped bring people to the town of Gunnison to celebrate their lives and livelihoods. That was a time when  Continue Reading »

ATOKA, Okla. – The sloppy conditions at the Atoka ProRodeo may have muddied Tyler Pearson’s clothes over the weekend, but it didn’t dull the shine on his gold buckle. Originally from Louisville, Mississippi, Pearson and his family moved to this southeastern Oklahoma hamlet in 2017. He recalls it vividly, because that was the same year  Continue Reading »

ATOKA, Okla. – Jake Clay and Rance Doyal are having a nice bit of luck roping at events in their home state of Oklahoma. On Friday night, the team ropers stopped the clock in 5.5 seconds to win the opening night of the Atoka ProRodeo at the Atoka Trail Riders Arena. That was worth $790  Continue Reading »

CLAREMORE, Okla. –A decade ago, the organizers of the Will Rogers Stampede PRCA Rodeo were regularly seeking more sponsorships and hoping to fill the stands. My, how things have changed. Those same organizers are expecting good crowds for this year’s rodeo, set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 28-Sunday, May 30, at Stampede Park in Claremore.  Continue Reading »

ATOKA, Okla. – Cord McCoy knows what it takes to be a champion. He won five IPRA world titles nearly two decades ago as one of the top all-around cowboys in the Oklahoma City-based association, and he’s been in contention for the PRCA and PBR gold buckles over his lifetime. There was also the time  Continue Reading »

Announcer, Cinch endorsee uses Southern charm to make the right calls Just six days after announcing his fourth National Finals Rodeo in December, Roger Mooney packed up his family and made an 80-mile drive from their home in Ellijay, Georgia, to the state’s capitol in the heart of Atlanta. “My kids got to go into  Continue Reading »

DUNCAN, Okla. – COVID-19 did a number on many people around the world, and it affected their lives and their livelihoods. Take Cody Ballard, a cowboy from Tutum, New South Wales in Australia, who had been in the United States for several years competing in college, then professional rodeo. He decided to make a trip  Continue Reading »

DUNCAN, Okla. –The first champion of the first PRCA event produced by McCoy Rodeo happened early Friday evening. Mark Kreder rode McCoy’s Joe Bad for 79 points to claim the top score on the opening night of Cord McCoy’s ProRodeo at the Stephens County Arena in Duncan. It was a nice salute from Kreder to  Continue Reading »

JACKSONVILLE, Texas –It’s time for this community to gather together again, and the opportunity is happening soon. This marks the return of the Tops in Texas Rodeo, set for 7 p.m. Thursday, May 13-Saturday, May 15, at the Jacksonville Rodeo Arena. Cancelled a year ago while under the grips of a worldwide pandemic, the organizers  Continue Reading »

JACKSONVILLE, Texas –The staff of Pete Carr Pro Rodeo is a bit like the Wizard of Oz. There are a lot of behind-the-curtain things happening to help make the Tops in Texas Rodeo make seamless transitions from one aspect of the event to the next. It’s not movie-making nor witchcraft; it’s a detailed approach to  Continue Reading »

ALVA, Okla. – It all started with an email during Mckayla Alliston’s senior year of high school in Buckhead, Georgia. “It came from a guy named Stockton Graves, and I’d never heard of him before that,” said Alliston, a senior at Northwestern Oklahoma State University who won the championship round in breakaway roping at the  Continue Reading »

From wild nights to dad life, CINCH cowboy is still riding strong Tilden Hooper’s mind works a bit differently than most men. He’s a bareback rider in professional rodeo. Those cowboys consider things in spectacular ways. Like a runaway train, there is something always racing inside them. Not many people in this world would strap  Continue Reading »

GUYMON, Okla. – Ryan Jarrett has been in this place before. The Oklahoma Panhandle. Henry C. Hitch Pioneer Arena. The final performance of the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo. The winner’s circle. Jarrett, the 2005 all-around world champion from Comanche, Oklahoma, won another Pioneer Days Rodeo championship trophy belt to add to his collection by claiming  Continue Reading »

GUYMON, Okla. – Familiarity may breed contempt for most, but not rodeo cowboys. Roscoe Jarboe had a good history with Frontier Rodeo’s Lookin’ Up, winning the bull riding title at the Cody (Wyoming) Stampede last July. The two were matched together again Saturday during the second performance of the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo, and the  Continue Reading »

GUYMON, Okla. – Marcus Theriot may be from Mississippi, but he’s making a solid rodeo living in Oklahoma this year. In January, he qualified for the International Finals Rodeo and pocketed nearly $11,000 at the top minor league rodeo association’s championship event. In March, he won the Timed Event Championship, which paid $100,000 to the  Continue Reading »