Monthly Archives: November 2022

Cinch barrel racer hoping to expand on her extensive Vegas earnings Cinch barrel racer Emily Beisel didn’t want to stay in the Northwest through so much of September. She had to, though. It was one thing to be part of the Ellensburg Rodeo and the Pendleton Round-Up. It was quite another to know she needed  Continue Reading »

Cinch heeler capitalizes on his best year ever in return to Vegas When he reflects on the 2022 ProRodeo season, Cinch heeler Logan Medlin can look back on some amazing things. While roping with Coleman Proctor, Medlin accumulated $110,692 and qualified for his third straight National Finals Rodeo. He heads to Las Vegas as the  Continue Reading »

Texas cowboy is one of nine Cinch bronc riders going to Vegas For the final three months of the ProRodeo regular season, Cinch saddle bronc rider Wyatt Casper tried to ride only a handful of horses. He’d suffered a partially torn right hamstring and was trying to manage the injury while still plying his trade.  Continue Reading »

Cinch cowboys Reiner, Landingham, Franks ready for the NFR The road to the National Finals Rodeo is long and features two-lane highways, freeways and interstates. It also is paved by gravel and mountain passes, and it takes more than 14 months to complete. For Cinch bareback riders Cole Reiner, R.C. Landingham and Cole Franks, their  Continue Reading »

PRYOR, Okla. – The 2022 ProRodeo regular season was one of the best of Coleman Proctor’s career. Roping with New Mexican Logan Medlin for the second straight year, Proctor battled his way to fourth in the heading world standings, earning $110,691 as he prepares to compete at his seventh National Finals Rodeo, set for Dec.  Continue Reading »

INGLIS, Manitoba – There’s something deep in the mind of bareback rider Orin Larsen that he pulls out when he needs it. Take the 2022 ProRodeo season, one in which he had to overcome more injuries than ever in order to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo for the eighth straight year. He suffered a  Continue Reading »

MANDAN, N.D. – The bareback riding competition in ProRodeo continues to get tougher, with great young athletes stepping into the spotlight. Ty Breuer is a veteran who has been around for 13 years. He’s qualified for the National Finals Rodeo seven times in his career – an injury forced him out of the 2020 championship  Continue Reading »

REXBURG, Idaho – Garrett Smith wasn’t happy. He’d arrived in Heber City, Utah, the first weekend of November with hopes of a dominating performance in bull riding at the Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo, the regional finale for contestants and rodeos primarily in Utah and Idaho. Things didn’t go as planned, so he opted for Plan  Continue Reading »

WAVERLY, Kan. – The truest form of competitor comes out at the most unexpected of times. Michael Jordan’s defining moment came in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals, when he battled the flu but still scored 38 points in the Chicago Bulls’ victory over the Utah Jazz. For bareback rider Jess Pope, that moment  Continue Reading »

CLARENDON, Texas – Cole Franks made an impressive statement in 2021 during his inaugural season in ProRodeo: He’d claimed the collegiate all-around and bareback riding titles. He was named the Bareback Riding Resistol Rookie of the Year. He qualified for his first National Finals Rodeo and finished third in the world standings. It was a  Continue Reading »

GRANITE FALLS, Minn. – Any athlete can attest to injuries throughout a career and even through a season. In bareback riding, the strain and stress the body takes during an eight-second ride can make injuries stack up. Cowboys wedge their hands into a tight-fitting handhold on a rigging that is strapped tightly to a bucking  Continue Reading »

MERRIMAN, Neb. – Oftentimes there is a fine line between great and awful. Garrett Shadbolt walked that line over the summer of his 2022 ProRodeo regular season. In a two-week stretch from the end of July to the first of August, he experienced the highest of highs as a bareback rider, but it also led  Continue Reading »

ZWINGLE, Iowa – The competitiveness that Tim O’Connell has in his soul is one reason why he’s a three-time world champion and is always a contender to add more gold buckles to his collection. It’s what drives him and makes him push himself beyond the limits. It’s why he will return to the National Finals  Continue Reading »

MILAN, Minn. – When the chance came for steer wrestler J.D. Struxness to ride one of the best steer wrestling horses in rodeo, the Minnesota cowboy didn’t hesitate. “One of the biggest keys for my year is that I got to ride Curtis Cassidy’s horse, Tyson,” said Struxness, 27, originally from Minnesota but now living  Continue Reading »

MIAMI, Texas – Wyatt Casper learned a valuable lesson through the course of ProRodeo’s 2022 regular season: Don’t try to rush back from an injury. Casper is a saddle bronc rider who makes a living riding dynamite in the form of bucking horses. In early July, he suffered a partially torn right hamstring. He tried  Continue Reading »

ALVA, Okla. – Kaden Greenfield was blunt and to the point when talking about the Northwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo this past weekend. “We’ve got a good team this year,” said Greenfield, a senior steer wrestler from Lakeview, Oregon. “We’ve been placing right along, but it was great to win our first one, and it  Continue Reading »