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Badlands circuit champs competing at the Minot Y’s Men’s Rodeo gain berths to National Circuit Finals in Florida MINOT, N.D. (October 6, 2019) – The cowboys and the cowgirls came to Minot to play, and they did. For the 65th year, the Minot (N.D.) Y’s Men’s Rodeo took place, hosting…

When Things Don’t go According to Plan

My daughter has been very excited about her first high school rodeo because the Breakaway and Team Roping is pretty tough in Region 10. During her first year in junior high rodeo, a young man, Logan Moore, talked to her about them roping together her first year of high school…

Our Journey

For this article I want to give a little progress update thus far in our journey. I say our journey for a reason. There are so many people tied to this story other than just myself. I’m not the only one that has been impacted by this wreck. My wife,…

Back When They Bucked with Lydia Moore

Lydia Moore was raised in a rodeo family in Missouri. Her parents, Hazel and Percy worked for many rodeo and wild west show companies traveling the country with her older sister, Maudie, and younger sister, Percyna in tow. Maudie was a trick rider and roper and Percyna had a goat…

On The Trail with Doug Clark

Doug Clark will receive the coveted Ben Johnson Award at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum’s annual Rodeo Historical Society’s Hall of Fame Gala on November 9. Doug was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “I grew up in a saddle shop – Veach Saddlery – which belonged to my grandfather,…

PRCA announces 2019 Award Nominees and 2019 NFR Personnel

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – It’s common for rodeo athletes and fans to use the hashtags “grateful" or "blessed.” Each year, that gratefulness is expressed at the annual PRCA Awards Banquet in Las Vegas before the start of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. The final online ballot process will be open…

PRCA and The Cowboy Channel Agree to Landmark TV Deal

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and Rural Media Group (RMG) announced a multi-year agreement which will see the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) move to The Cowboy Channel (TCC) and RFD-TV beginning in 2020. The ultimate annual rodeo event will now be seen by millions…

Featured Athlete: Nollie Launius

Every day, Nollie Launius makes strides toward his dream of becoming a professional roper. The 10-year-old cowboy from Nashville, Arkansas, is already a dual-event champion in the Southern Junior Rodeo Association, competing in team roping, breakaway roping, and goat tying. He’s traveling the rodeo trail with a prosthetic leg, born…

Helping Your Kids Want to Rope

When my daughter, Hali, was young she was always a “horse girl” and horse lover. She wanted to be down at the arena riding and helping me. She was my little side kick. When I tried to walk out the door she wanted to go where ever I was going.…

Back When They Bucked with Lee & Dixie Wheaton

Lee and Dixie Wheaton have five PRCA gold cards within their family. Lee, a former multiple-event contestant, and his wife Dixie, a barrel racer, each have one. Their daughter Deena Wheaton, has hers, and Dixie’s dad, 1939 world champion steer roper Dick Truitt, had his gold card. Lee and Dixie’s…

On The Trail with Timothy Troyer

Timothy Troyer is the 2019 International Finals Youth Rodeo (IFYR) Saddle Bronc Champion and is also sitting number one in the International Pro Rodeo Association. From Columbia, Kentucky, Timothy admits there’s not a lot of saddle bronc riders around where he lives. Put that with his height, 6’2”, and the…

ProFile: Mayce Marek

Mayce Marek is looking forward to starting a new chapter in her life – she will be going to Warton Junior College on a rodeo scholarship, majoring in business with a minor in physical therapy. “I want to look into business and running an equine facility that has a deal…