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Life changing situation brings rodeo expert to Nebraska

By Greg Rook, Lancaster Event Center Operations Director & 13 NHSFR experiences Rodeo touches the lives of so many throughout the world–especially thousands of youth in National High School Rodeo Association (NHSRA), known for having the world’s largest rodeo. While I’ve been a rodeo athlete, I’ve spent most of my…

Shad Mayfield gets ready for his first NFR

Shad Mayfield, from Clovis, New Mexico is the 2019 National High School Champion Tie Down Roper and has now qualified for his first WNFR. He grew up rodeoing. “My dad, Sylvester, did it, when we were little we went with them.” Sylvester made it to the NFR Finals twice (1985,…

ProFile: Dr. Doug Corey

story by Stacie Jones, for Whitman Magazine Those who know Dr. Doug Corey ’72 describe him as a humble, honest man — a straight shooter. He’s the type of guy who prefers to kick around the horse barn in dusty boots and a Western hat, but who will put on…

Roper Review: Kyle Lockett

story by Leigh Lockett Fourteen years later and by the grace of God this man is returning to the Thomas & Mack arena in Las Vegas, to compete in his eighth National Finals rodeo! Those who know him are not surprised. He will go down in history as one of…

Is it the Horse or Horsemanship?

Recently at a jackpot I watched a young girl whose head horse was ducking out hard. It was pretty scary and like most people watching I assumed he just wasn’t that great of a horse. Not long afterwards she and her father came to me for private lessons. While we…

Featured Athlete: Hazlee McKenzie

Hazlee McKenzie had a unique babysitter when she was a little girl. When her parents would go to a roping, they’d put her in a pen, on her pony Trigger. She’d ride Trigger for hours, and they didn’t have to worry about her. That’s how she fell in love with…

Back When They Bucked with Florence Youree

story by Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns Tiny Florence Price, from Addington, Oklahoma, learned cowboy skills early and well, in the footsteps of her Daddy, John Henry Price, and many other top hands. She cut a wide swath into the world of rodeo and followed it faithfully for decades, claiming amazing victories…

On The Trail with Stetson Wright

Stetson’s first bucking horse was his brother. “We had a TV stand with swinging doors,” he explained. “Rusty would get in there, we’d open the door, and he’d ride out, with me or Ryder riding.” Now, at the age of 20, he’s joining his two brothers at the WNFR. “I…

The Importance of Patience

God will always provide. He will provide what we need when we need it. The importance of remaining patient and continuing to trust in his will and his plan is important. Lately, the story of Abraham, Sarah, and their promised son has really intrigued me and inspired me to keep…

Roping World Champions Crowned at WPRA World Finals

WACO, TEXAS – The 2019 WPRA Roping Season officially came to an end on Saturday night, Oct. 26, at the Extraco Event Center in Waco, Texas, when world champions were crowned. In the tightest race for No. 1 in 2019 and most lucrative race year, Kelsie Chace held on to…

TOPS IN MINOT

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…