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Meet the Member Sierra Ellsworth
February 13, 2020
story by Michele Toberer Cowboys from New York City? You bet! Well, maybe not New York City, but Sierra Ellsworth and family have made quite a mark in the rodeo world and are constantly explaining that although it’s not a huge scene, rodeo does exist in New York. Sierra is 18, and the youngest of Wayde and Stacy Ellsworth’s children. Stacy barrel raced and roped calves, and Wayde was a successful competitor in every timed…
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Meet the Member Pond Hill Pro Rodeo
January 23, 2020
story by Michele Toberer “It’s a family thing,” at the Pond Hill Ranch in Castleton, Vermont, where for the past 50 years the O’Rourke family has been producing rodeos to entertain crowds from all across the country. In 1970, Josephine and Harry O’Rourke Jr. began the family’s legacy in the very location it sits today. Now the second and third generation of O’Rourkes hold 10 Pond Hill Pro Rodeos each summer, sanctioned with the American…
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Meet the Member Anna Poorbaugh
December 20, 2019
story by Michele Toberer American Professional Rodeo Association cowgirl, Anna Poorbaugh, hails from Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, and recently won the 2019 Champion Rookie Breakaway Roper of the Year title. Although she competed in several APRA rodeos as a local during the past couple of years, 2019 was the first year buying a membership with the association, and she is grateful for the great season she had. Nineteen-year-old Anna has grown up in the western part…
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Meet the Member Trevor Brenize
November 21, 2019
story by Michele Toberer Sometimes it just takes the desire to do something in order for it to become a reality. Starting out, rodeo was not a big part of Trevor Brenize’s life, as he grew up in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania on a dairy farm with 6 sisters and 2 brothers. But, when he watched as his oldest brother, Nathan, ride bulls, he couldn’t wait to turn 18 so that he could give it a try…
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Meet the Member Colten Brown
September 19, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht Colten Brown is going in to his first APRA Finals this September leading the bull riding by more than $6,500. The 20-year-old from Deansboro, New York, joined the APRA last year and competed in a handful of rodeos, but this year he wanted to give the competition all of his focus. “I’ve just been going to every rodeo and focusing on riding that bull at that time, and making sure I…
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Meet the Member Andrew Deierlein
August 22, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht The love of rodeo took hold of Andrew Deierlein four years ago and he’s made a second home out of the arena since, capturing the many faces of rodeo from behind the lens of his Canon camera. The 18-year-old from Lake Luzerne, New York, discovered that rodeo was a particularly exciting subject when a friend working at Painted Pony for the summer asked Andrew to come take photos of her. “I…
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Meet the Member Jason Bergey
August 8, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht Bullfighter and rodeo clown Jason “BuckShot” Bergey stepped foot in the arena for the first time two-and-a-half years ago. Not one to do things by halves, the 35-year-old from Green Lane, Pennsylvania, spent his first days in an arena in April of 2017 learning to fight bulls, and two months later, he landed his first bullfighting job for Dave Martin. “Me and my dad used to joke around about trying bullfighting…
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Meet the Member Jaime Fowler
July 18, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht Jaime Fowler is sitting second in the APRA barrel racing standings. The 30-year-old from Greensboro, Maryland, joined the APRA two years ago and she’s won two rodeos thus far this season. “I started off in the WPRA, and I heard from my friends about the APRA. I like that there’s a lot of different pens around here and it’s not the same one every weekend. Our finals were in Atlantic City…
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Meet the Member Rolling Stone Rodeo Co.
July 3, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht The owner of Rolling Stone Rodeo Company based in Germantown, Ohio, Travis Kershner is one of rodeo’s biggest fans, a passion he says is crucial to being a rodeo producer. Working with fair boards and APRA and SEBRA rodeo committees, Rolling Stone Rodeo Company constantly strives to produce the best Rock’n Wild West Shows possible. “Being a rodeo athlete brought me to this path,” says Travis, who competed in roughstock from…
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Meet the Member Tye Elgin
June 20, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht Tye Eglin of Broadalbin, New York, has numerous irons in the fire in the livestock business, chief among them running his stock contracting company, Lucky E Productions. The 26-year-old and his girlfriend, Paige Reynolds, started the company three years ago, and as of last year, provided stock for 25 open rodeos. Tye grew up riding horses and buying and selling livestock. While he enjoys competing, qualifying for the APRA and First…
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Meet the Member Alan Coley
June 6, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht As rodeo athletes meet and contend in the arena, APRA photographer Alan Coley takes on the challenge of capturing their grit and effort. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, resident shot his first rodeo three years ago at the APRA rodeo in North Washington, Pennsylvania, then caught the rodeo bug and purchased his APRA card in 2018. “It was a challenge, and the challenge was not only capturing the action but trying to get…
Read MoreRodeo Spotlight Benton Rodeo
May 16, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht The Benton Championship Rodeo celebrates its 35th year this summer, drawing in contestants from all over the East Coast and as far as Canada for a three-day rodeo July 18–20. Produced wholly by volunteers, the Benton Rodeo features the standard eight APRA events and is co-sanctioned IPRA, while also carrying on rodeo traditions such as mutton busting and a calf scramble. “We have three nights of rodeo, and Tuesday night, we…
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