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Meet the Member Shelby Hinkle

story by Lindsay King Just before Shelby Hinkle left for Colby Community College in Colby, Kansas, she took to the sport of rodeo. It wasn’t a rash decision, in fact, this had been building since Shelby was growing up in Hayes Center, Nebraska. “My whole family has rodeoed, including my grandparents. We had a fairly big ranch, so I grew up horseback. I went to a lot of team roping jackpots.” Shelby’s college rodeo coach…

Meet the Member Jeff Johnston

story by Lindsay King Jeff Johnston’s been under the arena lights at the Thomas & Mack, but it wasn’t for his own run for the gold buckle. The Thedford, Nebraska, cowboy was hazing for Todd Suhn and Casey Martin in 2012. “The very first one I hazed they got a really neat picture. I hazed the steer and I had my foot on his left horn so his head was tipped for Casey.” It’s a…

Meet the Member Lane Day

story by Lindsay King A competitor in all three men’s timed events – steer wrestling, tie-down and team roping – Lane Day just naturally found his way to the rodeo arena. “Growing up on a ranch and being around family that raised horses and cattle, rodeo was just second nature. All of my friends that I grew up with rodeoed, so it was just like any other sport for us,” said the Bartlett, Nebraska, native.…

A Letter from the President & Secretary

With the 2019 Nebraska State Rodeo Association Finals in the books, our association has so many people to thank for contributing to an incredibly successful year. We are so fortunate that our association continues to grow and evolve in so many ways. Thank you to each and every contestant that purchased their membership this year and supported our association. We look forward to seeing every one of you back next year. To all of our…

Meet the Member Jed Gleghorn

story by Lindsay King “I cowboy for a living,” said Jed Gleghorn who spends his days tending the upward of 3,000 head of yearling cattle every year on Richardson Farms. This also requires the daily use of his rodeo event: steer roping. “I work for a guy that owns cattle and I take care of them while he does the farming.” The Yuma, Colorado, cowboy enjoys the practicality of the event. “Steer roping and saddle…

Rodeo Spotlight Cherry County Fair

story by Lindsay King Adventure-seekers of all kinds converge in the most unlikely of places: Valentine, Nebraska. “Valentine is a destination town; we have a lot of things to offer. We have some of the best water sports, fishing and the largest waterfall in the state. Geographically, it is odd for Nebraska to have all these things in one place,” said Dave Lien, financial officer for Farm Credit Services of America and vice president of…

Rodeo Spotlight Ogallala Roundup Rodeo

story by Lindsay King Rodeos in Ogallala, Nebraska, date back to the era of country-wide cattle drives. “Back in the day, Ogallala was the hub. Lots of cattle drives actually ended here. The town and this rodeo have a lot of traditions and heritage rooted in that,” said Steve Krause, a 30-year rodeo committee member and Adams Bank and Trust chief banking officer. The Ogallala Roundup Rodeo committee is chalked full of been-there, done-that volunteers.…

Meet the Member Blaine Bumguardner

story by Lindsay King The day after high school graduation (2005), Blaine Bumguardner got a phone call from his uncle (Harold Bumguardner). Blaine had spent the previous summer with Harold up in Wyoming, but had little contact until that call. “I packed my things and moved up here. He roped steers and rodeoed. I was just following along behind him and figured I should do what he was doing,” said the Torrington, Wyoming, cowboy. Until…

Rodeo Spotlight Sutherland

story by Lindsay King Few rodeos can say they get a good turnout for the slack, but that’s exactly what the Sutherland NSRA rodeo boasts. Known as the Fourth of July rodeo, Sutherland is traditionally the third and fourth with slack on the second. “It depends how the holiday hits and when people have to go back to work, but we usually figure anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 people are in the stands every night,”…

Meet the Member Jennifer Daly

story by Lindsay King Anything Jennifer Daly’s brother Chris Sherman could do, she wanted to try as well. That’s how she got into the roping pen in the first place. The Paxton, Nebraska, native simply grew up as a team roper. “I was always into horses, so it was just natural to step into the roping pen. I started trying my hand in the breakaway when I was in the sixth grade, but didn’t really…

Meet the Member Rod Hartness

story by Lindsay King Rod Hartness hails from the steer roping capital of the world – Pawhuska, Oklahoma. It’s the kind of place where if you want to be a cowboy, you have to rope. Just like anybody else in the Osage, Rod started roping calves when he was really young. “I roped calves all through high school, but in about 1982 I joined a steer roping club and started tripping, I just clicked with…

Meet the Member Sydney Adamson

story by Lindsay King The high of a job well done is what truly got Sydney Adamson from Cody, Nebraska hooked on rodeo and breakaway roping. “For about two years my family had to keep this one calf for me because it was the only one I would rope. But then we went to a jackpot in Valentine where I finally entered and when I got back to the trailer I just couldn’t wait for…