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ProFile: Randy Corley

Randy Corley, who lived in North Platte for two decades, is an inductee into the 2017 Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. Corley never thought he’d make a living as a rodeo announcer, and there was a teacher at Niobrara County High School in Lusk, Wyo., who concurred. He was a…

ProFile: Karsyn Daniels

Karsyn Daniels, from McKinney, Texas, won the National Junior High National Finals Barrel Racing Championship for 2017. Out of around 160 girls, and inclement conditions, she and her horse, Muffin, were able to get a total of three clean runs: 15.6, 16.0 and the short to 15.7. “The 16.0 was…

ProFile: Cody Devers

Cody Devers is from Perryton, Texas, north of Amarillo by two hours. He started competing when he was young; he grew up on a horse. “Both my parents rodeoed, trained and sold horses for a living. My mom (Sabrina) is a barrel horse trainer/seller and does clinics, and my dad…

ProFile: Jeff Todd

In 1990 Jeff Todd graduated from high school in northwest Kansas. “I was second in my class, but that didn’t make the top ten percent since there were only 10 of us that graduated.”He went to Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma on an academic and rodeo scholarship, roping…

ProFile: Sandro Ferretti

Sandro Ferretti’s friends have given him a nickname: the Cowboy. Not that unusual for an American, but very unusual for a Frenchman. That’s because there are no cowboys in France, except for Sandro Ferretti. Sandro (pronounced SAHN-dro), grew up in France and learned to love cowboys and rodeo when he…

ProFile: Kent Magnuson

Kent Magnuson did his rodeoing when he was young, and now he gets to continue in the sport with his job. The Kearney, Nebraska man, who grew up riding saddle broncs and tie-down and team roping, was never good enough to make a living at it. But when…

ProFile: Ronda Skinner

Breakaway roper Ronda Skinner is the co-owner of The Bar R Ranch in Idaho Falls, Idaho, a boarding and training facility she first envisioned while driving to school years earlier. Established in the late 1990s, The Bar R Ranch was many years in the making, starting with Ronda saving money…

ProFile: Curt Matthews

Top Hand Ropes has been in production for six months. Under the direction of rope maker, Curt Matthews, the company has quickly spun its way into the hands of thousands of ropers across the country. Curt grew up around horses and landed a job at a western store on May…

ProFile: Matt Reeves

Steer wrestler Matt Reeves finished second in the world standings following the 2016 WNFR and hit the ground running by February, currently sitting #15 in the World Standings. He’s backed into the box at Texas rodeos including San Angelo, Belton, San Antonio, Los Fresnos, and The American. Of the myriad…

ProFile: Jeremy Sparks

Jeremy Sparks was a familiar face in the rodeo world for more than a decade. The bullfighter from Arkansas retired in 2010 and took a corporate job back in Arkansas where he lives with his wife, Jamie, and their six year old twin boys, Jett and Jude. Elevate Publishing has…

ProFile: Tatum Schafer

by Holly Wilson After a freak accident, high school junior Tatum Schafer had to overcome many obstacles to get back in the saddle. Tatum Schafer, a resident of San Tan Valley and member of the Arizona High School Rodeo Association, has been an avid horseback rider her entire life. An…

ProFile: John Payne, The One Arm Bandit and his Mule

“Hi. I’m Moe and I’m more famous than John Payne. Or maybe not, but I’d like to think I am. You might know John Payne, but you might know him by his other name. The One Arm Bandit. I’d like to brag that I’m the one who made him lose…