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ProFile: Luke Branquinho

Five-time World Champion Steer Wrestler Luke Branquinho won’t be shaking his booty under the bright lights of Las Vegas this December. He’s spent way too much time on the injured reserve list lately for that. But after a couple of comebacks in consecutive years, the living legend is looking forward…

ProFile: J.C. Malone

All-night drives, truck-stop coffee, fast food, and a laundry list of expenses that never seem to end. There are thousands of easier occupations than the life of a professional rodeo cowboy, and it’s pretty tough at times to make it pencil, even for a world-class-caliber contestant. One big check can…

ProFile: WyoTech

Jim Mathis of Wheatland, Wyoming traveled many miles chasing the USTRC jackpot circuit for nearly 17 years. Jim had worked the rope in ranch work for many years, but after watching his younger brother, Scott competing as a team roper, he took some instruction from him and started entering himself.…

ProFile: Mia Manzanares

Mia Manzanares has come a long way since being on the cover of the Rodeo News in August of 2012. Six years later, the 21-year-old cowgirl has achieved her goals she set at that time. She will be a senior at McNeese State University and will graduate with a degree…

ProFile: Donna Keffeler

Donna Keffeler is surrounded by clowns, but she loves every minute of it. As the marketing arm for one of the PRCA’s national sponsors, she works closely with 45 PRCA barrelmen and with rodeos, providing the right tools to go to retail and increase sales. She administers the Man in…

ProFile: Randy Ternan

In the last four and a half years, rodeo judge Randy Ternan has worked 135 rodeos in six associations. He’s currently the GCPRA Judging Director and a director in the AHSRA, while working the 2017 NLBRA finals marked the 30th finals rodeo he’s judged. Before the 57-year-old from Phoenix, Arizona,…

ProFile: Brazos Heck

story by Ted Harbin [ Brazos wins all-around championship at Jr.NFR in Las Vegas ] Brazos Heck is quite driven and focused. He knows exactly what he wants in his future to be. He’s a cowboy in every sense of the word, and in rodeo, he competes on the backs…

ProFile: Bridger Anderson

Bridger Anderson is getting a good start on his career rodeo resume. The Carrington, N.D. cowboy won the steer wrestling at Ote Berry’s Junior Steer Wrestling World Championship, held at the Junior National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas in mid-December. He’s a North Dakota High School Rodeo champ, and…

ProFile: Staci Trehern

story by Michele Toberer From dusty boots to a shiny tiara, Staci Trehern, Miss Rodeo New Mexico 2016, has made it a mission to teach young girls to find the power and uniqueness they have inside. Staci grew up on her family’s cattle ranch, The Lazy Spear T, in northern…

ProFile: Chason Floyd

Just $87 was the difference between riding into the Thomas & Mack in December and not. Chason Floyd kept his hold on the 15th spot for a couple weeks. He had to keep going to keep ahead of Josh Peek, who was trying up until the last minute to get…

ProFile: John Korrey

Ritchie Bros. auctioneer started as a country boy. John Korrey is a native of Iliff, Colorado, living on the same farm he was born on 64 years ago, but his voice has been heard throughout the United States and internationally as far as Dubai, the Netherlands, and Australia. Since 2003,…

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…