COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The PRCA Donita Barnes Lifetime Achievement Award honors contract personnel such as announcers, bullfighters, clowns, specialty acts, secretaries and timers who have been PRCA members for at least 15 years and have committed their lives to the rodeo industry, yet received little recognition for their commitment…
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — ProRodeo Hall of Fame saddle bronc rider Clint Johnson has been named the 2021 Legend of ProRodeo. Johnson will be honored at the 14th annual Wrangler Gold Buckle Gala on Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. (PT) at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.…
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Women’s Breakaway Roping will debut at the 2022 RODEOHOUSTON Super Series HOUSTON (Sept. 7, 2021) — Today, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo announced that women’s breakaway roping will debut at the RODEOHOUSTON Super Series in 2022. Breakaway roping, sanctioned by the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA), is an allwomen’s…
Read MoreRODEO ANNOUNCES NEW WOMEN’S RODEOHOUSTON EVENT SEPTEMBER 07, 2021 Women’s Breakaway Roping will debut at the 2022 RODEOHOUSTON Super Series Today, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo announced that women’s breakaway roping will debut at the RODEOHOUSTON Super Series in 2022. Breakaway roping, sanctioned by the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association…
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SHAWNEE, Okla. --- In front of an electric crowd at the Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center, rodeo athletes from across the globe were crowned IFYR (International Finals Youth Rodeo) champions and walked away with upwards of $250,000 in payouts. The six-day event featured over 930 entries from 35 different states.…
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Estes Park rodeo returns and puts on a heck of a show for big crowds ESTES PARK, Colo. – In January, the members of the Estes Park Western Heritage Inc., began planning an event they didn’t even know if they’d be able to have. The organization is a group of…
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Champions crowned in each event HASTINGS, NEB. (June 20, 2021) – The Nebraska High School Rodeo season wrapped up last weekend with the high school finals in Hastings at the Adams County Fairgrounds. Rodeo athletes from across the Cornhusker State competed in two go-rounds on June 17-18 and the short…
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CASPER, Wyo. (June 13, 2021) --- After two years of ups and downs, the 72nd edition of the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) got off to a rousing start at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper. Last year’s events were cancelled due to the pandemic and this year contestants, fans,…
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Nebraska high school rodeo cowboys work in the arena alongside their dad Hazard, Neb. (June 8, 2021) – It’s a family affair when the Heikels work a rodeo. Lance, and he and wife Marti’s sons Cinch and Riggin, work as pickup men at high school rodeos across the state. A…
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by Kyle Jones, kjones@wcrarodeo.com CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – As the event was down to one eligible athlete in the Triple Crown of Rodeo (TCR) at May 9 Rodeo Corpus Christi, tie-down roping had the fans inside American Bank Center on the edge of their seats throughout the jaw-dropping run where…
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Tim O’Connell took the win with a 94 point ride on Gunfire of Frontier Rodeo Company. “It was like old home week,” said Gail Woerner, rodeo historian, who attended the event at the Steiner Ranch in Weatherford, Texas, for the second time. “All the who’s who of rough stock riding were…
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GUTHRIE, Okla. (March 15, 2021) – Fans watched the greatest jackpot team roper in history extend his record of wins and break the all-time earnings record at the world’s richest pro roping Sunday night in Oklahoma. Kory Koontz, 49, of Stephenville, Texas, clinched victory at the Wrangler Bob Feist Invitational…
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