GUYMON, Okla. – They come from separate parts of North America, but Audy Reed and Clay Elliott have traveled a similar path. Both have been part of the storied rodeo program at Oklahoma Panhandle State University in nearby Goodwell, and now they’re traveling the ProRodeo circuit together riding saddle broncs. On Saturday night, the two[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – For all the limited success Tyler Waguespack has had at the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo, he’s never finished things off. “I’ve done well in a round here just about every year I’ve been here, but I’ve never been able to get in the average,” said Waguespack, a 2015 Wrangler National Finals steer[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – Clay Wagner got to see the good and bad in the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo during Friday’s first performance. Wagner, an 18-year-old bull rider from Round Rock, Ariz., rode the Lancaster & Jones bull Mongol for 81 points and took the early lead. But just as soon as the ride ended, Wagner[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – The 2015 ProRodeo season was a bit of a dream for JoJo LeMond. He earned his second straight qualification to the Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping, then moved in as an injury replacement for Jake Barnes at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. In all, he finished sixth in steer roping and[...]

Cayla Melby, the daughter of NFR qualifier Jane Melby, rounded the cloverleaf pattern at Guymon, Okla., in 17.14 seconds to win the first round. She was 15-100ths of a second ahead of the second-place finisher, Taylor Langdon. Barrel racing: First round: 1. Cayla Melby, 17.14 seconds, $1,958; 2. Taylor Langdon, 17.29, $1,679; 3. Cassidy Kruse,[...]

BRIDGEPORT, Texas – It’s getting easier for rodeo fans to get tickets to the Karl Klement Butterfield Stage Days Rodeo. “We’ve been wanting to have online ticket sales for a few years, and we were able to make that available this year,” said David Turnbow, chairman of the volunteer committee that organizes the local rodeo,[...]

Cody Doescher of Oklahoma City has made four solid runs at the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo. He sits fourth in the steer wrestling average with a two-run cumulative time of 9.2 seconds. He and heading partner Clayton Hass of Terrell, Texas, are seventh in team roping with 14.9 seconds on two runs. Competition continues Friday[...]

Josh Peek shared the steer wrestling win and also placed in tie-down roping during Wednesday’s first round of timed events at the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo. Steer wrestling: First round: 1. (tie) Josh Peek and Tyler Waguespack, 3.7 seconds, $1,671 each; 3. (tie) Matt Reeves and Jacob Talley, 4.1, $1,204 each; 5. (tie) Tooter Silver[...]

JoJo LeMond, who has National Finals qualifications in both heading and steer roping, earned the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo’s steer roping title. He placed in three of the four go-rounds and finished by downing four steers in 54.4 seconds. He pocketed $4,280 in the process. The Andrews, Texas, cowboy also won the steer roping title[...]

Third round: 1. Troy Tillard, 10.7 seconds, $1,697; 2. Jason Evans, 11.0, $1,476; 3. Jess Tierney, 11.1, $1,254; 4. Rocky Patterson, 11.2, $1,033; 5. Corey Ross, 11.4, $812; 6. Dan Eddleman, 11.8, $590; 7. J.P. Wickett, 12.1, $396; 8. Brodie Poppino, 12.2, $148. Average leaders: 1. Marty Jones, 40.3 seconds on three runs; 2. JoJo[...]