GUYMON, Okla. – Rusty Wright knew he had a chance to change his fortunes in this Oklahoma Panhandle town. He did that Saturday night during the third performance of the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo, matching moves with Powder River Rodeo’s Look Again for 87 points to take the saddle bronc riding lead. He’ll have to[...]

By Katie Lackey TwisTed Rodeo GUYMON, Okla. – With only six rodeos under his belt this year, Ryan Jarrett has bounced back from a wrist injury with an opportunity to win Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo. Jarrett, the 10-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier, has spent some time on the sidelines because of wrist surgery he[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – Ty Erickson is coming off the best regular season of his career, where he won $93,000. He’s bettered that already in 2017, and it’s early May; there are still five months and dozens of lucrative rodeos ahead of him before the campaign closes Sept. 30. “It’s been weird, honestly,” said Erickson, a[...]

Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo May 2-7 First-round results: Barrel racing: 1. Sindey Forrest, 17.40 seconds, $2,205; 2. Shea Durfey, 17.53, $1,890; 3. (tie) Tammy Fischer and Davie King, 17.56, $1,470 each; 5. Tracy Nowlin, 17.59, $1,040; 6. Britta Thiel, 17.60, $840; 7. Jessi Fish, 17.71, $630; 8. (tie) Lake Mehalic and Morgan Breaux, 17.72,[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – Pioneer Days Rodeo never ceases to amaze me, and this year’s event looks to be one of the best. That’s saying something about an event that was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame just a couple of years ago. But with 961 competitors who threw their hats into the ring just[...]

Steer wrestling: Second round: 1. (tie) Jacob Talley, Hunter Crawford and J.D. Struxness, 4.2 seconds, $1,529 each; 4. Levi Rudd, 4.3, $1,070; 5. (tie) Justin Shaffer, Kyle Irwin and Tyler Waguespack, 4.4, $612; 8. Jon Ragatz, 4.5, $153. Average leaders: 1. Levi Rudd, 8.2 seconds on two runs; 2. (tie) Ty Erickson and Tyler Waguespack,[...]

First round: 1. Cody Lee, 12.6 seconds, $1,938; 2. Brian Garr, 12.8, $1,604; 3. K.W. Lauer, 13.1, $1,270; 4. John Bland, 13.2, $936; 5. Coy Thompson, 13.6, $602; 6. Luke Bland, 14.0, $334. Second round: 1. Marty Jones, 11.4 seconds, $1,938; 2. Scott Snedecor, 11.7, $1,604; 3. Coy Thompson, 11.9, $1,370; 4. J. Tom Fisher,[...]

1. Jesse Clark, 7.3 seconds, $1,787; 2. E.J. Roberts, 7.6, $1,554; 3. Trevor Brazile, 7.7, $1,321; 4. Catfish Brown, 7.9, $1,088; 5. (tie) Marcos Costa, Joe Colletti, Riley Pruitt and Ryan Jarrett, 8.0, $505 each.

Steer wrestling: First round: 1. Levi Rudd, 3.9 seconds, $1,758; 2. Ty Erickson, 4.4, $1,529; 3. Casey Martin, 4.5, $1,300; 4. (tie) Tyler Waguespack and Cody Cabral, $956 each; 6. Tristan Martin, 4.8, $612; 7. (tie) Nick Guy, Tyler Pearson and Hunter Cure, 4.9, $178 each. Team roping: First round: 1. Clayton Hass/John Robertson, 5.9[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – The Pioneer Days Rodeo committee continues to roll with the punches. After a winter storm delayed the start of competition until Tuesday, steer ropers concluded three go-rounds. The committee, working with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, opted to keep the four-round format. The final round is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m.[...]