GUTHRIE, Okla. – Jordan Ketscher is making a habit out of winning the first round of the CINCH Timed Event Championship. Ketscher, the 2018 titlist, made runs in all five timed events in a cumulative time of 65.3 seconds, the fastest of the opening round. It was worth $3,000. A year ago, the Squaw Valley,[...]

2017 world champion healthy, ready for CINCH Timed Event Championship GUTHRIE, Okla. – After coming off the greatest ProRodeo season of his life, Erich Rogers entered the 2018 CINCH Timed Event Championship on a mission. He was solid on opening day and sat second in the aggregate after the first two go-rounds. He took the[...]

For the first time since 2005, money won at the Calgary (Alberta) Stampede will count toward the world standings and for qualifications to the National Finals Rodeo beginning this year. The Stampede and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association announced their new partnership. For years, Calgary’s rodeo was associated with the PRCA, but that changed 15[...]

Clarendon College champions will be part of The American next weekend CLARENDON, Texas – Halfway between Amarillo and Childress along U.S. Highway 287 in the Texas Panhandle are two billboards representing the Clarendon College rodeo team. One reads: “Home of Wyatt Casper, 2016 National Champion Saddle Bronc Rider.” The other: “Home of Riggin Smith, 2019[...]

Texan has the target on his back as he prepares for the 2020 Jr. Ironman GUTHRIE, Okla. – Tyler West had a slip on the third run of the 2019 Jr. Ironman, but he didn’t let that get him down. He battled back over the final two days of the competition, producing an event-record 32.2-second third[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – Deep down, Justin Rumford is a cowboy, and rodeo has been part of his life since the day he was born. Through his years handling various duties for his family’s stock contracting firm to his time spent on the rodeo trail, his comedic nature has shined a spotlight on the game and[...]

GUTHRIE, Okla. – Championship dreams begin early for rodeo cowboys. It may happen the first time they put on the distinguishable hats or the first time they swing their ropes. It may happen the first time they nod their heads in competition or win their first buckles. Whatever served as the incubator long ago is now[...]

ALVA, Okla. – Megan Turek hasn’t capitalized on circumstances as well as she would like this season for the Northwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo team. She’s hoping it all changed this past weekend in Manhattan, Kansas, where she made two solid goat-tying runs to finish second at the Kansas State University rodeo. It more than[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – The Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo is returning to the national stage, just where it belongs. The Cowboy Channel will air the 2020 rodeo, and local committee organizers have signed a three-year contract to extend the coverage of Oklahoma’s only ProRodeo Hall of Fame event. It will be the first time since 2004[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – Bryson Sechrist has shown great promise in the world of professional rodeo. Three seasons ago, he finished the campaign 21st in the tie-down roping world standings with nearly $70,000. He was just six spots out of reaching the sport’s pinnacle, the National Finals Rodeo, which features only the top 15 contestants[...]