By Chaney Latham Oklahoma Panhandle State University WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The Oklahoma Panhandle State University rodeo teams continue to gain momentum heading into the final stretch of the Central Plains Region season. The Panhandle State men took some major strides during the 40th annual Southwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo last weekend, winning the team title[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – The first time Paul Peterson shuffled his feet in the Henry C. Hitch Arena dirt, he was a college cowboy with his sites firmly set on a career in rodeo. In the more than two decades since his arrival at Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Peterson played the game as well as anyone[...]

My schedule during the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo kept me from watching most of the action in Oklahoma City. That was three weeks ago. Tonight I’m able to watch the coverage from GAC. It’s quite refreshing. Jeff Medders, who serves as the lead announcer, and his crew at Geronimo Productions do an awesome job[...]

ALVA, Okla. – Rodeo has always been a big part of Cody Burkholder’s life. It probably always will. That’s why sharing the saddle bronc riding victory at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo this past weekend is so special to the Clarksville, Iowa, cowboy. “It meant a lot to me,” said Burkholder, a senior in[...]

Two-time world champion Brittany Pozzi won rodeos in Pocatello, Idaho, and Laughlin, Nev., over the weekend and pocketed an additional $8,800. She wasn’t the only cowgirl to earn money in both cities, where both rodeos were part of the Wrangler Million Dollar Tour. Timi Lickley, who won the 2010 Reno (Nev.) Rodeo on her great[...]

I’ve got a call into two-time world champion barrel racer Brittany Pozzi, who just won the Western Frontier ProRodeo in Pocatello, Idaho. Pozzi, of Victoria, Texas, won both go-rounds to clinch the average title. I just interviewed the cowgirl a couple of weeks ago after she won the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo, and I’ve[...]

There are numerous photos that align the walls inside the clubhouse at Beutler Brothers Arena in Elk City, Okla. There was a single image that was most memorable to me: With the action taking place inside the arena, the photographer also captured a tornado in the background. Yes, I understand that weather rarely stops a[...]

The Western Frontier Pro Rodeo has just begun, but the action is already hot in Pocatello, Idaho. The event is a silver-level rodeo on the Wrangler Million Dollar Tour, and on opening night, the tie-down roping was over the top: Cory Solomon, 6.8 seconds; Shane Hanchey and Hunter Herrin, 7.3; and Trevor Brazile, 7.5. “That’s[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – The rugged terrain of the Oklahoma Panhandle is home to row crops, sagebrush and livestock, and the weather can be as unyielding as any other place on Earth. Some will say it takes a special person to make things work around here, but the region once known as No Man’s Land is[...]

The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association action in the Central Plains Region returns from its month-long hiatus this weekend at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford. It’s the first of three straight weekends the cowboys and cowgirls from programs primarily in Oklahoma and Kansas will battle to conclude the 2011-12 season. The Fort Scott (Kan.) Community[...]