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Dreams stay with a long time

J.P. Wickett of Sallisaw, Okla., is the steer roping representative in the PRCa. He’s also qualified for the Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping 12 times in his career, including each of the last 11 years. He’s finished among the very best in the game, even serving as the reserve world champion in 2006, when[...]
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Blanchard banks another victory

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story appears in the October 2011 issue of Women’s Pro Rodeo News, the official publication of the WPRA. Arena records are starting to become a regular occurrence for Sydni Blanchard and Firewater Fie. Can arena records get old? “No, not at all,” said a smiling Blanchard, whose most recent conquest came at[...]
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Home Stretch

Steffes caps off 2011 campaign with win in Pendleton By Ted Harbin Dash Ta Vanilla is just 6 years old, but the palomino mare has proven to be quite special. In fact, Nilla’s main passenger, 24-year-old Nikki Steffes, already has adjusted her career plans in order to take advantage of the gifted young racehorse. After[...]
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Clem McSpadden I’m not

I’d done it before, albeit in a different venue while working a different sport in a different decade. Announcing, I thought, was supposed to come fairly easily to me. Announcing a rodeo was supposed to be right up my alley; I’m a rodeo storyteller, for heaven’s sake. So when I was asked to announce a[...]
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A living room with a view

In one of the pieces I did for the Omaha World-Herald while covering the River City Rodeo, I wrote: “Gold buckles may be won in Las Vegas during the National Finals Rodeo, but they are forged in Omaha.” (You can read the column by clicking HERE.) I’m watching the GAC coverage of the Justin Boots[...]
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Trying something new

I will be expanding my horizons starting at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, when I announce the ranch rodeo at the Dakota Bronc Sisk Memorial Arena south of Maryville on State Highway A. My friend, Tim Schafer, is conducting the event, which will feature four-person teams competing in steer sorting, steer mugging, calf rope’n tie[...]
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Whitaker is a winner

The 2011 season marked two significant accomplishments for Nebraska cowboy Kyle Whitaker. The biggest, and most celebrated, is his record sixth Linderman Award, given to the cowboy who best exemplifies the historic, all-around standard of being great hands in both timed events and roughstock events, qualifying in three events. In Whitaker’s case, he ropes calves,[...]
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