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[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – Clayton Biglow grew up on a ranch in northern California, and he’s known since Day 1 that he was going to be a cowboy. He dreamed of being a world champion, just like every other little boy who was raised around rodeo. He fulfilled it in 2019, winning the bareback riding[...]

Honored rodeo clown Lecile Harris died in his sleep overnight, leaving a lasting legacy for so many people that have been part of this sport for so many years. He was 83. I’d met Lecile 25 years ago when he was performing at the Dodge City (Kansas) Roundup Rodeo, and I was working at the[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – It took nine performances countless other runs, but the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo has already paid out nearly $90,000. There are still nights – and more paychecks – to be made before this year’s event comes to a close. That’s what it’s like to compete in ProRodeo in this[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – As a child growing up in Texas, Matt Reeves recalls the days of traveling to the stock shows around his home state. For the last 17 years, he’s returned to his old haunts to compete in ProRodeo, and he’s done pretty well at it. In fact, he’s still finding success in[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – The San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo has become a bit of a honey hole for saddle bronc rider Zeke Thurston. Over the previous three years, he has earned $10,864, including a spectacular run in 2019. He won the first round, placed in the final round and finished second overall, pocketing[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – Tim O’Connell missed last year’s San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo, and he’s glad to return. On Friday night, he rode United Pro Rodeo’s Pow Wow Rocks for 86 points to move into second place in bareback riding at Foster Communications Coliseum and is a virtual lock to compete in the[...]