Even during COVID-19 quarantine, Utah cowboy finds a silver lining SPANISH FORK, Utah – The last time Mason Clements strapped himself onto a bucking horse, he won the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo’s bareback-riding title and $23,500. That was more than a month ago, and he’s been itching to get back to the work[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – At rodeos all across this land, Andy Stewart’s voice has resonated across the grandstands and into the back pens to tell the tales of the sport. Along with local personality Ken Stonecipher, Stewart has been a mainstay at the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo, which will have four performances this year set for[...]

ALVA, Okla. – As the threat of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to strengthen, the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association last week decided to cancel the remaining events on the 2019-20 regional season. For Northwestern Oklahoma State University and the other colleges in the Central Plains Region season, that means the March 13-15 event in Fort[...]

Pioneer Days is in limbo; committee continues to monitor coronavirus GUYMON, Okla. – The new normal isn’t quite normal to most, but the safeguards that have been put in place were developed to help control the spread of the coronavirus. Still, that leaves several community events in limbo, including the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo, set[...]

ALVA, Okla. – Hannah Zimmers was excited to have qualified for championship round at a Central Plains Region rodeo for just the second time in her three-year college rodeo career. But because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the short round at the Fort Scott (Kansas) Community College rodeo was canceled this past weekend. Still, Zimmers’ breakaway-roping[...]

Santos holds off Tierney to become 16th man to win CINCH Timed Event crown GUTHRIE, Okla. – Taylor Santos’ youth was spent in roping pens and rodeo arenas. When he wasn’t practicing or competing, he was watching it on TV. The family’s pile of video cassettes included years of the CINCH Timed Event Championship, and those[...]

McLeod battles through Jr. Ironman to claim crown, $11,750 GUTHRIE, Okla. – Long ago, Tee McLeod knew he was representing his home country of Canada, his home province of Saskatchewan. On Sunday morning, he earned the first international title in the young history of the Jr. Ironman at the Lazy E Arena. He was somewhat[...]

GUTHRIE, Okla. – A friend summed up the CINCH Timed Event Championship to Marcus Theriot in a perfect way, and the young Mississippi cowboy has taken it to heart. “He said, ‘It’s like driving on ice; every time you try to speed up, something bad might happen,’ ” said Theriot, 22, now competing at the[...]

Two former champions sit atop the CINCH Timed Event Championship standings GUTHRIE, Okla. – Since the early days of the CINCH Timed Event Championship, the name Tierney has been a staple at the Lazy E Arena. Over the 36 years of the “Ironman of ProRodeo,” a Tierney has been crowned its champion seven times. It[...]