ALVA, Okla. – Perry Dietz has had some big wins in his rodeo career, but few have been as timely as his tie-down roping win Sunday, March 4, in Garden City, Kan. “It meant a lot, because it bumped me up to second in the region,” said Dietz, a senior on the Northwestern Oklahoma State[...]

Stockton Graves would’ve liked to have had a better Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. In all, he won a little more than $20,000 in Las Vegas. In terms of playing on ProRodeo’s biggest stage, it was just an OK showing at the NFR for the Oklahoma cowboy. He’s well on his way to improving upon that[...]

I just came across news that the Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College rodeo team is conducting a silent auction to benefit Craig Latham, the coach at rival Oklahoma Panhandle State University who is undergoing more treatment for cancer. Latham was diagnosed last June with the disease and has undergone surgery and other treatments prescribed by[...]

The tandem of Erich Rogers and Kory Koontz has dominated the team roping in Super Series III of RodeoHouston with the final round scheduled for tonight. Rogers and Koontz won the opening two go-rounds, clocking times of 6.1 and 5.8 seconds, respectively, and collected $5,000 apiece. They have clinched their spot in the next round[...]

I looked around the Lazy E Arena this past weekend and marveled at the number of people on their smartphones, iPads and other sources of technology. Some were surfing the Internet, others were taking photos, and others were keeping up with the news and notes of their interests. That meant Facebooking and Tweeting, and the[...]

Three-time world champion Sherry Cervi placed in all three go-rounds of RodeoHouston’s Super Series II and won the average, pocketing $6,600 for her three days of work at Reliant Stadium. She also advanced to the next round of the bracketed format, which is the second most important aspect to getting off to a good start[...]

In the 1970s, Nebraskan Chip Whitaker set the standard for being one of the most versatile all-around cowboys in ProRodeo by winning the prestigious Linderman Award four times. To qualify, a cowboy must win at least $1,000 in three events, and those events must include at least one roughstock and one timed event. The qualifying[...]

No multi-champion of the Timed Event Championship of the World had gone more than six years between titles. That is until Sunday. K.C. Jones, 44, who claimed his fourth TEC title in 2001, won the 2012 Timed Event with 360.6 seconds on 25 head at the Lazy E Arena. Jones is only the second cowboy in[...]

By Bryan Painter The margin changed but the leader didn’t during the fourth round of the 2012 Timed Event Championship of the World on Saturday night before a sold out Lazy E Arena crowd. K.C. Jones, 44, of Burlington, Wyo., goes into Sunday’s fifth and final round with an opportunity to become only the second[...]

Cort Scheer is the reigning RodeoHouston saddle bronc riding champion who missed qualifying for the 2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo because of an injury. The talented Nebraskan is in the lead of Super Series II, winning the first round and finishing second in the second, pocketing $3,700 in the process. He’s well on his way[...]