GUYMON, Okla. – Over the next 10 days, this community of more than 12,000 in the heart of the Oklahoma Panhandle will become a cowboy town. It’s more than the title of a Brooks & Dunn song, more than a few extra cowboy hats roaming the streets. It’s rodeo time in Texas County, from this[...]

CLAREMORE, Okla. – A championship celebration is coming to this Rogers County community for Memorial Day weekend. In conglomeration with the Will Rogers Stampede, the city of Claremore will recognize the rodeo, its history and its award-winning legacy leading up to the three nights of world-class performances at Will Rogers Stampede Arena. It all begins[...]

After a dozen years as owner and operator of Auto Express, Brady Harbin is moving across the street. On June 1, the 39-year-old Leoti man will begin work as an agricultural/commercial loan officer at Western State Bank, just west of his dealership across Second Street. “The opportunity to serve this community in a greater capacity[...]

BRIDGEPORT, Texas – A solid partnership always makes things better. That’s the case with the Karl Klement Butterfield Stage Days Rodeo and its livestock producer, Dallas-based Pete Carr Pro Rodeo. “Pete has been amazing to work with,” said David Turnbow, president of the volunteer committee that produces the annual rodeo, set for 7:30 p.m. Friday,[...]

BRIDGEPORT, Texas – Many across Wise County take considerable pride in their homes and their way of life. They have a little more to be proud of with the Karl Klement Butterfield Stage Days Rodeo, which was nominated for Small Rodeo of the Year in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in 2015. “We were so[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – The first time Dirty Jacket ever bucked at a ProRodeo, he did so inside Henry C. Hitch Pioneer Arena. That was eight years ago, and Coloradoan Jared Schlagel won the bareback riding title on the colt that year. The Pete Carr Pro Rodeo bucking horse was just 4 years old, a dangly,[...]

ALVA, Okla. – Championship-caliber teams know overcoming adversity is a big part of winning titles. The Northwestern Oklahoma State University women’s team moved one step closer to claiming the Central Plains Region championship this past weekend by overcoming poor conditions forced through heavy rains that splattered Doug Phillips Arena at Fort Hays (Kan.) State University.[...]

ALVA, Okla. – Momentum is a major factor in any team’s success. The Northwestern Oklahoma State University women’s rodeo team proved that with a dominating performance this past weekend at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo in Weatherford. In doing so, the Rangers leaped over Southwestern and into the No. 1 spot in the Central[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – Oklahoma has a strong and powerful rodeo history. From hosting the National Finals Rodeo to being the home of many world champions, the state is well known for its rodeo lore. Still, only this community in the heart of the Panhandle can boast of being home to Oklahoma’s Hall of Fame Rodeo.[...]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story appears in April edition of Women’s ProRodeo News, the official publication of the WPRA. It is reprinted here with the WPRA’s approval.   Jordan Fabrizio has seen up close the good that has come from the Three Star Memorial Roping in Amarillo, Texas. That’s why she’s involved and why she’ll continue[...]