GUYMON, Okla. – It wasn’t long after Jeff and Linda Graue opened L&J Auto Parts that they began celebrating their new community. It started by supporting the Oklahoma Panhandle State University rodeo, now called the Doc Gardner Memorial Rodeo, which takes place the final weekend of April. Shortly thereafter, the Graues began sponsoring the Guymon[...]

CLARENDON, Texas – For the first time in school history, the Clarendon College women’s rodeo program is taking a full team to the College National Finals Rodeo. The Bulldogs wrapped up the 10-event Southwest Region season this past weekend at the Tarleton State University rodeo in Stephenville, Texas, by finishing second in the standings and[...]

ALVA, Okla. – With one rodeo remaining on the Central Plains Region schedule, things are looking pretty good for Northwestern Oklahoma State University steer wrestlers. The top five men in the regional standings are Rangers, and the odds of all three bulldoggers traveling to the College National Finals Rodeo will be heading out of Alva[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – There’s something about Foster Communications Coliseum that Keenan Hayes really likes. Two years ago, the young cowboy from Hayden, Colorado, won the bareback riding title of the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo while competing on his permit. He finished the year with a single-season permit earnings record, collecting $108,568 in[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – Dylan Hancock has had some big things already happen to him in a young rodeo career. He is just a few months removed from being named the Resistol Rookie of the Year in both tie-down roping and the all-round. Last month, he was invited to compete at the Timed Event Championship,[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – Tilden Hooper has nothing to prove in the world of rodeo. At 36 years old, he’s a nine-time qualifier to the National Finals Rodeo – his first came in 2008; his most recent was 2022. He’s won some of the biggest rodeos across North America and been a shining example of[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – For cowboys who make their livings eight seconds at a time, it’s exciting when they get ready to ride inside Foster Communications Coliseum. The building is packed for every performance of the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo, and there is an electricity that is not only evident, but also engaging.[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – The biggest moment of Dean Thompson’s career came a year ago when he arrived in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Matched with Frontier Rodeo’s Gun Fire, the 2022 PRCA Bareback Horse of the Year, Thompson let it all hang out at Henry C. Hitch Pioneer Arena. The result was a 92.5-point ride to win[...]

ALVA, Okla. – Kade Stokes moved from the East Coast to the Plains to further his education and become a better bull rider. He’s gaining ground on both lessons of his life. This past weekend, Stokes won the first round and finished second overall at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo in Weatherford. It was[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – Clayton Sellars got his start as a professional bull rider in the PRCA, the premier sanctioning body in rodeo. Sellars was stellar, qualifying three straight times for the National Finals Rodeo beginning in 2019. The next season, he took his act to the PBR, which has been around for more than[...]