ALVA, Okla. – Even though he’d roped through his youth, Northwestern Oklahoma State University cowboy Trisyn Kalawaia has focused on steer wrestling since he arrived in Alva a couple years ago. His return to team roping was by happenstance. Bennett McComas, a member of the Northwestern women’s team from Temecula, California, was looking for a[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – For most of his lifetime, Matt Reeves’ focus was on the business at hand, and his livelihood was based on steer wrestling. Things are different now. He and his wife, Savannah, have two boys; Carson is 8, and Hudson is 6. They’re active, as most kids are at that age. Being[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – A couple of paint horses led the way for two ProRodeo superstars to excel during the second day of the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo. Lefty Holman rode Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s California Kiss for 87 points during Saturday evening’s third performance to take the saddle bronc riding lead, while[...]

SAN ANGELO, Texas – On the first night of breakaway roping at the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo, the event’s top dog took the top spot.   Jackie Crawford, owner of 23 WPRA world championships and the first titlist in the ProRodeo breakaway roping era that began in 2020, stopped the clock in 2.9[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – Volunteers who produce the community’s biggest annual event are spreading their wings. “We’re selling Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo merchandise for the first time in a long time,” said Ken Stonecipher, the rodeo committee’s chairman. “This is a chance for us to share the joy of our rodeo all year long, and we[...]

Big Tex was born to be a bucking horse on the Zinser Ranch in Michigan, but he was much more than that. Most of his life, he was recognized as one of the elite broncs in ProRodeo. He was selected 17 times to perform and the National Finals Rodeo, a credit to his breeding and[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – Much has happened in this community over the last 22 years. There’s been growth; Guymon’s population has increased by 1,500 people. There’s been development; a casino dots the landscape, and there are more hotel rooms than ever before. One thing that’s remained consistent is the biggest event in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Guymon[...]

Cinch bullfighter owns 4 freestyle world titles, a love for the game The climb sometimes is most of the fun when trying to reach the mountaintop. The labor of love can become grinding work once the goal is reached. Cinch endorsee Weston Rutkowski found himself there after three straight years of dominating freestyle bullfighting in[...]

GUYMON, Okla. – The wildfires that devastated the landscape a couple weeks ago are still smoldering in some places in the Texas Panhandle. The Smokehouse Creek Fire, which scorched more than a million acres of land, was mostly contained earlier this week, but fire officials aren’t ready to call it completely covered. That territory encompasses[...]

ALVA, Okla. – There were 41 steer wrestlers competing at the Fort Scott (Kansas) Community College rodeo over the weekend. Twelve advanced for Sunday’s championship round. Nine of those attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University. In that elite field, only one non-Ranger mustered points; the rest of those valuable treasures went to the men sporting the[...]