Tie-Down Roping

Rough stock rodeo showdown
[Sep. 13, 2009] The Wild West action shifted from the gridiron to the University of Wyoming Cliff and Martha Hansen Livestock Teaching Arena Saturday night for the first ever Laramie Jubilee Days Fall Brawl Rodeo.

Puyallup Fair: 'Chute boss' earned his spurs, Door man worked 32 years to ‘keep busy’ between rodeos
[Sep. 13, 2009] Now 63, Johnson has taken to working behind the scenes to support younger incarnations of himself. He’s known as a “chute boss” at the Puyallup Fair’s Puyallup Pro Rodeo, which ends today.

VanderLans takes 7.7 seconds to win Missoula
[Sep. 12, 2009] Not only did Jack VanderLans win the Tie-Down Roping at the Missoula Stampede rodeo August 14-15, but the 2001 Fallbrook High School graduate had his best-ever time in that event.

62nd Tri-State Rodeo Kicks off in Ft. Madison
[Sep. 10, 2009] Things were still getting set up this afternoon, but Grand Marshall for the parade Mary Lou Roberts said this year may be the best rodeo ever.

Ellensburg Rodeo sets the bar high
[Sep. 10, 2009] It’s not surprising but still noteworthy that all-around extraordinaire Trevor Brazile won another all-around here with $5,413 earned. Let’s not forget the fact that the rodeo paid out a few bucks shy of $304,000 over the course of four days, a record for the rodeo.

CPRA press release ~ September 9, 2009
[Sep. 9, 2009] CALGARY, ALTA. – It was a fine weekend for a couple of professional ropers this weekend looking to secure their next steps in the 2009 Canadian Professional Rodeo Association season... By Pamela Porosky

CPRA press release ~ September 2, 2009
[Sep. 3, 2009] CALGARY, ALTA. – The stakes are high at the Interior Provincial Exhibition (IPE) and Stampede as the final stop of the season for the Wrangler Professional Rodeo Tour kicks into high gear tonight in Armstrong, B.C. By Pamela Porosky

High school world champ claims Nite Rodeo finals title
[Sep. 2, 2009] The 71st Cody Nite Rodeo ended Monday with the crowning of year-end and finals champions.

Buckles and more than $60,000 in prize money was given to 18 champions.

For Lovell High School senior JR Vezain, winning the three-day final bareback title capped a busy summer.

CPRA press release ~ September 1, 2009
[Sep. 1, 2009] CALGARY, ALTA. – Jesse Torkelson knew he had a great bull when he looked at the draw for the Kamloops Pro Rodeo and saw his name next to Little White Lie’s. By Pamela Porosky

Cowboys said Canby Rodeo is one of the bigger events of the year in the Northwest
[Sep. 1, 2009] Defending PRCA world champions were present. Past world champions made their appearances. And several cowboys looking to make their mark with their first world title continued their climb up the standings.

The ProRodeoLive.com Weekly Newsletter
[Sep. 1, 2009] My thanks to the North Idaho Fair and Rodeo in Coeur D'Alene for the opportunity to announce their rodeo last weekend. We had big, enthusiastic crowds and a huge contestant turnout...

The final days of the Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit
[Aug. 31, 2009] The Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit has 28 sanctioned events throughout the calendar year. The cowboys and cowgirls compete in eight different events; bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping (header and heeler), saddle bronc riding, tie-down calf roping, barrel racing and bull riding.

LYNDEN PRCA RODEO: Two-day event opens with a kick; 18-year-old from Oregon tops field in bareback competition
[Aug. 30, 2009] All the 18-year-old can do is shrug when the talk turns to his bright future in the sport. For every top ride he's put together since turning pro less than a year ago he can just as easily point to a time he's failed to score at all.

Kitsap Stampede: One Hell of a Ride for Kruse
[Aug. 30, 2009] Jesse James Kruse was the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Saddle Bronc Riding Rookie of the Year in 2007.