Junior Rodeo

Youth bull rider competes in World finals
[Sep. 5, 2009] CLEARLAKE - Ray Mayo, 9, bettered his showing in Texas this year competing in the Youth Bull Riders 2009 World Finals. The public first learned of Ray's talent when he brought home a ninth place belt buckle last summer. This year he earned a fourth place title and bigger, brighter shinier championship belt buckle.

Young cowboy to compete
[Sep. 3, 2009] Alonzo Keith Skunkcap, 11 years old and a sixth grader at Napi Elementary, is a champion cowboy. Alonzo competes in the steer riding, breakaway roping and team roping in the United Indian Rodeo Association, Bear Paw Indian Rodeo Association and Bear Paw Indian Youth Rodeo.

Anderson boy ranked 24th in rodeo world
[Aug. 26, 2009] Nathaniel Jenkins, 12, of Anderson recently returned from the World Finals for the Youth Bull Riders Association, held Aug. 5-9 in Fort Worth, Texas, ranked 24th in Senior Steer Riding.

Rodeo rocks at boys ranch, Pro bull riders, barrel racers provide thrills at McCrossan
[Aug. 26, 2009] Summer may be winding down, but barrel racers and bull riders, deeply tanned from a season of competition under the sun, got a chance for another go-round Saturday.

2009 PRCA Rodeo Norco, California - Special Report
[Aug. 25, 2009] For the 25th year in a row, The Norco Mounted Posse hosted the 2009 PRCA Rodeo at the George Ingalls Event Center in Norco, California, August 21-23, 2009. By Melanie Biedebach

Team Rodeo Roping, wrestling run in the blood of Chelsea family
[Aug. 25, 2009] CHELSEA — When it comes to rodeo practice for 17-year-old Levi Rudd and his 13-year-old brother Logan, the whole family gets involved...

Young Saltsburg rider sweeps 6 competitions
[Aug. 24, 2009] During Saturday's Dollar Bareback competition, contestants rode without saddles with a piece of paper placed under one thigh. This tested how well each ...

Twins hit rodeo circuit
[Aug. 24, 2009] The twins' father, Ote, was a four-time world steer wrestling champion and a 1998 Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee. Their mother and grandmother still ...

High School Rodeo under investigation for animal abuse
[Aug. 24, 2009] FARMINGTON — The New Mexico Livestock Board said this week it will investigate alleged animal cruelty at the National High School Finals Rodeo following the release of an Internet video depicting horses and bulls being electrically shocked with handheld cattle prods.

Farner to compete at PBR World Finals in Las Vegas
[Aug. 22, 2009] At the time, Lance Farner’s July trip to the National Little Britches Finals Rodeo in Pueblo, Colo., was the longest trip he had ever made for a competition...

Rodeo series ends this weekend
[Aug. 21, 2009] From a hotly contested season-long race in Pee Wee barrel racing to a neck-and-neck fight for the steer wrestling title, it will be a big weekend at the ...

Junior Futurity gets youngsters involved in raising bulls
[Aug. 18, 2009] SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas – Whitney Houston may have sung it best in “The Greatest Love of All” “I believe the children are our future; teach them well and let them lead the way.” That philosophy has led the American Bucking Bull Inc. to develop the Junior Futurity program By Ted Harbin

Holland takes first place in barrel racing
[Aug. 17, 2009] Fourteen year old Ansley Holland of Vernon took first place in barrel racing at Hightower Arena in Bonifay Saturday night.

National Little Britches Rodeo
[Aug. 13, 2009] After the long week at the National High School Rodeo Finals in New Mexico, most contestants loaded up their trucks, trailers and horses to head for home to recoup.