Rodeo Bulldogging

Faith pro cowboy Cole Elshere rodeoed from Aberdeen to Las Vegas this year.  The saddle bronc rider rode in the Dacotah Stampede in Aberdeen in August and then finished up his season this weekend in Nevada. He was in Vegas for the 10-day 54th annual...

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The 54th annual national finals rodeo will be Thursday through Dec. 15 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.  Six South Dakotans will be competing for the more than $6 million in prize money and world championships in bareback riding, steer...

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Ardie Maier has reached his ultimate goal -- again.  The Timber Lake graduate has qualified for his second National Finals Rodeo in bull riding. The 54th annual NFR is Dec. 6-15 in Las Vegas, Nev. Maier made his first appearance at the NFR in 2010.  &...

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 The Ram Badlands Circuit Finals was held last weekend in Minot.  The champs were Dane Kissack of Spearfish (tie-down roping); Lisa Lockhart of Oelrichs (barrel racing); Jet Price of Buffalo (bareback riding); Jason Reiss of Dickinson (steer wrestling);...

A Pierre man who lived in Trail City was inducted into the rodeo hall of fame of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City on Sept. 22. Bill McMacken was a five-event cowboy who dominated bronc riding and steer wrestling in the...

HURON - A champion horse trailer and seven event saddles were taken home Sept. 2 in the second annual South Dakota Timed Event Championship (SDTEC) at the South Dakota State Fair in Huron. SDTEC is a youth, two-day, timed-event rodeo in which the...

DAY ONE - Aug. 13 Several cowboys gave the Korkow Rodeos a tip of the hat on Aug. 13. The Dacotah Stampede Rodeo was held at the Brown County Fairgrounds on on Aug. 13. The rough stock was provided by Korkow Rodeos, which has been producing rodeos...

He may not have stuck the dismount, but Troy Crowser definitely rocked the ride. The 24-year-old cowboy from Whitewood won the saddle bronc competition Tuesday night in fine fashion in front of a packed house at the Dacotah Stampede Rodeo at the Brown...

Pro steer wrestler Casey Cronin grew up in the rodeo business. “My dad (Monty) was a bulldogger and my mom (Nancy) was a barrel racer,” Cronin said. “So we've been loading up the trailer, jumping in the pickup and going to rodeos for as long as I can...