ALVA, Okla. – Alyssa Gabrielson and Kayla Copenhaver have been putting in a lot of extra work preparing for the spring half of the Central Plains Region season, along with their teammates. The preparation paid off this past weekend; Gabrielson and C...

LAS VEGAS – Slowly but surely, steer wrestler Kyle Irwin is making an impact at the National Finals Rodeo. Irwin entered this year’s championship No. 14 in the world standings. As of Tuesday night, he has moved to fifth with $64,083 in money mad...

LAS VEGAS – The National Finals Rodeo arena set up inside the Thomas & Mack Center is roughly the size of a hockey rink, so things get fast in a hurry in Sin City. Nobody understands that any more than Kyle Irwin, a four-time NFR qualifier from Rober...

ROBERTSDALE, Alabama – Kyle Irwin had grand plans to finish out his 2018 season and be home in time for the birth of his daughter. He had to alter them in a big way. “When I first found out Randa was pregnant, I developed my plans to have the (Na...

ALVA, Okla. – The deep red dirt that filled the arena at the Oklahoma State University rodeo last weekend in Stillwater just got darker and thicker as the weekend wore on. “It was bad,” said Bo Yaussi, a sophomore all-around cowboy at North...

ALVA, Okla. – Even before he made his decision on what university to attend, Devin Olson knew he wanted to be a steer wrestler. He was watching The American semifinals in Fort Worth, Texas, a year and a half ago and met Northwestern Oklahoma State Un...

ALVA, Okla. – A year ago, Taylor Munsell sat in Colby, Kansas, not sure which way to turn. Her grandmother, Cindy Hunter, was in the hospital and not doing well, and Munsell was set to rope the next morning at the Colby Community College Rodeo. H...

LAS VEGAS – Once good things begin in Sin City, the ball can get rolling rather quickly. Kyle Irwin knocked his steer down in 4.1 seconds Friday night to finish in a tie for third place in the second round of the National Finals Rodeo, collecting h...

For the second straight year, two Northwestern Oklahoma State University steer wrestlers finished among the top 10 at the College National Finals Rodeo. Joby Allen of Alva and Cody Devers of Perryton, Texas, finished fourth and 10th, respectively,...

Ten Rangers are ready to ride for college rodeo’s most coveted title. Six men and four women from Northwestern Oklahoma State University have earned the right to compete at the College National Finals Rodeo, set for June 11-17 at the Casper (...

ALVA, Okla. – The snow that fell on Hitch Arena on short-round Saturday night in Guymon played right into Joby Allen’s hands. “A lot of people hate that weather,” said Allen, who earned a share of the steer wrestling title at the Oklahoma Panhandle S...

ALVA, Okla. – Everything came together well for the Northwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo teams. The men and women won the team titles this past weekend at the Fort Hays (Kansas) State University rodeo, with the women dominating the s...

ALVA, Okla.—The little indoor arena in Garden City, Kansas, was the perfect fit for some members of the Northwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo team. The Rangers won the women’s team title with 420 points, 120 better than the runner-up, Sou...

The only way for Mason Bowen to stay the course he’s on is to continue winning points. He made that happen this past weekend with a second-place finish in tie-down roping at the Fort Scott (Kansas) Community College rodeo. The Northwestern O...

LAS VEGAS – J.D. Struxness arrived in Las Vegas a couple weeks ago with a world championship on his mind. He’ll have to settle for making big money in Sin City and a No. 4 finish in the world standings. That’s not too shabby for a first-time Wrang...

LAS VEGAS – For three straight nights, J.D. Struxness was the hottest cowboy at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. He won at least a share of the title in Rounds 3-5 and pocketed just shy of $76,000 for doing so. But his hot streak turned cold in R...

LAS VEGAS – The hottest cowboy entering the fifth round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo was Utah saddle bronc rider Ryder Wright, who had earned wins through the first four go-rounds. Steer wrestler J.D. Struxness is trying to make that sizzlin...

LAS VEGAS – In only his second year in ProRodeo, steer wrestler J.D. Struxness has had some amazing experiences already. Nothing was bigger than what the young cowboy experienced Thursday night during the first round of the Wrangler National F...

APPLETON, Minn. – The 2016 rodeo season has already been spectacular for J.D. Struxness. It might just be getting better. Now a senior at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Struxness capped off his junior campaign by winning the National Interco...

Katy Miller breathed a hefty sigh Saturday night. The Northwestern Oklahoma State University cowgirl had overcome some early season issues and put together two solid runs to win both the breakaway roping and women’s all-around crowd and help guide th...

Everything fell into place at just the right time for Cody Devers, a Northwestern Oklahoma State University junior from Perryton, Texas. “It was pretty important for me to do well in Stillwater,” said Devers, a steer wrestler who won both go-...

Dylan Schulenberg is more than a college student. A junior at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, he also is a student of the game. A team roping header from Coal Valley, Illinois, he put his studies to the test this past weekend and passed; he...

A busy summer in a labor of love seems to be paying dividends to Joby Allen and the Northwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo team. Allen wrestled two steers to the ground in a cumulative time of 9.5 seconds to win the bulldogging championship at...