Brayden Grashuis, Wickenburg, Arizona, and Blake VanStavern, Lincoln, California, celebrate their $25,240 victory in the #11.5 Big Gamble at Rancho Rio on Saturday, Dec. 9. – Andersen CBarC photo WICKENBURG, ARIZONA – December 2-13, ropers from across the country made their way to Arizona to compete for some of the largest divisional payouts in the industry. Yost Events, Inc., hosted its annual “Las Vegas Week” which consisted of nine days of roping at Rancho Rio in Wickenburg, Arizona (Ty Yost’s Las Vegas in Wickenburg and the Legends Las Vegas Warm-up), seven days of roping at the Everett ..read more

Super 7 winners Trell McFarlane and Trey McFarlane receive their Charmac trailers and Skyline buckles from Mike Nizzoli representing California Custom and ACTRA National President Bill Horner (right). – Andersen CBarC photo By Mike Sweeney ACTRA Business Manager RENO, NEVADA – The year 2023 was one of the more challenging years the ACTRA Board had to deal with, but as things turned out, the 2023 ACTRA National Finals was one of the most successful in many ways ..read more

Maggie Usher was the winner of the Breakaway Roping and is being presented her saddle by California's Richest event producer, Danielle Porteur Johnson. (Phil Doyle Photography) By Jade Katen-Ynzunza Special To Ropers Sports News Photos by Phil Doyle Photography TRES PINOS, CALIF. continues to be the home of California’s Richest All Girl Breakaway and Team Roping at Bolado Park Event Center. We broke last year’s turn out record with the highest number of entries in all events. In addition to the All Girl Breakaway and Team Roping, we brought back the All Girl Branding for the second year in ..read more

Taylorsville high money winners on July 3rd were: #3-Blaine Eslinger; #4-Dino Webb; #4.5-Wyatt Peek; #5 & over-Blake Teixeira. Ten saddles and 50 buckles were given throughout the four days of ropings. By Steve Simons Special To Ropers Sports News TAYLORSVILLE, CALIF. – Taylorsville and the Indian Valley Riding & Roping Club once again went above and beyond with their annual production of the Silver Buckle Roping and Rodeo. It is amazing how fast the picturesque valley has rebounded from the fires that have plagued it over the last few years. The beautiful river afforded ropers and t ..read more

Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira put the Double Down Open Roping on their schedule and took the win and $10,000 in cash. They went on to win the Reno Rodeo after their stop in Fallon. Roping producers Daren Peterson and Corky Ullman presenting. By Julia Dondero Special To Ropers Sports News FALLON, NEVADA – After a week of high-stakes roping, Ullman-Peterson Events welcomed over 1,200 teams to the “Oasis of Nevada’’ for the inaugural Double Down Roping Week. With World Champions Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira headlining the week alongside young guns Wyatt Peek and Sam Saunders, the wee ..read more

Three Rivers saddle winners for 2023 were Elijah Soto and Gavin Eaton. They also won championship buckles in #5.5 Robert Lea Memorial. Three Rivers Lions Club President Holly Peltzer makes the presentation. – Deb Mann Photo Special To Ropers Sports News THREE RIVERS, CALIF. – In the early 1950’s the Three Rivers community started coming together to talk about the winter and what the new year would bring.   In the American spirit there had to be some sort of competition.   The ranchers would pit their cowboys against another ranch’s cowboys for the bragging rights. They wanted to se ..read more

#14.5 Shootout Dan Denmark and Spud Denmark along with their family and USTRC announcer Dru Stewart. Special To Ropers Sports News FORT WORTH, TEXAS –  The United States Team Roping Championships (USTRC) hosted its 34th annual National Finals of Team Roping (NFTR) presented by Cinch, April 20 through April 30, at the NRS Arena in Decatur and the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. More than 7,900 teams competed making it one of the largest events in NFTR history. The USTRC has traditionally been the home for the family, and this was the case as contestants young and old ..read more

Chad Masters and Trey Yates bested the field of 50 teams to win the Broc Cresta Memorial, $16,000 each, plus saddles, buckles and more. – Crystal Amen Photo By Brody Gill, Special To Ropers Sports News COTTONWOOD, CALIF. – There are few ceremonies that take place at the start of a sporting event that bring goosebumps to your skin: the national anthem at the Super Bowl, the opening tee shot at the Masters Tournament, or the call to post at the Kentucky Derby. Each of these opening ceremony traditions symbolize the legacy and honor that the event holds to its fans and athletes. The Broc Cresta ..read more

The BFI win is in a league of its own for 2023 champs Curry Kirchner and Tyson Thompson. – BFI Photo by Andersen CBarC Photo By Kendra Santos GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA – Curry Kirchner and Tyson Thompson had the biggest day of their young roping careers at the 46th annual Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping Classic, and thanks to the unprecedented 100% 2023 payback have a record $160,000 to show for it. Kirchner, 24, and Thompson, 25, roped six steers in 45.38 seconds to take center stage at the fabulous Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma at BFI’s end on April 1. After braving the BFI marathon, both ..read more

Heading and tie-down roping are the two TEC events Cody Doescher has worked the least but that did not stop him from winning the championship and $107,000. – Lazy E Photo by James Phifer By Kendra Santos He did it. Oklahoma City’s Cody Doescher won the 2023 Cinch Timed Event Championship, and kept the Ironman of Pro Rodeo crown in the Sooner State for the first time since this ultimate cowboy contest started at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie back in 1985. It took Doescher 10 tries to take the $100,000 champ’s check home, and the 30-minute commute made it easy for family and friends to be there ..read more