Articles with the Tag: Rodeo
ARLEE – Independence Day wouldn’t be complete without some explosive power, but for those who make their home in Arlee, the fireworks come through clashes with bulls and broncs, not bursts of light. The 32nd Open Arlee Rodeo brought out droves of people, in what hometown rodeo ...
ARLEE — Thousands of people will flood into Arlee this week for the 116th annual Arlee Celebration, but event organizers say the true meaning of the festivities is not found in the dance competition or craft sales that draw people from faraway places. Instead, the heart of the celebration lies within t...
POLSON — A row of young cowboys and cowgirls lined the arena fence at the Mission Mountain NRA Rodeo. Pushing their fingers through the chain links, the kids looked across the arena at the bucking chutes where David Graham and his crew were loading the sheep. “Are you ready to ride one of thos...
POLSON — There’s nothing like a summer evening watching a rodeo with good stock pitted against rodeo athletes from around the state and the U.S. At the Polson Fairgrounds, the Mission Mountains and the Flathead River provide some of the most beautiful scenery of any rodeo grounds in Mont...
KALISPELL — Mission Valley high school rodeo competitors spent June 3 to 8 at the Majestic Valley Arena in Kalispell at the Montana State High School Finals Rodeo, and each contestant was trying to place as high as possible. The top four points winners for the entire year in each event advanced to the ...
ARLEE — Brad Wieder dusted off his gear bag and unpacked his chaps to ride his first bull in 21 years during the Spur the Cancer out of Montana Rodeo on May 24. On a day when it was raining cowboys, the 52-year-old rode more than 5 seconds. Leon Wieder, Brad’s son, said his dad competed...
With names like Filthy McNasty and Bird Leg Blues, the bulls must be mean and tough and ready to eat cowboys for breakfast. The bulls join other Pistol Creek Rodeo Company rough stock headed to Las Vegas to try their luck at throwing cowboys in the dirt at the Indian National Finals Rodeo, Nov. 5-9 at the...
Rodeo state finals to be held in Kalispell KALISPELL — The Montana High School Rodeo Association has chosen the Majestic Valley Arena to host its 2014 and 2015 State Finals, with an option to extend the agreement to 2016 and beyond. The event, which takes place each year in June, draws ...
POLSON — Team ropers Kelsey Phillips and Kevin Yazzie won the average at the Flathead River Rodeo, an Indian National Finals Tour Rodeo, with a time of 11.8 on two steers. Even though it was dusk, the ropers had many miles to go before they slept. Loading their horses in the trailer, they headed back t...
Pickup men work as a team, one or more behind the saddle bronc, keeping the bronc lined up with the arena fence while another dallies the bronc rein around his saddle horn, trips the sheepskin-lined flank strap and unbuckles the flank cinch — all with their horses going flat out. And this is after t...
