Dally Sears made the most of his second chance Thursday. Competing on the first day of the Yeti Junior World Finals rodeo in Las Vegas, the Malta, Idaho, cowboy scored 79.5 points on his re-ride to finish the day in second place in the Leal Junior Bull Riding 14-15 division. When the chute opened on […]
Read More Setting the paceAfter a one-year absence, Andy Seiler will be back announcing the Junior World Finals alongside Steve Goedert next month. Seiler worked the JWF from 2017-19 before announcing the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo with Bob Tallman last year. As someone who grew up competing in rodeo – Seiler and Corey Robinson won the team roping title […]
Read More Voices of JWFLast year’s Junior World Finals was still up in the air amid the coronavirus pandemic when Kelly Kaminski made a declaration to her family. “I had all of my stuff in place and I told my family we were going to have a finals somewhere, even if it was in my backyard,” recalled Kaminski, who […]
Read More KK Run for VegasNow in her sixth year as the producer of the bareback and saddle bronc competition at the Junior World Finals, Lacie DeMers has had to deal with a lot of changes. Last year’s event was even moved from Las Vegas to Arlington, Texas, because of the coronavirus pandemic. Even with this year’s JWF returning in […]
Read More It’s the Cowboy WayOte Berry has already proven he knows how to put on a good show. The fact that the Pro Rodeo Hall of Famer and four-time world champion steer wrestler gets to do it again in Las Vegas is just an added bonus. The Ote Berry Junior Steer Wrestling World Championship returns to Vegas once again […]
Read More Steer Wrestling – Bigger, Better and MoreThere were some familiar faces from the Longhorn state in the winner’s circle as the 2019 Junior World Finals roughstock competition came to a close Monday at the Wrangler Rodeo Arena. Two Texas cowboys — Bradlee Miller from Huntsville and Kash Loyd from Cleburne – both won world championships for the fourth year in a […]
Read More Championship MondayMason Stuller has had a pretty good run in the rodeo arena. The 16-year-old from Venata, Oregon, moved to the top of the leaderboard in Novice Bareback Bronc Riding at the Junior World Finals on Friday at the Las Vegas Convention Center with an 85.5-point ride on Girl Crush. “I didn’t know anything about that […]
Read More There’s nothing funner in the whole wide world’For Ote Berry, this is the hard part. Berry, a former world champion steer wrestler, is in his third year as the event programmer for the Ote Berry Junior Steer Wrestling World Championship at this year’s Junior World Finals in Las Vegas. The OBJSWWC held its final qualifier on Sept. 29 in Stigler, Oklahoma. So […]
Read More Junior World Finals – Steer WrestlingBret Beach has become synonymous with team roping over the years. The Boerne, Texas, cowboy was a three-time qualifier to the National Finals Rodeo, teamed with Clay O’Brien Cooper to dominate jackpot rodeos in the 1980s and now helps young team ropers learn the tricks of the trade through his TotalTeamRoping.com website. In other words, […]
Read More Junior World Finals – Team RopingLeal’s Junior Bull Riding has made a habit of spending one week every December in Las Vegas. And that isn’t expected to change anytime in the near future. Beginning in 2013, Leal’s Junior Bull Riding has teamed with Las Vegas Events to have some of the nation’s top young bull riders compete at the Las […]
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