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September 10, 2022 The Elk City News -3 Rodeo Fever Cowgirl repeats as barrel racing winner; Okie bull rider is only man to make the 8 seconds ELK CITY, OKLA. - The ers history in Elk City makes But he earned more than number two barrel racer in the you feel good and makes you $10,000 for his eight seconds world came to Elk City, made proud to be part of the history in Elk City, which will bump a smoking fast run around the of it.” him into the top fifteen in the cloverleaf pattern at the Elk In the bareback riding, a circuit; the top fifteen at the City Rodeo of Champions, and veteran of the sport made sure end of the rodeo season com- left as a repeat champion. the young guys knew he could pete at the Prairie Circuit Fi- Dona Kay Rule, Minco, still out-ride them. nals Rodeo. Okla., turned the pattern in ‘Three-time world champion 15.70 seconds to win the ro- Will Lowe rode the Beutler Like a lot of bull riders, inju- ries have plagued the twenty- deo, held Sept. 2-4, for the sec- and Son horse Black Kat for 85 ond time. points and a win. seven year old. He's shattered a kneecap and broken ribs and It was the third time he had Her run “felt really strong Logan Hunter, Medford, Okla, 82 points on Black Panther; no other qualified rides. and fluid,” she said, giving drawn the mare, who is eigh- a finger, and lately, had sur- credit to the rodeo committee teen years old. “That horse gery on an elbow which kept for excellent ground condi- has been as consistent as they him out of competition for tions. “We appreciate the com- come,” he said. “She's strong mittee for making sure we felt and up in the air and kick- seven months. Elk City Chamber of Commerce He's appreciative of his boss, comfortable” on the ground. Announce Parade Winners ing. It's what you look for in Drew McFeeders, who allows And she’s coming off of a hip a bucking horse. She's just a him time off to rodeo. “He's replacement four months ago. phenomenal horse. I was re- really good to me, and I appre- After having a hip replaced ally stoked to have her, and it ciate him letting me do what I in late April, the cowgirl took worked.” do.” ‘The annual Rodeo of Champions rodeo pa- Second, Great Plains Stampede Rodeo, Third, off eight weeks to recuperate The __thirty-nine-year-old ‘This is the third time Hunter rade hosted floats and other entries. The Cham- Miss Greater Oklahoma Outstanding Teen- and was back to rodeo by late isn’t rodeoing hard, “just eas- has competed in Elk City. ber announced the following winners in each Kya Carpenter Tr. June, in time to keep her place ing around,” he said, “with not category. Those include: Riding Cub - First, Johnnie & Jackie Smith Other champions at the in the top fifteen among the as much pressure or stress” as Commercial — First, The Butcher Block Cus- Women’s Pro Rodeo Associa- full-time competition. 84th annual rodeo include Horses, Second, Kerosene Cowgirls, Third, tom Meat Processing, Second, Pampered on 66, steer wrestlers Jacob Edler, Berlin Saddle Club. Clubs and Organizations - tion (WPRA) world standings. “It’s always fun when you're Third, Play on Main. Antique Vehicle - First, ‘The hip caused her pain and riding bucking horses.” Alva, Okla. and Shayde Ether- First, 2022 Cheyenne & Arapaho Old Settler's Chuck Wagon or J. Fred Rule, Second, Roger affected her riding as well. “I Only one man made the ton, Borden, Ind. (3.7 seconds Kolpenstein’s John Deere, Third, Terry Little Queen, Second, Shriners, Third, Girl Scouts would turn the first barrel and eight-second buzzer for all each); team ropers Tyler Hob- on Western OK Wagon. School/School Organi- ~ Service Unit. Church - First, Red River Cow- Td know, when I got to the three nights of rodeo in Elk ert, Alva, Okla. and Chase zations - First, Merritt Junior High Cheer, Sec- boy Church, Second, Hispanic Baptist Church, second barrel, it was like there City. Boekhaus, Rolla, Kan. (4.9 sec- ond, Merritt High School Cheer, Third, Merritt ‘Third, First Baptist Church. was an ice pick through my hip. Logan Hunter, Medford, ‘onds); saddle bronc rider Co- Junior High and High School Football. Beauty Best Theme Float — First, The Butcher Block. It was miserable. I couldn’t get Okla., rode the Beutler bull Burn Bradshaw, Beaver, Utah Pageant - First, 2022 Clinton Rodeo Queen, Best School Spirit - Merritt Junior High Cheer. on or off” a horse, she said. Black Panther for 82 points (83 points); and tie-down rop- She was aboard the same and the bull riding title. er Carsyn Sunvison, McDade, horse that carried her to the ‘The bull “came out (of the Texas (7.9 seconds). victory lap in Elk City in 2018, when she tied for first with chute) to the left, followed the gate around, then came back The rodeo hosted a Bull- fighters Only (BFO) competi- Robin Wooten Named to Randi Buchanan. to the right, into my hand. He SNHU President's List tion, with Connor Larrivee of Valor, a thirteen-year-old tried to pull me down on the Strathmore, Alberta, winning gelding, is the 2019 AQHA first corner, but I stayed in the Barrel Racing Horse of the middle and focused on finish- the competition. Year. Elk City was the first ro- ing” Next year’s rodeo will be MANCHESTER, NH earning 12 credits over each 16- programs, available online and on deo she took him to, when she Before this weekend, Hunt- September 1-3, 2023. week term or paired 8-week terms its 300-acre campus in Manches- (09/07/2022)-- Robin Wooten of started the horse. “It was his er was ranked sixteenth in the Complete results follow. Elk City (73644) has been named grouped in fall, winter/spring, and ter, NH. Recognized as the “Most first big-boy rodeo.” Prairie Circuit, the rodeos in More information can be to Southern New Hampshire Uni- summer, Rule appreciates competing Oklahoma, Kansas and Ne- found at wwwelkcityrodeo. versity’s Summer 2022 President's Southern New Hampshire Univer- Innovative” regional university in Elk City. “The Beutler Broth- braska. com. List. The summer terms run from sity (SNHU) is a private, nonprofit by US. 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