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Northwestern Oklahoma State Bulldoggers Share Fort Worth Crown

by Ted Harbin Alva is a community of about 5,000 people and a small college, Northwestern Oklahoma State University. It’s also been a home to Bridger Anderson and Trisyn Kalawaia, who shared the steer wrestling title at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo this past Saturday night. In the tournament-style format, both stopped the  Continue Reading »

Built for the Belt: Taylor Munsell’s Breakaway Breakthrough

by Ted Harbin The golden piece of designed metal weighing about half a pound hasn’t even arrived, but Taylor Munsell knows exactly where it’s going when it does. “Oh, it’ll for sure go on my belt,” said Munsell, the 2025 world champion breakaway roper from the northwest Oklahoma community of Alva. “Those things are meant  Continue Reading »

The Cost of Doing It Right

Where Strength is Forged in the Unseen Work by Lori Bizzell | Photos Courtesy of Cavender’s & Trevor Bentley There is a kind of strength you cannot time. There are some young men who rope with talent, and there are some who rope with a deeper kind of strength, the kind you cannot fake. Trevor  Continue Reading »

A NEW YEAR – 2026

by Corey Ross IT’S A NEW YEAR! A new year to be prosperous in the Lord and in every area of your lives. The Bible says in Psalm 35 that God takes pleasure in your prosperity. God wants you to prosper not only in the financial realm but in every area of our life—spirit, soul,  Continue Reading »

Prairie Circuit Finals Return Despite EHV Challenges, Headed to Pawhuska

by Ted Harbin There were questions and concerns. Ordinary people sought advice from medical professionals. The uncertainty was real, and what followed were cancellations and postponements with no real end in sight. On a smaller scale than the COVID pandemic five years earlier, live-event Western sports were affected by the equine herpesvirus outbreak in November.  Continue Reading »

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