On Friday, June 19, 2026, Richard L. ("Dick") Yates passed away. A legend in rodeo and team roping, Yates leaves a legacy and an immense impact on the Western industry. Yates grew up in Southeastern ...

Fred Whitfield dismounted his horse and headed straight into the darkness of the night. Walking through the horse stables at the Island Grove Arena Tuesday night, Whitfield wanted no part of anybody.

After five years in the arena together, team roping pair Coleman Proctor and Logan Medlin have decided to make a change after not making it to the NFR for the first time as a team. Team roping is the ...

Thursday brought wind, and subsequently dust, to the rodeo grounds for continued slack, or preliminary, competition events ahead of the first night of the Red Bluff Round-Up, on Friday at 7 p.m. On ...

Westyn Hughes. Write that name down. Remember it. Hughes is a 16-year-old tie-down roper who defeated some of the world's top pros, such as eight-time world champion Fred Whitfield and former Wrangler ...