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Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit FinalsGreat Falls, MT, January 11-13, 2024 All-around cowboy: Luke Gee, $11,170, bull riding and steer wrestling. Bareback riding: First round: 1. Weston Timberman, 86 points on Duane Kesler's Knockout, $2,628; 2. Tristan Hansen, 83, $1,971;...

As the payout continues to rise, the NFR Average becomes a more critical piece of the Gold Buckle race with each passing year. In 2023, winners at the NFR cashed in nearly $80,000. BAREBACK RIDING In all three roughstock events, the NFR Average winner was also the...

This year’s recipient of the Keith Peterson Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Mike Marzetta of Hoglund’s Work and Western Wear in Great Falls, Montana. The award is given annually to an individual who has displayed an undying devotion to support rodeo…

Inside the chutes, it was quite a weekend for the hometown cowboy. Jesse Kruse captured the win with 235 points on three head, bringing home the title with an 83-point trip on J Bar J's Stacked Deck. He earned $9,455 in the three-day span. The saddle bronc rider...

JAN 12-14, 2023MONTANA EXPOPARKGREAT FALLS, MT All-around cowboy: Caleb Berquist, $4,574, tie-down roping and team roping. Year End All Around: Caleb Berquist $29,178.40 Year End Bareback Riding: 1. Caleb Bennett $35,328.76; 2. Tristan Hansen $22,174.54 Year End Steer...

Two nights after finishing first in the steer wrestling competition, the Helena resident fashioned a time of 3.7 seconds to win another buckle Wednesday night during the seventh go-round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Erickson, who won with a 3.9 on Monday, earned a $28,914 paycheck. He is third in the world standings with $187,736.80, about $18K behind runner-up Will Lummus of Byhalia, Mississippi, and $46K shy of leader Stetson Jorgensen of Blackfoot, Idaho.

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LAS VEGAS — Montana native Lisa Lockhart continued her surge at the 2022 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo by finishing third in the barrel racing Tuesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Lockhart, who took first on Monday night and has finished no lower than fourth since opening night, had a time of 13.64 for a $12,125 payday. The former Vida/Circle resident, now living in Oelrichs, South Dakota, is making her 16th consecutive WNFR appearance.

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