It's August!

and there's more rodeos than you shake a proverbial stick at! My gosh, how do you see 'em all?

Pete Larson covered the Champions Ride in Sentinel Butte, ND for me on the first Sunday of the month...Jake Costello won the long-go with an 87. There were 36 guys invited including Alex Wright, Cody DeMoss, Jesse Bail, Cody Wright, Jesse Kruse, Cole Elshere, Shane Moran, JJ Elshere, Ryan Elshere, Louis Brunson, Chuck Schmidt, Josh, Reynolds, well you get the picture.. and the guy who won the average on 2 is the hot shot from Iowa, Wade Sundell. Wade scored 71 on his first horse, was given an option, took the reride and scored 82. That brought him back to the finals of the top 12 for another horse...He was then 88 on Painted Lizard and with 170 points won the average. Jesse Wright won the short round with a 92. It was the 54th annual and it benefits the boys and girls at the Home On the Range.
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You want rodeo? this week alone in our area: Gordon, Nebraska has an NRCA event...Glendive, Montana, Onida, SD...Ekalaka, Mt...Martin, SD..The Tucker Day Rodeo is Sunday the 15th for special needs kids down by Hill City...The Dakota Stampede in Aberdeen, the Wyoming State Fair rodeo...Forsyth, Mt hosts a qualifying ranch rodeo for the Niles Finals in October...Wow.. and thats just before the middle of the month!
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I was asked to do the cowboy church service at the Besler Cadillac Ranch between St Onge and Belle Fourche, SD this past Sunday. I asked Jingle Bob Dennis to come in and help me...he did a fine job with poetry and his guitar...and Mike McFarland and his wife came over to sit in the audience..what a nice honor for me..Mike and I did a lot of traveling together in our younger days. He was and is a good friend.
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I'm looking forward to the Badlands Circuit Finals Steer Roping on September 4th. It'll be the first ever for our circuit and I'll announce it. It'll be in Deadwood at the Days of 76 rodeo grounds. The top 12 in North and South Dakota will compete on a 5 header. The winners get to go to the National Circuit Finals in Torrington, Wyoming next April.
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See ya down the road!