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Chandler rodeo

News Staff

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

The action was constant at the Chandler rodeo over the weekend.Above, Davenport bronc rider Blake Chowning wraps his arm before the competition Friday night.Top right, Jeff McCleary from Meeker waits for the bareback riding Saturday night.Right, Tim Snyder from Spencer, won third Friday in the calf...

Chandler rodeo

News Staff

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Davenport bronc rider Blake Chowning was the first contestant at the 84th Annual Chandler Open Rodeo Friday and, above, gets a good spurring lick on his horse. At left, this year’s rodeo queen was Jacy Sanders of Wellston, top, and the princess was Olivia Taylor, from Perkins, bottom.

...and of legends in the making

News Staff

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Last week, the current version of the Stroud Tigers helped at a camp for the next generation. Above, quarterback Dylan Baker leads the campers as they break it down. “Want it more than the next guy,” he told them.

The stuff of legends

Jentezen Smith Staff Writer

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Wirt Trawick smiled from ear to ear as he examined a Stroud football scrapbook from 1948-49, reminiscent of his gridiron days.Trawick, at 94 years old, is a 1948 Stroud High School graduate and currently lives at Prairie Pointe retirement home in Stroud.What he examined is a scrapbook of historical...

Locals at the IFYR

News Staff

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Work on track building starts

News Staff

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Over Here from Down Under

Jentezen Smith Staff Writer

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

In the midst of hundreds of competitors, horses and fans, the purple rodeo shirts proclaimed the presence of “Team Australia” and “Team New Zealand” at this year’s International Finals Youth Rodeo in Shawnee.Five competitors including Cade Ferguson, Molly Harper, Hope Doyle and Ruby Ruckwood from...

Wiffle Ball Tournament marks 40th year

News Staff

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

The Annual Fourth of July Wiffle Ball Tournament hit its milestone 40th edition on Independence Day this year at Conway-Costner Field in Chandler.

Bullrider Ryker Butler from McLoud got hung up briefly during the second round of the International Finals Youth Rodeo Friday morning in Shawnee. The defending champion, Butler was one of a contingent of local youths competing in the rodeo. For more, please see Page 1C. Photo/Brian Blansett

IFYR wraps up

News Staff

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Spotlight on the FFA

News Staff

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Office: Vice President Class: Junior Family: Parents - Tiffany Grimes & Thomas Novotny; Siblings - Blakely & Jackson GrimesSchool activities in addition to FFA: Basketball, Baseball, STUCOWhat is the most important thing you’ve learned in FFA?The most important thing I learned in FFA is to give...

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