Junior World Finals – Steer Wrestling

For Ote Berry, this is the hard part. Berry, a former world champion steer wrestler, is in his third year as the event programmer for the Ote Berry Junior Steer Wrestling World Championship at this year’s Junior World Finals in Las Vegas. The OBJSWWC held its final qualifier on Sept. 29 in Stigler, Oklahoma. So […]

Junior World Finals – Team Roping

Bret Beach has become synonymous with team roping over the years. The Boerne, Texas, cowboy was a three-time qualifier to the National Finals Rodeo, teamed with Clay O’Brien Cooper to dominate jackpot rodeos in the 1980s and now helps young team ropers learn the tricks of the trade through his TotalTeamRoping.com website. In other words, […]

Leal’s Junior Bull Riding

Leal’s Junior Bull Riding has made a habit of spending one week every December in Las Vegas. And that isn’t expected to change anytime in the near future. Beginning in 2013, Leal’s Junior Bull Riding has teamed with Las Vegas Events to have some of the nation’s top young bull riders compete at the Las […]

Bo knows the Junior World Finals

The name isn’t the only thing different about this year’s Junior World Finals in Las Vegas. Previously known as the Junior NFR, the Junior World Finals promises to be bigger and better in a number of ways when the event kicks off Dec. 5 at the Wrangler Rodeo Arena in the South Halls of the […]

Nice to meet you

Ty Woods, meet Michael Calmelat. Michael Calmelat, this is Ty Woods. Introductions were definitely necessary as the two team ropers had never met each other before making their first run in the 17 & Under Open division Thursday at the Wrangler Rodeo Arena. Two days and five runs later the 15-year-old Woods and the 10-year-old […]