Daily Archives: July 31, 2009

More Locals Perform during Second Day of PRCA Rodeo

By Zsa Zsa Palagyi
The 700 Club

“All the top guys have their specialties, and I guess mine probably would be the get-off — getting off your horse. That’s quite a rush.  Horses run anywhere from 15-25 miles per hour. You’re getting off going that fast.  That to me has always been the exciting part.”

But seven to eight years into his professional career, when Stran Smith was at the top of his game, he almost lost it all. (read more)

By Chad Schumacher

During the week of July 20-25, six Mandan high school students competed in the National High School Finals Rodeo, in Farmington, N.M. Many athletes from around the nation came to the rodeo to compete for a chance to win a national championship.

Casey Breuer, a soon-to-be senior at Mandan High School, came very close to winning a national championship in bareback riding. He took fourth overall in the event.

Throughout the weeklong rodeo, which included two rounds of competition and a short-go round for the top riders, Breuer got on the backs of three horses and stayed on all three of them for the full eight seconds. 

Breuer got a score of 72 on his horse in the first round on Monday morning, and then Friday night got a score of 67 in the second round. During the third round short-go, he got a score of 75. Breuer won three belt buckles for his efforts at the rodeo. He won a buckle for having the best score, 72, in the round Monday morning. Then he received a buckle for making it into the short-go round and another for placing fourth overall.

When the rodeo was all over with, Breuer ended up standing only nine points behind the national winner, two points behind the second place rider and one behind third place. (read more)