PRCA rodeo capsule — June 2

Freedom New Mexico • What: Pioneer Days PRCA rodeo • When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday • Where: County Events Center • Tickets: $20 for reserved seating, $10 for general admission. • Information: 935-7000 By the number 10 — Calf ropers in the Top 20 in the PRCA rankings entered in the rodeo 15 — States represented […]

Ticket feature: Pioneer Days kicking off with PRCA rodeo

File photo The 41st annual Pioneer Days begins tonight with the PRCA Rodeo at the Curry County Events Center. Freedom New Mexico The 41st annual Pioneer Days begins today in Clovis with the start of the PRCA Rodeo at the Curry County Events Center. Nightly events will be ongoing with the Pioneer Days Parade taking […]

Rodeo champ stays busy

CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo World all-around champion Trevor Brazile of Decatur, Texas, competes in steep roping on Thursday at Curry County Mounted Patrol Arena. Part of the week-long Pioneer Days celebration, the event featured some of the world’s top steer ropers. By Eric Butler: CNJ correspondent The 38th annual PRCA Pioneer Days Rodeo began […]

PRCA Rodeo set to begin Thursday

By Eric Butler: CNJ correspondent The 37th annual Pioneer Days PRCA Rodeo in Clovis, which begins Thursday, is hardly the only rodeo in the country going on this weekend. But it’s the only one that matters to the Curry County Mounted Patrol, and organizers are pleased with the quality of contestants competing over the three […]

Deaths rare in rodeos, officials say

Mike Linn Local, state and national rodeo officials say bull riders are more likely to die in traveling accidents to and from rodeos than in the arena. But while the death of Eastern New Mexico University freshman Rolland Ellsworth Jr. — who was thrown and stepped on by a bull at a rodeo last week […]