The return of the Pretty Prairie Rodeo
![Maverick Harper of Alva, Okla. wrestles his steer in 10.4 seconds at the Pretty Prairie Rodeo on July 19, 2017. [Jesse Brothers/HutchNews]](/gcdn/authoring/2018/07/17/NHUT/ghows-KS-713b2769-fa29-0c14-e053-0100007f2d28-9285cc7c.jpeg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The Largest Night Rodeo in Kansas returns.
The Pretty Prairie Rodeo kicks off Wednesday inside the Booster Club Arena. The annual showcase of professional cowboys and cowgirls will begin at 8 p.m. with the gates opening at 6 p.m.
The list of events include: bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, mutton bustin’, tie down roping, barrel racing and end with bull riding.
Some of the cowboys will include bull rider Kyle Zeigler of Atwood, who participated in the rodeo last season, veteran steer wrestler Stockton Graves, saddle bronc rider Preston Kafka and 8-time world champion Joe Beaver of Victoria, Texas.
Beaver won the all-around three times (1995-96, 2000) and tie-down roping five times (1985, 1987-88, 1992-93). In 1985 at the age of 20, Beaver won the PRCA Resistol Rookie of the Year award and entered the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas as the youngest tie-down roper.
He was inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2000.
Here’s a look at last year’s rodeo results:
Bareback riding: 1. Blaine Kaufman, 85 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo's Movie Madness, $1,467; 2. Caine Riddle, 83, $1,112; 3. (tie) Zach Hibler and Jared Keylon, 77, $667 each; 5. (tie) Blade Elliott and Tyler Berghuis, 76, $267 each.
Steer wrestling: 1. Hunter Washburn, 4.1 seconds, $1,895; 2. Walt Arnold, 4.6, $1,568; 3. Shane Henderson, 5.2, $1,241; 4. Richard Coats, 5.3, $915; 5. Dru Melvin, 5.4, $588; 6. Matt Uttermark, 5.8, $327.
Team roping: First round: 1. Dylan Gordon/Hunter Koch, 5.2 seconds, $690 each; 2. (tie) Colt Fisher/Trey Carter III and J.B. Lord/Levi Lord, 5.5, $431 each; 4. Troy Boone/Chase Boekhaus, 6.3, $173. Second round: 1. Payden Emmett/Justin Fox, 5.5 seconds, $690 each; 2. J.B. Lord/Levi Lord, 5.7, $518; 3. Casey Hicks/Braden Harmon, 5.8, $345; 4. (tie) Dylan Gordon/Hunter Koch and Curry Kirchner/Derrick Jantzen, 5.9, $86 each. Average: 1. Dylan Gordon/Hunter Koch, 11.1 seconds on two head, $1,035 each; 2. J.B. Lord/Levi Lord, 11.2, $776; 3. Curry Kirchner/Derrick Jantzen, 12.5, $518; 4. Thompson Berryhill/Cody Heflin, 18.5, $259.
Saddle bronc riding: 1. Tyrel Larsen, 84 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo's Night Latch, $1,523; 2. Colt Gordon, 82.5, $1,154; 3. Tyler Turco, 81, $831; 4. Dalton Davis, 80, $554; 5. Taylor Tupper, 79, $323; 6. Jake Finlay, 75, $231.
Tie-down roping: 1. Jerome Schneeberger, 8.8 seconds, $1,854; 2. Treg Schaack, 9.7, $1,534; 3. Cole Bailey, 10.3, $1,214; 4. Will Howell, 10.5, $895; 5. Clay Bonner, 10.6, $575; 6. Cole Wilson, 11.3, $320.
Barrel racing: 1. Michelle Darling, 16.90 seconds, $1,398; 2. Skyla Whitters, 16.93, $1,198; 3. Molly Childers, 17.21, $998; 4. Tracy Nowlin, 17.25, $865; 5. Abby Phillips, 17.33, $666; 6. Bonnie Baughman, 17.43, $532; 7. Randi Merritt, 17.44, $399; 8. Tamara Reinhardt, 17.46, $266; 9. Jaime Barrow, 17.52, $200; 10. Jammie Tinker, 17.57, $133.
Bull riding: * 1. Tyler Hessman, 82.5 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo's Snorkel Bob, $3,789; 2. Colten Beaty, 78, $3,293; no other qualified rides. *(all totals include ground money).