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Cowboys and cowgirls from all over the west will be in Yreka on Saturday August 14, 2010 to compete in the Scott Valley Bank sponsored CCPRA Rodeo at the Siskiyou Golden Fair.

Four Star Rodeo Company from Cottonwood will produce the fair rodeo and provide the rough stock. Four Star’s herd has some of the rankest bulls and broncs in the rodeo business.

Each year, generous fair sponsors provide top-notch buckles to the winners in each event and a specialized roping bag is given to the all-around winner.

This year’s sponsors include Best Western Tree House Inn; Hi Lo Café, Frank’s Fuel; PremierWest Bank; John Brinton Well Drilling; Rex Club; Country Drug; Dr. Bruce Riger; Cross Petroleum; Black Bear Diner; Medical Center Pharmacy & Compounding; Yreka Immediate Care; Glenn Rizzardo, Rita Rose & Ray Singleton of Minton Hometown Properties; Clarity Medical Spa; Fawaz Farming; Friends of the Fair.

The Siskiyou County Mutton Busting Championship will lead of the evening with the winners from the six local rodeos all competing for the overall Siskiyou County championship buckle and bragging rights.

A local event favorite, Siskiyou Saddle Cow, will see six teams, two from Scott Valley Pleasure Park May Rodeo, two from the Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo and two from the Scott Valley Old Time Rodeo compete for the coveted title of Champion.

This one action packed night of California Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association fun will start with Mutton Busting and the Scott Valley Pleasure Park Drill Team at 7:00 p.m. in the Scott Valley Bank Grandstand. Slack will be run Saturday afternoon at the grandstand and will be open to the public. (more…)

Results of the 34th Etna Old Time Rodeo can be found on the Pleasure Park website by clicking here

Casey Meroshnekoff from Red Bluff won the Bareback Riding competition (245)  at the National High School Rodeo Championship held in Gillette, Wyoming this week.

A strong final ride (81) in the Championship Performance moved Redding’s Jordan Spears from 6th to 3rd place in Bull Riding (218). Spears finished 7th in the All-Around Cowboy competition.

Daniel Ferreira from Fort Jones made the cut after the first two go-rounds (top 20) to compete in the Championship Performance in Steer Wrestling. Ferreira finished 14th overall. (more…)

The 34th Etna Old Time Rodeo is Saturday July 31 at the Pleasure Park, starting at 5:00 pm with the Grand Entry and then Mutton Bustin’ and Kid’s Calf Riding.

Entries will be call-in to Secretary Caroline Luiz
at 530-468-2854
Monday, July 19th
8:OO am to noon

This is an amateur rodeo open-to-the-world. (more…)

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Cricket Postma and her horse, Dillon, competed at the Oregon Quarter Horse Association Summer Classic in Central Point, Ore last week. The pair came home with Reserve Champion in the Novice Youth Reining division.

The prior weekend, Cricket and Dillon took 1st in the National Reining Horse Association Youth Class at an OQHA competition held in Central Point.

Cricket, who will be a sophomore at Etna High School this fall, is also preparing to head to the American Quarter Horse Association Youth World Reining Championships in Oklahoma City this July and August. (more…)

Siskiyou County residents Daniel Ferreira from Forts Jones and C.J. Cash from Grenada qualified for Nationals at the California High School Rodeo Association’s State Championships held in Bishop last week.

Ferreira finished second in Steer Wrestling. Cash and Jordan Spears of Redding finished 4th in Team Roping to qualify. Spears also qualified in Bareback (2nd) and Bull Riding (4th). (more…)

Last December, SiskiyouYouth.com did a story about Cricket Postma and her quest to make it to the American Quarter Horse Association Youth World Reining Championships in Oklahoma City this July and August. Cricket and her horse, I’m a Dillon Dun It, have qualified. Now, all she has to do is raise the $5,000 it will take to get her and Dillon to the show and back. Horse transportation alone is expected to be about $2000.

“It’s still setting in that I actually qualified. It seems like only yesterday I was telling people it was this up coming summer and I was hoping to go. Well it is just around the corner now! But I am extremely excited and dedicated to doing whatever it takes to be as prepared as Dillon and I can be. This year I’m not going with the Idea of winning or anything. It’s about being able to share the experience with Dillon. Of course I will still be competitve. It’s not about the win. It’s about the ride to get there. Dillon has taken me to new heights in my life. Not only in the horse world but other areas too. He has helped increase my self confidence, joy for the good things in life, love for animals, and people skills, believe it or not. I know this trip will be the experience of a lifetime!” said Cricket. (more…)

PEE WEE DIVISION ALL AROUND – COLE HILL

JR. BOY’S ALL AROUND – CAMERON JONES

JR. GIRL’S ALL AROUND - CHELSEY BUSHNELL

SR. BOY’S ALL AROUND - JORDAN SPEARS

SR. GIRL’S ALL AROUND – LINDA JOHNSON (more…)

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