Weekly Stats – May 17, 2012
Skiatook baseball 5A State Quarter-Finals in Union May 10 Carl Albert 4, Skiatook 0 Read the story. Skiatook 5A State Track Meet in Yukon May 11-12 EVENT – PLACE – NAME – GRADE – TIME/DISTANCE 200m dash boys prelim – 12 – Dylan Keys – 12 – 23.39 4x800m relay girls – 12 – [...]
Third time’s a charm for wagon races
Two years ago, Johnny Williams and family started off with a bold idea to bring wagon races and pasture rodeo to Skiatook, and the idea has turned into a fixture in these parts. Last weekend, they held their first spring wagon race at the family ranch on 3900 Road, drawing in hundreds of spectators, dozens [...]
A prairie chicken outing: Starting a movement toward eco-tourism
On a cool spring morning well before dawn late last month, plumes of dust rose behind vans as they made their way to some secret spots on the tallgrass prairie west of Pawhuska. The vans were carrying people from afar: Seattle, North Carolina, Arizona, Mississippi, Virginia, and other states. It was a very quiet start [...]
Pro rodeo hits P-town
The Pawhuska IPRA Rodeo ”OKLAHOMA TWISTER RODEO SERIES” whirled into Osage County Fairground at the Clarence L Brantly Indoor Arena May 4-5. Competitors from all across the county, state and mid-west came to take part in the event. Shidler’s one armed bandit performed along with a Branson, Mo., rodeo clown. Photos by Rachel Anne Seymour
PRUC young riders
The Pawhuska Round Up Club had its first Playday of 2012 on Saturday, introducing some new young ‘uns into the future rodeo mix. Photos by Louise Red Corn
‘Rocky’s on my team’
Young Savana Duede bounces up and down while warming up her horse, Rocky, talking a mile a minute the whole time. The Skiatook girl seems like a typical six-year-old at first. She beams a toothy grin in her purple floral shirt as Rocky takes a few high steps in his new matching purple wraps before [...]
Weekly Stats March 15
Skiatoook baseball vs Claremore Tues., March 6 Varsity: 21-1, Claremore Batting: Blackwood, Owen, & Bozarth each had a hit Pitching: Blackwood, 2 2/3 innings, 4 hits, 5 earned runs, 4 walks, 1 strikeout, he suffered the loss; Owen, 1/3 of an inning, 5 hits 6 runs 5 earned, 1 walk, 1 strikeout; Guest, 2 innings, [...]
Life in the saddle pays off for Kaci Bite, a state champ, scholar
When she first competed at a Pawhuska Round Up Club playday, Kaci Bute was five years old. Her horse, Sah-ta – Osage for five, since she got the animal on her fifth birthday – bolted and ran during the flag race. “I didn’t even get to grab the flag,” she says. “Gip Allen had to [...]
Risking blood, bones, extra lives
Water went flying and Moe McKenzie went falling into it from the back of his horse, Boomer. The small pond was expected, but what took him and Boomer by surprise was the sudden dropoff. The pair had been traveling at full speed in the cross country race during Oklahoma Championship Wagon Races in Skiatook on [...]
The end of the rainbow
We’ve been busy this weekend, what with the County Fair and, tonight, the fall Ranch Rodeo. Beautiful light, and a long-lasting rainbow that turned into a double rainbow for a while. Here’s one image: Drummond Ranch cowboy Tim Kill during the calf branding competition. Holding, almost, a rainbow along with a cigarette.
Drummond Ranch Champions
The cowboys of Drummond Land and Cattle earned a trip to the World Championship Ranch Rodeo in Amarillo by winning the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association Range Round-up for a whopping sixth time. The team, made up of Ladd Drummond, Chris Potter, Tim Drummond, Josh Sellers and Tim Kill, eked out the narrow win in the wild [...]
Longest 8 seconds
Bull Riders Inc. held Bull Mania, a wild horse race and bull riding event, in Skiatook Saturday night. Pick up The Bigheart Times this week for more information on the event. Click on the images below to enlarge them. To view more photographs or purchase photos check out our online gallery. Photos by Rachel Anne [...]
