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The Ariat Texas Rattlers return to Odessa for the second straight year of the Professional Bull Riding Chevron Showdown at Ector County Coliseum. This year ...

Hale Center qualified for the first time, beating Odessa Compass 44-40 in their semifinal. Sunray topped fellow Panhandle squad Stratford 28-13 to punch its ticket. The teams elected not to play a ...

PBR Chevron Showdown took place this evening showing support for local charities and the Odessa College Wranglers team.

Southwest Texas College's Tyler Calhoun flanks his calf during the first go-round of tie-down roping at the College National ...

The 2nd Annual PBR Chevron Showdown will be performing tonight at the Ector County Coliseum. Multiple world class bull riders ...

Read more about the Big Country's best high school softball players who received 2025 all-state honors from the Texas ...

Valor Prep’s first full year in TAPPS was nothing short of dominant, and athletic director Stephen Byrd’s leadership earned ...

BAREBACK: Roedy Farrell from Thermopolis (Tarleton State), Colton Farrow from Greybull (University of Wyoming), Coy Montgomery from Wheatland (College of Southern Idaho). BULL RIDING: Kyle Cheney from ...

The Georgia women’s track and field squad distanced itself from the opposition and cruised to its first outdoor national ...

The Blue team held off a rally from the White team and won the third-annual Marks Family Classic all-star volleyball game ...

When Tanner Drueke was a little boy, he rummaged through his dad’s old rodeo gear bag, finding the remnants of Bart Drueke’s ...