2024 Flying Arena Stars

Specialty Act featured at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo will perform in Hawley, Minn. during the ProRodeo June 7-8, 2024. The Trick Riding sisters are coming to the American Heroes PRCA Rodeo this summer in Hawley, Minn. Full article Find them online at Rodeo | Flying Arena Stars | United States (navarretrickriders.com)  

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Former Hawley Rodeo Bull Riding Champion qualifies for NFR

OMAHA, Neb. (Nov. 1, 2022) –   Reid Oftedahl from Raymond, Minn. is heading to his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (WNFR) in Las Vegas, Dec. 1-10, 2022.  This past June he earned the bull riding championship at the 68th Buffalo PRCA Championship Rodeo.  He won $3,062 riding Barnes’ PRCA Rodeo bull, Boogieman, for 85.5 points. The 28-year-old cowboy is…

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Announcer – Kory Keeth

Kory is excited to be making a trip back to Hawley, Minnesota for the 62nd American Heroes PRCA Rodeo.  Kory is in his ninth year of announcing rodeos and brings a lot of enthusiasm to the microphone. At 28 years old he has announced in over 25 states and has made a name for himself in…

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Music Director – Jesse Knudsen

Music Director Jesse Knudsen was born and raised in “Rodeo City” of Manawa, WI. The 45-year-old has traveled from Wisconsin to Florida, Massachusetts to Utah and everywhere in between. Knudsen has been playing the music at rodeos and bullridings since 2010 and works about 30 events each year. In all told the former PRCA bullrider…

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2022 Rodeo Clown Trent McFarland

Trent McFarland is a professional rodeo entertainer & barrel man, commonly known as a rodeo clown. He has over 21 years of experience at entertaining crowds with his quick wit, crowd interaction and high energy. He was fortunate to be raised in a clown family. As a second generation clown he grew up making people…

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2022 Bullfighter Austin Ashburn

By: Gretchen Kirchmann Hailing from Belview, Minnesota is bullfighter Austin Ashburn. This will be his first-year bullfighting at the American Heroes PRCA Rodeo in Hawley, Minnesota. “I didn’t grow up in the rodeo world, had nothing to do with it except for when I went to the Western Fest PRCA Stampede in Granite Falls, Minnesota…

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2022 Bullfighter – Austin Tilton

Welcome back for the second straight year! Austin Tilton, PRCA & PBR Bullfighter, calls Mt. Vernon, South Dakota his home.  Austin has been fighting bulls for five years.  In this short time frame he has been a qualifier for the 2018 American Bullfighting Freestyle World Finals, fought the finals for the Montana Bucking Bulls Tour…

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Bucking horse named after Hawley, Minn. travels the country

by: Gretchen Kirchmann/Kirchmann Media Group While the winter winds howl during February in Hawley, Minn. and residents shovel snow; the bucking horse named Hawley Falls is enjoying southern temperatures.  The past five years Hawley Falls has competed near Atlanta, Georgia. Barnes PRCA Rodeo named a gelding Hawley Falls after Hawley, Minn.  Marty Barnes the stock…

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