Saturday night’s final round at the 95th Reno Rodeo promises to be exciting with the best contestants from the past eight days vying for the lion’s share of the prize money and a coveted pair of trophy spurs. Team ropers Turtle Powell and Dakota Kirchenschlager moved into first place in the standings here with a total time of 10.3 seconds on two runs. Powell, from Stephenville, Texas, is a former champion here as well as a world champion. Kirchenschlager live...

With just two more performances left before Saturday night’s championship round at the 95th annual Reno Rodeo, contestants are giving it all they’ve got and it is showing on the leaderboard. Kaycee Field, from Spanish Fork, Utah, the reigning and three-time world champion bareback rider had an 82 here on Wednesday. Combined with his previous 84, he now is tied for first place in the overall standings with Oregon’s Austin Foss. Field tied for the championship here ...

Adding a Reno Rodeo championship to a contestant’s not only earns them a pile of money and championship spurs, it can be the catalyst that gets them to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. One of those contestants that was here on Tuesday night is Ryan MacKenzie from Jordan Valley, Ore. MacKenzie took the lead in the first round of saddle bronc riding with an 83-point effort on Big Bend Rodeo’s Crash Gate. While he has been a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowb...

The Reno Rodeo brings in people from all over the country. Some cowboys and cowgirls are as authentic as they come, but some who attend the rodeo are not.