Warneke proves he belongs with his bareback riding peers
Jun 11, 2025
“To be honest, I wasn’t quite sure I was ready to step up,” Warneke said of joining the Northern Rodeo Association’s Mountain Health Co-op Tour in 2024. “I figured I would go enter a couple and go back home broke.
Before Erickson was a world-class steer wrestler, he preferred a rope in his hands. He won the Northern Rodeo Association junior breakaway roping as a young teenager in 2005.
This wasn’t just about a dramatic ending to the NRA Finals at Majestic Valley Arena during his tenure as bull riding director, this was a full-circle moment that was born from a small-town Montana act of kindness almost a decade ago.
The recently completed 49th Annual Northern Rodeo Association Finals presented by nuWest Builders was more than just a showcase for the top cowboys and cowgirls.
Toavs has been selected the announcer for the Northern Rodeo Association Finals presented by nuWest Builders at Majestic Valley Arena in Kalispell, Oct. 24-26.
May will enter the Finals atop the bareback riding leaderboard
Sep 19, 2024
May flat-out sizzled the final five weekends, earning wins at Superior, Twin Bridges, Deer Lodge, Boulder, Chinook and the regular-season finale in Helmville.
Her weekends are spent learning with her horses – Freckles and Dolly -- finding ways to maximize their skills and hers in barrel racing and breakaway roping.
Ennis has become a must stop for on the Mountain Health Co-Op Tour
Jul 24, 2024
The rodeo – one of three during the July Fourth run – is a game-changer for those pursuing a berth in the Northern Rodeo Association and Northern Women’s Rodeo Association Finals in October.
The Capital City cowboy began his pursuit of a three-peat opening weekend, winning the steer wrestling at Whoop-Up Trail Days in Conrad to start the Mountain Health Co-Op Tour for 2024.
