STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Rodeo action returns to Lone Star Arena this Thursday-Saturday for the 59th annual Tarleton Stampede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nightly performances get underway at 7 p.m. with slack scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday mornings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once again, the Tarleton Stampede is the season finale for the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association\u2019s (NIRA) Southwest Region ahead of the 2025 College National Finals Rodeo June 15-21 in Casper, Wyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In all, 17 colleges and universities are set to compete in nine NIRA events, including bareback riding, tie-down roping, breakaway roping, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, goat tying, team roping, barrel racing and bull riding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coming into the three-night Stampede, Tarleton State tops the leaderboard on the men\u2019s and women\u2019s sides of the Southwest Region. With 4,425 points, the men lead second-place Western Texas College by more than 1,600 points. For the women, Tarleton has compiled 2,613 points to lead second-place Cisco College by more than 1,000 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, Tarleton State leads in three individual races. Jordan Driver sits in first in the women\u2019s all-around, Bailey Small leads in saddle bronc riding and Roedy Farrell is at the top in bareback riding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Award-winning rodeo announcer Ben Clements will call the action, with Penthouse Pro Rodeo and Rawhide Rodeo serving as the stock contractors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thursday is Senior Night and Friday is Team Sponsor Night. Hall of Fame and Tarleton Night are slated for Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Admission is $10 for adults, with children under 12 admitted free. Tarleton State faculty, staff and students are free with a Tarleton ID. Tickets may be purchased at the gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lone Star Arena is located at 4696 U.S. Highway 377 N. in Stephenville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additional information, including results and live broadcasts of each event, can be viewed at www.tarleton.edu\/stampede\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Rodeo action returns to Lone Star Arena this Thursday-Saturday for the 59th annual Tarleton Stampede. Nightly performances get underway at 7 p.m. with slack scheduled for 8:30 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":53113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":424,"footnotes":""},"categories":[424,425],"tags":[446,455,456],"class_list":["post-53112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-events","category-campus-community","tag-division-of-student-engagement-success","tag-rodeo","tag-stephenville"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"priddle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/priddle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/04\/Unknown-2-300x200.jpeg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Arts & Events<\/a>","Campus & Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Arts & Events<\/span>","Campus & Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Division of Student Engagement & Success<\/a>","Rodeo<\/a>","Stephenville<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Division of Student Engagement & Success<\/span>","Rodeo<\/span>","Stephenville<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 year ago","modified":"Updated 12 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 21, 2025","modified":"Updated on April 28, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 21, 2025 8:00 am","modified":"Updated on April 28, 2025 9:04 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53112"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53185,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53112\/revisions\/53185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}