The, King of the cowboys, Larry Mahan is our guest this week on Word With A Champ. Bareback bronc rider, saddle bronc rider, bull rider and pilot, the combination of talent, responsibility and try led him to 8 World Championships in Professional Rodeo. Larry is the most eloquent gentleman I have had the privilege of interviewing. We appreciate his time to visit with us on Native Voice 1 Radio Network.

Indian country is well represented With Cheyenne River Sioux, Josh Schremp, head coach of the Eagle Butte-Dupree Braves wrestling program in In South Dakota. Today on Word With A Champ, Coach Schremp describes the advantage individuals may acquire by the requirements of this sport. We invite tribal leaders to increase existing efforts in reservation and small community school programs for the sport of wrestling. My son, Choctaw/Cherokee, Branson Taylor, 152 lb. Gold Medalist at the top of the podium for the Douglas Patriots, Box Elder, South Dakota, U.S.A.

Navajo, Aaron Tsinigine won the 2015 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, Team Roping Header, World Championship. The 10th round concluded Saturday to the 300th sold out crowd at the Thomas and Mack Arena in Las Vegas since moving there in 1985. Over 177,656 tickets were sold for this years Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Today is a full report of newly crowned champions, best on 10 Average Champs and 10th go round winners.

Round 9 results of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo last night in Las Vegas, will report that every event championship, will come down to the final Saturday night, round 10 in the city of lights. Indian country has been hot all week, but only had Navajo Derrick Begay win a check in the 9th. Clayton Foltyn was the highlight of the night with an 88 point bull ride On Dakota Rodeos bucking bull Brown Sugar.

Team MGM, Trevor Brazil tied the arena record tie down

roping at the Thomas and Mack Arena in Las Vegas with a

6.5 second time. The eighth of ten rounds concluded last

night for the Wrangler NFR sanctioned by the Professional

Rodeo Cowboys Association. Brett Stall, Minnesota Indian

bull rider, Navajos, Derrick Begay, Aaron Tsinigine and

Erich Rogers have all been successful on the worlds biggest

stage of the sport at noted in this report.

Results, go round, lucky number 7, concluded last night, December 9 at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. The WNFR paid 1.8 million in prize money the first year it was in the city of lights, 1985. It will pay $10.000,000.00, thirty one years and three hundred sold out performances later in 2015. Minnesota Indian Cowboy Brett Stall has won a lions share of the money covering his bulls in rounds 5, 6 and 7.