Rodeo fans are days away from finding out which athletes will be the first to punch their tickets to a shot at one million dollars in The American Rodeo. The Contender Tournament Finals begin this ...

MANDAN, N.D. (KLTV) - Carthage bareback rider Tilden Hooper won first place at the North Dakota Roughrider Cup in Mandan, North Dakota. The 17th-ranked bareback rider in the world has earned $118,547 ...

WEATHERFORD, Texas (KLTV) - Carthage native Tilden Hooper took home the top prize at two rodeos over the weekend. Hooper competed at three different rodeos and joined East Texas Now on Tuesday to talk ...

If you skipped the PRCA Rodeo’s third day of competition on Sunday, boy did you miss a show. Not only was the weather amazing, Sunday’s events drew some of the top names from the sport to Greeley for ...

If Tilden Hooper had been a bareback rider a generation ago, he'd be in a spot of trouble today. At 24, his career might be over, and he'd definitely be behind on his mortgage payments. Instead, ...

Tilden Hooper had never competed in the Buffalo Bill Rodeo before, but that didn’t stop him from etching his name into the history book. The Texas-based cowboy tied the Wild West Arena record with 89 ...