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Wolverine Canyon wins at Malad Indian Relay races
Wolverine Canyon with rider Kalen Hammond wins at the Oneida County Fair & Rodeo in Malad on July 25 and 26.
MALAD CITY — Indian Relay racing was brought to the Oneida County Fair and Rodeo in Malad City with Wolverine Canyon and rider Kalen Hammond winning both days July 25 and 26 earning $1,260 for each day.
The Coby Team with rider Dayton Tendore faced a challenging start on July 26 but finished second earning $850. The team didn’t finish the race on July 25.
Cutler & Skunkcap crowned new Fort Hall Rodeo Queen titles
Tessa Cutler (right) was crowned the new Miss Fort Hall Rodeo Queen for 2026-27 on July 25;
she is pictured with outgoing rodeo queen Tajalei Massey.
By JOSEPH WADSWORTH
Sho-Ban News
FORT HALL — On Saturday, July 25, at the Fort Hall Indoor arena Tessa Cutler became the newly crowned Miss Fort Hall Rodeo Queen 2026-2027 and Arayah Skunkcap will continue for another as Fort Hall Junior Rodeo Queen 2026-2027.
Tessa is the daughter of Christina Cutler.
Arayah Skunkcap (right) was crowned Fort Hall Jr. Rodeo Queen for 2026-27 for the
second consecutive year; she is pictured with Miss Shoshone-Bannock Myke Moore.
Arayah is the daughter of JonMarc Skunkcap, Lillian Atkins and her stepmother is Linda Skunkcap.
Cutler will be attending Highland High School as a Junior this coming school year and Skunkcap will be going into the 8th grade at Irving Middle School.
Both Cutler and Skunkcap say their expectations for this coming year will be to be out in the community. Arayah said will always smile. Tessa is going to improve herself — get out and travel.
The pageant concluded with Reba Coby, President of the Rodeo Queen Committee, thanking the sponsors and past title holders along with her daughter Sami Neaman and Lorrie Galloway for all of their support and help being her runners. She also thanked her aunts Wendy Galloway and Sonya Wadsworth for cooking elk stew and Indian tacos for everyone in attendance.
Miss Fort Hall Rodeo Queen 2025-2026 Tajalei Massey and family did a small giveaway and honored Reba Coby, Miss Shoshone-Bannock Queen Myke Moore, past Fort Hall Rodeo Queen Sissy Arianna Seymour, the cooks, along with Junior Queen Arayah Skunkcap and Queen Tessa Cutler.
Fort Hall Rodeo Queen & Jr. Rodeo Queen Sponsors 2026-2027 include: Vickers Western Store-Pocatello; 21st Century Auto Sales-Blackfoot; Powell’s Body Shop-Blackfoot; Tadd Jenkins-Blackfoot; C-A-L Ranch- Blackfoot; B Bar B Leather -Blackfoot; Shoshone-Bannock ARM Program- Fort Hall; Sami Neaman- Arbon Valley; Steven Quagigant-Blackfoot; Reba Coby- Arbon Valley; Larissa Eschief- for making the Junior Rodeo Queen crown; Rockin’ T Silver for the matching Sterling Silver Crowns and Buckles; Dana Hudson for the Leather Sashes.
Shoshone-Bannock Festival Indian Relay races to feature 24 competing teams
FORT HALL — Shoshone-Bannock Festival Fort Hall Indian Relay Association races are August 7 to 9 with championship on Sunday.
Races are at noon at the Fort Hall racetrack. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for students ages 12 to 17; children 11 and under are $5 while elders 62+ are free.
Indian Relay features 24 teams and they include: Arrow Lakes; Beegup Relay; Birdinground; Boogie Boys; Carlson Relay; Coby; Holds the Enemy; Little Mountain; Mountain Crow; Mountain River; Old Horn; Poitras Relay; Pretty Elk; River Road; Teton; Tissidimit; Two Medicine; War Chiefs; Warren Bros; White Knife; Wolverine Canyon; Yokoyama; Young Money and Old Elk.
As of July 31, the Chief Race is filled, Youth Warrior has three openings; Youth Relay - 1; Teen Girls Race - 6 (need 2 more to race); Ladies Relay – 3; Warrior Race – 3; Junior Relay - 3; Ladies Race – 2 and Lil Chief Race – 3.
Sho-Ban Legends INFR Tour Rodeo set August 8-9
FORT HALL — The Shoshone-Bannock Legends INFR Tour Rodeo is August 8 and 9 at the Fort Hall rodeo grounds with performance times at 6 p.m. Saturday, slack at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday performance is at 10 a.m.
Admission is free. The contractor is Blossom Rodeo.
After entries were taken there are nine bareback riders, 13 saddle bronc riders; 42 calf ropers; eight junior bull riders; 62 team roping teams; 36 junior breakaway ropers; 30 steer wrestlers; 38 barrel racers; 29 junior barrel racers; 69 breakaway ropers; 53 senior breakaway ropers and 28 senior team roping teams.
Bull fighters are Riley Dodginghorse and Jake Fox. Announcer is Jacob Todachenie. Timers are Vergie Begay and Lita Many Goats. Judges are Jim Cutler and AJ Ben. Pickup men are Dalton Jim, Myles Blossom and Matt Morrison.
