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The Annual Rapides Parish Rodeo is returning to Cenla with two big shows on November 24th and 25th at the Rapides Coliseum in Alexandria.

The show will feature everyone’s favorite events as some of the best cowboys in the world will compete to win a prize of 30,000 dollars. The show will also be including a new Free Style Bullfighting event where the cowboys will become daredevils by performing death defying stunts and tricks with the bulls.

Both shows will begin at 7:30 p.m. with doors opening at 6 p.m. Tickets are now on sale at the Coliseum, AA Western Wear, and the Leisure Travel Office at Ft. Polk. Military discounts are available and this event is a huge fundraiser for the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots Foundation.

Children’s tickets will start at 12 dollars. Reserved seats will also be available.

Here is a list of the contestants:

Bareback Riding

•Jake Brown - Cleveland, TX: On his way to his 3rd NFR in December, $103,000 in 2017 earnings, over $400,000 in career earnings. Sitting number 7 in the PRCA world Standings.

•Bill Tutor - Huntsville, TX: On his way to his 1st NFR in December, $96,000 in 2017 earnings, $150,000 in career earnings. Sitting number 11 in the PRCA World Standings.

•Tanner Phipps - Dalton, GA: 2017 Rookie of the Year.

Saddle Bronc

•Cody DeMoss - Heflin, LA: On his way to his 13th NFR in December, $120,000 in 2017 earnings, over 3 million in career earnings. Sitting 4th in the PRCA World Standings

•Bradley Harter - Loganger, LA: 10 NFR qualifications, 20th in the 2017 standings, 1.2 million in career earnings. (Saturday Only)

•Heath DeMoss - Heflin, LA: On his way to his 9th NFR, 1.2 Million in career earnings, sitting 12th in the PRCA world Standings with $89,000 in earnings.

Bull Riding

•Cody Rostockyj - Hillsboro, TX: 1 NFR qualification, $330,000 in career earnings.

•Jeff Askey - Martin, TN: 1 NFR qualificaiton, $380,000 in career earnings.

Tie-Down Roping

•Randall Carlisle - Athens, LA: on his way to his 2nd NFR, $480,000 in career earnings, 12 in the PRCA world Standings.

PRCA BullFight

•Evan Allard - Vinita, OK: 3rd in PRCA World Standings, 3 time Ardmore, OK Freestyle Champion, 2 Time Salinas, CA Freestyle Champion.

•Jon Roberts - Friendship, TN: 6th in PRCA World Standings, 2nd at 2017 Spring Rapides Parish Pro Rodeo Bull Fights.

•Blake Miller - Troy, TX: Hottest rookie sensation going!!

SANTA ANA – A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was charged with torture and other felonies today for allegedly sexually assaulting his wife and brutally beating the 23-year-old Irvine man she was having an affair with, then ordering his spouse to castrate her lover — which she pretended to do.

Robert Avery McClain, 34, a soon-to-be-fired probationary deputy at the Twin Towers jail in downtown Los Angeles, had been scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon, but he was taken to a hospital on Tuesday, said Jim Amormino of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

McClain was transferred “on the advice of medical personnel,” but Amormino did not know the reason. He said McClain had been under 24-hour monitoring. Amormino described the hospitalization as a non-life-threatening situation.

McClain was charged with one felony count each of aggravated mayhem, torture, sodomy by force with great bodily injury, along with sentencing enhancements for personal use of a deadly weapon, great bodily injury to a sexual assault victim and the use of a deadly weapon during a sexual offense, said Farrah Emami of the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.

McClain, who is being held in lieu of $1 million bail, faces up to life in prison if convicted.

Emami said prosecutors will ask that he be held without bail when McClain eventually appears in court.

McClain’s wife, whose name has been withheld, told her husband Sunday that she was going to leave him for a 23-year-old man who lives in an Irvine apartment complex, where she works in the leasing office.

McClain, who has four children with his wife, asked the woman to take him to meet the young man, who was identified in media reports as Michael Heflin, Emami said.

The two of them went to the young man’s apartment about 10 p.m., but McClain then led the pair to the leasing office, which has a kitchenette area, Emami said.

McClain began arguing with them, then repeatedly punched and kicked both victims before taking out a knife and forcing both to undress at knifepoint, while he also undressed, Emami said.

Prosecutors claim McClain unsuccessfully ordered his wife to orally copulate both him and Heflin, then gave the woman the knife and instructed her to castrate Heflin.

She fearfully pretended to follow his instructions, Emami said. Heflin suffered several wounds to the groin area, police said.

McClain then used the knife to repeatedly slice Heflin’s face, Emami said.

The former deputy left Heflin at the scene and took his wife with him against her will, she said. Once they left the leasing office, he allegedly forcibly sodomized the woman, chopped off her hair with the knife and ultimately drove her back to their Irvine home, Emami said.

Around 5 a.m. Monday, she was able to leave the house with her four children and drove to a nearby hospital. A cleaning crew found Heflin in the leasing office and called 911. Both victims are expected to survive, Emami said.

The young man’s father, Chris Heflin, told the Los Angeles Times that his son’s face was so badly disfigured that he was hardly recognizable and would require reconstructive surgery.

Chris Heflin said his son had told him earlier that he had fallen for a married woman.

“He said she was beautiful. I couldn’t talk him out of it, and I tried three or four times,” the father said.

According to jail records, McClain is 6-foot-1 and weighs 216 pounds. Michael Heflin is 5-foot-11 and weighs 140 pounds, his father said.

Kansas BASS Nation President Richard Heflin made a lifelong dream come true last weekend at the 2021 TNT Fireworks BASS Nation Central Regional on Milford Reservoir.

Heflin finished tied for eighth overall amongst nonboaters during the event April 21-23 in Junction City and was the top co-angler on the Kansas team, joining top boater Nick Luna, of Grain Valley, Mo., (14 pounds, 9 ounces) as the state’s representatives for the 2021 BASS Nation Championship. That event is slated for Nov. 3-5 on Ouachita River in Monroe, La.

The Topeka angler had the third-largest bass among nonboaters at 2 pounds, 10 ounces, and posted a three-day total of 6 pounds, 1 ounce, to qualify for nationals, edging out Buhler High School senior angler Nathan Fideldy, of Hutchinson (21st overall, 3-4).

Ray Cates, of Overland Park, also qualified while fishing for the Missouri team as a nonboater. He posted a three-day total of 9 pounds, 8 ounces, to finish first among the Missouri team’s co-anglers and second overall among all co-anglers.

Jesse Jordan, of Stilwell, finished 24th overall amongst boaters, posting 6 pounds, 14 ounces, with Leavenworth’s Larry Stoafer right behind him in 25th (6-9).

Other notable Kansas boaters include Alan Daniels, of Kansas City, Kan. (43rd, 3-0); Hays’ Klint VonFeldt (44th, 2-14); Whitewater’s Rick Wheeler (46th, 2-8) and El Dorado’s Kenny Turpin (49th, 2-5). Notable Kansas co-anglers included Yates Center’s Joel Porter (t-24th, 2-8); McPherson’s Justin Harris (31st, 1-15) and Berryton’s Mike Turner (t-35th, 1-12).

HAYS BASS ANGLERS ASSOCIATION

A total of 46 teams competed during the first Hays Bass Anglers Association Open tournament of the season April 24 on Wilson Reservoir, with Team Brown coming away with the top prize after posting a 21.45-pound bag.

Just behind them were the team of Unruh and Hopkins with 20.21 pounds for second, with Keeley and Leiker rounding out the top three with 19.47 pounds.

The big bass pot was shockingly split by a pair of monster fish, as the Browns tied with Killion and Colpetzer, each with a 7.69-pound lunker.

The next HBAA Open is scheduled for May 15, also at Wilson.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS KANSAS

Brandon Manis and Marc Shepard teamed up to pull out the win April 24 at the Special Olympics Kansas benefit crappie tournament at Clinton Reservoir.

“Always a fun time and for a great cause,” Manis said of the event.

The pair were using Top Secret Jigs ToadTamers in black and chartreuse and a custom color, Cajun Craw.

Topekan Dustin Hobbs took second place, while Jeremy Conway, of Lawrence, took third in the 29-boat field.

Mike and Eric Schrock, also of Lawrence, finished fourth and posted the big fish at 1.96 pounds, just barely topping Manis’ 1.95-pounder.

BASS NATION CENTRAL REGIONAL

Leaders April 21-23 on Milford Reservoir

BOATERS

Angler ... State team ... 3-day total

Kris Bosley ... NM* ... 23-5

Christian Gladfelter ... NM ... 22-12

Chris Johnson ... ARK ... 19-8

Brandon Moss ... OK ... 18-2

Chad Petrie ... TX ... 17-2

Jared Miller ... CO* ... 15-10

Nick Luna ... KS* ... 14-9

Mike Wheaton ... MO* ... 14-5

Travis Sneith ... CO ... 13-9

Shane Morgan ... CO ... 12-8

Other Kansas team results — 24. Jesse Jordan 6-14, 25. Larry Stoafer 6-9, 32. Branden Garrison 4-10*, 44. Klint VonFeldt 2-14, 46. Rick Wheeler 2-8, 49. Kenny Turpin 2-5, t-54. Jason Baird 0-0, t-54. Matthew Mesplay 0-0, t-54. Josh Pladies 0-0*.

Other Kansans — 43. Alan Daniels 3-0^.

*Resident of different state

^Fishing for Missouri team

NONBOATERS

Leaders April 21-23 at Milford Reservoir

Angler ... State team ... 3-day total

Hunter Neuville ... LA ... 9-10

Ray Cates ... MO* ... 9-8

Russell Vines ... ARK ... 7-6

Brad Hauf ... NM ... 7-5

Glenn Hahn ... TX ... 6-12

Morgan Fitzgerald ... CO ... 6-6

Bobby Maynard Jr. ... TX ... 6-6

Scooter Wright ... OK ... 6-1

Richard Heflin ... KS ... 6-1

Ryan Fontenot ... LA ... 5-14

Other Kansas team results — 21. Nathan Fideldy 3-4, t-24. Joel Porter 2-8, 27. Kyle Torkelson 2-3*, t-31. Justin Harris 1-15, t-35. Mike Turner 1-12, t-39. Jeremy Jackson 0-0, t-39. Clayton Rudman 0-0, t-39. Reggie Smithson 0-0, Cody Paxton 0-0*.

Other Kansans — t-39. Brent Goss 0-0^.

*Resident of different state

^Fishing for Missouri team

HAYS BASS ANGLERS ASSOCIATION

Open No. 1 leaders April 24 on Wilson Reservoir

Team ... Pounds of fish

Brown/Brown ... 21.45

Unruh/Hopkins ... 20.21

Keeley/Leiker ... 19.47

Hamel/Peterson ... 18.33

Cocker/Wright ... 18.25

Devine/Devine ... 17.61

Rudman/Harmoney ... 16.51

Calvin/Cornell ... 15.58

Page/Kirkley ... 15.40

1st High Stakes — Brown/Brown

2nd High Stakes — Unruh/Hopkins

*Big Bass — Tie between Brown/Brown and Killion/Colpetzer, 7.69

Here are the current leaders after four performances of the Reno Rodeo.

Bareback Riding: First Round: 1, Bobby Mote, Stephenville, Texas, 80 points on Western Rodeo's Another Gray. 2, (tie) Brian Bain, Powell Butte, Ore.; Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas; and Casey Breuer, Mandan, N.D., 78 each. Second Round: 1, (tie) Steven Peebles, Redmond, Ore., on Rosser Rodeo's Willhock and Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn., on Big Bend Rodeo's Faded Winds, 83 points each. 3, Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 82. 4, Winn Ratliff, Leesville, La., 81. Total on two: 1, Bobby Mote, Stephenville, Texas, 159. 2, (tie) Winn Ratliff, Leesville, La., and Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 157. 4, Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn., 156.

Steer Wrestling: First Round: 1, Joshua Clark, Belgrade, Mont., 4.2 seconds. 2, Olin HAnnum, Malad, Idaho, 4.5. 3, (tie) Ryan Bothum, Caddo, Okla., and Jace Melvin, Fort Pierre, S.D., 4.7 each. Second Round: 1, Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alberta and Jule Hazen, Ashland, Kan., 4.0. 3, John Herl, Goodland, Kan., 4.4. 4, Gary Gilbert, New Underwood, S.D., 4.5. Total on two: 1, Jule Hazen, Ashland, Kan., 8.9. 2, Josh Clark, Texarkana, Texas, 9.2. 3, Jon Herl, Goodland, Kan., 9.3. 4, Jace Melvin, Fort Pierre, S.D., 9.5.

Team Roping: First Round: 1, Aaron Tsinigine, Tuba City, Ariz., and Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas, 4.8 seconds. 2, Nick Sartain, Dover, Okla., and Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, 5.1. 3, Jake Barnes and Junior Nogueira, Scottsdale, Ariz., 5.2. 4, (tie) Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz., and Cory Petska, Marana, Ariz.; and Joel Bach, Mount Vernon, Texas, and Jim Ross Cooper, Monument, N.M, 5,4. Second Round: 1, Bubba Buckaloo, Caddo, Okla., and Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore., 4.9. 2, Cale Markham, Vinita, Okla., and Buddy Hawkins, III, Columbus, Kan., 5,1. 3, (tie) Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas, and Kollin VonAhn, Blanchard, Okla.; and Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., and Clay O'Brien Cooper, Gardnerville, Nev.; 5.3. Total on two: 1, Aaron Tsinigine, Tuba City, Ariz., and Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas, 10.3. 2, Jake Barnes and Junior Nogueira, Scottsdale, Ariz., 11.3. 3, Joel Bach, Mount Vernon, Texas, and Jim Ross Cooper, Monument, N.M., 11.4. 4, Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Jett Hillman, Purcell, Okla., 11.5.

Saddle Bronc Riding: First Round: 1, Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah, 84 points on Diamond G Rodeo's 18 Karat Kowboy. 2, Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La., 82. 3, Jacobs Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, 77. 4, (tie) Tyrel Larsen, Inglis, Manitoba and Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, 76 each. Second Round: 1, Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, 82 points on Rosser Rodeo's Hat Stomper. 2, Dean Wadsworth, Ozona, Texas, 77. 3, (tie) Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La.; Bradley Harter, Loranger, La.; and Sam Spreadbrough, Snyder, Texas; 75. Total on two: 1, Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La., 157. 2, (tie) Bradley Harter, Loranger, La., and Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, 150. 4, Jacobs Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, 149.

Tie-Down Roping: First Round: 1, Ryan Watkins, Dublin, Texas, 8.7 seconds. 2, J.C. Malone, Hooper, Utah, 8.9.. 3, (tie) Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore., and Trent Creager, Stillwater, Okla., 9.3 each. Second Round: 1, Timber Moore, Argyle, Texas, 7.9. 2, Clay Long, San Angelo, Texas, 8.7. 3, Cody Quaney, Cheney, Kan., 9.0. 4, Trent Creager, Stillwater, Okla., 9.1. Total on two: 1, Michael Otero, Lowndesboro, Ala., 18.3. 2, Trent Creager, Stillwater, Okla., 18.4. 3, Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, 18.8. 4, Ryle Smith, Oakdale, Calif., 18.9.

Barrel Racing: First Round: 1, Kassidy Dennison, Tohatchi, N.M., 17.31 seconds. 2, Kaley Bass, Kissimmee, Fla., 17.33. 3, Callie DuPerier, Bandera, Texas, 17.36. 4, Ruth Haislip, Acampo, Calif., 17.39. Second Round: 1, Kaley Bass, Kissimmee, Fla., 16.94. 2, Katelyn McLeod, Whitesboro, Texas, 17.16. 2, Christina Richman, Glendora, Calif., 17.19. 3, Kassidy Dennison, Tohatche, N.M., 17.23. 4, Michele Mcleod, Whitesboro, Texas, 17.39. Total on two: 1, Kaley Bass, Kissimmee, Fla., 34.27. 2, Kassidy, Dennison, Tohatchi, N.M., 34.54. 3, Christina Richman, Glendora, Calif., 34.61. 4, Callie DuPerier, Bandera, Texas, 34.67.

Bull Riding: First Round: 1, Caleb Sanderson, Hallettsville, Texas, 82 points on Diamond G Rodeo's Warbird. 2, Howdy Cloud, Kountze, Texas, 81. 3, Reid Baker, Comfort, Texas, 79. 4, (tie) Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas; Tyler Smith, Fruita, Colo.; and Derek Kolbaba, Walla Walla, Wash.; 77 each.

Reno Gazette-Journal

Defending Reno Rodeo saddle bronc champion Heith DeMoss came out of the gate last night looking to add another set of silver spurs to his collection.

DeMoss, who rode the Diamond G Rodeo Company bronc Karat Cowboy, scored 81.5 points, putting him into the lead going into the second night of competition. If you would have seen DeMoss in the gates before the event, he would not have seemed as confident as his score would lead you to believe.

"I was nervous sitting there," DeMoss said. The way that horse is built, my saddle kind of slid back on him, so I really had to reach up there. He about threw me off after a couple of jumps, but I was able to reach up there and get ahold and it went pretty good after that."

DeMoss and Karat Cowboy have tasted victory together before, as the won the rodeo in Salt Lake City three years ago.

DeMoss, who resides in Heflin, La, said his performance Friday night vindicated him in his decision to return to Reno.

"It sure made coming from home in Louisiana to Reno, Nev., worth it."

The Reno Rodeo is a special place for DeMoss, who qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo last December after earning his silver spurs in Reno. "If I didn't win here, I wouldn't have made it," he said. "This win was big for my family, that's for dang sure. I'd love to do it again."

Bareback: 1, Kyle Charley, Lukachukai, Ariz., 82.5 points on Diamond G Rodeo’s Cool Hand Luke

2, Tyler Nelson, Victor, Texas, 79.5

3, Win Ratliff, Leesville, La., 77

4, George Gillespie Jr., Cut Bank, Mont., 76

5, Cody Kiser, Carson City, 63

Steer wrestling: 1, Cody Pratt, Pueblo, Colo., 4.9 seconds

2, John Franzen, Riverton, Wyo., 5.0

3, Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta 5.1

4, Cody Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, 5.2

5, Morgan Grant, Didsbury, Alberta, 6.6

Team roping: 1, Cody Snow, Los Olivos, Calif., and Dugan Kelly, Paso Robles, Calif., 5.5 seconds

2, Clay Smith, Broken Bow, Okla., and Paul Eaves, Lonedell, Mo., 5.7

3, Levi Simpson, Ponoka, Alberta and Jeremy Buhler, Abbotsford, Alberta, 11.6

4, Trevor Merrill, Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Jake Freeland, Springville, Utah 11.6

Saddle bronc: 1, Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La., 81.5 points on Diamond G’s Karat Cowboy

2, Charlie Kogianes, Provo, Utah, 80

3, Chuck Schmidt, Keldron, S.D., 76

4, Audy Reed, Spearman, Texas 75

5, Brady Nicholes, Hoytsville, Utah, 74.5

Tie-down roping: 1, Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas, 8.2 seconds

2, Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas, 8.8

3, Clint Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 9.4

4, Clint Arave, Blackfoot, Idaho, 11.6

5, Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La., 13.5.

Barrel racing: 1, Kris Gadbois, Escondido, Calif., 17.04 seconds

2, Jane Melby, Burneyvile, Okla., 17.13

3, Julie Martin, Paso Robles, Calif., 17.36

4, Sydni Blanchard, Albuquerque, N.M., 17.56

5, Nancy Hunter, Neola, Utah, 17.67.

Bull riding: 1, Sage Steele Kimzey, Strong City, Okla., 81.5 points

2, Trevor Reist, Linden, Iowa, 80

no other qualified rides.