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Making champions: Sandhills cowboy coaches young rodeo competitors inside and outside of the arena

Apr 21, 2022
Apr 21, 2022

Cowboy Hall of Fame Bill Manning — Bill Manning of Cherry County, Neb., is one of 11 inductees into the Nebraska Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame.
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Bill Manning has mentored many young people into championships in the rodeo arena as well as their chosen walk in life.

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Editor’s Note: The Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame is inducting 11 new honorees with a ceremony June 11 in Valentine, Nebraska. Each week through mid-June, we’ll meet the inductees.