Memorial bull riding event to be held for Stockton bull rider

A bull riding will be held Sept. 24 to honor a Kansas cowboy.

The Richard Schleicher Memorial Bull Riding will take place at the Phillipsburg Rodeo grounds on Sept. 24 at 6 pm.

The bull riding will be in honor of Stockton native Richard Schleicher, who passed away in a car accident on September 16 after competing at the Pendleton (Ore.) Roundup.

Tickets are $10 and will be sold at the gate; gates open at 4 p.m. on the 24th. Above-the-chute tickets are available for $25 each.

Mutton busting for kids will be held at 5 pm with a calcutta, to auction off the bull riders, to begin at 5:30 pm. The event is produced by Trey and Jimi Kerner of Kerner Bucking Bulls, Brule, Neb.

Schleicher always had a smile on his face, said fellow bull rider and good friend Garrett Wickett.

Schleicher is the son of Harold and Deb Schleicher of Stockton.