IT TAKES TWO TO MAKE CALF ROPING GREAT AGAIN IN 2020 ARTICLE BY SIERRA LEWIS
First it takes the Calf Roper, but in todays world we are told we should call him a Tiedown Roper, the one we are talking about now is Brent Lewis 12 x NFR qualifying PRCA Cowboy, Tiedown Roper and Steer Roper. We’re going to stick with the title of “Calf Roper” though because deep down in his core that is who he is, and who he will always be. He has the name, the reputation and successful career to back it all up. In 1991 when he came in as Resistols rookie of the year though they were still calling it Calf Roping, they also were still calling it Calf Roping when he took his final bow at the Thomas & Mack in 2003, an end to a career many will say was much too soon. He’d never admit it out loud but I can tell you there is still a look in his eye that silently agrees as it see’s all the great horses, buckles and white lines of the road pass through his memories. I can also tell you there was no way he was going out defeated, he walked away on top of his game, one of the best there was. How do I know all of this? How do I know him so well? The fans call him Brent Lewis, the cowboys of past & present call him BL, but I call him Dad. Jump forward 17 years later and I am the second one in this pair. I am an Agricultural Media & Communications major in PG. 12 :: SPRING 2020
my final senior moments at West Texas A&M University. When I asked Dad what he wanted me to write about when we were asked to be in this magazine together he wanted me to tell you all about what I do for him. When I say I help the family business out I can not roll my eyes and act like it’s a terrible little day job working for Dad like some might. Running Dad’s social media pages has only provided me with opportunity after opportunity. I get so many compliments on his social media pages. What started as just a place I created, which was first the Facebook page which now sits with 10, 460 likes and 10,897 follows, to help Mom get Dad’s sale horses out there has turned into a go to for all of his clinic information, a merchandise line including tee’s and caps, through our amazing partners at Rodeo Monogram shop, a live Q&A show, and a day of the week #TiedownTuesday where we post Dad’s runs, pictures and followers submissions of their own runs on our Instagram that currently sits at 14.5k followers. Make Calf Roping Great Again, #TiedownTuesday, & our newest design The Real Deal, were all ideas of mine. They were drawn out by our friend, well he is more like family, Homer Sanders, who I came to with my design ideas. I saw that
