SuperLooper-Dec 2011 by Western Sports Publishing

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THE MAGAZINE FOR TEAM ROPERS DECEMBER 2011

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THE MAGAZINE FOR TEAM ROPERS

FEATURES 8

Just the Way It Is

USTRC Championship Results

by Ben Clements

Priefert US Open Tour

USTRC Announcements

Gold Plus #12 Champions

By the Numbers

Gold Plus #10 Champions

Priefert US Open Tour Champions

Cruel Girl Champions

#15 Shoot-Out Champions

#13 Shoot-Out Champions

#12 Shoot-Out Champions

#11 Shoot-Out Champions

#10 Shoot-Out Champions

#9 Shoot-Out Champions

#8 Shoot-Out Champions

by John Findlay

Gold Plus Report by Ty Hillman

USTRC Insider

Horse Health

Top Tips with Rickey Green

Upcoming â&#x20AC;&#x201C; South Georgia Classic

USTRC On Tap

US Open Tour Standings

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Clinton Anderson Jr. Looper Champions

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Who Won What

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JUST the WAY IT IS

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hat is the old saying, “My how time flies when you are having fun.” This year, 2011, has flown by and we are facing the start of a New Year. For me personally, this year has been very eventful. My life has changed in ways I could never have imagined. In a matter of weeks 2012 will make a grand entrance and we will be faced with New Year’s resolutions and the changes we want to make in our lives. With a bit of reflection, I find we all end the year the same way and make the same feeble attempt at starting things new and different upon the advent of a new year. It seems I spend every month in my column offering suggestions and ideas on how to look at the bright side, lessons on being upbeat and positive, and embracing the bright side. I tend to write a lot about attitude and frame of mind and how things are never as bad as they look. The key is, I don’t have your viewpoint or perception of the world. We all do, indeed, walk to the beat of a different drummer and hear and embrace a different message. My advice might work for me and have absolutely nothing to do with the struggles you are facing. There is an old Native American saying, something to the effect of, “Don’t criticize a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes.” It is always easiest to say, “Well, you should have done this or why didn’t you do that!” Realistically, none of us know what we would do, or why, until we have faced that specific set of circumstances. As we approach the Christmas season we all have different ideas and concepts about why we celebrate or do not celebrate the holidays. For me, Christ is not only the “reason for the season” but He is the reason for this year and next year and this day and everyday. We all live and learn, and how we are made and molded determines who we have been in the ending year and will determine who we will be in the coming year. The important thing to remember is that each of us, for whatever reasons, must strive to be all we can be to those who mean the most to us. If you stop and think for a minute, you are bound to have someone, somewhere, who touched you in some way and made a big difference in your life. What difference do you want to make in your life or someone else’s? What do you want people to remember most about you? I live in a hurry! That is something I need to work on and change. All of us have things we need to work on and change. None of us are perfect in this year and will not be in the coming year. All we can do is strive to do the best we can,

DECEMBER 2011 using the cards we are dealt, and if we let God supervise and handle the rest, all will be okay. We can all make a difference no matter what is going on in our lives or what is happening around us. Things are good, things are bad, and things change from one minute to the next. You are important because of who you are and what you can do. We all matter. You’ve heard me preach consistently about the “bigger picture” but perhaps it isn’t so much about the bigger picture but more about the tiny, seemingly irrelevant things that people pick up on that often matter the most. It isn’t about being the best team roper or being the best mom or dad or being the best teacher or employer. What it is about is being “YOU” and being the best “YOU” that you can be. What we are doing will make a difference to those that matter. Time is short. It wasn’t but a few short months ago we were preparing to welcome 2011 to the picture and in the blink of any eye and the beat of your heart 2011 is fading and 2012 is looming on the horizon. Lives changed in 2011 and lives will change in 2012. You are different today than you were at the end of 2010 and you are different as 2011 ends and 2012 makes its grand entrance. I guess I really don’t have any advice here. I only know that I’m going to take a little more time, listen a little more carefully, pause more often and love and appreciate more. I want to voice to those I care about how important they are, mend fences if needed and learn along the way. I want to be open and receptive to God using me if He so chooses, and I want to trust Him to show me the way. I want to be a stronger and better man, a better dad, a better son and brother and an awesome husband. I want to be a good friend, a supportive and contributing employee, and a understanding and motivating employer. I want to do the best I can when the odds are stacked against me, yet man enough to cry with someone who is hurting and in pain. I want the best for all involved and I want God to teach me compassion, love, perseverance, understanding and forgiveness. As December unfolds and this year ends, I want all the things God wants me to have and the courage to have faith enough to understand when He doesn’t answer my prayers. A long time ago a child was born to save the world. It is why we celebrate this holiday season. I don’t know how you feel about that, but for me it is the essence of who we all are and that is just the way it is……

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Find out where all the Roping Events are in your area DEPARTMENTS 122 Riding Herd

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USTRC

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The USTRC wants to say thanks to all of you who attended the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. Because of you it was a fantastic event. Thanks for your support and see you next year! The dates for the 2012 Cinch USTRC NFTR are October 21-28, 2012.

Lost and Found from the Cinch NFTR • 1 small leather cross with Dan Johnson 1973-2006 stamped on it • 1 brand new headstall still in sack with price tag attached. (Please describe to claim) • 1 pair of Bill Dixon spurs with J C on them • 1 NRS spur with Spade, Club, Heart, Diamond and no rowel • 1 grey Izod sweatshirt • 1 little girl’s backpack with “Ella” on it • 1 grey sweatshirt with words University of Amsterdam

All USTRC members receive Flex Earnings upon participation at a USTRC Sanctioned or Affiliate Event. Gold Spur members receive $1,000 and Gold Plus members receive $3000, which can be used at any Regional Finals or the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping.

Renew your membership today for 2012. The USTRC membership makes a great stocking stuffer and is the perfect gift for your favorite team roper. 2012 Gold Plus Memberships are $300 and Gold Spur Memberships are $100. Call 254/968-0002 today or get online to www.ustrc.com and make your purchase.

The DVD’s from the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping will be available online later this month in time for Christmas. The DVD will show all five go rounds of the US Open plus the short go round. It will also include the short rounds of all Shoot-Outs, the Cruel Girl and the Century Roping. This makes a great gift for the team roper in your family. DVD’s should be available for purchase on line at www.ustrc.com the week of December 12.

• 1 zebra rope bag, left at Jr Looper area Remember as of November 1, 2011, Gold Plus members must be 25 years of age or older to be eligible to compete in the Gold Plus division. Eligible members 18 to 24 years of age can still purchase a Gold Plus membership and receive all of the benefits other than competing in the Gold Plus division . To see all previous USTRC announcements made for the 2011 season visit www.ustrc.com and click on the “Announcements” link.

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NUMBERS 2011 Cinch National Finals Where Did They Come From? Chalk up another incredibly successful Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping, Version 2011. All aspects of the huge production ran off with maybe a hiccup or two but no hitches. What a great nine days. Even the weather cooperated for the most part, as there were clear skies and balmy temperatures for every day except some rain and wind midweek. From the Trade Show, to the Horse Sale, to the Team Roping Seminars, to the Down Under Horsemanship Jr. Looper Championships and, oh, the roping!! What a show! There was some great ropings and some great stories that have come out of those ropings that you’ll find in these special December Finals pages. And, boy, did the ropers come over 7,000 teams made up from a total of 3,235 ropers. And the question of this column is, “Where did they all come from?” Needless to say, with the economy continuing to be in the doldrums like it has been for the last few years left everyone wondering just how many teams would be able to “cinch up” and make the significant monetary commitment necessary to attend and 12 / DECEMBER 2011

compete at the world’s largest and richest team roping. When the final tally was in, the 2011 Finals finished with 7,018 teams and awarded $3.57 million in cash plus $675,000 worth of great prizes. Last year’s team count was 7,032 which means this year was only off by a mere 14 teams, which in this shaky fiscal environment was more than acceptable. Some misguided prognosticators were thinking that a loss of over 1,000 teams was in the cards. But that clearly did not happen. And from whence did all these corriente catchers come from? To the maps, my friends, to the maps! I thought I would see if there were any significant differences between this year’s roping contingent and last year’s. Although the Great Recession technically ended in June of ‘09, an economic recovery has been very slow in coming as evidenced by our still high rate of unemployment among other lagging economic indicators. Our ropings, quite frankly, started out slow this year but by the beginning of summer, things began to pick up. The Regional Finals showed gains for the most part which is what gave USTRC officials hope for the Finals. But the cost of attending the Finals can be daunting, particularly for those living farthest from Oklahoma. Did that fact impact this Finals? It appears that it might have. A first glance at the two maps, one for 2010 and one for 2011, there doesn’t seem to be much difference. The patterns are quite similar. To explain exactly what you are looking at, each blue dot represents the home zip code of each roper or ropers that competed at the Finals from that zip code. As usual, the lion’s share of dots are in the states

surrounding Oklahoma, which is to be expected. But as you can see, there are very few states that are dotless. In all, ropers came from 41 states, 1 Canadian province and two foreign countries, Brazil and Italy. Last year the tally was 41 states, 2 Canadian Provinces and Brazil. So while the number of states participating did not diminish, the number of total participants did, but only slightly. Turning now to the Table, you’ll see that the number of participants was down from 3,520 in ‘10 to 3,235 in ‘11. That’s is only a decline of 8.1% or a total of 285 ropers. These fewer ropers, however, entered up more often than in ‘10. As mentioned above, the total team count was only down by a minuscule 14 teams. In order to determine which states sent more ropers and which states sent less ropers this year than last year, I sorted the states in the Table by the difference between the number of ropers sent each year (column 4). The results of this comparison revealed some unexpected findings. As you can see from the Table, there were only 12 states that sent the same or more ropers to the Finals this year as opposed to last. Kansas and Arkansas were the top two states for sending more ropers this year at 24 and 17, respectively, and not surprising since both border Oklahoma. The surprise is the next five, Michigan, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Indiana and Utah. All except Utah are from the midwest and upper midwest. Michigan went from one roper in 2010 to six in 2011. Considering the distance, does that make any sense? CONTINUED ON PAGE 14

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Zip Code of Contestants at 2010 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping

Zip Code of Contestants at 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping

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Cinch USTRC National Finals Ropers by State, Province and Country 2010 - 2011 State/ Province/ Country

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Good going Michigan! The state that had the greatest drop, numbers wise, in ropers was also the state that sent the most ropers . . . Texas. Even with a loss of 76 ropers it was still number one in total ropers by far with 1,062. Oklahoma was second in total ropers with 719 but they also experienced a decline, although a small one of just 2.3% (17 ropers). States that had the greatest percentage loss of ropers, with one exception, were all pretty far removed from Oklahoma. Montana (87.5%), South Dakota (64.3%) and Ohio (54.5%) led that list followed by Pennsylvania (50.0%), Oregon (46.2%) and Kentucky (41.7%). But none of those states sent more than 14 ropers in either year. States that typically send a fair number of ropers that did not send as many this year were Georgia, Alabama and New Mexico. New Mexico was the surprise with a 31.1% decline paticularly since New Mexico borders Oklahoma. States, on the other hand, that usually send a sizable contingent and held pretty steady this year were Louisiana, Nevada, Iowa, Arizona, and Missouri. None were down more than 12%. Three states that were among those down the most last year but recovered nicely this year were Louisiana, Kansas and Oklahoma. So, while there were exceptions, overall the trend for this year’s Finals is leaning towards the theory that distance was indeed a factor in the slight decline in contestants. That theory is also bolstered by the almost uniform success of all the Regional Finals this year. The guess would be that ropers, knowing they could not afford to make the trek to Oklahoma City, did make tracks to their local Regional Finals. The next question is how will USTRC’s new million dollar guarantee affect the turnout at next year’s Finals, if at all. My guess is that economics will trump any other argument. If the economy improves, so will attendance at the Finals. If it does not, attendance could also suffer. Remember, however, that this year’s decline was very slight. The Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping still gathered ropers from 41 states, Canada, Italy and Brazil, an enormous international gathering . . . 3,235 contestants making up 7,018 teams. Over 4 million dollars in cash and prizes was awarded. Hey, it was another momentous team roping! Now you know where they came from, next month, where the money went.

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Hello Ropers,

just got back from the Cinch NFTR and am trying to get caught up from being gone for two weeks. As I am reflecting on the spectacular event, I want to commend the USTRC staff for a job well done. Planning and organizing an event of that magnitude is something that would make the common man cringe, but USTRC has the best event staff in the business and they pulled it off again this year. When there are over 7,000 teams and thousands of horses, cattle, pickups and trailers, there are going to be issues that arise. It would be absurd to think otherwise. As a USTRC staff member, you have to be a quick thinker and problem solver because just about the time you think you have seen or heard it all, something comes up that takes you by surprise. From calling ambulances, to bandaging nearly severed fingers, to looking for missing entry cards, to fielding complaints over something they had absolutely nothing to do with, the USTRC staff is the best! I also want to thank you ropers for your outstanding support. I understand that you have many choices where you rope and I want you to know how much USTRC appreciates you. USTRC is constantly looking for new opportunities to improve the sport for you, our valued customers. The biggest topic of conversation at the Cinch NFTR was about USTRC’s recent announcement to guarantee $1 million at the 2012 NFTR and beyond and thus change its sanctioned event payout to a full two-thirds cash back. In case you have been living under a rock, USTRC introduced a payout format at all sanctioned events starting with the

recently held Guthrie Shoot-Out Championships. Rather than 5% of the ropers’ pot and 1.7% of the producers’ commission rolling into the National Shoot-Out fund, which contributes to the huge payouts at the Cinch NFTR, USTRC has dissolved the Shoot-Out fund and is going to solely contribute a minimum of $1 million of added cash at the 2012 Cinch NFTR. What this means for the ropers is a 67% cash payback at sanctioned events and there will still be a guaranteed minimum of $1 million added to next year’s NFTR. This is a big deal because ropers can win anywhere from $50,400 plus a 4-door Ram diesel pickup and a Case IH tractor (#12 Gold Plus Shoot-Out) to $93,000 and beautiful saddles and gold buckles (#9 Shoot-Out) for a nominal entry fee of $300 per roper. It gives ropers an affordable option to win huge payouts and great prizes. There was also a lot of buzz about the World Series of Team Roping converting their classifications to USTRC’s TRIAD system. Without a doubt, this move is a great benefit to team ropers who participate in either association, as it will continue to help level the playing field. The more data and information TRIAD has on a roper, the more accurate the roper’s classification number can be. Knowing that ropers can rope above or below their current classification number on any given day, would you be more likely to correctly classify ropers by personally watching them compete at two events or by receiving their performance data from seven events? If you answered that honestly, you can see that the more information TRIAD

receives on a given roper, the more accurate the analysis becomes. Another improvement that was implemented on November 1 is the change of the Gold Plus division eligibility age, moving from 21 to 25. Like I explained in September’s article, this is a move that zeroed in on the heart and soul of the Gold Plus program to improve it for the members it is designed for; ropers who work for a living and value convenience and quality. By increasing the age requirement, USTRC is holding true to its vision and purpose of the program and I appreciate your understanding. Ropers between the ages of 18 and 24 can still purchase a Gold Plus membership and receive all of the benefits other than competing in the Gold Plus division. The day they turn 25, they can begin entering Gold Plus ropings. Fall is already here signaled by the fact that Daylight Savings has come to an end and it will start getting dark at 6 p.m. Other than that, I love this time of year as the Holiday Season is in full swing. When you are Christmas shopping, do not forget that as Gold Plus members, you receive a 10% discount on anything you order from National Ropers Supply. Also let your Gold Spur friends know that with the New Year approaching, if they buy their 2012 Gold Plus membership, their spouse and children living at home under the age of 21 will receive a complimentary USTRC membership at no extra charge. If you have any questions or comments about anything, do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to visiting with you. Merry Christmas

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USTRC INSIDER

The USTRC just finished up another successful Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. More than seven thousand teams came to compete for the enormous cash payout and the phenomenal prizeline. The event welcomed team ropers from all walks of life to enjoy everything the USTRC and the sport of team roping has to offer. At the helm of the USTRC is President Kirk Bray. Kirk has been instrumental in putting the USTRC where it is today, that being at the top of the sport. Each year after the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping (Cinch NFTR), I like to catch up with Kirk for an interview and visit about what is going on and where the sport of team roping is headed for the coming year.

Ben: Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to visit. There is a lot of work to be done after the Cinch NFTR. What was your take on this year’s Cinch NFTR and were you pleased with the event? Kirk: We were all really pleased with how the event turned out. The cattle supplied by Jeff Smith and Ike Cox were outstanding, especially considering the situation with the border being closed since June. The event ran on schedule every day, which not only sets the tempo, but also puts ropers and spectators at ease. The USTRC staff puts a tremendous amount of time and effort into planning the Finals, so it’s always nice when the plan unfolds so neatly.

2012. That’s an unbelievable amount of money to guarantee, can you elaborate on the impact this will have on cash payouts for 2012? Kirk: For the past 20 years a portion (5%) of roper’s entry fees and a portion (1.7%) of the producer’s commission from every sanctioned event has been set aside for the Shoot-Out Fund that has funded the added money at the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. Because of roper and producer contributions for the past eleven years the Fund has grown to a million dollars or more, and as a result the cash payout at every NFTR since 2000 has been $3 million or more. The huge payouts at the NFTR have been critical to the success of the USTRC, and I might add, to the growth of the sport of team roping. As promised in October, the ShootOut Fund has been dissolved and the By Ben Clements USTRC will be the sole guarantor of a minimum of $1 million added to the NFTR from now on. So, not only will the purses at the NFTR remain huge, ropers competing at sanctioned events can now count on a full two-thirds cash payback and producers their full one-third commission. To understand the impact this will have in 2012, let’s use the 2011 Shoot-Out Fund as an example, which amounted to $1,060,000. The roper’s contribution was $795,000 while the producers contributed the remaining $265,000. From this point forward, all of that money will be paid to the ropers and producers, respectively. By USTRC guaranteeing the

An Interview with USTRC President Kirk Bray

Ben: It really was an amazing event and you and the staff did an excellent job with the production and organization of the event. Where does the event go from here? How can you keep topping such a great team roping? Kirk: The production is a reflection of the quality of the USTRC staff. We’re our own worst critics when it comes to event production. While we may be pleased with the how things went, we always believe it can be even better. As long as we continue to strive for perfection, the NFTR experience will continue to improve each year. Ben: Recently you announced that USTRC would guarantee a minimum of $1 million added to the NFTR in 18 / DECEMBER 2011

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added money at the NFTR, the cash purse throughout the season just grew by at least $795,000 without jeopardizing the huge payouts at the NFTR. Ben: That is exciting news for the ropers and producers alike. Another announcement that has the roping industry buzzing is that of the World Series of Team Roping using the USTRC TRIAD Classification System in 2012. How is the conversion going and what feedback have you received from the industry about the agreement between USTRC and WSTR? Kirk: Overwhelmingly the feedback from producers and ropers has been very positive. Ropers understand the value of one classification system is truly the best way to serve the industry because it requires the full scope of a roper’s competition be evaluated in order to assign the most accurate and fair classification number. The agreement between USTRC and WSTR to operate under the guidelines of the TRIAD system does nothing to change the different products that each has to offer to the roper. In fact, it will only enhance both associations by establishing a more level playing field. Ropers that choose to participate in both associations may do so now with the confidence that their peers are being evaluated on the same performance scale. That said, the conversion of WS classifications to the TRIAD system is going very well and is on target to be implemented on January 2, 2012. USTRC and WSTR are communicating on a daily basis to ensure fairness at every level. We have received all of WSTR event data from the 2010 and 2011 seasons and have combined that information with roper’s performance records from USTRC events. The TRIAD System, which is completely unbiased, is sorting out the data and in a joint effort with WSTR we are scouring through roper records to ensure unison of its analysis. Besides the before mentioned more level playing field, producers and ropers are seeing other benefits that will come from the USTRC/WSTR agreement. Producers will no longer be faced with choosing one number

over another. Ropers that still choose to purchase a WSTR membership will be competing on a TRIAD classification, and for the roper that competes in both associations, WSTR will accept USTRC memberships, which means they will only have to purchase one card. Finally, USTRC members will be allowed to count up to $3,000 of their winnings for a single placing at a WSTR event toward qualifying for USTRC Regional and National Finals. Ben: Those are some exciting changes. So just to be clear this is not a merger between the USTRC and WSTR? Kirk: No, the USTRC and WSTR haven’t merged and there have been no discussions to that end. Ben: It seems to me that the USTRC is moving forward and taking great steps to ensure the future of the sport. What is your overall view of the organization; the sport and I guess your “state of the Union” for lack of a better comparison? Kirk: As an organization we are standing on very solid ground. The steps recently taken by the USTRC to guarantee $1 million at the National Finals and increase our payout to a full two-thirds are with the future of the USTRC and the sport in mind. This commitment demonstrates how much faith the USTRC has in this sport and its members and how optimistic we are about the future. Despite the economy woes 2011 was still a good year for USTRC and we ended it with a great National Finals. The agreement with WSTR will help stabilize the industry and strengthen the TRIAD Classification System. USTRC, its staff and producers remain committed to customer service, a fair and equitable playing field and producing the best events possible. Ben: I am glad to see things in that perspective. Thank you for your time and I appreciate all you do. I know I speak for many when I offer up those words of gratitude. It sounds like the USTRC and the sport of team roping are poised for a great 2012 season. . SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 19

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HORSE HEALTH

Time Off For Your Horse

epending on where you live, the winter season might mean taking the next couple of months off from the sport of team roping. Colder weather and shorter days usually means less time for practice and competition. Although we would all love to rope year round, there are benefits to taking time away from the sport and giving a period of active rest to your horse. But one can’t just turn the horse out to pasture, you must set up a schedule of exercise to help preserve the horse’s overall fitness and condition. Think of your horse’s fitness in three different areas, much the same way we think of our own. These include cardiovascular conditioning, strength training, and limbering exercises. Cardiovascular conditioning enhances the ability of the respiratory, cardiovascular, and muscular systems which in turn produce energy needed to compete. Strength training is directed toward increasing the power or endurance of the muscle groups that are important for ultimate performance. And, limbering exercises increase the range of motion of the joints, making the horse more athletic, improving performance, and reducing the risk of injury. All of these play a big role in your horse’s ability to compete and, depending on the age of the horse, must be thought of even when they are turned out for a period of time. When a horse ceases to perform conditioning exercise, they lose fitness. The more fitness loss in a horse during time off, means the longer it will take to recondition them when returning to competition. A short period of time off (month or less) often has little effect on performance and cardiovascular loss. However, if the horse has been off work for longer than a month, it is reasonable to assume there will be some loss of fitness. As a rule of thumb, beyond the first month of rest, each additional month taken off requires a month of reconditioning. A more significant concern is the loss of musculoskeletal strength during resting periods,

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which is regained relatively slowly. A single workout each week is usually sufficient to help preserve the strength of muscles and guard against the loss of range of motion in the joints. Other tissues (tendons and ligaments) probably adapt to changes in workload more slowly than muscle. These components of the musculoskeletal system lose strength more rapidly than it can be rebuilt, which is a primary concern when laying horses off. Taking the time to keep your horse in shape and their overall fitness in check throughout a resting period can be beneficial when spring comes around and there is more time to compete. There are other factors ropers can consider when starting a de-conditioning period. To begin it is recommended by trainers and veterinarians to take approximately two weeks to help your horse come down from the current level of fitness. This includes decreasing both exercise and diet gradually. This allows the horse’s fitness to slowly move into the more dormant stage they will be in during the time off. Ropers can increase the amount of daily turnout during this time to help keep the horses limber and in better shape as well. As down-time usually includes colder weather, it is recommended to keep blanketing to a minimum in the early winter months allowing the horse to grow a longer, thicker, healthier winter coat of hair. Many veterinarians also recommend the removal of your horse’s shoes for a couple of months each year to encourage healthier foot growth. Talk to your local veterinarian in order to set up a solid schedule that is both beneficial for your horse’s de-conditioning and reconditioning periods, as well as things to consider such as feed, turnout recommendations and overall health concerns during a resting period. With your team roping goals in mind the knowledge to develop a strategic plan to bring your horse down from competition and back up from rest safely will increase your chances of having a healthier mount for a longer time. n

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with Rickey Green What To Do When get a lot of questions about what to do when a steer runs up the rope, or drags, or trots, or ducks, so we are going to go over some of the answers. Then you can tell yourself what to do when these things happen, so you can respond when the time comes. The first thing I would like to tell you is that you have to have the ability to perform the task before you react to the event. For instance, a steer sets and starts to drag as you come around the corner to heel him. As a header, you need to start to drive your horse forward and pick up his speed a little bit, to see if you can pop him up out of the ground a little for your heeler. Now, don’t just kick and run off with him, you have to really pay attention to the steer so you can see if picking up speed is making the steer get better or worse. If he’s getting worse, slow up. Sometimes the steer will stand up. You might even stop and let your partner throw a trap and then you can pull him into it. What I’m saying is, just because you know what to do, doesn’t mean you have the ability to do it unless you practice your horsemanship and have good control of your horse logging and facing. You might go for two months without seeing a steer 1drag, so you need to place the scene in your mind and tell yourself that the next time a steer drags, I’m going to do this or do that, so you’re ready when it happens. I just finished doing a lesson on my website and I demonstrated an exercise on how to rope dragging steers. But unless you practice flattening out your delivery and actually get to where you can perform the task, it does no good to tell yourself what to do. For instance you could say, “The next time I pitch, I’m going to throw a curve,” but then all you practice is fastballs. You’re going to go to the game and say, “Now here comes my curve,” and you can’t perform the task. I have thrown hundreds of thousands of loops, from draggers and trotters to hoppers and head duckers; steers that roll their heads back and steers that twist to the right and to the left. So your first mission would be to put yourself in the situation on the dummy. If the steer drops his left horn, learn to raise your elbow up. If he drops his right horn down and hides it, move in close and lower your elbow. You have to go through all these variables on the ground so that you 24 / DECEMBER 2011

react with your rope automatically. That sets you up for the next stage, which is to react with your horse position automatically. For a heeler, when a steer starts to get heavy or drag, the first thing I want to do is stay off of him so I immediately pick up on my horse. That is my reaction. The first thought I have is to dump it under his belly fast, before he gets worse. My roping reaction is to flatten out my delivery, and keep some steam on it when I do, and that happens automatically from my training. Besides training yourself on the dummy, you need to start playing scenarios that could take place at the roping. Like, “Okay, the next time a steer comes left I’m going to move over instead of pulling up.” I put the pulling up part in there so you could understand how you want to react. When you’re actually going through your mental training, don’t put the move in that you want to delete, only see yourself doing the new, correct move. Close your eyes and actually see yourself making the correct move. Most of this mental preparation is about seeing and putting you and your horse in the correct position to perform the task of roping. And that needs to be performed automatically, not manually. After hundreds of mental runs, you will start to make the right moves to position automatically as well. Once you get to this point in your roping, you will be able to run the show with attitude statements like “stay aggressive,” “use your head” or “stay focused today.” I’ve had students with complete figure eights in their loop tell me, “I just need to be more aggressive,” and I can’t convince them that they have to start from point A and then comes B and C and D. So here are some scenarios to go over in your mind arena. When a steer starts left, both header and heeler need to move with him. You can do that by dropping some weight in your left stirrup. If the steer moves quickly left, drop your weight in the stirrup quickly. If he comes over slowly, you can move your weight over and adjust to the steer’s direction change. If a steer slows up, keep your body position the same, pick up on your horse, and bring your tip down to the target. What I see at ropings are people who sit down and bring their tip up when a steer slows down. Their next move is to look at the flagger and ask for another steer. If they would have stayed up, checked their horse, and brought their tip down, they might have won the go round. Final thoughts: start to be a champion in your own mind arena; rope every bad crooked kind of steer you can think of in your mind arena; and it’s okay to take a victory lap in your mind arena. That’s where all champions learn. Your Friend, Rickey Green 2nd Peter 1-10 P.S. Reader’s Digest tells of a month-long experiment with three groups of similarly skilled high school basketball players. Group 1 did not practice, and their performance deteriorated. Group 2 practiced one hour per day, and their performance improved by 2%. Group 3 practiced only in their imagination, and their performance improved by 3 ½%. Group 3 improved the most because when you practice in your imagination, you never miss… think about it.

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Dear Ropers, Do you feel like a million dollars? That is exactly what the USTRC is about to bestow on all of its competing members in 2012. Not to feel like a million dollars, but to present all of you collectively with an actual million dollars in cash! This is a game changer, as it far exceeds anything that has ever been done at the USTRC since the invention of the Shoot-Out. The consequences are going to be truly revolutionary. Why? Because instead of you, the roper, contributing added money to the National Finals Shoot-Out Fund, that money will now be provided solely by the USTRC, and it’s guaranteed to be a minimum of One Million Dollars! From here on out, not one dime of your entry fees will go toward added money at the National Finals of Team Roping (NFTR). For those of you who are unclear on how huge payouts at the NFTR have been previously generated, here is a quick reminder. A critical aspect of USTRC’s success was to create a National Finals event unsurpassed in the amount of money awarded to its National Champions. That goal has been accomplished, signified by the fact that for the last 11 years, over one million dollars of added money has magnified the incredible purses at the USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. Until now, a large portion of that money has come from the roper, in the form of a five percent contribution coming

out of your entry fees at every USTRC sanctioned roping. Your contributions helped to build the National Finals of Team Roping into the sport’s premier event – the largest and richest team roping in the world. In appreciation for all you’ve done, the USTRC is stepping up to contribute all of the added money, and we guarantee to add one million dollars to the NFTR purse. This commitment demonstrates how much faith the USTRC has in this sport and its members. But what exactly does this pledge mean to you? It means cash purses at every sanctioned event will dramatically increase. Based on roper contributions in 2011, over $750,000 more cash will be paid out at sanctioned events per season, without you having to lift a financial finger. That’s the new deal, the revolution USTRC is initiating right now. But the roper is not the only beneficiary. The business of producing team ropings is not an easy road to travel. USTRC producers have a substantial commitment in time, effort and money for every roping they put on, with no guarantee to earn a profit. And ropers, they do HAVE to earn a profit, or they will not be in this business very long. So the USTRC further pledges support of the unsung heroes of our business – the producers. You may not be aware that USTRC producers have also significantly contributed to the National Finals Shoot-Out Fund. In 2011, producers

added over a quarter of a million dollars out of their pocket to the Shoot-Out Fund. In the 2012 season, producers are no longer required to contribute to the Fund. This helps our producers stay in the game so they can continue providing ropers the best productions found anywhere in the sport of team roping. So, the revolution is upon us. The 2012 season marks a historic juncture in USTRC history as we continue our quest to provide greater value to our members. Now, ropers who cannot attend the Cinch NFTR won’t see their money siphoned off to an event he or she cannot attend. But the NFTR remains intact with the enormous cash purses and nominal entry fees that have made the NFTR the preeminent team roping year after year. Now cash purses at sanctioned events will grow by more than an estimated $750,000. You no longer need a math degree and a Cray computer to figure how much of your entry fees go into the roper’s pot. That number is two-thirds. Period. End of story! Sincerely,

Kirk Bray

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South Georgia Classic December 30, 2011 to January 1, 2012 28 / DECEMBER 2011

Nestled in the heart of Georgia lies the quaint little city of Perry. Founded in 1821 through a treaty with the Creek Indians, Houston County extended from the Ocmulgee River on the east to the Flint River on the west. Perry received its name from Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry for his triumph at Lake Erie in the War of 1812. Perry is known to many as the crossroads of Georgia because of its location at the intersection of Highways US 341, US 41, GA 127, and I-75. This prime location has encouraged tourism throughout the history of the city and has been instrumental in making it the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s number one industry. Today Perry has some twenty-three motels offering over seventeen-hundred rooms. Located on Big Indian Creek, settlers flocked to Perry from the very beginning to take advantage of the fertile soil and favorable climate.

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The State of Georgia built a complex in Perry in the late 1980’s known as The Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter. The state-of-the-art facility has grown from sixhundred acres to over elevenhundred acres and it will open its doors for the South Georgia Classic December 30, 2011 through January 1, 2012. USTRC team ropers from all over will congregate for the Johnny Johnson event. Make sure this event is on your roping calender. However, there is more to Perry than the fairgrounds. Downtown Perry is a must see! The renovated downtown area is a charming village with specialty shops and a down-south, restful atmosphere. A perfect place for a stroll; enjoy the year-round flowers with benches and shop windows designed to lure you inside where any shop owner will be glad to tell you the story of Perry’s “rebirth.” Consider if you will, no traffic jams, easy access, affordable accommodations, a relaxing retreat, modern facilities, and a slower pace. Just add in a soulful helping of Southern hospitality and that is what it is all about in Perry. This long recognized crossroads of Georgia has a tradition of delivering a warm and gracious welcome to visitors dating back more than a century, all the way back to when the city was a major North-South stagecoach stop. Perry, home of former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, is known for Southern charm and hospitality. Take the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter, the landmark New Perry Hotel and the shopping experience of historic Downtown Perry and add the USTRC South Georgia Classic and all that is missing is you! Make plans to be in Perry, Georgia as 2011 closes out and 2012 makes a grand entrance. The South Georgia Classic will be a fantastic way to welcome in the New Year with some great team roping!

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and playing the guitar with his friends. Johnie had a good sense of humor and kept his sense of humor right up until the end. He will be remembered for always being there when needed and always had a story to tell and bits of cowboy wisdom to share. Johnie is survived by his loving wife, Jacque Payne of Alamosa; his stepchildren: Dennis Russell Gregory of Colorado Springs, and Scott David (Kim) Gregory of Arkansas; his stepgrandchildren: Kaitlyn and Alex Gregory; as well as his siblings: Joe Payne of Texas and June Greeman of Oklahoma. His parents, one brother, Buddy, and two Thinking It Over sisters, Juanita It’s odd but there is one thing most people like to do and Bonnie, all To spend a while beside the grave of someone that you know preceded him in You do it when you’ve time enough to make a quiet ride death. To see the fleecy clouds above and watch the shadows glide Cremation You think of things he did and said and of the ways he has was chosen and And now to think that he is dead, it makes you feel plum sad a Celebration of It brings the old days back again, you live them one by one Life Service was You think of things that happened then and what you should have done They say there’ll be a judgment day when dead men rise again held 10 a.m. So I suppose he’ll have to stay just where he is ‘til then Friday, But then you recken that the one who made the world knows best September 9, He takes them when their work is done and lets them have their rest 2011, at the And when at last our strength has failed we made our last long ride Rogers Family We leave this world and take the trail across the Great Divide Mortuary in So when it’s time to make the change we’ll go where they have gone Alamosa, We’ll meet them on the other range somewhere in the beyond Colorado.

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Dustin Morgan ..............28 Bode W. Baize.................7 Kevin Stewart ...............27 Chris Francis.................26 Colby L. Lovell ..............26 Trevor Brazile ...............26 Clint J. Scheller .............25 Ross W. Lowry ..............25 Colt A. Braden ................5 Turtle Powell...................4 Kelly Barker....................4 Wade K. Kreutzer..........23 Erich J. Rogers................3 Keven W. Daniel............23 Blake D. Hirdes .............22 Cody Joe Heflin .............22 Charles R. Pogue ..........22 Coleman K. Proctor.......22 Brock G. Hanson ...........21 Cole Wheeler ................21 Jake W. Kropik ..............20 Jarett Case Rogers ........20 David W. Motes.............20 Danny Leslie .................20 B.J. Campbell................20 Jason S. Tucker, Jr..........20 Tyler Johnson ................19 Bart Brunson ..................9 Bubba S. Buckaloo........19 Steve Purcella.................9 Tyler C. Wade..................8 Spencer Mitchell ...........18

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Jade R. Corkill .............114 Travis L. Graves .............69 Patrick A. Smith ............95 Martin Lucero ...............82 Cory Petska...................81 Brandon J. Gonzales ......45 Todd Wilson ..................59 Brad D. Culpepper .........38 Zak R. Dobbins .............51 Adam G. Plyler ..............48 Kory Koontz ..................47 Nick Rowland ................45 Riley K. Pedro ...............44 Rich Skelton..................29 Jake Smith ....................43 Clay Cooper ..................18 Cole Bigbee...................37 Jim R. Cooper................36 Kinney Dale Harrell .......36 Tom Bourne ..................35 Clint Summers ..............23 Brady Norman...............34 Britt W. Bockius ............32 Justin W. Davis ..............32 Chase R. Tryan...............31 Jhett E. Johnson.............31 Nick V. Kent...................30 Cody S. Hogan...............30 Joe R. Smith..................29 George Eldridge ............29 Mitch T. Murray .............29 Wesley H Moss ..............29 Jett Hillman...................28

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Derrick D. Crawford.......28 Travis J. Woodard ..........22 Caleb Twisselman ..........27 Caleb Anderson .............27 Buddy E. Hawkins II ......27 Jaytin McCright .............27 Joseph Bert Harrison .....27 Rodney D. Melton ..........26 Cesar A. DeLaCruz.........26 Will M. Woodfin ............26 Shane Edmondson .........25 Josh C. Clayton ..............24 Casey J. Stipes...............24 Michael Fortenberry ......24 Regan Ward ..................22 Marty Becker ................22 Brady J. Minor...............22 Austin R. Rogers ...........22 J.W. Borrego..................21 Marcus R. Banister ........18 Ryan D. Motes ...............20 Shane Durbin ................20 Trey Johnson III .............20 Dustin L. Davis ..............20 Dugan Kelly...................19 Roy J. Montoya ..............19 Dawson McMaster .........19 T.J. Watts.......................19 Jake Long......................19 Cody R. Roberts ............18 Denny Watkins ..............18 Justin R. Marquez ..........18

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Cinch US T RC National Finals of Team Roping 2011 By Ben Clements

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he Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping concluded October 30, 2011 at the State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City, in solid fashion, offering more than $4 million in cash and prizes. Produced by the United States Team Roping Championships (USTRC), the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading team roping organization based in Stephenville, Texas, the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping exceeded all expectations. The Championship event awarded a total of 9 National Finals titles and 10 United States Championship titles which not only came with the cash prize, but custom Martin Trophy Championship saddles, Gist Silversmiths gold buckles, full-quill ostrich Tony Lama boots and Western Horseman commemorative belt buckles. Furthermore, two Ram Cummins Diesel 4 X 4 trucks were awarded to the high money-earning Gold Plus member champions in two divisions, along with two Case IH tractors being awarded to the reserve high moneyearning Gold Plus champions in those divisions. The event launched Saturday, October 22, and ran through the 30. Hosting more than 7,000 teams, the nineday event provided team roping enthusiast with one of the best team ropings in history. Team ropers from all over the United States and abroad attended the event. Three ropers came all the way from Europe to compete in the 2011 Cinch NFTR to represent the European Union in the internationally growing sport of team roping. Sisto Facchetti and Stefano Zocchi from Milan, Italy and Jordan Fabre from Saint Martin de Crau in France. Sisto and Stefano came acrosse the Atlantic with coach Mike Crouch and Jordan made the trip up from Texas where he is completing his senior year of high school with the host family of Roger and Gena Hanagriff. Needless to say the event was a hit with team ropers everywhere. If you missed the event this year, you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to miss out on it next year. The 2012 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping will be held October 20-28, 2012 at the State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City. Ropers qualify for the event by earning Shoot-Out positions during the more than 85 USTRC sanctioned events around the country, as well as its seven Regional Finals. For more information, contact the USTRC at www.ustrc.com or by calling 254.968.0002.

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US Open

Shoot-Out Champions

Chad Masters

Jade Corkill

By Melinda Clements

t could be called “The Parade of Champions!” It was certainly a gathering of the elite in team roping. Some people are enthralled by notoriety while others give it no passing thought. Regardless of your position it would be a prime example of what team roping should be. Some question if champions are born or made. The spirit of a true champion lives deep inside each of us. Perhaps the greatest definition of champion involves hard work, commitment, dedication and perseverance. Perhaps it is the champion that remains after everyone else has given up. Perhaps the heart of a true champion is the one still standing when the battle is over. At any rate the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping brings together an unbelievable congregation of champions. Each man in his own right is comfortable in their list of accomplishments and committed to the sport that defines us all. When the Priefert Open Championships kicked off on

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Sunday, October 23, 2011 at the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping a packed house of fans and roping enthusiasts embraced them and welcomed them to the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds Arena. Team roping was alive and well as the Open ropers made their debut. Fifty-nine teams would make a serious bid at a total payout of $213,800 and the first place team in an average of five steers and a short go would walk away with $76,300 and a Martin Championship Trophy saddle, Gist Championship gold buckles, Tony Lama Ostrich boots and Western Horseman 75th Anniversary Commemorative Buckles. It was a roping everyone looked forward to all year. As the roping progressed through the afternoon it quickly became one of ups and downs, highs and lows and unlikely occurrences that would keep the audience glued to their seats. The cattle were strong, wide good horns and as even a set as you will find anywhere. In some cases it challenged the ropers

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and it soon became obvious that roping this set of cattle would bring out the best in the business as they focused on good solid runs and staying consistent. It’s a challenge all ropers deal with. As the afternoon wound down eighteen teams out of the original fifty-three would emerge to come into the short go round. It would be a collection of the best in the business. Chad Masters and Jade Corkill were the high team back coming into the short go round of the Preifert Open Championships. They had roped well and, more importantly, consistently all day long. The second high team back was Clay Tryan and Travis Graves and the third high team back was Charly Crawford and Clay O. Cooper. Masters and Corkill were in good company. It would be a tough and interesting short go round especially when you add in the mere thought of $76,300. I wouldn’t say team ropers are greedy but they are committed and competitive. When Crawford and Cooper rode into the box they needed an 8.13 to take the lead in the Average. Never underestimate a competitive short round because when the dirt cleared the pair had put 7.70 on the tally board and they were holding on tight.

Tryan and Graves had also been in the hunt most of the day and they knew an 8.78 would move Crawford and Cooper. As the Open Tour candidates they had been contenders all year. This day was no different. The pair rode into the box, nodded for their steer and the rest became an automated illustration of team roping as its very best. They posted a time of 7.09 to bump Crawford and Cooper to second place. One team remained and it was one you never underrate or overlook. Masters and Corkill is a good coupling. They read each other well and they react to the other’s advantage. They needed a good solid practice run of 8.13 to take the lead in the Average. The crowd waited in suspended animation as the run would determine the outcome of the Preifert Open Championships. When Masters nodded for his steer he was a little spaced. It wasn’t a feeling he could accurately describe. “I wasn’t nervous but I was a little out of it,” Masters tried to explain. “I cannot explain the feeling. I roped and had turned off before I even realized I had caught. I’ve only had that feeling a time or two before and I’m not even sure what it means. It all slowed down and I took the best shot I could.” It didn’t seem slow. The 6.96 that came up on the clock brought the crowd to its feet. Masters and Corkill had just SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 43

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US Open Placed Header/Heeler Chad W Masters

Hometown Cedar Hill, TN

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Jade R Corkill

Fallon, NV

Clay B Tryan Travis L Graves

Lipan, TX Morgan Mill, TX

Charly B Crawford

Llano, TX

Clay O Cooper

Gardnerville, NV

Josh Morris Brandon J Gonzales

Lazbuddie, TX Seboyeta, NM

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Dustin L Davis

Texarkana, AR

Kinney Dale Harrell

Marshall, TX

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0.00 16.04

0.00

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Trevor Brazile Patrick A Smith

Decatur, TX Lipan, TX

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Charly B Crawford Clay O Cooper

Llano, TX Gardnerville, NV

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Chris Francis Jaytin McCright

Las Vegas, NM Amarillo, TX

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Justin V Davis Cole Davison

Madisonville, TX Madisonville, TX

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6.50

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0.00 12.19

0.00

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Bubba S Buckaloo

Kingston, OK

Trey Johnson

Amarillo, TX

13.82 5.99

0.00

0.00 19.81

0.00

$1,000

Chris Francis Jaytin McCright

Las Vegas, NM Amarillo, TX

4.82

0.00

0.00 10.34

0.00

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Jake Barnes

Scottsdale, AZ

Walt Woodard

Stephenville, TX

7.41 13.83 5.33

7.83

5.95 40.35 11.24 51.59

$2,000

3 -3

Tyler C Wade Wesley H Moss

Terrell, TX Paradise, TX

6.07

4 -1

Cale D Markham Brady Norman

Vinita, OK Springer, OK

Derrick J Begay

Seba Dal Kai, AZ

Cesar A DeLaCruz

Marana, AZ

Travis J Tryan Brady J Minor

Santo, TX Ellensburg, WA

Speed Williams

De Leon, TX

Marty Becker

Cardston, AB

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Bode W Baize Caleb Anderson

5 -2

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0.00

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0.00

$3,000

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Ty N Blasingame J W Borrego

Ramah, CO Pueblo West, CO

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5.47 12.05

0.00

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Kevin Stewart

Glen Rose, TX

Travis J Woodard

Stephenville, TX

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$2,000

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cinched the Preifert Open Championships and put $76,300 in the bank. “We get nervous just like everyone does,” Corkill said. “The short go round was very fast paced. I liked the bigger stronger cattle with the wider horns. It seemed the roping kind of fell apart with some tough teams going out but the short round was a challenge and kept the adrenaline flowing. It was a fast paced and challenging short go round. I like that.” A time of 6.96 in the short go round was exactly what Masters and Corkill needed to nail down the win of the Average of the Preifert Open Championships. It was all they needed to move Tryan and Graves down a slot. It was what they needed to go down in the history books for the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. Both Masters and Corkill admit team roping feeds their inner spirit. They are both very humble, committed individuals who are good representatives of this sport we are so focused on. On the arena floor both men took the time to visit with some young admiring fans.

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“I remember being eleven maybe twelve years old and I was in awe of all the team ropers at that time, “ Masters acknowledged. “I know what it feels like to be their age. The least I can do is give them my time.” Corkill concurred. “I tell them to rope and rope and practice and practice,” Corkill smiled. “You have to love to rope.” As the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds emptied the banter was

appreciative. They had certainly enjoyed the roping. Champions are made. Being a champion has to do with spending time with young “want to be team ropers.” Being a champion has to do with loving what you do and how you act when all the crowds are gone and the lights are off. Masters and Corkill are Champions. They are the 2011 Preifert Open Champions! n

US Open Shoot-Out

Charly B. Crawford

3rd

Kaleb E. Driggers

5th

Clay O. Cooper

Clay B. Tryan

2nd

Josh Morris

4th

Travis L. Graves

Brandon J. Gonzales

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#12

Gold Plus Shoot-Out Champions

Beverly Robbins

Ferlin Charley

By Melinda Clements

Charley at the Regional Finals in Clovis, New Mexico. It was an unlikely pairing and the roping didn’t exactly come together like they had hoped. Robbins missed for Charley at Clovis and wanted to rope with him again. She felt the chemistry the two shared and hoped he felt the same. To rectify her miss at the Regional’s she hoped they could team up in Oklahoma City at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. “I didn’t think he was coming,” Robbins said a little concerned. “He hadn’t paid. I didn’t hear from him. I honestly didn’t think he was coming. He finally got here and I was so relieved.” “The only reason I came to the Finals was to rope with Beverly,” Charley said choking back emotion. “I met her at Clovis and she was concerned about missing for me. She makes my job as a heeler so easy. It is easy to catch two feet when Beverly is handling the cattle.” Robbins and Charley were the third high team back going into the short go round of the #12 Gold Plus Shoot-Out. They came to the “City” to seek their fortune. Little did either of

very story has a gold lining. Every story has a lesson. Sometimes we may not see or understand the lesson until the last hour and then we embrace it and hold it tight. Some would call it destiny. Others might call it a sign or a totem. It is spiritual no matter what you call it and it is designed by someone greater than ourselves. Team roping has a strange tendency to alter our lives. It gets into our being and feeds our inner spirit. It presents us with people, places and situations that are lifechanging. Beverly Robbins first met Ferlin

Beverly Robbins with Otey McCloy of Ram Rodeo 46 / DECEMBER 2011

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them realize what that would mean. With a total payout of $239,900 excluding the prizes, the roping made your mouth water. The high money winner would drive home in a 2011 Ram Crew Cab Dually truck and the second high money winner would receive a Case IH Farmall tractor. The first place team in the # 12 Gold Plus Shoot-Out would also pocket $50,400 along with Gist Championship Gold Trophy buckles. Talk about pressure going into the short go round! When the eleventh high call back team consisting of Rick Jump and Randy Sanchez roped their short go round steer in 7.79 they took the lead in the Average. They honestly didn’t think it would hold. There was, after all, ten teams left to rope and they were some tough customers. As the last ten teams proceeded to rope, pressure reared its ugly head. Suddenly and interestingly time

Ferlin Charley with Scott Raber and Tony Wisker of Case IH Tractor

became a very precious commodity. As the last teams roped some scrambled and some failed to make qualified runs. Little mishaps occurred that prevented any kind of lead change. When Robbins and Charley rode into the box they knew they needed a short nine seconds to take the lead in the Average from Jump and Sanchez. “I wanted to take my shot and use it,” Robbins said. “I knew Ferlin would do his job. I have three steps in roping; get out, get there and rope!” As the team backed into the box you could feel the tension. Everyone was on the edge of their seat. With her three rules of roping resounding in her head Robbins got out, tracked up and roped. Charlie was exactly where he needed to be and snapped up the heels of their final steer. The digital clock read 8.18. Robbins and Charley took the lead in the Average of the # 12 Gold Plus ShootOut at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. It brought the house down. Two teams were left to rope. A leg for the second high team back and an unqualified run on the high team back suddenly sealed fate. Robbins and Charlie would take the Average in the # 12Gold Plus Shoot-Out. It was an SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 47

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#12 Gold Plus Shoot-Out Placed Header/Heeler Beverly A Robbins 1 Ferlin Charley

Hometown Muscle Shoals, AL Albuquerque, NM

2nd Go

3rd Go

Total on 3

Short Go

Total on 4

Amt Won

6.94

7.47

7.87 22.28 8.18 30.46

$50,400

Rick R Jump Randy R Sanchez

Belen, NM Jarales, NM

9.11

7.46

7.36 23.93 7.79 31.72

$31,500

Joe T Sears Cody A Wilson

Granbury, TX Capitan, NM

7.23

7.95

8.32 23.50 8.39 31.89

$25,100

Matt Imel

Tolar, TX

John Klam

Victoria, TX

8.90

8.01

7.52 24.43 7.88 32.31

$21,000

Amy Younger J W Nelson

Fort Scott, KS Alta, IA

7.50

8.51

7.73 23.74 8.68 32.42

$18,900

Shawn K Whetten Bob B Caldwell

Syracuse, UT Roosevelt, UT

8.10

8.40

8.59 25.09 7.36 32.45

$16,800

Tyler D Wyrick Nathan C Enyart

Wyandotte, OK Seneca, MO

7.73

7.79

7.90 23.42 9.16 32.58

$14,700

Jacque L Woolman

Dayton, TX

Travis B Hobbs

Dayton, TX

7.85

8.38

8.70 24.93 7.75 32.68

$12,600

Forrest Wheeler

Fredericksburg, TX

Phil M Lyne

Cotulla, TX

8.53

7.92

8.53 24.98 8.20 33.18

$10,500

Mel H Smith Brad Thurman

Mansfield, TX Llano, TX

8.59

8.75

8.08 25.42 7.82 33.24

$8,400

Kendall L Bolding Kevin W Roden

Yukon, OK Hennessey, OK

8.40

8.14

8.34 24.88 8.46 33.34

$1,200

Kayelen Helton Dennis Motes

Stephenville, TX Hico, TX

9.00

8.24

7.80 25.04 9.12 34.16

$1,200

Devon W Stutenkemper Bolivar, MO Cody Stutenkemper Dunnegan, MO

7.81

7.65

8.34 23.80 10.71 34.51

$1,200

7.03

7.04

8.05 22.12 13.62 35.74

$1,200

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Brian Kupfersmith

Valley Center, KS

Curtis Kupfersmith

Rhome, TX

Ronnie G Daniel Billy Stephens

Hereford, TX Perryton, TX

8.10

7.35

8.63 24.08 13.10 37.18

$1,200

Steven Jobman Jeff P Aylward

Bayard, NE Dickens, NE

8.79

8.18

7.84 24.81 13.15 37.96

$1,200

Haley L Kolle Dennis Motes

Cuero, TX Hico, TX

7.47

8.09

9.55 25.11 12.94 38.05

$1,200

Matt E Carlson Greg Orgain

Sweetwater, OK Hammon, OK

8.44

8.20

7.95 24.59 13.52 38.11

$1,200

Mel H Smith

Mansfield, TX

Mike E Macy

Post, TX

8.15

9.71

7.72 25.58 14.46 40.04

$1,200

Mike G Carrell Lloyd W South

Longview, TX Palo Pinto, TX

7.18

7.82

9.57 24.57 17.02 41.59

$1,200

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overwhelming feeling of exultation that neither of them could quite grasp. They had, indeed, come to the “City” to find their fortune. The money, the truck, the tractor and the gold buckles all seemed like an animated blur. Due to the fact a high money winner had to be determined, a rope off ensued. Robbins and Charley were tied, dollars and cents wise. The rope off was a very even match and when the times were tallied Robbins would take the truck and Charlie the tractor. “There are so many good ropers from the Navajo Nation,” Charley said. “My wish is for more of them to be able to rope but times are tough.” Charlie thanked his family for support and in an emotional moment with USTRC Announcer Ben Clements he dedicated the roping to his roping horse. Charley lost his horse this past June and had been riding him for some sixteen years. “I was going to stop roping after my horse died,” Charley explained. “It just didn’t matter much after that. But my wife 48 / DECEMBER 2011

1st Go

and family encouraged me to keep roping and special thanks to my uncle for letting me use his horse.” “Charley is an awesome heeler,” Robbins complimented. “I knew if I did my job he would be there to do his.” Charley loves to rope. He works all week and ropes on the weekends. His son, Corey Charley, ropes and they enjoy the sport together. For Charley it is all about family and supporting each other. It was certainly a sign or omen of some kind when Charley and Robbins met in Clovis, New Mexico at the Regional Finals. God puts the people we need in our lives to make a difference. Robbins and Charley have certainly made a difference in each other’s lives. No doubt there was a plan in place for Robbins and Charley to rope at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. The plan included two very unlikely individuals to embrace and grab the championship of the #12 Gold Plus Shoot-Out. n

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#12

Gold Plus Shoot-Out

Ricki R. Jump

2nd

Randy R. Sanchez

Matt Imel

4th

John Klam

Shawn K. Whetten

Joe T. Sears

Amy Younger

6th

3rd

Cody Wilson

5th

J.W. Nelson

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#10

Gold Plus Shoot-Out Champions

Kort L. Albertson

John H. Koyle

By Melinda Clements

erhaps the greatest challenge of team roping is getting two horses, two ropers and one steer on the same page at the same time. It can be a tedious task at best. Add to that scenario a prize line consisting of Gist Championship gold buckles, $207,100 in cash and top it off with a 2011 Ram Crew Cab Dually truck and a Case IH Farmal 75A tractor and you have pressure spelled with a capital “P”! Kort Albertson and John Koyle live too far apart to get to the practice pen. It probably wouldn’t matter anyway as the pair have to contend with cold weather, busy schedules and time seems to always be an issue. “We have a Hot Heels at home,” Albertson explained. “We rope it if we have time.” 50 / DECEMBER 2011

“We only have the short summer months to rope,” Koyle concurred referring to his home state of Idaho. “We stay busy most of the time.” Deciding to make the trip to the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping proved to be a good decision for both ropers. It was a long way to travel but it played out to their advantage on a Wednesday afternoon in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The pair was the second high team back coming into the short go round of the #10 Gold Plus Shoot-Out. They had roped really well all day long. “We have been roping together about three or four years,” Koyle said. “We had planned to come to the Finals.” As the pair watched the short go round unfold they were looking at a tight, close roping. It also became a roping where mistakes could prove deadly especially when you considered the prize line involved. The fourth high team back consisting of JaLynn Rogers and Colt Beene had taken the lead in the Average with a time of 37.02. Albertson and Koyle knew they had to have a time of 10.92 or better to take the lead from Rogers and Beene.

Kort L. Albertson with Otey McCloy of Ram Rodeo

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They needed a good solid practice run to cinch the deal. “I wanted to use the steer we had and get the run behind us,” Albertson said. “It’s a challenge to bring it all together.” With an intense focus and concentration Albertson nodded for the short round steer and left the rest to fate. Koyle proved true to form and snatched up two heels to put a 9.37 on the clock. One team remained to rope. There was nothing to think about as Albertson and Koyle rode toward the back gate. Suddenly, all sorts of emotions flooded their inner being when they realized the high call back team of Ronnie Daniel and Vincente Guerrero failed to make a qualified run. Could it be true? Did something unbelievable just happen?

John H. Koyle with Steve Smith and Tony Wisker of Case IH Tractor

Albertson and Koyle had just won the #10 Gold Plus Shoot-Out at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. Suddenly a check for $42,500, Gist Championship gold buckles and a truck and tractor were theirs for the taking. Since the truck and tractor go to the first and second place high money winners it became necessary for a rope off to determine who would receive which award. “Actually the short go round was much more difficult than the match,” Albertson explained when the match wrapped and it was determined he would take the 2011 Ram Crew Cab Dually truck home. “This has been such a long time coming and I’m so thankful. There was pressure in the rope off but not like the short go round. I think this truck will be my wife’s truck,” he concluded with an emotionlaced voice. “I thought we roped really well all day,” Koyle said. “We don’t get to practice but I just wanted to focus on catching SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 51

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#10 Gold Plus Shoot-Out Placed Header/Heeler Kort L Albertson

Hometown Roberts, ID

1st Go

2nd Go

3rd Go

Total on 3

Short Go

Total on 4

Amt Won

8.71

8.97

8.42 26.10 9.37 35.47

$42,500

John H Koyle

Chubbuck, ID

JaLynn Rogers Colt A Beene

Elk City, OK Elk City, OK

7.11

7.57 13.08 27.76 9.26 37.02

$26,500

Brother Campbell Jeff L Tilley

Franklin, TN Marianna, AR

9.58

7.97 13.08 30.63 7.54 38.17

$21,300

Janet L Mickelson Jim E Williams

Flagstaff, AZ Kingman, AZ

Kyle W Miller Gary B Jacobs

Wichita Falls, TX Vernon, TX

Ralph M Hudgins Dustin B McAtee

9.16 29.80 9.39 39.19

$17,700

9.57

8.44 13.36 31.37 8.15 39.52

$15,900

Laverne, OK Laverne, OK

8.20

9.30 13.63 31.13 8.61 39.74

$14,200

Doug D Harrigal Jackie Davis

Holliday, TX Decatur, TX

9.49

9.79 12.33 31.61 8.34 39.95

$12,400

Don Enyart Tyson J Campidilli

Seneca, MO Vinita, OK

14.88 9.04

7.96 31.88 8.48 40.36

$10,600

Aaron Baker Dean Spurlock

Pryor, OK Inola, OK

13.41 8.68

9.38 31.47 9.00 40.47

$8,900

Dale Huff Jim E Huff

Berryville, AR Berryville, AR

8.70 12.60 9.98 31.28 9.35 40.63

$7,100

Greg L McNutt Gary Campos

Dublin, TX Stephenville, TX

8.55

9.54

9.38 27.47 13.36 40.83

$1,200

Malcolm L Davis Anthony Echelle

Newcastle, OK Glencoe, OK

9.85

9.18 13.42 32.45 8.57 41.02

$1,200

Shane Harjo Kevin D Harris

hc 64 box 663, Eufaula, OK

8.00 12.28 8.45 28.73 12.46 41.19

$1,200

Dara D Short Dawayne Short

Goodwell, OK Goodwell, OK

9.33 14.78 8.74 32.85 9.00 41.85

$1,200

Steve R Nolen Gary Campos

Weatherford, TX Stephenville, TX

14.08 9.46 10.27 33.81 8.31 42.12

$1,200

James L Madden P Cody Christensen

Wingdale, NY Guilford, CT

12.54 7.51 13.70 33.75 8.43 42.18

$1,200

Jacque L Woolman Jackie L Hobbs

Dayton, TX Stephenville, TX

9.47 14.22 9.11 32.80 9.40 42.20

$1,200

Scott Merritt Tyler S Merritt

Salina, OK Stillwater, OK

14.53 9.32 10.36 34.21 8.56 42.77

$1,200

Dave Wingo Carl Wiles

Holdenville, OK Eufaula, OK

10.57 7.88 13.57 32.02 14.45 46.47

$1,200

Larry D Carter Jacade Ross

Chualar, CA Eagle Mountain, UT

8.31 15.61 9.06 32.98 13.55 46.53

$1,200

Mary Ann Brown Chuck W Smith

Keedysville, MD Townsend, DE

9.25 10.04 8.50 27.79 18.78 46.57

$1,200

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13.10 7.54

and making a good solid run in the short go round. It came together for us.” Albertson fidgeted and he seemed much more nervous than before the roping. Perhaps everything was just beginning to sink in. “Team Roping is a terrible disease,” he said jokingly. “It is hard on you and it gets under your skin.” If that is truly the case we all have a bad dose of it. “You want to rope?” Koyle offered. “Just come on over and rope with us.” Koyle coaches kids, ropes, handles the Boy Scouts and loves what he does and if roping is your thing his door is always open, terrible disease or not. Albertson and Koyle really complement each other. They had driven lots of miles to rope at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. It is pretty obvious it is a trip they will make again. Taking the win in the #10 Gold Plus Shoot-Out had suddenly and dramatically altered their lives. It would be a moment neither of them will ever forget. n

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Gold Plus Shoot-Out

JaLynn Rogers

2nd

Colt A. Beene

Janet L. Mickelson

4th

Jim E. Williams

Ralph M. Hudgins

Brother Campbell

Kyle W. Miller

6th

3rd

Jeff L. Tilley

5th

Gary B. Jacobs

Dustin B. McAtee SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 53

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U.S. Open Tour Champion Header Clay Tryan with Jeff Rash of Priefert Rodeo and Ranch Equipment

US Open Tour Champions

By Melinda Clements

High Point Header

he Priefert USTRC Open Tour awards a $10,000 cash bonus to the year-end high point header along with Gist Championship Gold buckles. The runner up receives $5,000 and Gist Championship Custom silver spurs. The climax of the Open Tour comes each year during the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. This year’s Open Tour Champion Header is Clay Tryan and the runner up for this year is Chad Masters. They are the 2011 Open Tour Champion Headers. “This is a good format for the Open ropers,” Tryan commented. “It was a little closer race this year than it has been.” Tryan grew up in team roping and did well this year at accumulating the points needed to win. “You cannot always haul to the ones you need to haul to but if you are selective you can make the one’s count that need to count,” Tryan said. Chad Masters is the runner up for the Open Tour and received a $5,000 bonus check. “You really don’t think that much about it,” Masters said, 54 / DECEMBER 2011

U.S. Open Tour Reserve Champion Header Chad Masters with Jeff Rash of Priefert Rodeo and Ranch Equipment “and then they hand you a check for $5,000 and suddenly it becomes important.” Masters pointed out that if you are going to be roping anyway you might as well be roping with the Open Tour points in mind. “If you do well in the Preliminary’s then you tend to start thinking a little more about the bonus points of the Open Tour,” Masters elaborated. The Open Tour has proved to be not only a good incentive for Open ropers but one well worth thinking about. “I began thinking about the points of the Open Tour and wishing I had gone to certain ropings to qualify but I just didn’t go,” Masters concluded. Priefert Rodeo and Ranch Equipment and the USTRC have been long standing partners and their partnership has provided a great bonus for the Open Ropers as they participate in the Open Tour. It is a nice little incentive that promotes not only team roping but encourages ropers to think about where and why they haul.

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U.S. Open Tour Champion Heeler Jade Corkill with Jeff Rash of Priefert Rodeo and Ranch Equipment

High Point Heeler

riefert Rodeo and Ranch Equipment paired up this year with the USTRC to sponsor the Open Tour Championship. The Priefert USTRC Open Tour awards a $10,000 cash bonus to the year-end high point header and heeler. Runner ups receive a $5,000 cash bonus. Winners also receive a Gist Championship gold buckle. This year’s 2011 Open Tour Heeler is Jade Corkill and he received a check for $10,000 for his efforts. “This Open Tour Bonus is such a good deal for Open ropers,” Corkill said. “I didn’t really haul any differently. I just tried to choose the ropings that would make a difference. When the season winds down here at the Finals it is nice to receive that extra check and know and appreciate it for the incentive it is.” Travis Graves is the runner up heeler and he received a bonus check for $5,000 along with a set of Gist silver spurs. “When you are going to rope anyway you might as well

U.S. Open Tour Reserve Champion Heeler Travis Graves with Jeff Rash of Priefert Rodeo and Ranch Equipment keep the Open Tour Bonus in mind,” Graves commented. “You don’t realize how it all comes down and then suddenly you realize how important it really is and what kind of incentive it truly is.” The Open Tour always comes to a head at the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. This year’s race turned out be a little closer than originally believed. The USTRC and Priefert have united forces to provide a great incentive for USTRC Open ropers. There is a special feeling when you suddenly realize you have a bonus coming. It kind of makes it all worthwhile. n SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 55

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2011 Cruel Girl Year End Champion

2011 Cruel Girl Year End Champion Katey Anthony

By Melinda Clements

or Jal, New Mexico cowgirl, Katey Anthony, the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping was a life changing occurrence. In fact, it may well be one of those experiences she will never ever forget. Anthony and partner, Seth Hall, won the #13 Shoot-Out at the National Finals to take home a little over $78,000, Martin Championship Trophy saddles, Gist Championship Gold buckles, Tony Lama Ostrich boots and Western Horseman 75th Anniversary Commemorative belt buckles. What a phenomenal prize line and what an unbelievable win! Imagine the surprise Anthony felt when she was told she had also been awarded the Year End Cruel Girl Championship Award. She won $41,780 for the year end. Anthony received a beautiful black Martin Championship Custom Cruel Girl saddle. That put Anthony a little over $8,000 above the second place contender, Megan Gunter. “I was very surprised,” Anthony said. “All those other ladies had won so much coming into the National Finals that I honestly didn’t think I even had a chance. I went to the Regional Finals in Clovis and that is about all I did, so I was very surprised when I actually found out I had won.” 56 / DECEMBER 2011

“I just had a good feeling about that day in Oklahoma City,” Jay Anthony said emotionally from his home in Jal, New Mexico. He is just a little bit ecstatic about his daughter’s accomplishments. “I’m so proud of Katey and Seth. She has accomplished something I’ve wanted all my life.” Anthony had attended the US Regional Finals in Clovis and then she and Hall headed to Oklahoma City to the NFTR. As the second high team back coming into the short go round of the #13 Shoot-Out, Hall and Anthony posted a time of 7.82 on their short go round steer to win the Average with a time of 37.95. A slight glitch on the head catch had everyone at the Finals holding their breath. “I bobbled the head catch but it held,” Anthony said, “My horse was a little sore and he sure didn’t want to pull that steer out of there but Seth used his head and roped two feet.” It seemed everyone kept their wits about them and stayed focused. “I told my dad I was going to win that black saddle someday,” Anthony elaborated. “It has taken awhile but it finally happened.” Anthony plans on riding her Cruel Girl Saddle and putting her National Finals #13 Shoot-Out Saddle

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in the house for awhile. Anthony has already put the spending of her winnings to good use. “I actually paid off my credit card,” Anthony laughed. “I put the majority in savings and saved out a little bit to college rodeo on.” Sounds like she not only can rope but she is using her head to stay focused on the business aspect as well. Hall and Anthony plan on continuing to rope together. They have known each other since they were kids. They complement each other and they rope to win and they understand how to play the game. Anthony is a perfect ambassador for all the Cruel Girl Championships represents. She is a classy young lady with an incredible talent in the roping pen and she loves the sport. She is all the things you would hope to find in a Cruel Girl Champion. n SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 57

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#15

Shoot-Out Champions

Manny Cunde

Rodney Melton

By Melinda Clements

ometimes we traverse life’s paths thinking we are doing the right thing and we diligently focus on the job at hand. Out of nowhere comes an omen suggesting that perhaps you should do things differently. It isn’t written or broadcast in neon but just a mere suggestion from someone or something that knows; a subtle hint to give you something to think about. Suddenly, the stars line up or things fall into place to follow the road “not taken.” You make a commitment, embrace the challenge, utilize the tools and settle in with determination to focus on the hard work needed to follow your destiny. Georgia team roper Manny Cunde has only been a header since January of this year. He’s been a heeler his whole life, for a long time, since he was just a kid in fact. Some twelve years ago Speedy Williams told him he should be a header. “I should have listened to him,” Cunde said. “Things came together when I had access to some good head horses. I thought, why not use them. I made the commitment to use what I had and put in the hard work and dedication to make it all come together. I love heading.” Flip the coin if you will and Rodney Melton will tell you, 58 / DECEMBER 2011

“Sure it is discouraging but you just keep digging. You keep trying.” Melton has been coming to the USTRC National Finals of Team Roping for twelve or thirteen years and he never ever made a short go round much less been the high team back going into a short go round. Two ropers, one header and one heeler, focused on commitment, determination, and perseverance were on the path of destiny. It all came to a head on one October afternoon at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. Cunde and Melton were, indeed, the high team coming back in the short go round of the #15 Shoot-Out. The thirty teams coming back were focused on a cash purse of $267,700. The winning team would take home $68,100 as well as Martin Championship Trophy saddles, Gist Championship Trophy gold buckles, Tony Lama Ostrich boots and Western Horseman Collector’s prints. As USTRC announcer Ferron Lucero so adeptly put it, “Over-analysis leads to Paralysis,” and the last thing Cunde and Melton wanted to do was over analyze. “I just wanted to get a good start, rope them right and let Rodney do his job,” Cunde explained. “We had roped

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#15 Shoot-Out Placed Header/Heeler Manny Cunde

Hometown Madison, GA

1st Go

2nd Go

3rd Go

4th Go

Total on 4

Short Go

Total on 5

Amt Won

7.50

6.72

6.89

6.24 27.35 6.97 34.32 $68,100

Rodney D Melton

Fitzpatrick, AL

Tyler W Waters Caleb Anderson

Graham, TX Mocksville, NC

7.05

7.36

6.60

8.11 29.12 6.73 35.85 $36,300

Jesse R Harville Gage Williams

Bivins, TX Foster, OK

10.82 6.63

6.24

6.37 30.06 6.31 36.37 $29,000

Dakota Shipp Cody W Pierce

Caddo Mills, TX Caldwell, TX

6.28

7.84

6.83

7.37 28.32 8.13 36.45 $21,800

Clay O Berry Steve S Sherwood

Garland, UT Grace, ID

7.21

7.36

7.64

7.69 29.90 7.27 37.17 $19,400

Eric Dunn

Mt Pleasant, TX

Tyler Barton

Buckner, AR

8.41

6.52

7.80

7.59 30.32 6.97 37.29 $16,900

Chad Day J W Nelson

Estherville, IA Alta, IA

8.39

6.52

8.00

7.70 30.61 7.37 37.98 $14,500

T J Watts Clayton E VanAken

Eads, CO Descanso, CA

8.24

7.87

6.88

8.57 31.56 7.55 39.11 $12,100

Trice M Watts Chance C Frazier

Eads, CO Cimarron, KS

9.64

7.22

8.06

7.65 32.57 7.03 39.60

$9,700

Aaron K Macy Brent Ivy

Post, TX Amarillo, TX

8.79

8.82

7.87

7.33 32.81 6.90 39.71

$8,500

Micah Smith John Paul Lucero

Mc Gregor, TX College Station, TX

7.88

7.84

9.19

8.07 32.98 6.73 39.71

$8,500

Jack J Fischer Joel Bach

Ellensburg, WA Millsap, TX

7.33 12.36 6.54

7.02 33.25 7.41 40.66

$7,300

Hunter C Munsell Reagan G Ward

Woodward, OK Edmond, OK

6.98

8.49 12.51 6.00 33.98 6.91 40.89

$1,200

Clint C Johnson Toby D Wake

Granbury, TX Haworth, OK

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Dublin, TX

Kal D Jepson

Las Vegas, NV

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Poplarville, MS Decatur, TX

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$1,200

Mackey Tully

Gentry, AR

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Sulphur Springs, AR

Danny R Miller Travis L Graves

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Derick Alexander Ben O Gambrell

Stephenville, TX Stephenville, TX

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Colt A Braden Billie Jack Saebens

Dewey, OK Peru, KS

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$1,200

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well all day.” “It is just awesome to be the high team back,” Melton said. “I was just so proud of that. It was a first ever. It had taken a long time to get there.” Tyler Waters and Caleb Anderson were the third high team back coming into the short go round. When they posted a time of 6.73 on their short go round steer the pair took the lead in the Average with a time of 35.85. There were two teams left to rope and Waters and Anderson played the waiting game. Melton wasn’t particularly nervous and he had all the confidence in the world in Cunde’s ability to give him the shot he wanted. “I was more focused today than I’ve ever been before,” Melton explained. “The cards had never fallen in place before. Today they did.” When Cunde nodded for the steer the music reverberated off the coliseum walls. Cunde heard nothing and saw nothing but the steer and without doubt Speedy Williams’ advice many long years ago had been right on track. Cunde was meant to be a header. When he turned off Melton reached out and put two hind feet on to fry. The clock read 6.97. The pair had just won the Average of the #15 Shoot-Out at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 59

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Hello!! $68,100 and new saddles plus that unbelievable prize line! â&#x20AC;&#x153;This win is awesome,â&#x20AC;? Melton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;God gets the glory. The first person I called was my mom but I told her to sit down first.â&#x20AC;? A huge grin spread deliriously across his face. Melton and Cunde spend what time they can in the practice pen. It is a good coupling. They are on the same page, focused on the same things. It is funny how things happen; how life turns out. Some things just take time and some things are meant to be. Melton and Cunde are thankful and appreciative. Champions take time. You just keep digging and working hard at what is worthwhile. Just ask Manny Cunde and Rodney Melton. They are the Champions of the #15 Shoot-Out at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. n

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Shoot-Out

Tyler W. Waters

2nd

Caleb Anderson

Dakota Shipp

4th

Cody W. Pierce

Jesse R. Harville

3rd

Clay O. Berry

5th

Steve S. Sherwood

Eric Dunn

6th

Tyler Barton

Chad Day

7th

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T.J. Watts

8th

Clayton E. Vanaken

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9th

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10th

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11th

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#13

Shoot-Out Champions

Katey Anthony

Seth T. Hall

By Melinda Clements

t is about chemistry, economics, English and history; college that is. So how does a week of team roping fit the curriculum of a college education? Perhaps there are just some experiences and lessons you cannot get in a classroom. The class is economics. Picture in your mind if you will heading to an eight o’clock economics class; kind of dreading it actually. It probably isn’t your most favorite thing to do but it has to do with business, investments, management, funding and banking. You need the class and you need to learn how to handle and take care of your finances. Shift gears now and bring into focus almost $79,000. What do you do with it? Where do you put it? Do you blow it on trivial things and how do you handle the business end of that much money? “I really think this is worth missing a week of school,” Jal, New Mexico header Katey Anthony said with a huge grin spreading across her face. “I missed an eight o’clock economics class this morning to rope for $79,000. Can you believe that?” Anthony probably got a boat load of education as the winner of the #13 Shoot-Out at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. Her life certainly changed with the 64 / DECEMBER 2011

sequence of events. She will probably be deeper into economics than she ever thought possible. Anthony and partner, Seth Hall were the second high team back of thirty teams going into the short go round of the #13 Shoot-Out. A little over three seconds separated the first and tenth team and the roping was shaping up to be a very tight competitive short go round. Thompson Berryhill and Thomas Smith were the eighth high back team in the short go round and they had taken the lead in the Average with a time of 40.17. Zach Small and Brye Crites quickly moved them when they posted a time of 6.99 on their short round steer. There were six teams left to rope. Small and Crites began a waiting game as they watched each team run. It was tedious waiting but as each team roped they somehow held on to the lead. When Anthony and Hall rode into the box it is quite possible Small and Crites held their breath. Anthony and Hall needed an 11.31 or better to take the lead. It was certainly doable. When Anthony nodded she tried really hard to set her nerves aside and leave them there. Anthony did what she needed to do and set it up for Hall to wrap up the run. He did

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#13 Shoot-Out Placed Header/Heeler

Hometown

1st Go

2nd Go

3rd Go

4th Go

Total on 4

Short Go

Total on 5

Amt Won

7.50

7.08

7.69

7.86 30.13 7.82 37.95 $78,700

8.44

8.07

7.13 31.71 6.99 38.70 $42,900

Katey J Anthony Seth T Hall

Jal, NM Fair Acres, NM

Zachary Tait Small

Fairland, OK

Brye R Crites

Halfway, MO

Hunter C Munsell Dustin K Searcy

Woodward, OK Mooreland, OK

6.62

7.00

9.39

8.24 31.25 8.84 40.09 $34,300

Thompson L Berryhill Thomas K Smith

Talala, OK Barnsdall, OK

7.94

8.05

7.76

8.36 32.11 8.06 40.17 $25,700

Tanner E Batenhorst Landon H Williams

Dalhart, TX Midland, TX

7.88

8.20

7.70

8.55 32.33 7.85 40.18 $22,900

Sarah Ingle Ethan Cory

Campbell, TX Hico, TX

7.35

7.11 10.98 6.78 32.22 8.29 40.51 $20,000

Travis Cowan Brandon Vaske

Highmore, SD Burt, IA

Cody J Mirabal Wyatt Ray Farnsworth

Grants, NM Tucson, AZ

Tyson J Campidilli

Vinita, OK

Cody W White

Braggs, OK

Johnny H Weil Cale D Markham

1 2

11.60 8.23 7.73

7.56

7.99

7.18 35.00 6.54 41.54 $17,200

7.67 12.38 35.34 6.26 41.60 $14,300

8.42 10.35 8.82

7.90 35.49 6.92 42.41 $11,400

Edna, KS Vinita, OK

7.07 13.86 6.87

8.25 36.05 6.72 42.77 $11,400

Cameron Felts Dakota Shipp

Cypress, TX Caddo Mills, TX

7.96

7.35

7.82 30.80 12.69 43.49

$8,600

Jim Young Tyler Sieber

Hallsville, TX Whitehouse, TX

8.58

6.81 10.60 6.21 32.20 11.78 43.98

$8,600

Roger D Cade Passig

Yuma, CO Capitan, NM

8.31

9.43

Beverly A Robbins

Muscle Shoals, AL

Cody A Wilson

Capitan, NM

Twister G Vinson Brent Ivy

7.67

8.29

8.96 34.99 9.20 44.19

$1,200

8.01 13.38 7.32

8.34 37.05 7.20 44.25

$1,200

Hawley, TX Amarillo, TX

8.08

7.50

8.83 32.41 11.90 44.31

$1,200

David B Riley Brock W Jones

Maysville, OK Tupelo, OK

9.18

8.00 13.21 6.20 36.59 7.73 44.32

$1,200

Jake Ratliff Gage Williams

Faxon, OK Foster, OK

8.60

8.38

7.74

8.03 32.75 12.56 45.31

$1,200

Rick Bates Chad Day

Estherville, IA Estherville, IA

8.63

8.40

7.46

8.36 32.85 12.92 45.77

$1,200

Jerry Ogden Hoot Williams

Quinton, OK Mcalester, OK

13.00 6.58

6.75

7.01 33.34 12.60 45.94

$1,200

Wallace L Townsend Chris W Myers

Davidson, OK Velma, OK

8.52

8.35 33.37 13.39 46.76

$1,200

8.14

8.36

8.00

exactly that and the pair posted a time of 7.82 on their short round steer. It moved Small and Crites to second with one team to rope. When the high team back in the short go round failed to make a qualified run Anthony and Hall couldn’t believe what had happened. They had just won the #13 Shoot-Out at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. What an exuberant feeling! “It honestly happened so fast I wasn’t thinking anything,” Hall said excitedly in reference to the short go round run. “We roped smart, drew the cattle we needed and used the cattle we drew.” “It is the one time my name can go on Facebook and I won’t mind,” Anthony commented as she stood beside her new Martin Championship Trophy saddle. “I was really nervous and tried to stay calm. I knew if I let my nerves get to me I would make mistakes.” Hall and Anthony have been roping together off and on since they were kids. Both of them being from New Mexico it just seemed they had kind of grown up roping together when they could. Both are college students but rope all the time in addition to participating in college rodeo. SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 65

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“We definitely roped our roping,” Hall continued after admitting he sort of scrapped together the funds to come to the Finals. “This win is definitely worth it. There is no way to explain how it feels.” “You never quit when you are roping,” Anthony said. “You

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keep focused and you keep trying. You have to set your nerves aside because that is when you make mess up. I kind of fumbled the head shot but it has happened in the practice pen and you have to just keep focused. It worked. It is all about the money.” She smiled with a smug satisfaction of a job well done. Both were a bit in awe at the #13 ShootOut prize line. In addition to the cash and saddles the pair would receive Gist Championship gold buckles, Tony Lama Ostrich boots, and Western Horseman 75th Anniversary Commemorative Buckles. There is, indeed, certain chemistry between the pair. Perhaps it stems from a shared childhood where both were seeking the same goals. Regardless of the connection both Anthony and Hall got a new twist to education. No doubt, Anthony can return to her economics class with a newfound interest. After all she and Hall now have a bit of money they need to manage. Being the winners of the #13 Shoot-Out at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping is an education in and of itself. n

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#13

Shoot-Out

Hunter C. Munsell

3rd

Tanner E. Batenhorst

5th

Landon H. Williams

Travis Cowan

7th

Brandon Vaske

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Dustin K. Searcy

Zachary Tait Small

2nd

Thompson L. Berry

4th

Sarah Ingle

6th

Ethan Cory

Cody J. Mirabel

8th

Wyatt Ray Farnsworth

Brye R. Crites

Thomas K. Smith

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#12

Shoot-Out Champions

Jeff Peterman

Mark Ward

By Melinda Clements

hen the #12 Preliminary ended there was a tinge of frustration for Mississippi team ropers, Jeff Peterman and Mark Ward. The pair had failed to make a qualified run in the short go round. They were the seventh high call back team and Ward missed. They watched a little over $17,000 fall from their grasp. It wasn’t a good feeling. The interesting thing about team ropers is they handle diversity the same way they rope. They take a deep seat and a tight rein and with extreme intensity and perseverance they keep on keeping on. Ropers just keep digging and in some cases it is root hog or die. That is what makes team roping so out of the ordinary. Peterman and Ward were the fourth high team back going into the short go round of the #12 Shoot-Out at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. It was déjà vu for Peterman as he had been here before. He understood the game, the pressure and had also reaped the rewards. He was familiar and he liked it. Ward, on the other hand, was a survivor. He was quite optimistic despite some unique turn of events. Two weeks before the USTRC National Finals he had discovered his 70 / DECEMBER 2011

number one heel horse dead for no apparent reason. It was a blow to say the least. Ironically, the same thing had happened to him as a kid. It was déjà vu for him as well. Paired together, this was a pretty unlikely team. The odds of them even roping together were next to none. Into the picture comes a friend, Riley, and he suggested they pair up. He suggested they should enter and rope together. Peterman and Ward were adversaries. They were always competing against each other. Peterman was a heeler most of the time so he understood what it took to set things up for a heeler. Perhaps that is why he heads so wells. Ward likes the law of averages. Every roping is a clean slate. Each roping is a new start and fresh beginning. With that philosophy it is easy to understand how the pair could so quickly put the # 12 Preliminary behind them and move forward. As the fourth high team back in the short go round of the #12 Shoot-Out the pair needed a time of 8.71 or better to take the lead from Collin Domer and J.T. Schalla. Domer and Schalla were leading the Average with a time of 32.44. The # 12 Shoot-Out was a four steer average with the top

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#12 Shoot-Out Placed Header/Heeler

Hometown

1st Go

2nd Go

3rd Go

Total on 3

Short Go

Total on 4

Amt Won

Jeff T Peterman Mark E Ward

Gulfport, MS Petal, MS

7.83

7.85

8.04 23.72 7.90 31.62

$78,100

Craig Stafford Kody Beach

Cleburne, TX Bryan, TX

7.75

7.83

7.91 23.49 8.32 31.81

$42,500

Collin Domer J T Schalla

Topeka, KS Avondale, CO

8.64

7.09

8.71 24.44 8.00 32.44

$34,000

Rand M Cory Kyle K Elwood

Hico, TX Lindsborg, KS

9.81

7.53

6.76 24.10 8.38 32.48

$25,500

Nick Thomas E J Thomas

Keota, OK Keota, OK

7.00

8.86

9.42 25.28 7.26 32.54

$22,700

Jeff Flenniken Darrel Sewell

Caldwell, ID Baker, OR

9.07

7.72

8.60 25.39 7.30 32.69

$19,900

Rhett Redding Troll H Tettenhorst

Winnsboro, TX Jacksonville, TX

7.75

7.57

6.90 22.22 10.55 32.77

$17,000

Twister G Vinson Clay B Sieber

Hawley, TX Arp, TX

8.92

8.97

7.73 25.62 7.18 32.80

$14,200

Leland D Searcy Dustin K Searcy

Mooreland, OK Mooreland, OK

9.72

8.51

7.67 25.90 7.05 32.95

$11,300

Steve P Hobbs Travis B Hobbs

Dayton, TX Dayton, TX

8.10

8.44

8.61 25.15 7.80 32.95

$11,300

Tish T Luke Jerry W Courson

Yeehaw Junction, FL Lake City, FL

8.84

8.34

8.49 25.67 7.97 33.64

$8,500

Hippie Sanchez Joe Ross Jameson

Stephenville, TX Stephenville, TX

8.70

8.94

8.85 26.49 7.36 33.85

$8,500

Kevin L Blackwell Brye R Crites

Jacksonville, TX Halfway, MO

8.40

8.76

8.25 25.41 8.61 34.02

$1,200

Grayson Dykes Kolby R Miller

Campbell, TX Alba, TX

7.64

8.74

8.92 25.30 8.72 34.02

$1,200

Shane Hendrix

Olla, LA

Eddie A Dunn

Grayson, LA

8.80

8.09

8.37 25.26 8.82 34.08

$1,200

Brady H Lutz Cody Parker

Apache, OK Weatherford, OK

7.50

8.77

8.39 24.66 9.42 34.08

$1,200

Beverly A Robbins Ferlin Charley

Muscle Shoals, AL Albuquerque, NM

10.77 8.32

7.69 26.78 7.57 34.35

$1,200

Terry Hilderbrand Kolby R Miller

Bartlett, KS Alba, TX

8.11 10.59 8.03 26.73 7.85 34.58

$1,200

Rick A Montera Craig D Person

Greeley, CO Columbus, NE

8.96

8.05

9.02 26.03 8.78 34.81

$1,200

Rylea Rae Fabrizio Levi T OKeeffe

Pueblo, CO Mohall, ND

8.66

9.21

7.31 25.18 11.86 37.04

$1,200

thirty teams advancing to the short go round. The prize line was phenomenal and consisted of Martin Championship Trophy saddles, Gist Championship gold buckles, Tony Lama Ostrich boots and Western Horseman 75th Anniversary Commemorative Buckles. The first place team would also pocket $78,100 cash. That kind of prize will reach out and grab you. When Peterman and Ward backed into the box it had reached the point where there was no more thinking. One steer, one roping and one job at hand. You just had go do what you knew how to do. “I missed in the Preliminary but I wanted that behind me so I just wanted to catch and clean up the run,” Ward said. “I wasn’t thinking about anything.” When the flagger dropped the flag a 7.90 showed on the clock. They had done what they needed to do and SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 71

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Peterman and Ward. However, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meant to be as the pair came up with a time of 10.55 and it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough to move Peterman and Ward. Jeff Peterman and Mark Ward would cinch the title of champions and winners of the #12 Shoot-Out at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. It was a moment to savor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so blessed to be here with my wife and kids,â&#x20AC;? Peterman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m thankful to get to rope and this year Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to keep my promise and pay off our house.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is all a game and law of averages,â&#x20AC;? Ward told Peterman and Ward took the lead in the #12 Shoot-Out. There were three USTRC announcer Reed Flake. We came into this teams left to rope. roping with a new start. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know anything The third high team back consisted of Craig Stafford and Kody Beach. about the steer I just knew we needed a good solid They posted a time of 8.32 toCR move into second place behind Peterman VSA IN HOUSE PROOF CRXâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Drun. It worked.â&#x20AC;? and Ward. Call it pressure or nerves but the team of Ross Turner and Ben From an unlikely pairing winners emerge. They Matheson went out when they failed to make a qualified run. One team have handled pressure, challenges, and hold on to remained and still there were no registered thoughts on Wardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part. the competitive spirit. Jeff Peterman and Mark Ward â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t thinking anything and I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t focused on anything,â&#x20AC;? Ward are good representatives of the business. They are allowed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just waited for the last team to go.â&#x20AC;? the winners of the #12 Shoot-Out at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cinch Rhett Redding and Troll Tettenhorst needed a time of 9.39 to move USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. n

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#12

Shoot-Out

Craig Stafford

2nd

Kody Beach

Collin Domer

3rd

J.T. Schalla

Rand M. Cory

4th

Kyle K. Elwood

Nick Thomas

5th

E.J. Thomas

Jeff Flenniken

6th

Darrell Sewell

Rhett Redding

7th

Troll H. Tettenhorst

Twister G. Vinson

8th

Clay B. Sieber

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9th

Dustin K. Searcy

Steve P. Hobbs

CR VSA

Tish T. Luke

11th

Jerry W. Courson

10th

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#11

Shoot-Out Champions

Sloan Kuehl

Stuart D. Lenoir

By Melinda Clements

t involves a dream and a frame of mind that says, “Dream big!” Anything is possible if the dream is huge and broad enough. We rope to follow our dreams and capture the impossible. Fairy tale stories come true every day and in the fairy tale is the essence of the dream that says one day it will all come to pass. Sloan Kuehl and Stuart Lenoir had a dream. Perhaps they were not real sure if it was a real dream much less a possibility. But like all ropers who come to Oklahoma City during the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Roping, they came to the “city” to seek their fortune. Roping was in their blood and more than anything they wanted to beat the odds and make their dreams come true. The pair has roped together a lot. They met through their dad’s and it has proved to be a completely compatible roping relationship. With both Kuehl and Lenoir it seems to revolve around family. Family and making dreams come true seemed to be the business at hand. Kuehl and Lenoir were the high team back coming into the short go round of the #11 Shoot-Out at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. That is probably more than 76 / DECEMBER 2011

they ever dreamed possible. The pair had roped awesome all day long. It just seemed everything had come together in ways the pair had not really thought possible. Thirty teams were coming back in the short go round. It was a group of ropers that could shift the winds of change in any direction. Less than one second separated the top four teams and only three seconds separated the top ten teams. It was a tight, close knit group of ropers. There has to be a certain amount of pressure being the high team back. It is a waiting game watching to see how things would unfold. Knowing you are sitting in good shape but until you rope the weight of the world sits on your shoulders. Questions run through your mind, emotions peak and plummet, nerves tickle your spine and butterflies the size of elephants toy with your head. “I wanted to make a game run,” Kuehl said. “I wanted to do what we had been doing all day. I wanted to see my start and get the steer roped. Fortunately, we drew a really good steer in the short go round and we just had to go make it happen.” “This was my last shot of the day,” Lenoir said with a giddy laugh. “If I didn’t do something my wife was going to

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#11 Shoot-Out Placed Header/Heeler

Hometown

1st Go

2nd Go

3rd Go

Total on 3

Short Go

Total on 4

Amt Won

9.35

7.28

7.33 23.96 7.45 31.41

$84,800

13.08 5.50

6.09 24.67 8.88 33.55

$42,050

Sloan Kuehl Stuart D Lenoir

Mart, TX Groesbeck, TX

Megan Gunter Cole S Sherwood

Mccammon, ID Grace, ID

Danny R Miller Cody A Sittner

Lawson, MO Ridgeway, MO

9.11

6.54 24.37 9.18 33.55

$42,050

Brady Norman Bradley P Johnson

Springer, OK Fox, OK

6.41 12.60 7.82 26.83 7.13 33.96

$28,000

Dick L Yates Jeff D Busby

Pueblo, CO Millsap, TX

8.50

7.73 10.45 26.68 7.92 34.60

$24,900

Troy D Herring Jerry Ogden

Carney, OK Quinton, OK

7.91

8.10 12.42 28.43 6.53 34.96

$21,800

Clay O Berry John H Koyle

Garland, UT Chubbuck, ID

9.95

8.47

7.80 26.22 8.90 35.12

$18,700

Megan Gunter Roman P Collins

Mccammon, ID San Tan Valley, AZ

13.15 6.11

8.53 27.79 7.75 35.54

$15,600

Steve Friskup Thurman D Myers

Muleshoe, TX Muleshoe, TX

8.78 10.06 27.38 8.53 35.91

$12,500

Walter L Mainka Steve R Harrison

Foster, OK Roff, OK

Aaron Harvey Lucas D Allen

Tongawoxie, KS Leander, TX

Jim I Malone Kurt W Eacret

Midland, TX Byers, CO

Matt Pruett Nick T Lauer

Woodward, OK Buffalo, OK

Chas Elder Jason T Richardson

Tyler, TX Keithville, LA

Rodney L Sing

Branch, AR

Clayton J Beavers

Dardanelle, AR

Riley J Davis Austin A Christensen

8.54

8.72

13.90 7.07

7.73 28.70 7.41 36.11

$12,500

7.65 12.59 8.37 28.61 7.61 36.22

$9,300

11.80 6.76

8.55 27.11 9.21 36.32

$9,300

8.43 13.03 7.33 28.79 7.77 36.56

$1,200

7.11 28.66 8.33 36.99

$1,200

7.89 13.33 7.69 28.91 8.12 37.03

$1,200

Genola, UT Salem, UT

9.31

8.88 10.07 28.26 9.36 37.62

$1,200

Dalton C Turner Josh D Hamby

Sidney, AR West Plains, MO

7.13 11.78 8.14 27.05 11.80 38.85

$1,200

Terrill R Cowans Glenn M Girard

Las Vegas, NV Branson, MO

8.84

9.60

9.78 28.22 12.34 40.56

$1,200

Trevor Hedeman Wesley J Thorp

Morgan Mill, TX Throckmorton, TX

8.51

7.18 11.45 27.14 13.52 40.66

$1,200

Justin Marrs Todd W Herlein

Springdale, AR Fayetteville, AR

8.11

6.68 12.98 27.77 13.01 40.78

$1,200

12.81 8.74

kill me. This was all I had left and everything was riding on this run.” Talk about pressure! As the pair backed into the box they had watched thirty teams rope and now all eyes were on these two Texas ropers. “Use your head, rope your game, use the steer you have, rope like you have been roping,” it all echoed in their heads and then suddenly it was gone. Vanished into thin air as the pair focused on one more steer in the short go round of the #11 Shoot-Out. No pressure! Yeah, right; only $84,800 in cash, Martin Championship Trophy saddles, Gist Championship gold buckles, Tony Lama Full Quill Ostrich boots and Western Horseman Commemorative Collector’s Buckles. Yep, no pressure! Music thundered against the coliseum walls when Kuehl nodded for the short round steer. Everything under the stars lined up and dreams do, indeed, come true. Kuehl roped and turned off and Lenoir was right where he needed to be and did exactly what he needed to do! The pair posted a time of 7.45 on their short round steer to take the win in the Average with a time of 31.41. They had captured the dream and in his elation Kuehl threw his rope in the air and climbed high in the sky to perch atop the so called “Cloud Nine!” SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 77

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What a feeling, There was no way to describe it, no way to share it, no way to capture it; just embrace it and never ever let it go. “This is the first saddle I have ever won,” Kuehl said in an interview. “When you consider the USTRC National Finals, this many teams, this kind of competition; to win a USTRC National Finals saddle and this much money. I cannot even grasp it.” “Glory to God!” Lenoir said emotionally. “We wouldn’t be here without that. I’ve got the money now to go buy me a new

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phone.” He pulled an older model cell phone from his pocket with the batteries exposed. Talk about priorities. As the pair moved from interview to interview and picture session to picture session it became very evident this was one dream that involved more than meets the eye. “I just want to thank my beautiful wife Carrie and tell her how much I appreciate her support,” Kuehl said. “I have a great partner and I knew Stuart would be there to wrap up the run. I called my mom and our dad’s are so important to us.” “My wife Amanda is very supportive as well,” Lenoir concurred. “She backs me up and I’m going to use some of this money to build a new house. I’ve got great plans. We are so blessed! Praise God for this blessing! Without the Lord we would not be here!” Maybe dreams are not real. Maybe they prey on our imaginations and help us justify what we cannot explain. Sloan Kuehl and Stuart Lenoir do not believe that. They believe dreams come true and God has a hand in every dream, defined or not. On one October afternoon in Oklahoma City two Texas team ropers lived their dream. They captured the 2011 #11 Shoot-Out Championship at the Cinch USTRC National Final of Team Roping and they will never ever forget what it feels like for dreams to come true. n

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#11

Shoot-Out

Megan Gunter

2nd

Cole S. Sherwood

Cody A. Sittner

Brady Norman

4th

Bradley P. Johnson

Danny Miller

3rd

Dick L. Yates

5th

Jeff D. Busby

Troy D. Herring

6th

Jerry Ogden

Clay O. Berry

7th

John H. Koyle

Megan Gunter

8th

Roman P. Collins

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Steve Friskup

9th

Aaron Harvey

11th

Thurman D. Myers

Lucas D. Allen

Walter L. Mainka

10th

Steve R. Harrison

Jim I. Malone

12th

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#10

Shoot-Out Champions

Danny R. Miller

Jeremy Michaelis

By Melinda Clements

ometimes repetition breeds familiarity and there is a certain assurance in having done something before. Treading on familiar ground can make the situation easier to understand and traverse. Danny Miller had been blessed. He had roped well all week at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping in Oklahoma City. Perhaps it had just proved to be his week to rope. Miller and partner, Cody Sittner, placed third in the Average of the #11 Shoot-Out. It had paid them a little over $21,000. The win had given Miller a cushion, so to speak, to lay caution to the wind. You can bet your life there was a lesson involved. Miller liked being the fourth high team back in the #10 Shoot-Out. He and partner, Jeremy Michaelis had roped well all day. Three seconds separated the first and seventh place teams in the short go round. The #10 Shoot-Out would be the biggest payout of the entire week at the Cinch USTRC National Finals. $369,000 was certainly nothing to scoff at. Miller and Michaelis watched carefully as the fourteenth high back team of Laramie Johnson and Clay Sieber took the 82 / DECEMBER 2011

lead in the Average of the #10 Shoot-Out with a time of 34.70 on four head of steers. The pair held a good solid lead in the Average. When Miller and Michaelis rode into the box Miller exhibited a sense of control he had not felt all week. “One good practice run!” ran through his mind. The pair needed a time of 8.45 on their short go round steer to upset Johnson and Sieber. It was certainly doable if you could shake the butterflies and get a grip on the nerves. “I wanted a good solid run,” Miller said, “I’d been in a hurry all week with no sense of control. If I had any strategy I planned to make eight good practice runs through the whole day. I wanted to rope four steers and I planned to win.” It was a good philosophy and an ideal game plan. When the flag dropped 8.04 blinked on the timer’s clock and there were three teams to rope. With two unqualified runs and a long nine it was not enough to uproot Miller and Micheaelis. Danny Miller and Jeremy Michaelis would grab part of the biggest payout of the entire week of roping at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. First place would pay

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#10 Shoot-Out Placed Header/Heeler

Hometown

1st Go

2nd Go

3rd Go

Total on 3

Short Go

Total on 4

Amt Won

Danny R Miller Jeremy Michaelis

Lawson, MO Mercer, MO

8.00

9.39

8.24 25.63 8.09 33.72

$92,400

Ty Arnold Blake Wheeler

Midway, TX Flint, TX

7.07

8.16

9.09 24.32 9.46 33.78

$51,500

Dylan Pugh Cody D Garrett

Madisonville, TX Bryan, TX

8.28

8.34

9.43 26.05 8.04 34.09

$41,200

Laramie J Johnson Clay B Sieber

Shreveport, LA Arp, TX

8.94

7.35 11.62 27.91 6.79 34.70

$30,900

Barry W Kincaid Wade D Perry

Lamont, OK Lamont, OK

9.23

8.80

9.09 27.12 8.39 35.51

$27,500

Jody York Trey D Yates

Greeley, CO Pueblo, CO

8.59 12.80 7.73 29.12 6.96 36.08

$24,000

Miles Bond Merrill V Bond

Rocky Ford, CO Rocky Ford, CO

10.15 11.95 7.28 29.38 6.93 36.31

$20,600

Waylon Overstreet Ethan Shelton

Kenansville, FL St Cloud, FL

Joe L Kane Staci Lee Ann Mitchell

9.15

9.55

8.38 27.08 9.55 36.63

$17,200

Palmyra, IA Carbondale, KS

10.42 10.11 7.69 28.22 8.77 36.99

$13,800

Randy A Binford Adam E Stegman

Haviland, KS Dodge City, KS

13.48 6.74

8.44 28.66 8.51 37.17

$13,800

Royce L Cates Ray Black

Huntington, AR Clarksville, AR

9.09

8.04 11.76 28.89 8.50 37.39

$10,300

Kobie D Wood Darrell S Hicks

Stephenville, TX Stephenville, TX

8.08

8.05 13.22 29.35 8.53 37.88

$10,300

Adam M Wilson Linden L Stueve

Reading, KS Olpe, KS

10.13 12.37 7.14 29.64 8.37 38.01

$1,200

Joel P Anderson Jace C Outlaw

Palmyra, MO Bonham, TX

West Benson

Edmond, OK

Ben J Atkinson

Fitzpatrick, AL

Justus A Hyatt Cody R Leitner

9.59

7.63

9.15 26.37 12.57 38.94

$1,200

8.21

8.99

8.92 26.12 13.86 39.98

$1,200

Perry, OK Perry, OK

9.55

8.40

8.29 26.24 14.04 40.28

$1,200

Scott D Musgrave Jeff D Smith

Bingham, NE Hutchinson, KS

8.86 11.76 8.46 29.08 11.25 40.33

$1,200

Danny Foster Cody J Burch

Elmore City, OK Elmore City, OK

13.52 7.26

7.95 28.73 12.31 41.04

$1,200

Travis T Thiessen Devon Thrash

Elk City, OK Alva, OK

15.44 7.47

6.46 29.37 12.33 41.70

$1,200

Tish T Luke Ferlin Charley

Yeehaw Junction, FL Albuquerque, NM

9.04 10.21 28.54 14.79 43.33

$1,200

9.29

$92,400 Martin Championship Trophy saddles, Gist Championship gold buckles, Tony Lama boots and Western Horseman Commemorative Collector’s Buckles. “I wish everyone who ropes could get to see how it feels to win like this,” Miller said. “I’ve never won this kind of money before.” “We have been roping together for a long time,” Michaelis said proudly. “We both quit roping and then started back roping again. We roped together before we quit and we have roped together since we started back. We practice all we can.” Michaelis got a little nervous in the SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 83

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short go round when he realized their steer might go down when Miller turned off. Fortunately, it didn’t happen that way and the pair was able to use the steer they had. “I wasn’t nervous when I rode into the box,” Michaelis elaborated. “I caught myself scrambling when I realized Danny was coming out of the pocket a little too fast. I was afraid the steer was going to fall. Fortunately he realized it and it all worked to our advantage.” “Usually I just kind of bend off,” Miller explained. “But for

some reason we really came out of that hole hard and I didn’t want the steer to fall. I’m glad it worked out okay.” With his two little girls at his side Miller was complementary of his partners through the week. He also assured the girls they could spend some money. “Jeremy and I have roped together off and on for twenty years and I’m sure we will continue to do so,” Miller said with a smile. “It is a good feeling to win like this.” Perhaps the greatest lesson Miller learned this week is that you cannot hurry team roping. Once he slowed down and focused on some good solid practice runs he obtained a more commanding ability to steer things in the direction he wanted them to go. However it worked, it worked well and to Miller and Michaelis’s advantage. They had used their heads to become the #10 Shoot-Out Champions. Whatever gameplan you decide to use, you have to think it through and make it happen. It happened for Danny Miller and Jeremy Michaelis and it was a good lesson and the ultimate feeling of accomplishment. n

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Shoot-Out

Ty Arnold

2nd

Blake Wheeler

Laramie J. Johnson

4th

Clay B. Sieber

Dylan Pugh

3rd

Cody D. Garrett

Barry W. Kincaid

5th

Wade D. Perry

Jody York

6th

Trey D. Yates

Miles Bond

7th

Merrill V. Bond

Waylon Overstreet

8th

Ethan Shelton

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9th

Staci Lee Ann Mitchell

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Shoot-Out Champions

Michael Bailey

David D. Fletcher

By Melinda Clements

ou could call it a numbers game. It is like gambling and trying to beat the odds. Generally speaking it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen. Remember, however, team roping is the passion we live by and the fairy tale we all rope for. When you get into the odds and numbers game it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen. You might actually come nearer to being struck by lightning. Yet, in each of us is the small burning flame that suggests anything is possible and things happen for a reason. That is why team roping is our passion and the sport we live. It is why we breathe it twenty-four hours a day. It is the reason we go to the practice pen day after day and use it as our stress relief and consistently hang on day after day. Thirty teams were coming back in the short go round of the # 9 Shoot-Out at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. The prize line made you dizzy just thinking about it. First place in the Average would pay $93,200 plus Martin Championship Trophy saddles, Gist Championship gold buckles, Tony Lama Ostrich boots and Western Horseman 75th Anniversary Commemorative Buckles. It was mind-boggling. The ropers were looking at a four steer average and things were shaping up to make it a breathtaking short go round. 88 / DECEMBER 2011

Nerves, however, seemed to be epic and as the short round unfurled each team struggled a bit with the ugly red head of pressure. Team after team struggled to make qualified runs to try and maintain a part of the action. Texas team ropers Michael Bailey and David Fletcher were in good shape to get part of the payout. They were the seventh high team back coming into the short go round. They wanted a safe, secure solid run to tap into the winning pot. Bailey and Fletcher roped their short round steer and posted a time of 8.13 to move into the lead of the Average with a time of 36.72. There were six teams to rope and even if they placed seventh it was a good place to be. The pressure was off and they were in a comfortable position. The pair kind of settled in to watch the rest of the roping unfold. Pressure and nerves do strange things to your mental game. Anyone in any sport can validate that. Nerves toy with your emotions and your ability to focus. So it seemed to be the case as the final six teams in the short go round proceeded to rope their last steer. Various things factored in to make the short go round of the #9 Shoot-Out unique. Team after team struggled. Team after team tottered and fell. Team after team watched the

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#9 Shoot-Out Placed Header/Heeler

Hometown

1st Go

2nd Go

3rd Go

Total on 3

Short Go

Total on 4

Amt Won

Michael L Bailey David D Fletcher

Weatherford, TX Poolville, TX

9.95

9.10

9.54 28.59 8.13 36.72

$93,200

Dustin Ayers Sam Massey

Daingerfield, TX Wills Point, TX

9.98

8.25 10.51 28.74 9.06 37.80

$52,100

Nick Gonzales Tanner L Ward

Carriere, MS Wister, OK

10.53 7.49 12.94 30.96 9.32 40.28

$41,600

Gus Myers Andy M Smallwood

Sedan, KS Coffeyville, KS

12.45 8.96

9.58 30.99 10.00 40.99

$31,200

Michael D Wooten Cash W Socia

Vinita, OK Vinita, OK

8.44 25.99 16.08 42.07

$27,800

Connor Osborn Gerald M Anderson

Tecumseh, OK Yukon, OK

15.14 12.84 6.92 34.90 7.30 42.20

$24,300

Jesse L Hale Todd D Culley

Vinita, OK Muse, OK

8.82

9.64

8.36 26.82 15.42 42.24

$20,800

Thad Springer Ty Springer

Snyder, TX Ocala, FL

9.84

8.90 13.93 32.67 10.30 42.97

$17,400

Waymon Taylor Bobby Leflett

Springhill, LA Bossier City, LA

8.39 12.67 13.37 34.43 9.08 43.51

$13,900

Kirk J Kooiker Roger L Hinrichs

Adrian, MN Little Rock, IA

14.29 7.84

9.56 31.69 12.58 44.27

$13,900

Cash Fortune Darren Lawley

Whitesboro, TX Callisburg, TX

10.24 9.90 14.49 34.63 9.66 44.29

$10,400

David A Carlile Bill L Jenkins

Olney Springs, CO Rocky Ford, CO

9.58

9.35 28.51 17.87 46.38

$10,400

Michael J Claiborn James Dyer

Montreal, MO Canton, TX

6.35

8.29 16.42 31.06 16.46 47.52

$1,200

Dennis Southerland Gary Campos

Tom Bean, TX Stephenville, TX

7.71

7.65

8.06 23.42 0.00 23.42

$1,200

Tim Like

Dumas, TX

Tim S Smith

Dumas, TX

8.99

8.83

9.69 27.51 0.00 27.51

$1,200

Dennis Southerland L T Worley

Tom Bean, TX Whitewright, TX

9.60 10.31 8.06 27.97 0.00 27.97

$1,200

Steve Bennett Zane A Mozingo

Independence, KS Independence, KS

10.34 10.46 7.98 28.78 0.00 28.78

$1,200

Clinton Shultz Steve M Phillips

Orlinda, TN Barry, TX

9.35 10.13 9.97 29.45 0.00 29.45

$1,200

Amber Pate Sam Massey

Buffalo, TX Wills Point, TX

Richard R Chaves Cooper L Bane

Combine, TX Athens, TX

8.33

9.22

11.54 8.63 7.98

9.40 29.57 0.00 29.57

$1,200

7.94 14.15 30.07 0.00 30.07

$1,200

short go round fall out of reach. Bailey and Fletcher did not have even the most remote idea they might have a shot at first place in the Average. It had not even entered their minds. “I was just going to make a clean run and let things fall where they may,” Bailey said. “I had no idea we might win the Average. I guess it was just a bit of luck.” When the high team back failed to make a qualified run and several other teams faltered as well, the win of the #9 Shoot-Out suddenly became a win neither Bailey or Fletcher ever anticipated. It was overwhelming and totally mind-boggling. They were in shock as they took their victory lap around the arena. “I have never ever been this focused before,” Fletcher said with a bit of emotion. “I’ve been in this sport a long time and struggled, but for some reason I had this unbelievable focus. I was so lucky and had such an amazing concentration. We drew a good steer SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 89

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and Michael made it so easy for me to rope. This is just unbelievable.” “We have been roping about five years together,” Bailey said. “I got out so clean that I honestly thought I broke the barrier and then I almost missed my dally and had to take another wrap. There was no way we had any chance to win this roping. We have put a lot of work and time into roping. It is my passion, it is my stress relief and I like getting outside and just roping. It is a passion

for me and this is a great feeling.” Both Bailey and Fletcher are ER doctors so they can tell you about stress and with the jobs they have roping provides an outlet for them to have fun doing something they love. They go to the practice pen a lot and have a great time doing something they enjoy. “If you rope and do not come to Oklahoma City to this roping there is something wrong with you,” Fletcher said. “If I’m not here at this roping you can bet there is something wrong with me or I have quit altogether. If you rope and don’t come here you are crazy. It is the most awesome roping there is.” Dreams come true in strange ways. You can never plan on it and most of the time you cannot dictate what will happen. Most of the time you will not beat the odds and you can’t fight the numbers. All you can do is embrace the gift and realize there is blessing in places you never thought possible. Michael Bailey and David Fletcher embraced that blessing and treasure all it means as the winners of the #9 Shoot-Out at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. What a sweet wonderful exhilarating feeling! n

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3rd

Tanner L. Ward

Dustin Ayers

2nd

Gus Myers

4th

Sam Massey

Andy M. Smallwood

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Michael D. Wooten

5th

Cash W. Socia

Connor Osborn

6th

Gerald M. Anderson

Jesse L. Hale

7th

Todd D. Culley

Thad Springer

8th

Ty Springer

Waymon Taylor

9th

Bobby Leflett

Kirk J. Kooiker

10th

Roger L. Hinrichs

David Carlile

12th

Bill L. Jenkins

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Shoot-Out Champions

Jackson R. Willibery

Stanley K. Washington

By Melinda Clements

s the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping goes down in the history books what a phenomenal finish to nine days of the most competitive and awesome team roping anywhere on planet Earth. The Cinderella stories that touched everyone, in some form or fashion, explain why our sport is alive and well. From the professional Open Ropers to the ladies of the sport to the kids to the gentlemen in the Century and everything and everyone in between, there is a broad spectrum of people who live, eat and breathe the sport. Nothing says family like team roping, nothing says fellowship and camaraderie like team roping, and nothing defines struggle and rewards like team roping. It is no wonder it is in our blood and stirs our soul. As the tension rose electricity erupted in each fan like a hot wire embedded in their hearts. The #8 Shoot-Out short go round would conclude this year’s National Finals. What a way to close out the best event of the year. Twenty-one teams would come back in the short go round of the #8 Shoot-Out. First in the Average would pay $36,200, Martin Championship Trophy saddles, Gist Championship gold buckles, Tony Lama Full Ostrich boots, and Western Horseman 75th Annual Commemorative buckles. The excitement was 94 / DECEMBER 2011

electric and it ran through each roper’s blood like molten lava. As the announcers advised, “Get them straight, get them tight and remember you are shooting at the win of a lifetime.” When the Arizona team ropers, Miles and Alonzo Begay rode into the box for their short go round steer it was quite obvious there was more at stake than one more steer. Nerves, pressure and head games floated over the arena floor like the Halloween ghouls that had visited the coliseum the last day or two. Every roper wanted the same thing and would gamble it all to get it. The Navajo ropers were looking at tradition, they were young and hungry and more than that they could rope and they roped with the finesse of young wolves moving in for the kill. When the pair posted an 8.01 on their short go round steer they raised the bar and confrontation became a new reality. “Run at that one, cowboys!” the young ropers seemed to say. And the strategy worked. The next six teams in the short go round either struggled or failed to make a qualified run at all. The young wolves were in control. It was a waiting game for the Begay boys and they had become the instigators of the ultimate mind game. However, Jackson Willibey and Stanley Washington were waiting in the wings. Willibey and Washington were the fourth high team back

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#8 Shoot-Out Placed Header/Heeler

Hometown

1st Go

2nd Go

3rd Go

Total on 3

Short Go

Total on 4

Amt Won

9.67 11.06 12.81 33.54 10.78 44.32

$36,200

10.17 9.61 17.30 37.08 8.01 45.09

$22,600

Jackson R Willibey Stanley K Washington

Tulsa, OK Tahlequah, OK

Miles Begay Alonzo R Begay

Indian Wells, AZ Indian Wells, AZ

Joyce Pasley Nate P Camper

Winchester, KY Genoa, OH

9.77

9.63 14.48 33.88 15.65 49.53

$18,100

Max Louderback Clay M Louderback

Liberal, KS Liberal, KS

9.42 16.65 10.57 36.64 14.38 51.02

$13,500

Fidel Moreno Misa Hernadez

Rock Springs, TX Rocksprings, TX

15.23 11.45 10.38 37.06 15.14 52.20

$12,000

Ryon S Kelton Ted Kelton

Atlanta, TX Atlanta, TX

17.11 17.85 9.59 44.55 8.02 52.57

$10,600

Jack Wilhite Red Mud G Maben

Ropesville, TX Spur, TX

9.89 16.92 20.08 46.89 8.88 55.77

$9,000

Jared T Griffin Joel Vargas

Stratford, OK Hennessey, OK

14.08 18.86 13.78 46.72 13.09 59.81

$7,500

Herman D Phillips Leon Bright

Scottsdale, AZ Atascadero, CA

14.61 15.26 14.60 44.47 15.76 60.23

$6,000

Kerry Gilbow Darrell E Friend

Dexter, MO Wyandotte, OK

14.26 14.03 18.08 46.37 16.38 62.75

$6,000

James A Williams Bob K Moore

Brady, TX Brady, TX

12.70 15.34 20.49 48.53 16.79 65.32

$4,500

Shane M Blackwood Jared F Nix

Liberal, KS Hugoton, KS

8.89

9.06 26.17 0.00 26.17

$4,500

Chase A Nisly Clayton L Nisly

Abbyville, KS Abbyville, KS

9.68 10.87 11.81 32.36 0.00 32.36

$1,200

Dustin Ayers Cody D Holloway

Daingerfield, TX Cason, TX

13.52 12.01 7.98 33.51 0.00 33.51

$1,200

Scott Wilkerson

China Spring, TX

Mark A Huffhines

West, TX

14.08 9.85 10.55 34.48 0.00 34.48

$1,200

Bryne Joe Stone Bobbi Williams

Colorado City, TX Sanderson, FL

9.96 15.20 10.14 35.30 0.00 35.30

$1,200

Jim D Pugh Jessey R Osborn

Beaver, OK Beaver, OK

16.56 9.31

9.80 35.67 0.00 35.67

$1,200

Byndum G Duvall Cody L Mathis

Quinton, OK Bentonville, AR

13.00 10.47 14.58 38.05 0.00 38.05

$1,200

Harold Shelton Jim G Moore

Peru, KS Sedan, KS

20.31 11.57 11.51 43.39 0.00 43.39

$1,200

Elton D Heine Larry Smith

Bertram, TX Lampasas, TX

14.68 14.73 19.01 48.42 0.00 48.42

$1,200

8.22

going into the short go round of the roping. Little did anyone realize the pair had stared confrontation and challenge in the eye and scoffed. Challenge was nothing to this team. You had only to ask Willibey! His challenge wasn’t about roping but had more to do with survival and, he had an awesome heeler working behind him. “I just wanted all this to work out,” Washington said. “I just wanted to catch two feet.” Eight or so weeks before, Willibey had cracked his pelvis. Then he wrecked his truck. He wasn’t even going to enter but his family encouraged him. Washington had encouraged it. The pair went to Guthrie and won a Shoot-Out position and he put $3,200 in his pocket. The pair could sense the winds of change. The pair needed an eleven on their short go round steer to take the lead in the Average of the #8 Shoot-Out. It was doable and that was the reality. When Willibey and Jackson backed into the box all eyes were on the fourth high call back team. This one was for the Average. This one was for the money and the prizes. There were four teams left and Jackson and Willibey could make a difference. They could change the tides that rippled through the coliseum. After all, this was just “one more steer!” We had heard it said all week; we just have one more steer to rope. SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 95

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When the pair posted a time of 10.78 on their short go round steer the world suddenly lifted off their shoulders. There were three steers left to rope in the short go round. Like the Begays something whispered deep in their souls, “Run at that one, Cowboys!” “I didn’t watch,” Willibey said. “I just ducked my head. We just couldn’t watch!” What are the odds? What are the chances? What is the probability? What happens when the top three teams coming back in a short go round fail to make a qualified run? Neither Washington, Willibey nor the Begays could believe it. Washington and Willibey had just won the Average in the #8 Shoot-Out and the Begays had just placed second in the Average at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. Suddenly, the butterflies in their stomachs were the size of elephants and it was impossible to absorb or comprehend it all. “I’m going to fix my truck,” Willibey said matter of factly.

“I’m going to put the money away and save it,” Washington commented. “We’ve been roping together a couple of years.” “He’s my best friend,” Willibey elaborated. What an awesome finale to the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. It was the ultimate hard luck story with a truly fairy tale ending. Regardless of how you look at it team roping changes lives, it changes people, it changes circumstances and it changes spectators and fans. No doubt it is why we love the sport so much. Team roping gets under your skin and it will not turn you loose. Put that one in the record books! n

Shoot-Out

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3rd

Nate P. Camper

Miles Begay

2nd

Max Louderback

4th

Alonzo R. Begay

Clay M. Louderback

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Fidel Moreno

5th

Misa Hernadez

Ryan S. Kelton

6th

Ted Kelton

Jack White

7th

Red Mud G. Maben

Jared T. Griffin

8th

Joel Vargas

Herman D. Phillips

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Leon Bright

Kerry Gilbow

10th

Darrell E. Friend

James A. Williams

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12th

Jared F. Nix

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Shane M. Blackwood

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Champions Jody York & Jimmie Jo Montera By Melinda Clements

eeler Ferlin Charley summed it all up pretty well when he said in reference to his header Beverly Robbins, “Sometimes you get a woman to do a man’s job because they are really good at it.” There is no doubt the women ropers of the USTRC can hold their own in a predominately male sport. You never want to underestimate the women of team roping. Twenty teams were coming back in the Cruel Girl Championships at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. They were twenty of the toughest female ropers in the business. They were aggressive, focused and determined. With lady ropers the attitude of turning your “can do” into a “can do and did” would be the dominate theme. The ladies were looking at an awesome prize line. First in the Average would receive Martin Championship Trophy saddles, $16,400 plus a $1,000 cash bonus and a complete Cruel Girl wardrobe. The Cruel Girl Year End High Money winner would be awarded a Custom Martin Championship Trophy saddle. Talk about motivation! Every lady involved wanted part of the action. Colorado cowgirls, Jody York and Jimmie Jo Montera, were 100 / DECEMBER 2011

the high team back coming into the short go round. Montera understood the pressure. She had played the game before by winning the event at last year’s National Finals. “I think any competition and pressure adds to your ability to rope,” Montera commented. “There will always be a certain case of nerves. You just have to pay attention and stay focused.” When the pair rode into the box they knew exactly what they needed to do. A good clean run of 14.87 would give the ladies the lead in the Average and take the win of the Cruel Girl Championships. “I didn’t want to change anything,” York said. “It had worked all day. I just wanted to go rope the steer we had. I wanted to concentrate and do what we had been doing all day.” It was a good solid philosophy as York and Montera posted a time of 10.64 on their short go round steer. It was all they needed to clinch the Average in the Cruel Girl Championships. “Women are roping better and reaping the rewards of their hard work,” Montera offered. “There are more girls at roping schools these days and there is a better opportunity for girls to

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learn to rope right instead of having to unlearn little things they might have learned wrong along the way.” Both ladies offer some great advice to the younger girls wanting to rope. “Dream big!” Montera said. “The opportunity is there!” York has a little girl who rides and is learning to rope. “We let her go and learn at her own pace. Consistency and love for the sport is so important.” Couple that with horsemanship as both ladies truly believe being able to ride is so important. “You should learn to ride before you pick up a rope,” York suggested. “Horsemanship is essential in being a good roper.” The ladies of the USTRC exhibit a certain class and add elegance and charm to this man’s sport. They rope, they rope well and they bringe a truly classy element to an otherwise male-dominated event. Montera and York are this year’s Cruel Girl Champions and what better representatives than those two ladies.

Cruel Girl Champ Placed Header/Heeler Jody York 1 Jimmi Jo Montera

Hometown Greeley, CO Greeley, CO

1st Go

2nd Go

3rd Go

Total on 3

Short Go

Total on 4

Amt Won

8.75

9.43

9.18 27.36 10.64 38.00

$16,400

Lydia Martin Ashley Mills

Sulphur, LA Live Oak, FL

13.16 8.16 12.91 34.23 8.01 42.24

$10,400

Alicia R Stockton Ashley Mills

Hico, TX Live Oak, FL

8.92 13.69 10.96 33.57 9.29 42.86

$7,100

Melissa North Ponder, TX Cheyenne M Sherwood Grace, ID

10.64 15.84 13.86 40.34 7.84 48.18

$6,000

Lydia Ulibarri Kodi K Armitage

Las Vegas, NM Las Vegas, NM

11.00 11.29 16.58 38.87 10.18 49.05

$4,900

Haley L Kolle Kodi Burdette

Cuero, TX Crocket, TX

13.64 9.27 13.92 36.83 13.50 50.33

$4,400

Rylea Rae Fabrizio Debbie P Fabrizio

Pueblo, CO Pueblo, CO

14.13 8.09 13.68 35.90 14.92 50.82

$3,200

Janie Freed Kera Washburn

Pocatello, ID Cedar City, UT

14.78 8.82 13.48 37.08 14.41 51.49

$2,200

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Century Shoot-Out Champions

By Melinda Clements

heir hair may be a bit grayer, their walk a little slower and their talk a little more creative but you should never underestimate what is going on beneath the brim of the hat. They are sharp, witty, and knowledgeable, focused and funloving. They give and give some more and they tolerate our insolence and attitudes. They are the Century ropers of the USTRC; an elite class of ropers who have paid their dues and relish small victories, patented memories and honest, committed fellowship. They have a tale to tell and a lesson to teach. If you haven’t taken some time to visit with one or two, spend some quality time and do so. They will enlighten you, educate you, love you and let you be you even if they don’t know what that means or involves. Some have a lot of experience roping, some have taken roping up as a hobby after retirement and some just do it to recapture the “good ole days” and because it is just fun! Regardless of why they do it, they do it like they do everything else; with fervor, enjoyment, commitment and intensity. There were twenty teams coming back in the short go round of the Century Roping at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. Every roper was shooting at $17,600 and Martin Championship Trophy saddles. Each team was serious about the short go round and all of them felt overwhelmingly blessed to have made it to the short go. 102 / DECEMBER 2011

Mickey Miller & Greg Orgain As the music stirred some relished memories the stage was set for an awesome short go round in the Century Roping. It was time for the gentlemen of the USTRC. As the Century short round got under way things bobbled a bit and it got off to a rather shaky start when the twentieth and nineteenth teams failed to make qualified runs. It took a minute for someone to break the ice. It could have been nerves but it was more likely defined as pressure. Every single roper wanted the same thing and was committed to the intensity to make it happen. As the old saying goes, “We were saving the best for last” applied to the last ten teams in the short go round. They roped with hot wire intensity. One point four three seconds separated the first and sixth team. The further the roping went, the tighter and more competitive it became. The sixth high team back paired Kansas header Kirk Yakel with Colorado heeler, Greg Seufer. The needed a time of 10.43 on their short round steer to take the lead in the Average. It all came together for the pair when they posted a time of 8.86 to take the lead in the Average of the Century Roping. Five teams remained and it was very seriousminded group. Mickey Miller and Greg Orgain have been roping for a lifetime. “We grew up together,” Orgain said. “We have been roping a long, long time. We drew a really good steer in the short go round and it worked in our favor.” As the second high team back going into the short go round, the pair knew they needed a really short nine-second run to ake the lead in the Average. The fourth high team back of Glenn Springer and Johnny Guess were leading the Average with a 35.05 and they were solid. When Miller nodded for their steer it seemed as if time stood still.

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With some golden oldies resounding off the coliseum walls it seemed like another time and another place. Miller reached out and grabbed the horns and Orgain followed suit and dualled the short round steer for a time of 7.73. Talk about setting solid; it was good and only one team remained. Miller and Orgain gave it no more thought and rode out of the arena. Florida ropers and the high team back of Bob Herrington and Guy Graden slipped a leg to watch the win slide out of reach. “You always have butterflies,” Orgain commented as pictures were snapped in the prize area. “You just have to try and keep your mind on what is happening and go make a good solid run.” “I just wanted to wrap it up with a good run,” Miller concurred. “We had roped pretty good all day. There wasn’t anything on my mind except to go rope.” There is a certain attraction to watching the older ropers do their thing. They are delightful to be around and they can certainly rise to

any occasion. Perhaps Augustus McCrae put it best in the movie Lonesome Dove, “Hey girls! Just because there is a little snow on the roof doesn’t mean there still ain’t fire in the furnace.”

Century Placed Header/Heeler

Hometown

One thing for sure, you can bet money Miller and Orgain were fired up after taking the win in the Average in the Century Roping at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping.

1st Go

2nd Go

3rd Go

Total on 3

Short Go

Total on 4

Amt Won

Mickey M Miller Greg Orgain

Hammon, OK Hammon, OK

8.75

7.52

9.19 25.46 7.73 33.19

$17,600

Glenn R Springer Johnny Guess

Aspermont, TX Colorado City, TX

8.76

8.27

9.18 26.21 8.87 35.08

$11,000

Kirk F Yakel Greg D Seufer

Lakin, KS Holly, CO

8.05

9.19

9.45 26.69 8.86 35.55

$8,800

C R Hallquist Dennis Motes

Lipan, TX Hico, TX

9.05

8.48

8.37 25.90 9.72 35.62

$7,300

Stevie P King Ray Black

Alma, AR Clarksville, AR

10.39 8.99

8.95 28.33 8.80 37.13

$6,600

Darrell Rennels Mark Scheller

Livermore, CO Ault, CO

9.45

9.58 28.90 8.67 37.57

$5,900

Ronnie Carter Jeff D Smith

Berryville, AR Hutchinson, KS

9.12 10.64 9.02 28.78 9.05 37.83

$5,100

Randy A Binford Leon Winfrey

Haviland, KS Plains, KS

Radar J Thomas Manuel R Sandoval Bob T Herrington Guy W Graden

9.87

14.48 7.95

8.34 30.77 7.19 37.96

$4,400

Silver City, NM Deming, NM

9.00 13.63 8.50 31.13 8.47 39.60

$3,700

San Mateo, FL Jacksonville, FL

9.01

$2,900

8.53

7.72 25.26 14.47 39.73

SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 103

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Preliminary Events By Melinda Clements

Priefert US Open Preliminary Champions Luke Brown and Jade B. Corkill

Open Preliminary Saturday October 22, 2011

Suddenly, for everyone involved, there was a certain sigh of relief. The first roping of the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping was in the history books. The ice had been broken and the stage set. It was a good feeling. It was going to be great week of awesome team roping. For Luke Brown and Jade Corkill it was a fantastic way to start the week. They were the high team coming back going into the short go round of the Open Preliminary and the pair seemed confident and on track. The pair had waited in the wings watching nineteen of some of the toughest teams in the business make a bid for first place. There didn’t seem to 104 / DECEMBER 2011

be any pressure but then again, most Open Ropers are known for their demeanor under pressure. However, sometimes things are not always as they seem. To win the Open Preliminary would be a good padding going into the Open Roping on Sunday. Displaying a cool and collected appearance Corkill and Brown rode into the roping box knowing a time of 8.07 or better would move them into first place to take the win in the roping. “We practice together quite a lot,” Corkill explained speaking about Brown and Chad Masters. “It helps that we are all good friends and spend a lot of time together. You know how the others are going to react and what they will do in any given situation.” When the pair nodded for their short go round steer the run seemed almost

animated. It was a slow motion version of the perfect team roping run. However, there was nothing slow motion or animated about the 6.91 that appeared on the clock when the flag judge dropped his flag. The run would give Corkill and Brown a time of 31.88 in the Average of the Open Preliminary. Corkill and Brown had accomplished their goal. The pair had just won the Open Preliminary at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. It was a good feeling. “Winning this roping gets you on a roll,” Brown explained. “Your horses are on a roll and feeling good and working good. It certainly sets the stage for the Open Roping tomorrow. It gives you some padding.” “It helps to win this roping,” Corkill elaborated. “It is the first roping of the week and it definitely breaks the ice.

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#15 Preliminary Champions Tyler Riggan and K.C. Curtis

It is a good feeling.” Corkill and Brown pocketed $12,500 in addition to taking home two Martin Championship Trophy saddles. Chad Masters and Travis Graves placed second in the Average of the Open Preliminary with a time of 33.05. Masters and Corkill would nail down third place in the Average with a time of 33.20. It wasn’t too shabby to kick off a week of team roping at the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. Corkill, Masters, and Brown embraced the feeling. It was shaping up to be a great week.

#15 Preliminary Saturday October 22, 2011

What can happen in one or two seconds? You can blink your eyes in one or two seconds. You can snap your fingers in one or two seconds. If you watch a clock a second is the mere jump of the hand on the face. Less than two seconds separated the top ten teams going into the short go round of the #15 Preliminary on opening weekend of the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. It was a tight, tough roping and the short go round was shaping up to be one where mistakes would prove fatal. It is defined as pressure and team ropers

are extremely familiar with the head games whether they admit it or not. There were twenty teams coming back in the short go round of the #15 Preliminary. First place would pay $14,000 in addition to Martin Championship Trophy saddles. The goal was the same across the board; rope right, get them tight and make no mistakes. When the sixth high team back, Bryce Palmer and Jake Minor, reached out to stop the clock at 6.50 the pair took the lead in the Average with a time of 28.51. There were five teams left to rope. It was anyone’s ballgame because all the teams were competent and all were prepared. Palmer and Minor waited quietly in the wings wondering how things would play out. It was, however, really no surprise when Tyler Riggan and K.C. Curtis posted a time of 6.03 on their short go round steer. Riggan had been roping hot all season. The pair moved to the lead in the Average with a time of 26.85 and only one team remained to rope. You could feel the pressure subtly lacing the air. Riggan and Curtis were content to take second place and be appreciative. However, things in team roping can change in a matter of seconds. Remember you can blink your eyes

in a second! Riggan was wired and Curtis, in his quiet and reserved manner, was a bit awestruck. He had not really planned to come to the NFTR anyway. When the high team back in the short go round failed to make a qualified run, Riggan and Curtis embraced their good fortune. Second was good but first was better. The pair had just won the #15 Preliminary at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. That had significance any way you examined it. “He wasn’t even coming to the Finals,” Riggan chanted a bit over zealous. Riggan fidgeted trying hard to keep focused. “If it wasn’t for my brother, Russell, he wouldn’t even be here.” Curtis just smiled and let Riggan chatter. “We have never even roped together at a roping until today,” Curtis said quietly. Taking home his first USTRC National Finals saddle was momentous for him and it was a bit overwhelming. You could read a sort of humble demeanor in his face as he graciously let Riggan have all the attention. It was okay as he held on to the unassuming satisfaction that he had roped well. “I’ll probably put it in the living room,” Curtis said with a shy grin. One thing you quickly grasped was the pair SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 105

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#13 Preliminary Champions Rider Kiesner and Cole S. Sherwood

of Riggan and Curtis was as different as daylight and dark. What is it they say; opposites attract? Riggan is giddy and hyper. Curtis is quiet, reserved and reflective. He was proud of his accomplishment and embraced it with a quiet enthusiasm. “I’m leaving today, headed back to work,” Curtis explained a bit inundated. “But I’m glad I came.” It all seemed to be a bit more than he could grasp or soak up at the moment. And if he grasped all what had happened, he did so with a calm sophisticated appreciation. Riggan, on the other hand, was wired. He floated from one topic to another like a monarch searching for a perch. “I’m getting married and this is great to win this roping,” Riggan added. “We had already won when the top team went out and I just felt it.” Travis Warren and Quincy Opela would secure the third place spot in the Average of the #15 Preliminary with a time of 28.72. They were also the first place Incentive team. What happens in a second? Things change. In team roping ropers win and they don’t. One thing is for certain as the week unfolds at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping, mere seconds will become more and more 106 / DECEMBER 2011

valuable. By the end of the week mere seconds will be worth their weight in GOLD! The #15 Preliminary is only the tip of the iceberg.

#13 Preliminary Sunday October 23, 2011

Rider Kiesner is quite comfortable with the limelight. He’s been a part of that notoriety for a number of years now. Growing up with Kiesner’s Wild West Revue he handles diversity almost like second nature. On the flip side, Cole Sherwood is quiet, reserved and reflective. The pair complement each other in the ways they are different. The common ground they share is team roping. It makes them better ropers and enhances the way they work together. “We seem to always pull a check when we rope together,” Kiesner commented. Kiesner and Sherwood were the second high team back going into the short go round of the #13 Preliminary at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. It wasn’t a bad place to be. “I wanted to make a good run in the short go round,” Sherwood said. “I figured everything else would fall into place.”

Chance Savage and Austin Santikos were the fifth high team back going into the short go round. When the pair posted a time of 8.17 on their short round steer they took the lead in the Average. There were four teams left to rope. Kiesner and Sherwood were sitting ready and wired. They may have been a little anxious but they knew precisely what they needed to do. Operating on adrenaline they knew a 9.57 would move them to the lead in the Average. The pair had been labeled “youngsters,” but labels are deceiving. When Kiesner nodded for the steer both Kiesner and Sherwood became alive. You could feel it. This was something new and the fire had been lit. When the digital stopped 8.75 flashed on the screen. The pair had taken the lead in the #13 Preliminary with one team to go. Neither Kiesner nor Sherwood gave it any more thought. They were still exactly where they needed to be. Kevin Hall and Wayne McClure was the high team back. They posted a time of 12.46 on their short go round steer but it wasn’t enough to move Keisner and Sherwood. Keisner and Sherwood would seize the win in the Average of the #13 Preliminary.

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“I guess consistency is my biggest concern,” Sherwood admitted. “I try to rope the same, rope right and I was satisfied with our run today. We were able to use the steer we drew and I’m proud of that.” Both young men believe practice is important. It would the best advice they could give. “Keep practicing and practicing,“ Sherwood voiced. Despite the fact the pair do not practice with each other they believe it is extremely important. Practice and horsemanship are essential. Both of them have horses they have trained themselves. “My mare ropes all events,” Sherwood said. “She works really well.” Sherwood figures he will keep his saddle in the living room for awhile. Treasuring the trophy saddle he plans to just relish the moment. Kiesner, on the other hand, lives in a truck and trailer and he figures he’ll ride his saddle from day one. Opposites attract and the evidence lies in the winners of the #13 Preliminary. They couldn’t be more different but as Kiesner so adeptly noted, “We seem to always pull a check when we rope together.” No better check than first place in the Average of the #13 Preliminary at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping.

#12 Preliminary Monday October 24, 2011

It quickly became a game of no mistakes. Twenty-five teams would take a stab at winning the #12 Preliminary at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. The winners in the Average would pocket $17,600 and take home Martin Championship Trophy saddles. A mere four seconds separated the first and twenty-fifth teams. The top teams were almost cut throat. There was no mercy. Each team wanted the win and they wanted it bad. There were no holds barred; no quarter given. When the ninth high team back took the lead in the Average everyone raised an eyebrow and took notice. Justice Cathey and Tyler Waters were holding on to the Average with a 32.16 and there were eight teams to rope. They didn’t know how long it would hold, especially with the caliber of ropers to go. They watched as two teams failed to make qualified runs. So far their luck was holding. However, it would be short lived. When Dwayne Clay and Tom Miller rode into the box they had one significant goal. They wanted the lead and they would do almost anything to

get it. The team did exactly what they intended to do when they posted a time of 7.76. What they didn’t think about was two young guns waiting in the wings and those young guns had the advantage of naïve focus and concentration. They would not be denied. Twister Vinson and Clay Sieber were the fifth high team back going into the short go round. To hear them tell it they were not nervous. They both agreed it was just another steer. Evidently there is certain wisdom to the young because the pair roped their short go round steer in a time of 7.03 to take the lead from Clay and Miller. The roping was changing from minute to minute and if you blinked you missed it. There were five teams to rope after Vinson and Sieber. Anything could happen. The #12 Preliminary suddenly became an intense game of “no mistakes.” If you made a mistake, you just cut your own throat. The remaining teams roped competitively and could take satisfaction in doing a good job. However, sometimes the numbers become irrelevant or don’t line up. Watching it unfold became a tedious waiting game. The hardest part of the whole day for Vinson and Sieber was watching how

#12 Preliminary Champions Twister G. Vinson and Clay B. Sieber

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things transpired. “It seemed like twenty teams after us,” Sieber said as the pair hoped to hang on to the lead. Oh, the impatience of youth! However, the old saying, “Good things come to those who wait” began to ring true. When the t’s were crossed and the i’s dotted the top four places in the Average of the #12 Preliminary were from the top six teams of the short go round. Vinson and Sieber were leading the pack. The pair held on tight to win the Average in the #12 Preliminary with a time of 30.65 “There weren’t any pressures going into the short go round,” Vinson commented naively. “It was just another steer to rope. The hardest part was waiting to see what happened. It seemed like a long wait.” The pair had roped at the Finals the year before but didn’t do well. Undoubtedly, Vinson and Sieber were making up for lost time. The 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping seemed to be their calling. “We don’t get to practice at all,” Vinson said. “I think we both wanted to go make a run and do the best we could do.” Sieber concurred when he explained, “I’m happy we caught and I’m happy we made a good run. I knew Twister would

spin one to win. I just have complete faith in my header. There was never any doubt in my mind.” Although the pair spends a lot of time in the practice pen they do not live close enough to practice with each other. They both practice every day and it is evident in the ways they rope. “I rope every day,” Vinson explained. “I practice for me and I practice for my horses.” It creates an interesting twist to things when you see how the younger ropers view their accomplishments. Both Vinson and Sieber planned to spend the week in Oklahoma City roping at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. Taking the win in the #12 Preliminary will give them a little money to play with. Not only that but they both will be riding brand new Martin Championship Trophy saddles. Oh, the value in the inexperience of youth. Perhaps it has to do with molding champions.

#11 Preliminary Thursday October 27, 2011

There are some instances when keeping your wits about you is all it

#11 Preliminary Champions Homer B. Barnes and Robbie D. Wilson

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takes to win the war or save the day. The world may be crumbling around you but if you tap into your talent and stay focused, it changes how things turn out. Homer Barnes and Robbie Wilson were high team back going into the short go round of the #11 Preliminary at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. They were staring at almost $20,000. “I don’t like to admit it,” Barnes said, almost giddy, “But I was very nervous.” Barnes rode into the heading box for his short round run, took a deep seat and threw caution to the wind. The pair had to be 11.35 or better to take the lead in the Average from Riley Drury and Derrick Jantzen, the eighth high team coming back in the short go round. Barnes and Wilson had watched the short round unfold from start to finish. They had also watched several teams fail to make qualified runs. It begins to wear on you after awhile and your imagination kicks in. It can create problems where there aren’t any. “A lot of teams were going out,” Wilson said. “When it is all working you don’t want to change anything. I wanted to do what we had been doing all day. We’ve been roping together about ten years and I had all the confidence we would rope one more steer.”

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#10 Preliminary Champions Collin Domer and Linden L. Stueve

With music pounding in the background Barnes nodded for the short round steer and blew out of the box. He tracked up and as the crowd gasped Barnes had a bit of a mishandling with his head loop. He had almost fumbled the head catch. If he was struggling with nerves at that point he recovered nicely. He maintained his focus and the head catch fit like it was supposed to. When Barnes turned off Wilson was at the right place at the right time and it all worked to their advantage. The pair posted a time of 8.44 on their short go round steer. It was all they needed to capture the win in the Average of the #11 Preliminary. “I was really ready to get it going,” Barnes said, obviously wired. “I wanted to catch them and get it over with.” “It was definitely a challenge,” Wilson said. “I’m glad it worked.” The pair would take home Martin Championship saddles and a good chunk of change. Not too shabby a deal for an afternoon of USTRC team roping. “I always try to rope right,” Wilson said. “I don’t think about rodeo runs when I practice. We just try to slow everything down and get it all right.” It seemed to work well for the pair in the #11 Preliminary. Both ropers feel horsemanship is

essential to make team roping successful. “You have to know how to ride in order to rope well,” Wilson pointed out. “My best advice is to just get on a horse and go rope. Focus and do your best.” Wilson and Barnes are good examples of just how important it is to maintain your focus. Both men illustrated what it takes to win. There might be a lot going on around you but if you can focus and maintain your discipline you can reap the rewards. Barnes and Wilson are the 2011 #11 Preliminary Champions and they were able to utilize what they had done the entire day; rope well and stay focused.

#10 Preliminary Friday October 28, 2011

Twenty-nine teams were coming back in the short go round of the # 10 Preliminary at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. A little over one second separated the top five teams going into the short go round. It was a close, tight roping and mistakes would prove critical. The fifth high team back in the short go round consisted of Colton Johnson and Hunter Allen. When the pair posted a time of 6.89 on their short round steer

they took the lead in the Average with a time of 32.41 on four steers. Suddenly everyone sat up and took notice. The roping could go any direction at any time. There were four teams left to rope. With a total payout of $117,750 all twenty-nine teams would receive a paycheck. Four teams had dibs on first as the short go round wound down. Kansas team ropers, Collin Domer and Linden Stueve wanted some of the action. They had patiently waited and watched as the short go round inched from twenty-nine to two. Domer and Stueve needed an 8.11 to take the lead away from Johnson and Allen. First place would pay $22,600 and Martin Championship Trophy Saddles. It was a Friday night at the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping and anything could happen. Domer just wanted to get the steer down and make a qualified run. “I wanted a good clean run,” Domer emphasized. When he backed his horse into the header’s box that was the only thing on his mind and his focus shifted to make it all fall into place. When Stueve took custody of the heels of the short round steer a cheer went up from the crowd in the stands. A time of 6.73 blinked on the timer’s clock. SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 109

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#9 Preliminary Champions Scott Guillory and Jerry D. Broussard

It moved the pair into first place in the Average of the #10 Preliminary with only one team left to rope. “I don’t know what was on my mind,” Stueve questioned. “I guess my mental clock was running. I wanted to know our time. I wanted to know what the high team back needed to have to move us.” As the pair went out the gate the obvious dawned on them like fresh fallen snow. It was an eye opener. The high team back in the #10 Preliminary failed to make a qualified run and suddenly the whole world looked different. “What a feeling,” Stueve muttered. “To grab a win like this at your first finals was unbelievable.” “This is the first saddle I have ever won,” Domer said with a touch of butterflies. “It was a tough roping. The first three rotations were the tough ones. I wasn’t really thinking anything as we waited for the last team to go. I guess I just thought let them come after us.” The 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping is the first finals win for both Domer and Stueve. The pair does not live close enough to practice but roping occupies a major portion of their lives. They believe in practice and do so often even if not with each other. “If you aren’t practicing someone else is trying harder than you are,” Domer 110 / DECEMBER 2011

offered as his advice. “You have to practice to make it all happen.” It had certainly happened in the #10 Preliminary for the pair and they were a few dollars richer because of it. “I think I will keep my saddle in the house,” Stueve said with pride. “This saddle is a Finals saddle and that makes it pretty special.” Domer could not have agreed more. “This is my first saddle ever,” Domer commented. “It could not mean more than it does right now.” As luck would have it, Stueve had no open holes going into the #10 Shoot-Out. Domer was going to have to find someone else to rope with. The pair would not be able to capitalize on their win in the #10 Preliminary and carry it over to the #10 Shoot-Out. “I’ll have to find a partner for the #10 Shoot-Out.” Domer emphasized. “But I will never forget this roping. It is an unbelievable feeling.” As the prize area cleared, Domer and Stueve scooped up their new Martin Championship saddles. It was almost unbelievable. It was, indeed, a fairy tale. Like all ropers the pair had set out to make a little money, rope a few steers and have a good time. It all worked for them as the winners of the #10 Preliminary at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping.

#9 Preliminary Saturday October 29, 2011

Team Roping is alive and well in the Pelican state of Louisiana. Just ask team roping partners, Scott Guillory and Jerry Broussard. Amid teasing and joking from their peers, the pair stood behind beautiful Martin Championship Trophy Saddles and grinned from ear to ear. With a total payout of $129,550 to the winners of the #9 Preliminary at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping, thirty teams would receive paychecks. Thirty-two teams were coming back in the short go round of the #9 Preliminary and it was an elite bunch of ropers. Guillory and Broussard were the high team back and it was a bit disconcerting to watch all the teams run. The pair has only been roping together for a couple of years and they both admitted being the high team back was not in their comfort zone. “We haven’t really had all that much luck roping together until this week,” Broussard said. “This is our first time to really do well.” Both ropers were looking at their first USTRC National Finals saddles. It was almost unbelievable. The pair had

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watched the second high team back take the lead in the Average with a time of 10.86 on their short round steer. Ted Bowser and Bryan Leeper were sitting solid and both Guillory and Broussard knew they had to rope right, rope consistent and be mistake-free or it would fall apart. They needed a time of 12.37 to move Bowser and Leeper out of first place. “We got some new steers and have spent the last two weeks roping fresh new cattle,” Guillory commented. “I definitely think it helped us going into this roping.” As the music blared a Cajun polka Guillory and Broussard backed into the box, took a deep breath and let the cards fall where they may. They both wanted a good solid run with no mistakes. They wanted to rope like they had been roping all day. It was important to maintain a clear objective and rope like they practiced, focusing on a good consistent run. The pair posted a 9.86 on their short go round steer and it was enough to take the win in the Average of the #9 Preliminary with a time of 36.38. The pair would pocket $22,800 in addition to the saddles. “We were going home after this roping,” Guillory commented. “Now we have a Shoot-Out so we can’t go home.” “Seems like our luck just changed,”

Broussard said with a wide grin. “We haven’t done all that well up until now but it sure worked in this roping.” “This kind of broke the ice,” Guillory concurred. Guillory and Broussard live about ten miles apart so they get to the practice pen as often as they can. “We slow everything down and make good consistent practice runs,” Broussard commented. “I think roping our new fresh cattle helped us.” Both ropers advocate getting into some roping schools and getting some help if you are truly interested in roping. “Practice all you can and go to as many roping schools as you can,” Guillory elaborated. “It makes all the difference and you just have to Keep practicing.” Amid the interviews and the picture taking the pair took the teasing pretty well about Louisiana cowboys winning the roping. Both of them figure they won’t have any trouble finding some way to spend their winnings. It is a safe bet their wives may get a little but in all probability it will go to roping. That is what ropers seem to do. It is a sure thing Scott Guillory and Jerry Broussard won’t forget one October afternoon at the 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping when they became the Average winners of the # 9 Preliminary. It was, indeed, an ice breaker.

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By Melinda Clements

Shoot-Out Champions

he arena floor was covered with kids; all sizes, all ages, young and old alike. They had gathered for a Shoot-Out. It wasn’t the gunfight kind of shoot out but a roping shoot-out. If you think adults are serious about team roping, better take a closer glance at these kids. “You’ve tackled every job that ever came your way,” Pa said. “You never shirked, and you always stuck to it till you did what you set out to do. Success gets to be a habit, like anything else a fellow keeps on doing” (These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder). We are raising a bunch of doers! If nothing else in the world 112 / DECEMBER 2011

seems right team ropers and their kids are doing something spectacular and we should be proud. The Junior Looper Shoot-Out kicked off with the six and under age group. They are, by far, the most fun to watch. With a serious and fierce determination that belies their small stature you never want to underestimate the little guys. They may be small but they rope with the intensity of a grizzly bear. When the competition ended in the six and under one roper loomed above the rest. Logan Begay was awarded a new saddle for his efforts. At fifteen feet both Begay and his competition missed so the mark was moved forward to

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fourteen feet, which meant a reach of nineteen feet was needed to rope the horns of the Jakesteer. At fourteen feet Begay exhibited an aim and intensity that made the big boys pale in comparison. Sitting atop his new saddle Logan Begay soaked up all the attention. “I have a horse named Mercedes,” Logan offered. “Hope she doesn’t buck this saddle off.” Begay is in kindergarten. He likes to rope all the time. Surrounded by his family, Begay liked being in the spotlight. To him it was just another roping. Honestly, I’d like to know how Mercedes handled the new saddle. The seven to nine years age group in the Junior Looper Shoot-Out proved to be as competitive as the first roping. Six young ropers made bids on winning the new saddle. At thirteen feet one champion emerged. Luis Mendiaz is from Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is in the third grade. “I like heading and heeling and I have a horse named Vaya,” he explained. With lots of coaching from the sidelines Mendiaz was able to out rope his competitor. “Clay Tryan is my favorite team roper,” Mendiaz said sitting atop his new ride. “I’m going to keep roping!” He ducked his head with a shy smile. The ten to twelve age group kept the fans in the coliseum on their feet. It didn’t take long for two favorites to emerge. The roping quickly became a roping of talent, wits, concentration and strategy. Grace Hawkins and Tanner

Beauchamp held all the fans spellbound. Hawkins was the only girl in the Junior Shoot-Out. When the line was moved to fourteen feet Hawkins and Beauchamp matched loop for loop. At eighteen feet both Hawkins and Beauchamp failed to qualify so the difference was split at seventeen and a half feet. Receiving some expert coaching from her sister and champion team roper Speed Williams, Hawkins stayed calm, cool and collected. However, in the final rope off it would be Beauchamp who would grab the win. It was excitement beyond belief. Hawkins has been carrying a rope since she was about two years old. She has a horse named Champ and hopes to one day rope in the Cruel Girl roping. “I’ve been doing the Junior Looper ropings since their inception and I’ve never seen a girl go past fifteen feet,” said Walt Eddy. “She is a phenomenal roper.” Beauchamp has a horse named BB and Jake Barnes is his favorite roper. He seemed pretty content sitting atop his new saddle. “I’m in fourth grade,” Beauchamp said with intensity, “and I’ve been roping for about eighteen years.” I couldn’t help but swallow a laugh. Our team roping kids are a very special group. They are our future. Personally, I feel pretty safe and secure in their commitment to do well and strive for the best. n SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 113

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Who Won What 2011 Cinch USTRC National Finals Total Payout $3,567,950

Priefert US Open Preliminary Average 1. Luke S Brown (Morgan Mill, TX) / Jade R Corkill (Fallon, NV), 31.88 on 5, $12,500; 2. Chad W Masters (Cedar Hill, TN) / Travis L Graves (Morgan Mill, TX), 33.05 on 5, $8,400; 3. Chad W Masters (Cedar Hill, TN) / Jade R Corkill (Fallon, NV), 33.20 on 5, $6,600; 4. Clay B Tryan (Lipan, TX) / Patrick A Smith (Lipan, TX), 34.05 on 5, $4,900; 5. Tyler W Waters (Graham, TX) / Zane D Bruce (Graham, TX), 34.17 on 5, $2,400; 6. Colby L Lovell (Madisonville, TX) / Justin W Davis (Cottonwood, CA), 36.34 on 5; 7. David Key (Stephenville, TX) / Rich Skelton (Llano, TX), 38.36 on 5; 8. Trevor Priefert US Open Preliminary Winners Brazile (Decatur, TX) / Walt Woodard Priefert US Open Preliminary Champions (Stephenville, TX), 38.67 on 5; 9. Travis J Luke Brown and Jade B. Corkill Tryan (Santo, TX) / Brady J Minor (Ellensburg, WA), 39.44 on 5; 10. Manny Cunde Egusquiza Jr (Madison, (Milton Freewater, OR) / Jake M Minor (Ellensburg, WA), GA) / Adam G Plyler (Pageland, SC), 41.67 on 5 (Marshall, TX), 5.78, $3,000; 2. Trevor Brazile (Decatur, 28.51 on 4, $8,900, 6,000 Flex; 3. Travis J Warren Incentive TX) / Patrick A Smith (Lipan, TX), 5.90, $2,000; 3. (Mullen, NE) / Quincy J Opela (Stapleton, NE), 28.72 1. Trice M Watts (Eads, CO) / Todd Wilson (Limon, CO), Charly B Crawford (Llano, TX) / Clay O Cooper on 4, $6,100, 6,000 Flex; 4. Brody Braden (Horatio, 31.69 on 4, $1,500, 6,000 Flex; 2. Kenny Drake (Gardnerville, NV), 6.06, $1,000 AR) / Cody R Roberts (Norman, AR), 29.62 on 4, (Sayre, OK) / Dustin R Drake (Sayre, OK), 32.50 on 4, Round 2 $5,100, 6,000 Flex; 5. Dusty K Forre (Newman Grove, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 3. Charles Quinn (Troup, TX) / 1. Chris Francis (Las Vegas, NM) / Jaytin McCright NE) / J W Nelson (Alta, IA), 29.64 on 4, $4,200, 6,000 Clint Quinn (Tatum, TX), 34.43 on 4, $750, 6,000 Flex; (Amarillo, TX), 5.52, $3,000; 2. Justin V Davis Flex; 6. Cody J Mirabal (Grants, NM) / Johnny B Salvo 4. Justin Thomason Thomason (Argyle, TX) / Krece Harris (Madisonville, TX) / Cole Davison (Madisonville, TX), II (Datil, NM), 29.73 on 4, $3,700, 6,000 Flex; 7. (Decatur, TX), 36.92 on 4, 6,000 Flex; 5. Jordan C 5.69, $2,000; 3. Bubba S Buckaloo (Kingston, OK) / David Winterton (Lexington, OK) / Paul R Eaves Sanders (Odessa, MO) / Austin R Rogers (Crescent, Trey Johnson III (Amarillo, TX), 5.99, $1,000 (Millsap, TX), 29.86 on 4, $2,800, 6,000 Flex; 8. OK), 37.04 on 4, 6,000 Flex Round 3 Zachary Tait Small (Fairland, OK) / Coleman K Proctor Overall Fast Time 1. Chris Francis (Las Vegas, NM) / Jaytin McCright (Pryor, OK), 30.19 on 4, $1,900, 6,000 Flex; 9. Aaron 1. Colby L Lovell (Madisonville, TX) / Justin W Davis (Amarillo, TX), 4.82, $3,000; 2. Jake Barnes K Macy (Post, TX) / Brent Ivy (Amarillo, TX), 31.30 on (Cottonwood, CA), 4.80, $1,000; 2. Colby L Lovell (Scottsdale, AZ) / Walt Woodard (Stephenville, TX), 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 10. Austin D Robertson (Madisonville, TX) / Justin W Davis (Cottonwood, CA), 5.33, $2,000; 3. Tyler C Wade (Terrell, TX) / Wesley H (Poolville, TX) / Kyle R Crick (Lipan, TX), 32.29 on 4, 4.87, $500 Moss (Paradise, TX), 5.47, $1,000 $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 11. Dakota Shipp (Caddo Mills, Round 4 TX) / Justin E Briggs (Lott, TX), 33.66 on 4, 6,000 Flex; Priefert US Open Shoot-Out 1. Cale D Markham (Vinita, OK) / Brady Norman 12. Mike A Row (Tishomingo, OK) / Steve C Orth Average (Springer, OK), 4.99, $3,000; 2. Derrick J Begay (Seba (Purcell, OK), 35.32 on 4, 6,000 Flex; 13. Hobie C 1. Chad W Masters (Cedar Hill, TN) / Jade R Corkill Dal Kai, AZ) / Cesar A DeLaCruz (Marana, AZ), 5.09, Bolin (Colorado City, TX) / Casey L Chamberlain (Fallon, NV), 39.73 on 6, $76,300; 2. Clay B Tryan $2,000; 3. Travis J Tryan (Santo, TX) / Brady J Minor (Colorado City, TX), 35.47 on 4, 6,000 Flex; 14. Jack J (Lipan, TX) / Travis L Graves (Morgan Mill, TX), 40.91 (Ellensburg, WA), 5.78, $1,000 Fischer (Ellensburg, WA) / Brandon M Beers (Powell on 6, $41,400; 3. Charly B Crawford (Llano, TX) / Clay Round 5 Butte, OR), 38.96 on 4, 6,000 Flex; 15. Cole Wheeler O Cooper (Gardnerville, NV), 42.61 on 6, $31,300; 4. 1. Speed Williams (De Leon, TX) / Marty Becker (Flint, TX) / Brady Norman (Springer, OK), 20.71 on 3, Josh Morris (Lazbuddie, TX) / Brandon J Gonzales (Cardston, AB), 4.83, $3,000; 2. Bode W Baize 6,000 Flex; 16. Hunter C Munsell (Woodward, OK) / (Seboyeta, NM), 43.05 on 6, $22,300; 5. Kaleb E (Anthony, NM) / Caleb Anderson (Mocksville, NC), 5.47, Derrick Jantzen (Ames, OK), 21.74 on 3, 6,000 Flex; Driggers (Albany, GA) / Brad D Culpepper (Poulan, GA), $1,500; 3. Ty N Blasingame (Ramah, CO) / J W 17. Shane Sample (Longview, TX) / Tyler Sieber 43.27 on 6, $10,500 Borrego (Pueblo West, CO), 5.47, $1,500 (Whitehouse, TX), 22.49 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 18. Chance Short Go W Kiehne (Stephenville, TX) / Jordan L Satterfield 1. Kevin Stewart (Glen Rose, TX) / Travis J Woodard #15 Preliminary (Hereford, TX), 23.55 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 19. Clint C (Stephenville, TX), 5.91, $2,000 Average Johnson (Granbury, TX) / Clay C Logan (Granbury, TX), Round 1 1. Tyler T Riggan (Snyder, TX) / K C Curtis (Monroe, UT), 23.78 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 20. Riley M Grisham (Kiln, 1. Dustin L Davis (Texarkana, AR) / Kinney Dale Harrell 26.85 on 4, $14,000, 6,000 Flex; 2. Bryce Palmer

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#15 Preliminary Champions Tyler Riggan and K.C. Curtis

#15 Preliminary Winners MS) / Rowdy C Lee (Poplarville, MS), 24.08 on 3, 6,000 Flex Incentive 1. Travis J Warren (Mullen, NE) / Quincy J Opela (Stapleton, NE), 21.79 on 3, $2,000, 6,000 Flex; 2. Aaron K Macy (Post, TX) / Brent Ivy (Amarillo, TX), 22.23 on 3, $1,500, 6,000 Flex; 3. Shane Sample (Longview, TX) / Tyler Sieber (Whitehouse, TX), 22.49 on 3, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 4. Riley M Grisham (Kiln, MS) / Rowdy C Lee (Poplarville, MS), 24.08 on 3, $750, 6,000 Flex; 5. David B Riley (Maysville, OK) / Chris W Myers (Velma, OK), 24.55 on 3, $500, 6,000 Flex Rotation 1 1. Casey E Hicks (Claremore, OK) / Billie Jack Saebens (Peru, KS), 5.87, $1,000 Rotation 2 1. Brody Braden (Horatio, AR) / Cody R Roberts (Norman, AR), 6.56, $1,000 Rotation 3 1. Ryan D Motes (Weatherford, TX) / Seth Jones (Weatherford, TX), 5.55, $1,000

#15 Shoot-Out Average 1. Manny Cunde Egusquiza Jr (Madison, GA) / Rodney D Melton (Fitzpatrick, AL), 34.32 on 5, $68,100; 2. Tyler W Waters (Graham, TX) / Caleb Anderson (Mocksville, NC), 35.85 on 5, $36,300; 3. Jesse R Harville (Bivins, TX) / Gage Williams (Foster, OK), 36.37 on 5, $29,000; 4. Dakota Shipp (Caddo Mills, TX) / Cody W Pierce (Caldwell, TX), 36.45 on 5, $21,800; 5. Clay O Berry (Garland, UT) / Steve S Sherwood (Grace, ID), 37.17 on 5, $19,400; 6. Eric Dunn (Mt Pleasant, TX) / Tyler Barton (Buckner, AR), 37.29 on 5, $16,900; 7. Chad Day (Estherville, IA) / J W Nelson (Alta, IA), 37.98 on 5, $14,500; 8. T J Watts (Eads, CO) / Clayton E VanAken (Descanso, CA), 39.11 on 5, $12,100; 9. Trice M Watts (Eads, CO) / Chance C Frazier (Cimarron, KS), 39.60 on 5, $9,700; 10. Aaron K Macy (Post, TX) / Brent Ivy (Amarillo, TX), 39.71 on 5, $8,500; 11. Micah Smith (Mc Gregor, TX) / John Paul Lucero (College Station, TX), 39.71 on 5, $8,500; 12. Jack J Fischer (Ellensburg, WA) / Joel Bach (Millsap, TX), 40.66 on 5, $7,300; 13. Hunter C Munsell (Woodward, OK) / Reagan G Ward (Edmond, OK), 40.89 on 5, $1,200; 14. Clint C Johnson

(Granbury, TX) / Toby D Wake (Haworth, OK), 40.94 on 5, $1,200; 15. T J Teague (Dublin, TX) / Kal D Jepson (Las Vegas, NV), 40.99 on 5, $1,200; 16. Marcus Theriot (Poplarville, MS) / Trevor Brazile (Decatur, TX), 42.30 on 5, $1,200; 17. Mackey Tully (Gentry, AR) / Brad S Amos (Sulphur Springs, AR), 42.65 on 5, $1,200; 18. Danny R Miller (Lawson, MO) / Travis L Graves (Morgan Mill, TX), 45.88 on 5, $1,200; 19. Derick Alexander (Stephenville, TX) / Ben O Gambrell (Stephenville, TX), 46.08 on 5, $1,200; 20. Colt A Braden (Dewey, OK) / Billie Jack Saebens (Peru, KS), 47.49 on 5, $1,200 Short Go 1. Jesse R Harville (Bivins, TX) / Gage Williams (Foster, OK), 6.31, $1,200 Rotation 1 1. Blair Tyler Small (Fairland, OK) / Caleb C Twisselman (Santa Margarita, CA), 5.11, $1,200 Rotation 2 1. Curtis Kupfersmith (Rhome, TX) / J D Holland Jr (Bucyrus, KS), 6.23, $1,200 Rotation 3 1. Tyler Johnson (Bucyrus, KS) / Mitch T Murray (Alma, KS), 5.08, $1,200 Rotation 4 1. Speed Williams (De Leon, TX) / Clay B Sieber (Arp, TX), 5.90, $1,200

Average 1. Rider Kiesner (Granbury, TX) / Cole S Sherwood (Grace, ID), 30.80 on 4, $19,900, 6,000 Flex; 2. Chance Savage (Midway, TX) / Austin Santikos (Tomball, TX), 31.63 on 4, $12,600, 6,000 Flex; 3. Brody Braden (Horatio, AR) / Hunter Allen (Winnsboro, TX), 31.66 on 4, $8,600, 6,000 Flex; 4. Blair Tyler Small (Fairland, OK) / Casey J Stipes (Salina, OK), 31.97 on 4, $7,300, 6,000 Flex; 5. Dustin Ayers (Daingerfield, TX) / Chris Young (Ivanhoe, TX), 32.24 on 4, $6,000, 6,000 Flex; 6. Rand M Cory (Hico, TX) / Ty E Murphy (Dublin, TX), 32.42 on 4, $5,300, 6,000 Flex; 7. Jay T Hodge (West Monroe, LA) / Jason T Richardson (Keithville, LA), 32.65 on 4, $4,000, 6,000 Flex; 8. Shane Sample (Longview, TX) / Tanner P Caudle (Horatio, AR), 32.94 on 4, $2,600, 6,000 Flex; 9. Joe T Sears (Granbury, TX) / Clay C Logan (Granbury, TX), 33.97 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 10. Joe D Reynolds

#13 Preliminary Champions Rider Kiesner and Cole S. Sherwood

#13 Preliminary Winners

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6.25, $600 Rotation 4 1. Shane Sample (Longview, TX) / Tanner P Caudle (Horatio, AR), 5.61, $1,200

#12 Preliminary

#12 Preliminary Winners (Tribune, KS) / Chris A Sherman (Colby, KS), 34.06 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 11. Kevin D Hall (Tecumseh, OK) / Wayne G Mcclure (Ardmore, OK), 34.40 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 12. Rooster L Todd (Willcox, AZ) / Tayrell Todd (Willcox, AZ), 34.67 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 13. Ben W Matheson (Winthrop, AR) / Toby D Wake (Haworth, OK), 35.95 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 14. Hunter C Munsell (Woodward, OK) / Dustin K Searcy (Mooreland, OK), 36.19 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 15. Joel Colgrove Jr (Boligee, AL) / Dale R Martin (Cleveland, TN), 36.74 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 16. Kolby Boos (White Cloud, KS) / Derrick Jantzen (Ames, OK), 37.14 on 4, 6,000 Flex; 17. Tyler T Riggan (Snyder, TX) / JoDan S Mirabal (Grants, NM), 38.08 on 4, 6,000 Flex; 18. Brody Braden (Horatio, AR) / Kohl Whiteman (Como, TX), 22.31 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 19. Clancey Kreutzer (La Veta, CO) / Wade K Kreutzer (La Veta, CO), 23.70 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 20. West Benson (Edmond, OK) / Jerry W Courson Jr (Lake City, FL), 23.99 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 21. Casey Jeffery (Sumner, TX) / Daniel C Reed (Sumner, TX), 24.94 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 22. Rhett Redding (Winnsboro, TX) / Will M Woodfin (Marshall, TX), 26.23 on 3, 6,000 Flex Incentive 1. Cole Palmore (Dekalb, TX) / Coledon Harmon (Stephenville, TX), 27.35 on 3, $2,000, 6,000 Flex; 2. Steven A Blain (Ravenna, TX) / Austin A Christensen (Salem, UT), 27.66 on 3, $1,500, 6,000 Flex; 3. Colt P Carter (Dekalb, TX) / Dustin K Powell (Dekalb, TX), 28.50 on 3, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 4. Hippie Sanchez (Stephenville, TX) / Joe Ross Jameson (Stephenville, TX), 30.98 on 3, $750, 6,000 Flex; 5. Steven J Myers (Nashville, AR) / Pace D King (Nashville, AR), 31.25 on 3, $500, 6,000 Flex Rotation 1 1. Jim Young (Hallsville, TX) / Tyler Sieber (Whitehouse, TX), 6.00, $1,000 Rotation 2 1. Steven A Blain (Ravenna, TX) / Austin A Christensen (Salem, UT), 5.77, $1,000 Rotation 3 1. Tyson J Campidilli (Vinita, OK) / Eric Flurry (Sallisaw, OK), 6.62, $1,000 Rotation 4 1. Cassidy A Myers (Velma, OK) / Jerry M Skaggs (Bokchito, OK), 6.42, $1,000 Rotation 5 1. Lee E Olsen (Bluff Dale, TX) / Nick T Abbott (Bluff Dale, TX), 6.31, $1,000

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Average 1. Twister G Vinson (Hawley, TX) / Clay B Sieber (Arp, TX), 30.65 on 4, $17,600, 6,000 Flex; 2. Dwayne A Clay (Sapulpa, OK) / Tom Miller (Pauls Valley, OK), 31.39 on 4, $11,000, 6,000 Flex; 3. Hunter C Munsell (Woodward, OK) / Bradley P Johnson (Fox, OK), 31.62 on 4, #12 Preliminary Champions $8,800, 6,000 Flex; 4. Rhett Twister G. Vinson and Clay B. Sieber Redding (Winnsboro, TX) / Troll H Tettenhorst (Jacksonville, TX), 31.64 on 4, $7,400, 6,000 Flex; 5. Justice Ray Cathey (Athens, TX) / Tyler W Waters #13 Shoot-Out (Graham, TX), 32.16 on 4, $6,600, 6,000 Flex; 6. Nick Average Thomas (Keota, OK) / Keith Deckard (Wagoner, OK), 1. Katey J Anthony (Jal, NM) / Seth T Hall (Fair Acres, 32.48 on 4, $5,900, 6,000 Flex; 7. Rebecca A NM), 37.95 on 5, $78,700; 2. Zachary Tait Small Neuhaus (Huntsville, TX) / Ty E Murphy (Dublin, TX), (Fairland, OK) / Brye R Crites (Halfway, MO), 38.70 on 32.54 on 4, $5,100, 6,000 Flex; 8. Clay M Louderback 5, $42,900; 3. Hunter C Munsell (Woodward, OK) / (Liberal, KS) / Leon Winfrey (Plains, KS), 32.69 on 4, Dustin K Searcy (Mooreland, OK), 40.09 on 5, $4,400, 6,000 Flex; 9. Clancey Kreutzer (La Veta, CO) $34,300; 4. Thompson L Berryhill (Talala, OK) / / Nick G Sciacca (Trinidad, CO), 32.70 on 4, $3,700, Thomas K Smith (Barnsdall, OK), 40.17 on 5, 6,000 Flex; 10. Ivan S Holliday (Poplarville, MS) / $25,700; 5. Tanner E Batenhorst (Dalhart, TX) / Landon Rowdy C Lee (Poplarville, MS), 32.73 on 4, $2,900, H Williams (Midland, TX), 40.18 on 5, $22,900; 6. 6,000 Flex; 11. Harold E Stall (Wann, OK) / Billie Jack Sarah Ingle (Campbell, TX) / Ethan Cory (Hico, TX), Saebens (Peru, KS), 32.81 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 40.51 on 5, $20,000; 7. Travis Cowan (Highmore, SD) 12. Jase Holder (Soper, OK) / Jake Smith (Broken Bow, / Brandon G Vaske (Burt, IA), 41.54 on 5, $17,200; 8. OK), 33.06 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 13. Chance Cody J Mirabal (Grants, NM) / Wyatt Ray Farnsworth Savage (Midway, TX) / Dylan M Powell (Huntsville, TX), (Tucson, AZ), 41.60 on 5, $14,300; 9. Tyson J 33.08 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 14. Chase T Runge Campidilli (Vinita, OK) / Cody W White (Braggs, OK), (Jones, OK) / Gunner H Baker (Norman, OK), 34.40 on 42.41 on 5, $11,400; 10. Johnny H Weil (Edna, KS) / 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 15. T J Watts (Eads, CO) / Kyon Cale D Markham (Vinita, OK), 42.77 on 5, $11,400; Kreutzer (La Veta, CO), 37.31 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 11. Cameron Felts (Cypress, TX) / Dakota Shipp (Caddo Flex; 16. Neal B Wood (Needville, TX) / Buster Record Mills, TX), 43.49 on 5, $8,600; 12. Jim Young (Laverne, OK), 38.24 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 17. (Hallsville, TX) / Tyler Sieber (Whitehouse, TX), 43.98 on Ross A Gosney (Bayfield, CO) / Joaquin Huntington 5, $8,600; 13. Roger D Kirchenschlager (Yuma, CO) / (Hesperus, CO), 38.44 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 18. Cade Passig (Capitan, NM), 44.19 on 5, $1,200; 14. Jacque L Woolman (Dayton, TX) / Mike E Macy (Post, Beverly A Robbins (Muscle Shoals, AL) / Cody A Wilson TX), 38.69 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 19. Greg P (Capitan, NM), 44.25 on 5, $1,200; 15. Twister G Graden (Newberry, FL) / Guy W Graden DVM Vinson (Hawley, TX) / Brent Ivy (Amarillo, TX), 44.31 on (Jacksonville, FL), 43.75 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 20. 5, $1,200; 16. David B Riley (Maysville, OK) / Brock W Tyler D Wyrick (Wyandotte, OK) / Nathan C Enyart Jones (Tupelo, OK), 44.32 on 5, $1,200; 17. Jake (Seneca, MO), 22.71 on 3, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 21. Ratliff (Faxon, OK) / Gage Williams (Foster, OK), 45.31 Jeff T Peterman DVM (Gulfport, MS) / Mark E Ward on 5, $1,200; 18. Rick Bates (Estherville, IA) / Chad (Petal, MS), 24.05 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 22. Taylor Munsell Day (Estherville, IA), 45.77 on 5, $1,200; 19. Jerry (Woodward, OK) / Derrick Jantzen (Ames, OK), 24.09 Ogden (Quinton, OK) / Hoot Williams (Mcalester, OK), on 3, 6,000 Flex; 23. Jason F Jimenez (Alice, TX) / 45.94 on 5, $1,200; 20. Wallace L Townsend Willie Guerra (Linn, TX), 24.96 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 24. Ty (Davidson, OK) / Chris W Myers (Velma, OK), 46.76 on J Keener (Pryor, OK) / Mark Keener (Tulsa, OK), 25.16 5, $1,200 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 25. Collin Domer (Topeka, KS) / Short Go Brandon G Vaske (Burt, IA), 26.16 on 3, 6,000 Flex 1. Cody J Mirabal (Grants, NM) / Wyatt Ray Farnsworth Incentive (Tucson, AZ), 6.26, $1,200 1. Clay M Louderback (Liberal, KS) / Leon Winfrey Rotation 1 (Plains, KS), 24.43 on 3, $2,000, 6,000 Flex; 2. Grant 1. Rider Kiesner (Granbury, TX) / Cole S Sherwood W Koury (Pueblo West, CO) / Mike S Diodosio (Fowler, (Grace, ID), 5.71, $1,200 CO), 27.94 on 3, $1,500, 6,000 Flex; 3. Buddy E Rotation 2 Hawkins II (Columbus, KS) / Josh D Hawkins 1. Ken Wartz (Blue Gap, AZ) / Octavius Wartz (Blue (Stephenville, TX), 28.72 on 3, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 4. Gap, AZ), 6.14, $1,200 Andrew Wong (Kapaau, HI) / Billy Wong (Kapaau, HI), Rotation 3 29.04 on 3, $750, 6,000 Flex; 5. E J Williams 1. Rusty Stuart (Wright City, OK) / Clay O Smith (Chandler, OK) / Micah L Lynch (Meeker, OK), 29.47 on (Broken Bow, OK), 6.25, $600; 2. Mike A Row 3, $500, 6,000 Flex (Tishomingo, OK) / Gary D Hughes (Sulphur, OK),

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Rotation 1 1. David Winterton (Lexington, OK) / Tyler J Bach (Millsap, TX), 6.77, $1,000 Rotation 2 1. Gilly R Flautt (Blossom, TX) / Tyler J Domingue (De Kalb, TX), 7.14, $1,000 Rotation 3 1. Dolton J Carpenter (Haskell, OK) / Adam R Hubler (Webbers Falls, OK), 6.28, $1,000 Rotation 4 1. Cody L Holmes (Keatchie, LA) / Phillip Wilder (Shreveport, LA), 6.86, $1,000 Rotation 5 1. Rhett Redding (Winnsboro, TX) / Troll H Tettenhorst (Jacksonville, TX), 5.91, $1,000 Rotation 6 1. Wallace L Townsend (Davidson, OK) / Dustin K Searcy (Mooreland, OK), 6.29, $1,000

#12 Shoot-Out Average 1. Jeff T Peterman DVM (Gulfport, MS) / Mark E Ward (Petal, MS), 31.62 on 4, $78,100; 2. Craig Stafford (Cleburne, TX) / Kody Beach (Bryan, TX), 31.81 on 4, $42,500; 3. Collin Domer (Topeka, KS) / J T Schalla (Avondale, CO), 32.44 on 4, $34,000; 4. Rand M Cory (Hico, TX) / Kyle K Elwood (Lindsborg, KS), 32.48 on 4, $25,500; 5. Nick Thomas (Keota, OK) / E J Thomas (Keota, OK), 32.54 on 4, $22,700; 6. Jeff Flenniken (Caldwell, ID) / Darrel Sewell (Baker, OR), 32.69 on 4, $19,900; 7. Rhett Redding (Winnsboro, TX) / Troll H Tettenhorst (Jacksonville, TX), 32.77 on 4, $17,000; 8. Twister G Vinson (Hawley, TX) / Clay B Sieber (Arp, TX), 32.80 on 4, $14,200; 9. Leland D Searcy (Mooreland, OK) / Dustin K Searcy (Mooreland, OK), 32.95 on 4, $11,300; 10. Steve P Hobbs (Dayton, TX) / Travis B Hobbs (Dayton, TX), 32.95 on 4, $11,300; 11. Tish T Luke (Yeehaw Junction, FL) / Jerry W Courson Jr (Lake City, FL), 33.64 on 4, $8,500; 12. Hippie Sanchez (Stephenville, TX) / Joe Ross Jameson (Stephenville, TX), 33.85 on 4, $8,500; 13. Kevin L Blackwell (Jacksonville, TX) / Brye R Crites (Halfway, MO), 34.02 on 4, $1,200; 14. Grayson Dykes (Campbell, TX) / Kolby R Miller (Alba, TX), 34.02 on 4, $1,200; 15. Shane Hendrix (Olla, LA) / Eddie A Dunn (Grayson, LA), 34.08 on 4, $1,200; 16. Brady H Lutz (Apache, OK) / Cody Parker (Weatherford, OK), 34.08 on 4, $1,200; 17. Beverly A Robbins (Muscle Shoals, AL) / Ferlin Charley (Albuquerque, NM), 34.35 on 4, $1,200; 18. Terry Hilderbrand (Bartlett, KS) / Kolby R Miller (Alba, TX), 34.58 on 4, $1,200; 19. Rick A Montera (Greeley, CO) / Craig D Person (Columbus, NE), 34.81 on 4, $1,200; 20. Rylea Rae Fabrizio (Pueblo, CO) / Levi T OKeeffe (Mohall, ND), 37.04 on 4, $1,200 Short Go 1. Leland D Searcy (Mooreland, OK) / Dustin K Searcy (Mooreland, OK), 7.05, $1,200 Rotation 1 1. Bubba I Whitten (Canyon, TX) / Lane T Ivy (Amarillo, TX), 6.73, $1,200 Rotation 2 1. Colby S Norman (Springer, OK) / Wesley J Thorp (Throckmorton, TX), 6.65, $1,200 Rotation 3 1. Colby S Norman (Springer, OK) / Tyler Sieber (Whitehouse, TX), 6.37, $1,200 Rotation 4 1. Kenny D Kuykendall (Valley View, TX) / Dale Martin Jr (Whitesboro, TX), 6.34, $1,200

#11 Preliminary Average 1. Homer B Barnes (Corrigan, TX) / Robbie D Wilson (Groveton, TX), 29.71 on 4, $19,900, 6,000 Flex; 2. Riley M Drury (Olustee, OK) / Derrick Jantzen (Ames, OK), 32.62 on 4, $12,500, 6,000 Flex; 3. Dalton Wiley (Terrell, TX) / Sam Massey (Wills Point, TX), 33.27 on 4, $10,000, 6,000 Flex; 4. Shane Grover (Purvis, MS) / Nathan C Smith (Purvis, MS), 33.65 on 4, $8,300, 6,000 Flex; 5. Brian Brock (Henrietta, TX) / Chris C Littlefield (Henrietta, TX), 33.81 on 4, $7,500, 6,000 Flex; 6. Dustin Elmenhorst (El Reno, OK) / Brandon Seufer (Holly, CO), 34.70 on 4, $6,600, 6,000 Flex; 7. Ethan A Price (Leedey, OK) / Mark W Collins (Leedey, OK), 34.86 on 4, $5,800, 6,000 Flex; 8. Brittany M Tirpak (Dunnellon, FL) / Cody R Harmon (Stephenville, TX), 34.93 on 4, $5,000, 6,000 Flex; 9. Amber Pate (Buffalo, TX) / Ty E Murphy (Dublin, TX), 34.94 on 4, $4,200, 6,000 Flex; 10. Jack R Foster (Osceola, MO) / John A Gardner (Kingsville, MO), 35.17 on 4, $3,300, 6,000 Flex; 11. Aaron Harvey (Tongawoxie, KS) / Lucas D Allen (Leander, TX), 35.19 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 12. Megan Gunter (Mccammon, ID) / Cole S Sherwood (Grace, ID), 35.95 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 13. Tish T Luke (Yeehaw Junction, FL) / Charlie F Madison (Fort Scott, KS), 37.00 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 14. Colton Mize (Springer, OK) / Randy L Harmon (Mustang, OK), 37.28 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 15. Terrill R Cowans (Las Vegas, NV) / Glenn M Girard Sr (Branson, MO), 39.20 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 16. Rick R Jump (Belen, NM) / Rodney L Wilcox (Grants, NM), 39.59 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 17. Herb C Logan (Miami, OK) / Gable Hilderbrand (Bartlett, KS), 40.43 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 18. Todd A Reece (Winston, MO) / Jeremy Michaelis (Mercer, MO), 40.67 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 19. Jerry M Skaggs (Bokchito, OK) / Landon Jestis (Bokchito, OK), 44.01 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 20. Chas Elder (Tyler, TX) / Jason T Richardson (Keithville, LA), 23.09 on 3, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 21. Derrick McCormick (Glen Saint Mary, FL) / David Bazan Jr (Roma, TX), 23.66 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 22. Cannon F Cahill (Madisonville, TX) / Ty Arnold (Midway, TX), 24.34 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 23. Bubba E Cochran (Mount Pleasant, TX) / Jason B Hughes (Mount Vernon, TX), 24.87 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 24. Justice Ray Cathey (Athens, TX) / Garrett C Sims (Athens, TX), 25.08 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 25. Terry Hilderbrand (Bartlett, KS) / Zachary Tait Small (Fairland, OK), 25.86 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 26. C W Adams (Booneville, MO) / Marc Fenton (Columbia, MO), 26.14 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 27. Lane Coleman Jr (Downsville, LA) / Joey Coleman (Downsville, LA), 26.86 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 28. Chance B Thiessen (Elk City, OK) / Will Allen (Purcell, OK), 26.92 on 3, 6,000 Flex Incentive 1. Brian Brock (Henrietta, TX) / Chris C Littlefield (Henrietta, TX), 24.48 on 3, $2,000, 6,000 Flex; 2. Justice Ray Cathey (Athens, TX) / Garrett C Sims (Athens, TX), 25.08 on 3, $1,500, 6,000 #11 Preliminary Winners

Flex; 3. Lane Coleman Jr (Downsville, LA) / Joey Coleman (Downsville, LA), 26.86 on 3, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 4. Jackson D Myers (Muleshoe, TX) / Thurman D Myers (Muleshoe, TX), 28.38 on 3, $750, 6,000 Flex; 5. Reid Halbert (Needville, TX) / Eric Daniels (Needville, TX), 28.93 on 3, $500, 6,000 Flex Rot. FT 1. Rhett Redding (Winnsboro, TX) / Kohl Whiteman (Como, TX), 7.07, $1,000 Rotation 1 1. Homer B Barnes (Corrigan, TX) / Robbie D Wilson (Groveton, TX), 6.63, $1,000 Rotation 2 1. Levi Rita (Haleiwa, HI) / Robert S Rita Jr (Haleiwa, HI), 6.89, $1,000 Rotation 3 1. Danny R Miller (Lawson, MO) / Cody A Sittner (Ridgeway, MO), 6.32, $1,000 Rotation 4 1. Brad W Robertson (Florien, LA) / Brian J McGuffee (Bossier City, LA), 6.32, $1,000 Rotation 5 1. Nicki L Harris (Smolan, KS) / Kyle K Elwood (Lindsborg, KS), 6.26, $1,000 Rotation 6 1. Casey W Lee (Teague, TX) / Cody Mizell (Buffalo, TX), 6.96, $1,000 Rotation 7 1. Herb C Logan (Miami, OK) / Gable Hilderbrand (Bartlett, KS), 6.25, $1,000

#11 Preliminary Champions Homer B. Barnes and Robbie D. Wilson

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#11 Shoot-Out Average 1. Sloan Kuehl (Mart, TX) / Stuart D Lenoir (Groesbeck, TX), 31.41 on 4, $84,800; 2. Megan Gunter (Mccammon, ID) / Cole S Sherwood (Grace, ID), 33.55 on 4, $42,050; 3. Danny R Miller (Lawson, MO) / Cody A Sittner (Ridgeway, MO), 33.55 on 4, $42,050; 4. Brady Norman (Springer, OK) / Bradley P Johnson (Fox, OK), 33.96 on 4, $28,000; 5. Dick L Yates (Pueblo, CO) / Jeff D Busby (Millsap, TX), 34.60 on 4, $24,900; 6. Troy D Herring (Carney, OK) / Jerry Ogden (Quinton, OK), 34.96 on 4, $21,800; 7. Clay O Berry (Garland, UT) / John H Koyle (Chubbuck, ID), 35.12 on 4, $18,700; 8. Megan Gunter (Mccammon, ID) / Roman P Collins (San Tan Valley, AZ), 35.54 on 4, $15,600; 9. Steve Friskup (Muleshoe, TX) / Thurman D Myers (Muleshoe, TX), 35.91 on 4, $12,500; 10. Walter L Mainka (Foster, OK) / Steve R Harrison (Roff, OK), 36.11 on 4, $12,500; 11. Aaron Harvey (Tongawoxie, KS) / Lucas D Allen (Leander, TX), 36.22 on 4, $9,300; 12. Jim I Malone (Midland, TX) / Kurt W Eacret (Byers, CO), 36.32 on 4, $9,300; 13. Matt Pruett (Woodward, OK) / Nick T Lauer (Buffalo, OK), 36.56 on 4, $1,200; 14. Chas Elder (Tyler, TX) / Jason T Richardson (Keithville, LA), 36.99 on 4, $1,200; 15. Rodney L Sing Sr (Branch, AR) / Clayton J Beavers (Dardanelle, AR), 37.03 on 4, $1,200; 16. Riley J Davis (Genola, UT) / Austin A Christensen (Salem, UT), 37.62 on 4, $1,200; 17. Dalton C Turner (Sidney, AR) / Josh D Hamby (West Plains, MO), 38.85 on 4, $1,200; 18. Terrill R Cowans (Las Vegas, NV) / Glenn M Girard Sr (Branson, MO), 40.56 on 4, $1,200; 19. Trevor Hedeman (Morgan Mill, TX) / Wesley J Thorp (Throckmorton, TX), 40.66 on 4, $1,200; 20. Justin Marrs (Springdale, AR) / Todd W Herlein (Fayetteville, AR), 40.78 on 4, $1,200 Short Go 1. Troy D Herring (Carney, OK) / Jerry Ogden (Quinton, OK), 6.53, $1,200 Rotation 1 1. Mickey M Miller (Hammon, OK) / Randy L Harmon (Mustang, OK), 6.31, $1,200 Rotation 2 1. Cody J McCartney (Temperance, MI) / Scott T Conlee (Winchester, KY), 6.20, $1,200 Rotation 3 1. Megan Gunter (Mccammon, ID) / Cole S Sherwood (Grace, ID), 5.50, $1,200 #10 Preliminary Champions Collin Domer and Linden L. Stueve

Rotation 4 1. David Winterton (Lexington, OK) / Bradley P Johnson (Fox, OK), 5.54, $1,200

#10 Preliminary Average 1. Collin Domer (Topeka, KS) / Linden L Stueve (Olpe, KS), 31.02 on 4, $22,600, 6,000 Flex; 2. Colton R Johnson (Shreveport, LA) / Hunter Allen (Winnsboro, TX), 32.41 on 4, $14,100, 6,000 Flex; 3. Kort L Albertson (Roberts, ID) / Jacade Ross (Eagle Mountain, UT), 33.78 on 4, $11,300, 6,000 Flex; 4. Steven Jobman (Bayard, NE) / Tucker J White (Hershey, NE), 35.82 on 4, $9,400, 6,000 Flex; 5. Ivan S Holliday (Poplarville, MS) / Rickie G LeBlanc II (Walker, LA), 36.42 on 4, $8,500, 6,000 Flex; 6. Robert W Martinez (Radium Springs, NM) / Bill Porter (Salem, NM), 36.51 on 4, $7,500, 6,000 Flex; 7. Mike C Newham (Norborne, MO) / Jeff P Butler (Cosby, MO), 36.61 on 4, $6,600, 6,000 Flex; 8. Kody D Tredway (Erie, KS) / Kaleb Tredway (Erie, KS), 36.62 on 4, $5,600, 6,000 Flex; 9. Waymon Taylor (Springhill, LA) / Bobby Leflett (Bossier City, LA), 37.12 on 4, $4,700, 6,000 Flex; 10. Dylan Pugh (Madisonville, TX) / Seth Gillespie (Hamilton, TX), 37.84 on 4, $3,700, 6,000 Flex; 11. Chris P Pomeroy (Bolivar, MO) / Justin Redman (Boliver, MO), 37.93 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 12. Junior Hernandez (Lovington, NM) / Roy Dee Fort (Lovington, NM), 37.95 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 13. Jordan C Parsley (Troup, TX) / Hunter Allen (Winnsboro, TX), 38.04 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 14. Brandi Anthony (Red Bluff, CA) / Clayton A Nettleship (Paris, KY), 38.25 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 15. David P Leese Sr (Van Vleck, TX) / Rand M Cory (Hico, TX), 39.13 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 16. Kobie D Wood (Stephenville,

TX) / Darrell S Hicks (Stephenville, TX), 39.63 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 17. Blakely L Dufrene (Mt Pleasant, TX) / Tanner P Caudle (Horatio, AR), 39.83 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 18. Travis T Thiessen (Elk City, OK) / Devon Thrash (Alva, OK), 41.00 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 19. Ben Lolley Jr (Dubach, LA) / Tommy A Russell (Minden, LA), 42.08 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 20. Dylan Pugh (Madisonville, TX) / Cody Mizell (Buffalo, TX), 42.36 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 21. Bill Eckroth (Mandan, ND) / Russell Schirado (Menoken, ND), 44.84 on 4, 6,000 Flex; 22. Reid Halbert (Needville, TX) / Eric Daniels (Needville, TX), 23.71 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 23. Johnny Chambers (Okemah, OK) / Myron D Duarte (Auburn, WA), 24.77 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 24. Suzie M Johnson (Brodhead, WI) / Travis R Hull (Brodhead, WI), 27.54 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 25. Michael K Palmore (Foreman, AR) / Dillon Vaught (Mena, AR), 28.12 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 26. Thomas Royals DVM (Lumberton, MS) / Nathan C Smith (Purvis, MS), 28.15 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 27. Charles Quinn (Troup, TX) / Danny Lee Dunn (Mt Pleasant, TX), 29.16 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 28. Ryan Holton (Wellsville, KS) / Bubba Reynolds (Mc Louth, KS), 30.17 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 29. Timmy A Adams (Ruby, SC) / Cory K Clark (Jefferson, SC), 30.25 on 3, 6,000 Flex Incentive 1. Waymon Taylor (Springhill, LA) / Bobby Leflett (Bossier City, LA), 27.78 on 3, $2,000, 6,000 Flex; 2. Ben Lolley Jr (Dubach, LA) / Tommy A Russell (Minden, LA), 27.87 on 3, $1,500, 6,000 Flex; 3. Thomas Royals DVM (Lumberton, MS) / Nathan C Smith (Purvis, MS), 28.15 on 3, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 4. Jordan C Parsley (Troup, TX) / Hunter Allen (Winnsboro, TX), 28.44 on 3, $750, 6,000 Flex; 5. Jeff G Tivis (Velma, OK) / Rodney D Eason (Velma, OK), 31.18 on 3, $500, 6,000 Flex Rot. FT 1. Kelly J Fargo (Gans, OK) / J D Cook (Poteau, OK), 7.83, $1,000 Rotation 1 1. Timmy A Adams (Ruby, SC) / Cory K Clark (Jefferson, SC), 6.20, $1,000 Rotation 2 1. Hunter C Munsell (Woodward, OK) / Trevor D Lackey (Fairview, OK), 6.82, $1,000 Rotation 3 1. Rhett Redding (Winnsboro, TX) / Hunter Allen (Winnsboro, TX), 6.52, $1,000 Rotation 4 1. Lucas R Seymour (Mclean, TX) / Josh D Seymour (Mclean, TX), 7.19, $1,000 Rotation 5 1. Vance L Walters (Cayuga, TX) / Peyton V Walters (Cayuga, TX), 7.63, $1,000 Rotation 6 1. Cade Bray (Granbury, TX) / Dennis Fulfer (Stephenville, TX), 6.48, $1,000 Rotation 7 1. Reid Halbert (Needville, TX) / Eric Daniels (Needville, TX), 7.37, $1,000

#10 Shoot-Out

#10 Preliminary Winners

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Average 1. Danny R Miller (Lawson, MO) / Jeremy Michaelis (Mercer, MO), 33.72 on 4, $92,400; 2. Ty Arnold (Midway, TX) / Blake Wheeler (Flint, TX), 33.78 on 4, $51,500; 3. Dylan Pugh (Madisonville, TX) / Cody D Garrett (Bryan, TX), 34.09 on 4, $41,200; 4. Laramie J Johnson (Shreveport, LA) / Clay B Sieber (Arp, TX), 34.70 on 4, $30,900; 5. Barry W Kincaid (Lamont, OK) / Wade D Perry (Lamont, OK), 35.51 on 4, $27,500; 6.

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Jody York (Greeley, CO) / Trey D Yates (Pueblo, CO), 36.08 on 4, $24,000; 7. Miles Bond (Rocky Ford, CO) / Merrill V Bond (Rocky Ford, CO), 36.31 on 4, $20,600; 8. Waylon Overstreet (Kenansville, FL) / Ethan Shelton (St Cloud, FL), 36.63 on 4, $17,200; 9. Joe L Kane (Bondurant, IA) / Staci Lee Ann Mitchell (Carbondale, KS), 36.99 on 4, $13,800; 10. Randy A Binford (Haviland, KS) / Adam E Stegman (Kansas, KS), 37.17 on 4, $13,800; 11. Royce L Cates (Huntington, AR) / Ray Black (Clarksville, AR), 37.39 on 4, $10,300; 12. Kobie D Wood (Stephenville, TX) / Darrell S Hicks (Stephenville, TX), 37.88 on 4, $10,300; 13. Adam M Wilson (Reading, KS) / Linden L Stueve (Olpe, KS), 38.01 on 4, $1,200; 14. Joel P Anderson (Palmyra, MO) / Jace C Outlaw (Bonham, TX), 38.94 on 4, $1,200; 15. West Benson (Edmond, OK) / Ben J Atkinson III (Fitzpatrick, AL), 39.98 on 4, $1,200; 16. Justus A Hyatt (Perry, OK) / Cody R Leitner (Perry, OK), 40.28 on 4, $1,200; 17. Scott D Musgrave (Bingham, NE) / Jeff D Smith (Hutchinson, KS), 40.33 on 4, $1,200; 18. Danny Foster (Elmore City, OK) / Cody J Burch (Elmore City, OK), 41.04 on 4, $1,200; 19. Travis T Thiessen (Elk City, OK) / Devon Thrash (Alva, OK), 41.70 on 4, $1,200; 20. Tish T Luke (Yeehaw Junction, FL) / Ferlin Charley (Albuquerque, NM), 43.33 on 4, $1,200 Short Go 1. Laramie J Johnson (Shreveport, LA) / Clay B Sieber (Arp, TX), 6.79, $1,200 DEC 11 Rotation 1 1. Justin Paul (Jena, LA) / Curt Stapleton (Trout, LA), 6.88, $1,200 Rotation 2 1. Jay D Osborn (Beaver, OK) / Pake Maynes (Laverne,

Steve C Parys (Rapid City, SD), 42.24 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 13. Bill Eckroth (Mandan, ND) / Dale J Sorge (Bismarck, ND), 42.53 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 14. John Mccollum (Montrose, CO) / Jeff L Satterfield (Parachute, CO), 42.70 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 15. Brad L Swain (Van, TX) / James Dyer (Canton, TX), 43.01 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 16. Shelby Freed (Pocatello, ID) / Jacade Ross (Eagle Mountain, UT), 43.10 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 17. Rodgers Miller (Keller, TX) / Ryan G Hays (Godley, TX), 43.77 on 4, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 18. A L Summerlin (Shawnee, KS) #9 Preliminary / Steve Zumbrunn (Junction City, KS), 44.81 on 4, Average $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 19. Shank W Stephens (Hinton, 1. Scott Guillory (St Amant, LA) / Jerry D Broussard OK) / Don Tidwell (Wickenburg, AZ), 45.21 on 4, (Gonzales, LA), 36.28 on 4, $22,800, 6,000 Flex; 2. $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 20. Theresa L Johnson (Hartland, Ted L Bowser (Nowata, OK) / Bryan Leeper (Fairfax, WI) / Travis R Hull (Brodhead, WI), 45.78 on 4, OK), 38.80 on 4, $14,200, 6,000 Flex; 3. Jody Judson $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 21. Joe Dale Elliott (Niotaze, KS) / (Corsicana, TX) / Justin Gaines (Corsicana, TX), 39.14 Randy K Koehn (Laverne, OK), 52.62 on 4, $1,000, on 4, $11,400, 6,000 Flex; 4. Troy J McKinney 6,000 Flex; 22. Ben T Scott (Montreal, MO) / Marty R (Collinsville, TX) / Hannah J McKinney (Collinsville, TX), Claiborn (Montreal, MO), 28.56 on 3, $1,000, 6,000 39.84 on 4, $9,500, 6,000 Flex; 5. Kent Latta (Gage, Flex; 23. Brian Zorger (Stillwater, OK) / Matt Mauldin OK) / Marvin J Wilkinson (Buffalo, OK), 39.98 on 4, (Beggs, OK), 28.77 on 3, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 24. $8,500, 6,000 Flex; 6. Michael D Wooten (Vinita, OK) / Jessen James (Moyers, OK) / Tuff Hardman (Atoka, OK), Cash W Socia (Vinita, OK), 40.07 on 4, $7,600, 6,000 28.89 on 3, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 25. Roy Gene Evans Flex; 7. Jake Bahem (Parma, ID) / Dustin Bahem (Dallas, TX) / Randy Lewis DVM (Abilene, TX), 29.30 on (Parma, ID), 40.30 on 4, $6,600, 6,000 Flex; 8. Cade 3, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 26. Jim W Rogers (Elk City, OK) Bray (Granbury, TX) / Gary Campos (Stephenville, TX), / Josh D Seymour (Mclean, TX), 30.72 on 3, $1,000, 40.61 on 4, $5,700, 6,000 Flex; 9. Wally L Givens Jr 6,000 Flex; 27. Gus Myers (Sedan, KS) / Andy M (Jayess, MS)BUILT / Mickey Sutton on Smallwood (Coffeyville,CRXâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;D KS), 32.85 on 3, $1,000, BYM CR VSA(Jayess, MS), 40.77 IN HOUSE PROOF 4, $4,700, 6,000 Flex; 10. Taylor Munsell (Woodward, 6,000 Flex; 28. Joe Strong (Gainesville, MO) / John D OK) / Bradley P Johnson (Fox, OK), 41.49 on 4, Green (Tecumseh, MO), 33.72 on 3, $1,000, 6,000 $3,800, 6,000 Flex; 11. Michael J Claiborn (Montreal, Flex; 29. Thayne B Winterton (Lexington, OK) / Bradley MO) / Marty R Claiborn (Montreal, MO), 41.90 on 4, P Johnson (Fox, OK), 34.44 on 3, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 12. Pat G Averett (Delta, CO) / 30. Joe Strong (Gainesville, MO) / Ty W Crawford OK), 6.25, $1,200 Rotation 3 1. Caleb J Ford (Ardmore, OK) / Carter Alexander Gurrola (Ardmore, OK), 6.37, $1,200 Rotation 4 1. Doug Hinkle (Elsberry, MO) / Jeremy Michaelis (Mercer, MO), 6.45, $1,200 Rotation 5 1. Travis T Thiessen (Elk City, OK) / Devon Thrash (Alva, OK), 6.46, $1,200

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1. Tyler J McGuffee (Bossier City, LA) / Turner McGuffee (Bossier City, LA), 6.68, $1,000 Rotation 6 1. Jody Judson (Corsicana, TX) / Justin Gaines (Corsicana, TX), 7.28, $1,000 Rotation 7 1. Nereo Cardona (Buckholtz, TX) / Wesley Mucha (Rogers, TX), 6.77, $1,000 Rotation 8 1. Jake Dudley (Antlers, OK) / David Higginbottom (Boswell, OK), 7.35, $1,000

#9 Shoot-Out Average 1. Michael L Bailey (Weatherford, TX) / David D Fletcher (Poolville, TX), 36.72 on 4, $93,200; 2. Dustin

Rotation 1 1. Michael J Claiborn (Montreal, MO) / Marty R Claiborn (Montreal, MO), 6.67, $1,200 Rotation 2 1. Connor Osborn (Tecumseh, OK) / Gerald M Anderson (Yukon, OK), 6.92, $1,200 Rotation 3 1. Lane Coleman Jr (Downsville, LA) / Jerry H Cook (Ruston, LA), 7.41, $1,200 Rotation 4 1. Ruste L Rennie (Ponca City, OK) / John T Bufford (Ponca City, OK), 6.83, $1,200 Rotation 5 1. Michael J Claiborn (Montreal, MO) / James Dyer (Canton, TX), 6.35, $1,200

#8 Shoot-Out #9 Preliminary Champions Scott Guillory and Jerry D. Broussard

#9 Preliminary Winners (Gainesville, MO), 34.59 on 3, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 31. John Mccollum (Montrose, CO) / Todd M Pinneo (Rising City, NE), 34.99 on 3, 6,000 Flex; 32. Richard W Lee (Gotebo, OK) / Ted M Lee (Yukon, OK), 35.16 on 3, 6,000 Flex Incentive 1. Kent Latta (Gage, OK) / Marvin J Wilkinson (Buffalo, OK), 29.62 on 3, $2,000, 6,000 Flex; 2. Troy J McKinney (Collinsville, TX) / Hannah J McKinney (Collinsville, TX), 30.66 on 3, $1,500, 6,000 Flex; 3. Michael D Wooten (Vinita, OK) / Cash W Socia (Vinita, OK), 32.62 on 3, $1,000, 6,000 Flex; 4. Rodgers Miller (Keller, TX) / Ryan G Hays (Godley, TX), 33.34 on 3, $750, 6,000 Flex; 5. Joe Strong (Gainesville, MO) / John D Green (Tecumseh, MO), 33.72 on 3, $500, 6,000 Flex Rot. FT 1. Brian Zorger (Stillwater, OK) / Matt Mauldin (Beggs, OK), 7.48, $1,000 Rotation 1 1. Jeff Roberson (Bee Branch, AR) / Cole Roberson (Bee Branch, AR), 7.41, $1,000 Rotation 2 1. Charlie Newson (Waring, TX) / Gerald M Anderson (Yukon, OK), 7.29, $1,000 Rotation 3 1. Levi Rita (Haleiwa, HI) / Marty M Valencia (Las Vegas, NM), 7.21, $1,000 Rotation 4 1. Seth A Driggers (Pearcy, AR) / Jace D Harris (Villonia, AR), 6.91, $1,000 Rotation 5

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Ayers (Daingerfield, TX) / Sam Massey (Wills Point, TX), 37.80 on 4, $52,100; 3. Nick Gonzales III (Carriere, MS) / Tanner L Ward (Wister, OK), 40.28 on 4, $41,600; 4. Gus Myers (Sedan, KS) / Andy M Smallwood (Coffeyville, KS), 40.99 on 4, $31,200; 5. Michael D Wooten (Vinita, OK) / Cash W Socia (Vinita, OK), 42.07 on 4, $27,800; 6. Connor Osborn (Tecumseh, OK) / Gerald M Anderson (Yukon, OK), 42.20 on 4, $24,300; 7. Jesse L Hale (Vinita, OK) / Todd D Culley (Muse, OK), 42.24 on 4, $20,800; 8. Thad Springer (Snyder, TX) / Ty Springer (Ocala, FL), 42.97 on 4, $17,400; 9. Waymon Taylor (Springhill, LA) / Bobby Leflett (Bossier City, LA), 43.51 on 4, $13,900; 10. Kirk J Kooiker (Adrian, MN) / Roger L Hinrichs (Little Rock, IA), 44.27 on 4, $13,900; 11. Cash Fortune (Whitesboro, TX) / Darren Lawley (Callisburg, TX), 44.29 on 4, $10,400; 12. David A Carlile (Olney Springs, CO) / Bill L Jenkins (Rocky Ford, CO), 46.38 on 4, $10,400; 13. Michael J Claiborn (Montreal, MO) / James Dyer (Canton, TX), 47.52 on 4, $1,200; 14. Dennis Southerland (Tom Bean, TX) / Gary Campos (Stephenville, TX), 23.42 on 3, $1,200; 15. Tim Like (Dumas, TX) / Tim S Smith (Dumas, TX), 27.51 on 3, $1,200; 16. Dennis Southerland (Tom Bean, TX) / L T Worley (Whitewright, TX), 27.97 on 3, $1,200; 17. Steve Bennett (Independence, KS) / Zane A Mozingo (Independence, KS), 28.78 on 3, $1,200; 18. Clinton Shultz (Orlinda, TN) / Steve M Phillips (Barry, TX), 29.45 on 3, $1,200; 19. Amber Pate (Buffalo, TX) / Sam Massey (Wills Point, TX), 29.57 on 3, $1,200; 20. Richard R Chaves Jr (Combine, TX) / Cooper L Bane (Athens, TX), 30.07 on 3, $1,200 Short Go 1. Connor Osborn (Tecumseh, OK) / Gerald M Anderson (Yukon, OK), 7.30, $1,200

Average 1. Jackson R Willibey (Tulsa, OK) / Stanley K Washington (Tahlequah, OK), 44.32 on 4, $36,200; 2. Miles Begay (Indian Wells, AZ) / Alonzo R Begay (Indian Wells, AZ), 45.09 on 4, $22,600; 3. Joyce Pasley (Winchester, KY) / Nate P Camper (Genoa, OH), 49.53 on 4, $18,100; 4. Max Louderback (Liberal, KS) / Clay M Louderback (Liberal, KS), 51.02 on 4, $13,500; 5. Fidel Moreno Jr (Rock Springs, TX) / Misa Hernadez (Rocksprings, TX), 52.20 on 4, $12,000; 6. Ryon S Kelton (Atlanta, TX) / Ted Kelton (Atlanta, TX), 52.57 on 4, $10,600; 7. Jack Wilhite (Ropesville, TX) / Red Mud G Maben (Spur, TX), 55.77 on 4, $9,000; 8. Jared T Griffin (Stratford, OK) / Joel Vargas (Hennessey, OK), 59.81 on 4, $7,500; 9. Herman D Phillips (Scottsdale, AZ) / Leon Bright (Atascadero, CA), 60.23 on 4, $6,000; 10. Kerry Gilbow (Dexter, MO) / Darrell E Friend (Wyandotte, OK), 62.75 on 4, $6,000; 11. James A Williams (Brady, TX) / Bob K Moore (Brady, TX), 65.32 on 4, $4,500; 12. Shane M Blackwood (Liberal, KS) / Jared F Nix (Hugoton, KS), 26.17 on 3, $4,500; 13. Chase A Nisly (Abbyville, KS) / Clayton L Nisly (Abbyville, KS), 32.36 on 3, $1,200; 14. Dustin Ayers (Daingerfield, TX) / Cody D Holloway (Cason, TX), 33.51 on 3, $1,200; 15. Scott Wilkerson (China Spring, TX) / Mark A Huffhines (West, TX), 34.48 on 3, $1,200; 16. Bryne Joe Stone (Colorado City, TX) / Bobbi Williams (Sanderson, FL), 35.30 on 3, $1,200; 17. Jim D Pugh (Beaver, OK) / Jessey R Osborn (Beaver, OK), 35.67 on 3, $1,200; 18. Byndum G Duvall (Quinton, OK) / Cody L Mathis (Bentonville, AR), 38.05 on 3, $1,200; 19. Harold Shelton (Peru, KS) / Jim G Moore (Sedan, KS), 43.39 on 3, $1,200; 20. Elton D Heine (Bertram, TX) / Larry Smith (Lampasas, TX), 48.42 on 3, $1,200 Short Go 1. Miles Begay (Indian Wells, AZ) / Alonzo R Begay (Indian Wells, AZ), 8.01, $1,200 Rotation 1 1. Brock E Jacobs (Luverne, MN) / Roger L Hinrichs (Little Rock, IA), 7.74, $1,200 Rotation 2 1. Victoria Tolbert (Lucedale, MS) / Joe Tolbert (Lucedale, MS), 8.48, $1,200 Rotation 3 1. Blake Bentley (Joshua, TX) / Ross W Ashford (Lott, TX), 8.48, $1,200

#12 Gold Plus Shoot-Out Average 1. Beverly A Robbins (Muscle Shoals, AL) / Ferlin Charley (Albuquerque, NM), 30.46 on 4, $50,400; 2. Rick R Jump (Belen, NM) / Randy R Sanchez (Jarales, NM), 31.72 on 4, $31,500; 3. Joe T Sears (Granbury,

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TX) / Cody A Wilson (Capitan, NM), 31.89 on 4, $25,100; 4. Matt Imel DVM (Tolar, TX) / John Klam (Victoria, TX), 32.31 on 4, $21,000; 5. Amy Younger (Fort Scott, KS) / J W Nelson (Alta, IA), 32.42 on 4, $18,900; 6. Shawn K Whetten (Syracuse, UT) / Bob B Caldwell (Roosevelt, UT), 32.45 on 4, $16,800; 7. Tyler D Wyrick (Wyandotte, OK) / Nathan C Enyart (Seneca, MO), 32.58 on 4, $14,700; 8. Jacque L Woolman (Dayton, TX) / Travis B Hobbs (Dayton, TX), 32.68 on 4, $12,600; 9. Forrest Wheeler (Fredericksburg, TX) / Phil M Lyne (Cotulla, TX), 33.18 on 4, $10,500; 10. Mel H Smith (Mansfield, TX) / Brad Thurman (Llano, TX), 33.24 on 4, $8,400; 11. Kendall L Bolding (Yukon, OK) / Kevin W Roden (Hennessey, OK), 33.34 on 4, $1,200; 12. Kayelen Helton (Stephenville, TX) / Dennis Motes (Hico, TX), 34.16 on 4, $1,200; 13. Devon W Stutenkemper (Bolivar, MO) / Cody Stutenkemper (Dunnegan, MO), 34.51 on 4, $1,200; 14. Brian Kupfersmith (Valley Center, KS) / Curtis Kupfersmith (Rhome, TX), 35.74 on 4, $1,200; 15. Ronnie G Daniel (Hereford, TX) / Billy Stephens (Perryton, TX), 37.18 on 4, $1,200; 16. Steven Jobman (Bayard, NE) / Jeff P Aylward (Dickens, NE), 37.96 on 4, $1,200; 17. Haley L Kolle (Cuero, TX) / Dennis Motes (Hico, TX), 38.05 on 4, $1,200; 18. Matt E Carlson (Sweetwater, OK) / Greg Orgain (Hammon, OK), 38.11 on 4, $1,200; 19. Mel H Smith (Mansfield, TX) / Mike E Macy (Post, TX), 40.04 on 4, $1,200; 20. Mike G Carrell (Longview, TX) / Lloyd W South (Palo Pinto, TX), 41.59 on 4, $1,200; 21. Reese Collins (West Plains, MO) / Jeri W Rhine (West Plains, MO), 21.70 on 3, $1,200; 22. Greg J Williams (Morrilton, AR) / Perry Sing (Oden, AR), 22.91 on 3, $1,200; 23. Justin Reininger (Seguin, TX) / Luke McClanahan (San Antonio, TX), 23.42 on 3, $1,200; 24. Leland D Searcy (Mooreland, OK) / Junior L Macoubrie Jr (Paola, KS), 23.52 on 3, $1,200; 25. Glenn R Springer (Aspermont, TX) / Kress N Jones (Hobbs, NM), 24.23 on 3, $1,200; 26. Kenny Drake (Sayre, OK) / Jim E Huff (Berryville, AR), 24.90 on 3, $1,200; 27. Grant D Keller (Blairsburg, IA) / Brad K Cartwright (Monroe, IA), 25.01 on 3, $1,200; 28. Harve A Reynolds (Ellsinore, MO) / Wade Harris (Piggott, AR), 25.49 on 3, $1,200; 29. Wayne Smith (Dickens, TX) / Randy D McCracken (Stratford, TX), 25.51 on 3, $1,200; 30. Jaymee Roach (Stephenville, TX) / Clayton Hass (Terrell, TX), 25.67 on 3, $1,200 Short Go 1. Shawn K Whetten (Syracuse, UT) / Bob B Caldwell (Roosevelt, UT), 7.36, $1,200 Rotation 1 1. Steven J Myers (Nashville, AR) / Pace D King (Nashville, AR), 6.34, $1,200 Rotation 2 1. Phillip W Dempsey (Kopperl, TX) / Monty L Jacob (Tolar, TX), 6.56, $1,200 Rotation 3 1. Ross A Gosney (Bayfield, CO) / Joaquin Huntington (Hesperus, CO), 6.65, $1,200 Rotation 4 1. Don C LaRue (Springfield, MO) / Adam R Brown (Beebe, AR), 6.46, $1,200 Rotation 5 1. D A Poll (Clinton, UT) / Rick C Steed (Stone, ID), 6.23, $1,200

#10 Gold Plus Shoot-Out Average 1. Kort L Albertson (Roberts, ID) / John H Koyle (Chubbuck, ID), 35.47 on 4, $42,500; 2. JaLynn Rogers (Elk City, OK) / Colt A Beene (Elk City, OK),

37.02 on 4, $26,500; 3. Brother Campbell (Franklin, TN) / Jeff L Tilley (Marianna, AR), 38.17 on 4, $21,300; 4. Janet L Mickelson (Flagstaff, AZ) / Jim E Williams (Kingman, AZ), 39.19 on 4, $17,700; 5. Kyle W Miller (Wichita Falls, TX) / Gary B Jacobs (Vernon, TX), 39.52 on 4, $15,900; 6. Ralph M Hudgins (Laverne, OK) / Dustin B McAtee (Laverne, OK), 39.74 on 4, $14,200; 7. Doug D Harrigal (Holliday, TX) / Jackie Davis (Decatur, TX), 39.95 on 4, $12,400; 8. Don Enyart (Seneca, MO) / Tyson J Campidilli (Vinita, OK), 40.36 on 4, $10,600; 9. Aaron Baker (Pryor, OK) / Dean Spurlock (Inola, OK), 40.47 on 4, $8,900; 10. Dale Huff (Berryville, AR) / Jim E Huff (Berryville, AR), 40.63 on 4, $7,100; 11. Greg L McNutt (Dublin, TX) / Gary Campos (Stephenville, TX), 40.83 on 4, $1,200; 12. Malcolm L Davis (Newcastle, OK) / Anthony Echelle (Glencoe, OK), 41.02 on 4, $1,200; 13. Shane Harjo (Eufaula, OK) / Kevin D Harris (Eufaula, OK), 41.19 on 4, $1,200; 14. Dara D Short (Goodwell, OK) / Dawayne Short (Goodwell, OK), 41.85 on 4, $1,200; 15. Steve R Nolen (Weatherford, TX) / Gary Campos (Stephenville, TX), 42.12 on 4, $1,200; 16. James L Madden (Wingdale, NY) / P Cody Christensen Sr (Guilford, CT), 42.18 on 4, $1,200; 17. Jacque L Woolman (Dayton, TX) / Jackie L Hobbs (Stephenville, TX), 42.20 on 4, $1,200; 18. Scott Merritt (Salina, OK) / Tyler S Merritt (Stillwater, OK), 42.77 on 4, $1,200; 19. Dave Wingo (Holdenville, OK) / Carl Wiles (Eufaula, OK), 46.47 on 4, $1,200; 20. Larry D Carter (Chualar, CA) / Jacade Ross (Eagle Mountain, UT), 46.53 on 4, $1,200; 21. Mary Ann Brown (Keedysville, MD) / Chuck W Smith (Townsend, DE), 46.57 on 4, $1,200; 22. Ronnie G Daniel (Hereford, TX) / Vincente Guerrero Sr (Hereford, TX), 25.42 on 3, $1,200; 23. Corky S Mcintyre (Bayfield, CO) / Deon W Masters (Durango, CO), 28.03 on 3, $1,200; 24. Billy Jack Hanson (Morris, OK) / Kevin Hutchins (Coweta, OK), 29.13 on 3, $1,200; 25. Hector Gomez (Ruidoso Downs, NM) / Chance Walker Gomez (Ruidoso Downs, NM), 32.70 on 3, $1,200; 26. Cole J Taylor (Osborne, KS) / Steve Zumbrunn (Junction City, KS), 32.76 on 3, $1,200; 27. Ike T Mcclendon (Miami, TX) / Jahew N Thorp (Throckmorton, TX), 32.82 on 3, $1,200; 28. Billy Blue (Santo, TX) / Nick K Parish (Millsap, TX), 33.17 on 3, $1,200; 29. Mark E Tichenor (Wheaton, MO) / Todd W Herlein (Fayetteville, AR), 33.18 on 3, $1,200; 30. Danny Ruggles (Hackett, AR) / Kenny D Zamora (Las Vegas, NM), 34.64 on 3, $1,200 Short Go 1. Brother Campbell (Franklin, TN) / Jeff L Tilley (Marianna, AR), 7.54, $1,200 Rotation 1 1. Darrell Cripps (Pineville, LA) / Jamie Nelms (Elkmont, AL), 7.20, $1,200 Rotation 2 1. Lonnie K Ware (Wynona, OK) / Wendell Krebs (Sand Springs, OK), 6.45, $1,200 Rotation 3 1. JaLynn Rogers (Elk City, OK) / Colt A Beene (Elk City, OK), 7.11, $1,200 Rotation 4 1. Tyler T Riggan (Snyder, TX) / Donald L Bradshaw (Snyder, TX), 7.15, $1,200

Century Average 1. Mickey M Miller (Hammon, OK) / Greg Orgain (Hammon, OK), 33.19 on 4, $17,600, 6,000 Flex; 2. Glenn R Springer (Aspermont, TX) / Johnny Guess (Colorado City, TX), 35.08 on 4, $11,000, 6,000 Flex; 3.

Kirk F Yakel (Lakin, KS) / Greg D Seufer (Holly, CO), 35.55 on 4, $8,800, 6,000 Flex; 4. C R Hallquist (Lipan, TX) / Dennis Motes (Hico, TX), 35.62 on 4, $7,300; 5. Stevie P King (Alma, AR) / Ray Black (Clarksville, AR), 37.13 on 4, $6,600; 6. Darrell Rennels (Livermore, CO) / Mark Scheller (Ault, CO), 37.57 on 4, $5,900; 7. Ronnie Carter (Berryville, AR) / Jeff D Smith (Hutchinson, KS), 37.83 on 4, $5,100; 8. Randy A Binford (Haviland, KS) / Leon Winfrey (Plains, KS), 37.96 on 4, $4,400; 9. Radar J Thomas (Silver City, NM) / Manuel R Sandoval (Deming, NM), 39.60 on 4, $3,700; 10. Bob T Herrington (San Mateo, FL) / Guy W Graden DVM (Jacksonville, FL), 39.73 on 4, $2,900 Incentive 1. Stevie P King (Alma, AR) / Ray Black (Clarksville, AR), 28.33 on 3, $1,200, 6,000 Flex; 2. Jerry R Bliss (Ballwin, MO) / Herb C Snow (Virginia, IL), 35.25 on 3, $1,000; 3. Neil Trammell (Palo Pinto, TX) / Jake Moore (Peach Springs, AZ), 35.39 on 3, $800 Short Go 1. Randy A Binford (Haviland, KS) / Leon Winfrey (Plains, KS), 7.19, $800 Rotation 1 1. Jack R Foster (Osceola, MO) / John A Gardner (Kingsville, MO), 6.68, $800 Rotation 2 1. Bill Robertson (Garden Plain, KS) / Rick D Batson (Severy, KS), 6.92, $800 Rotation 3 1. Mickey M Miller (Hammon, OK) / Greg Orgain (Hammon, OK), 7.52, $800 Rotation 4 1. Brother Campbell (Franklin, TN) / Paul J Mays Jr (Pawhuska, OK), 7.18, $800

Cruel Girl Champ Average 1. Jody York (Greeley, CO) / Jimmi Jo Montera (Greeley, CO), 38.00 on 4, $16,400, 6,000 Flex; 2. Lydia Martin (Sulphur, LA) / Ashley Mills (Live Oak, FL), 42.24 on 4, $10,400, 6,000 Flex; 3. Alicia R Stockton (Hico, TX) / Ashley Mills (Live Oak, FL), 42.86 on 4, $7,100, 6,000 Flex; 4. Melissa North Stoneman (Ponder, TX) / Cheyenne M Sherwood (Grace, ID), 48.18 on 4, $6,000; 5. Lydia Ulibarri (Las Vegas, NM) / Kodi K Armitage (Las Vegas, NM), 49.05 on 4, $4,900; 6. Haley L Kolle (Cuero, TX) / Kodi Burdette (Crocket, TX), 50.33 on 4, $4,400; 7. Rylea Rae Fabrizio (Pueblo, CO) / Debbie P Fabrizio (Pueblo, CO), 50.82 on 4, $3,200; 8. Janie Freed (Pocatello, ID) / Kera Washburn (Cedar City, UT), 51.49 on 4, $2,200 Incentive 1. Dara D Short (Goodwell, OK) / Morey Mecklenburg (Hugoton, KS), 32.84 on 3, $1,200, 6,000 Flex; 2. Haley L Kolle (Cuero, TX) / Kodi Burdette (Crocket, TX), 36.83 on 3, $1,000; 3. Tish T Luke (Yeehaw Junction, FL) / Becky S Cannizzaro (Folsom, LA), 38.74 on 3, $800 Short Go 1. Melissa North Stoneman (Ponder, TX) / Cheyenne M Sherwood (Grace, ID), 7.84, $800 Rotation 1 1. Haley L Kolle (Cuero, TX) / Lorraine Moreno (Mathis, TX), 7.82, $800 Rotation 2 1. Austee Anderson (Palmyra, MO) / Shelby Rita (Haleiwa, HI), 7.78, $800 Rotation 3 1. Shannon G McDaniel (Deville, LA) / Becky S Cannizzaro (Folsom, LA), 7.18, $800

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the Internet. ecently I was trying to explain The conversation was between to an urban relative the myself and a shirttail relative we call confusing genealogy of “Silly” because, quite frankly, he is. So donkeys, mules, hinnies and burros, and you can imagine the difficulty I had it all reminded me of the classic comedy explaining the genealogy of the mule to routine, “Who’s On First?”, made famous him. Our conversation went something by Abbott and Costello. For you like this: youngsters, Abbot and Costello were a Silly: “I don’t understand the great comedy team and their version of difference between a donkey, a burro “Who’s On First?”, which kept confusing and a mule?” the names of ballplayers as answers to Me: First of all, you must understand questions, was voted the funniest that a mule is a hybrid. Kind of like comedy routine of the 20th century. One a Prius. comedian would ask, “Who’s on first?” Silly: But I though a Prius is a car. and the other would answer, No, Who’s MONTH NOV 11 BUILT BY CR VSA IN HOUSE PROOF CRX’D Me: Of course it is, Silly. But think of on second. What’s on first.” it as a crossbreed, or hybrid, that gets Or something like that. If you’re better mileage, is more complicated, under 30 years of age and have never and liberal Democrats like them seen it, you can watch the routine on because they have a smaller carbon YouTube. For you oldsters like me, over That describes both the Prius 50, I’m told that YouYube is like a Red River Portable Arena footprint. 1/4 horizontal and the mule, only in the mule’s case television station on something called

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you get the hybrid by crossing two members of the Equidea family. Silly: Didn’t we grow up with the Equidea family? I think I dated one of the Equidea sisters and come to think of it, she did act like she was a little inbred. Remember? Me: No Silly, the two members of the Equidea family are the horse and the ass, sometimes referred to as the donkey. Donkeys were derived from the Nubian wild ass. Silly: Yeah, I think I saw that movie on HBO. It was a riot. Was Will Ferrell in it? Me: I don’t think so. I mean, no a Nubian wild ass was an animal. If you cross a Jack, or a jackass, which is a male ass, and a female horse, a mare, you get a mule, which is usually infertile. Silly: Yeah, thank goodness the Equidea sister was, too. Me: Pay attention. Because they cannot reproduce on their own it is said of the mule, “It has neither the pride of ancestry or the hope of posterity.” Silly: Sounds like our cousins in Bakersfield. Me: Can we stick to mules please? Anyway, you can do it the other way around and breed a female ass, which is a Jennet, with a male horse, and you get a hinney, which is smaller than a mule. Understand? Silly: About which part? Me: Any part. Silly: No. Me: Let’s start over. First, you take a member of the ass family, which can also be known as a burro. Think of the Bakersfield relatives as members of the ass family. These relatives are more crude, less cultured and refined then we are, and are probably either in prison or in politics. Now take them and you breed them to our relatives in Missouri, in this case represented by the magnificent horse. Now, what would you get? Silly: A social climber? A socially transmitted disease? I give up. But which one drives the Prius? www.leepittsbooks.com

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hile sitting next to a 20something young woman on the airplane, I shook a handful of peanut butter M & M’s into my palm. She said, “I wish I’d bought some of those, too.” I offered her one but she declined, “Oh, no.” she sighed, “I’ve got these.” She indicated a plastic baggie with enough pills and capsules, big and little, to fill a dinner plate! I looked at her more closely, thinking she was allergic, had a contagious disease, was trying to get pregnant, or CR VSA had recently been diagnosed with malaria. But no, she had clear skin, pink cheeks, bright eyes, perfectly sculpted brows and dark, shiny hair. “Vitamins and…” she said, scrolling through a quick inventory of enough patent medicines, supplements, tablets,

pallatives, pills, purges and boluses to stock a third-world Whole Foods market! She explained how each protected, eliminated, balanced, disrupted, prevented, increased and/or cured virtually anything she might be exposed to on the planet Earth. I was taken aback. She asked me what health supplements I took. “Does coffee and Copenhagen count?” I asked. “Not really,” she said, “I mean something that makes you feel better. They’ve got a pill for everything, IN HOUSE PROOF CRX’D ya know!” “Well, I try to eat at least one jalapeño a day with Miracle Whip on it.” I said. But then I got to thinking… Do they have a pill for forgetting your grandson’s name? Or one to protect me from rudeness? Maybe a spray to

protect me from animal rights lunatics. How ‘bout one to give me more hours in a day? We’d be rushing to get the calves sorted for shipment. The trucks are arriving at 9:30 a.m. We’ve been working since daylight and still have 275 cows and calves to sort. I could stop the crew and administer each of them a TIME-OUT pill that will give each of us another hour and a half that day. Everyone would set his watch back and relax! Have you ever put your credit card bill in your box and forgot it? On the date your bill comes due you remember, but there’s no way to avoid paying that extra 17% interest on the next bill! I have. I panic, what a waste of money! But say you had a bottle of PAY-BACK capsules that you could take that instantly eliminate the penalty… penalty pills. You take them, then send your bill in late but the pills keep you from being charged the interest! Have you ever raised your hand at a livestock auction, only to find that you’re still bidding on the last animal that went through and not the one in the ring. And you don’t really have a place for a burro. You pop a “WHOA, HOLD IT!” pill! It works like nitroglycerine and immediately wipes out the last thing you said. There could be “WHOOPS” pills, “OVERS” pills, “WAIT UP” pills and “IT WAS AN ACCIDENT” pills, and “SILENCER” pills for those times you spoke your mind… and shouldn’t have. Which could be me. Pass me a SILENCER, I’ll swallow it whole. www.baxterblack.com

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ust so you know I love the trade shows they have at team roping events. Boss hates them with a passion because what he makes roping I spend at the trade show. It is a great place to do some Christmas shopping and spend time while they “rope” away the hours. I had shopped all morning and my Christmas list was finally complete. What a smug feeling of satisfaction it is to have all your shopping done. Furthermore it is quite convenient to have been able to do it all in one spot. Maybe team roping does have some merit! I headed to the trailer loaded down with boxes, sacks and a conglomeration of items to be wrapped and put under the Christmas tree. When I ran into Buzzy and June Bug they wanted to see what all I had. I steered them in another direction. “Can you take my rope, Mom?” Buzzy asked. “And put it in the trailer if you don’t mind.” Somehow I managed to stuff it down in a sack and proceeded along my way. Dodging horses, friends, and acquaintances I proceeded to the barn area where the trailer was parked. When I ran head on into Boss he muttered something to the effect of, “Is that you, Gracie, hiding in that mess of sacks and boxes?” I admitted I was afraid I would never hear the end of his ranting about how much I had spent. He didn’t make a remark of any kind about my overloaded status but he did toss me a glove, a rope and his jacket. 126 / DECEMBER 2011

He finished it off with a half-full water bottle. “Since you are headed to the trailer anyway can you take those for me?” he asked with a sweet smile. Did I detect a double meaning there? Mmmm! He is sitting on a horse and I’m afoot loaded beyond capacity and he wants me to take his stuff to the trailer! Is there something wrong with this picture? “Oh yeah, sure! I’ll be glad to take your stuff to the trailer!” I snarled. He looked at me with a double take, smiled that warm disarming smile and he started to ride off. “That is okay! I’ll take my stuff, too!” I grimaced as my words trailer off into the wind. “I just thought since you were going to the trailer anyway that you might not mind,” he stuttered. “Besides I have to rope here shortly and I’d really appreciate it.” He turned his horse and headed back to the coliseum. No wonder men are from Mars and women are from Venus. I sat all my stuff down on the ground. I proceeded to stuff and repack my added items to already full boxes and sacks. Finally I found a spot for all my added items. I don’t think I could pack one more thing into my cargo. I regrouped and picked up every sack, box and hanging basket and juggled their positions so I could carry everything. Slowly and carefully so as not to dislodge any items I started the long trek to the trailer, shuffling along at a snail’s pace. The further I walked the madder I got. I could feel the fire

burning deep inside and I seethed with my struggle. All this “stuff” I carried was for my crew, my kids, my husband and had everything to do with all the things they loved to do. Not one thing was for me. I couldn’t see around me or over the top of my load because I had so much. I had a rope around my neck, a glove in my mouth, a water bottle nestled in my arm pit and not once did any of them offer or say, “Hey, let me help you with all that.” Just as I rounded the side of the barn Boss rode up. I was maybe a hundred yards from the trailer. “Good grief, Grace! You just getting to the trailer?” he asked. Ya think!! He stepped off his horse and took all but one sack from my cramping arms. “I got to thinking you might need some help!” he said with a shy grin. “I was being mean thinking you had spent all that money and you should have to carry all this mess. Then I figured you did all that shopping for me and the kids and I figured I best help you!” He struck off for the trailer in that long stride of his leading his horse and carrying all my packages. Suddenly, tears rolled down my cheeks. Maybe there is hope for team ropers. I know a warm heart beats beneath that deep ingrained roping spirit. “Yes Virginia! There is a Santa Claus!” Keep Ropin! Love Gracie

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public awareness to a very personal issue. I don’t care how calloused you may be, no one is immune to the power of a passionate plea. So many times it is this passion that causes wrongs to be righted, but this passionate persona can cloud our judgment and cause us to make decisions that may be right for others but wrong for ourselves. It’s just one of those things that must be handled with discretion and dignity on the outside looking in and diligence and direction from the inside looking out. Never make a decision based solely on someone else’s experiences. Try to objectively use their experiences and expressions to make the best decision possible for you and yours. My Father once told me, “If money will fix it, it aren’t a problem.” Now granted at the time he told me that he didn’t have two nickels to rub together, but his answer was true no matter in which tax bracket you reside. It is with this in mind that some folks try to exploit situations for personal or corporate “Profit.” Create the public hype and then sell the perfect answer. It really is that easy. Just lay down your credit card or your life-savings and we will give you the answer to your problems. It’s not criminal in most cases, it’s merely convenient. We all want what’s best for ourselves and our families and we want it now. There’s nothing really wrong with that philosophy except that one needs to make sure that the answer they are getting is the right answer for them. I am all about everyone making a profit because then I don’t have to share as much of my profits with those that don’t wanna work but that’s another topic all together. Just make sure you are getting what you pay for and that what you are paying for is what you really need. I have my feelings on the topic of concussions and over the period of the next few months I plan on sharing them with you. My Dad also showed me a threelegged stool once. It sat at the back end of a jersey and I don’t mean a football jersey either. It was one of the most useful and effective tools ever invented. It was functional, factual and fundamental in its design. I have developed a three-legged approach that I hope will help you better understand and deal with this issue as well as others. The secret of the three-legged stool is that each leg must remain balanced in order to function properly. It is this balanced approach to concussion management that I want to share. I look forward to next month. Until then… Good Luck… Good Health… Good Roping & God Bless!!!

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hen I was growing up and trying to learn how to rope, there weren’t any videos available or “howto” television shows to point you in the right direction. There weren’t any roping schools to go to, so you just had to watch other ropers and try to figure it out. Because I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, it was tough for me because nothing seemed to make sense. I was told to throw hard; follow though; you dropped your elbow; you have to sit up straight; don’t lean; swing fast; and my least favorite of all was, you weenie armed it. The last thing I wanted as a kid was a weenie arm, so before long I was very confused, to say the least. As I got older and had some success with my roping, I decided that I wanted to teach other people how to rope. I thought there had to be a lot of people out there like myself, who had become confused and frustrated about roping. This all took place when I was about 20 years old, so I waited by the phone for someone to call and ask me to do a roping school. The phone never rang. No one ever called. I knew a man who had been very successful in business, and I was telling him about my disappointment. He said, “Instead of waiting for your ship to come in, sometimes you have to swim out to it.” He suggested that I get the local roping publication and call every arena operator in that paper, and tell them that I wanted to conduct a roping school at their arena. I did just that.

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There were nine arena owners I talked to, and all said no, not interested. All but one. One guy agreed to do it, so we ran an ad for two months and waited for the flood of students registering to pour in. They never came. At the end of two months, we had one guy who signed up. I called my friend and told him the devastating news. He was elated. He said, “That’s 100% more than I thought you were going to get. Now, you go over there and you put on the best roping school that you’re capable of doing. Have notes that you keep in your pocket and a time schedule that you want to do certain drills, and you give it everything you’ve got.” I told my friend, “First of all, I’m not going to do a roping school for one person, and if I did and the student saw me looking at my notes, he would think I don’t know what I’m doing.” My friend said, “Your student will think you are trying to do a great job, and it will be a tremendous mistake if you don’t go through with this. Now get after it.” I thought it was the stupidest idea in the world to do a complete roping school for three days for one guy, and I wanted to cancel. But my man wouldn’t have it, so away I went. That one student went home and told four of his friends who lived 100 miles away about the experience, and one month later I did one for them. Now thirty-five years later, looking back I have put schools on in almost every state in the union including Alaska and Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and

almost every province in Canada. None of that would have ever happened, and my life would have taken an entirely different direction if I hadn’t listened to a very wise man who taught me a great lesson. Simply put, you cannot let “no” stop you. You can’t be thin-skinned, and you have to be willing to forge ahead. None of us, including myself, want to start at the bottom and work our way up. I know several owners of companies who started out sweeping floors in the very companies they now own. You may not know that one of the best ropers in the world, in one of his first years in the pros, needed a partner and no one would rope with him. He decided to get the list of the top 50 ropers in the pro standings, and he called every guy and asked each one to rope. Every guy said no. Every guy! All 50! 50 nos still didn’t stop him. He is now one of the most dominant ropers in the world, and that wouldn’t have happened if he would have let rejection slow him down. Every no in life brings us that much closer to yes, and believe me there’s a lot more defeats out there than victories. Knock on the door, and if it doesn’t open, pound on it. If it still doesn’t open, then kick it in. There is always a way around an obstacle, but if you except no as the final answer, then you will never know what’s on the other side of that door. Until next month, Thanks for your time Walt Woodard

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think the NTRL VIP membership and VIP roping is probably the most misunderstood roping of the NTRL Finals. I get so many questions regarding how the VIP membership works that I am going to explain how great of an opportunity this is for ropers. In order to rope at a NTRL roping your only requirement is that you are a current USTRC member. The NTRL VIP membership is an additional membership that is specifically for the VIP ropings throughout the year and the VIP roping at the Finals. The membership is $45/roper and $60 for a family. Once you are a member you are allowed to rope at any VIP roping throughout the year and the Finals. Points are earned at every roping depending on the entry fees and number of teams. With that said, here are the advantages of becoming a VIP member: High Point Roper of the Year (after the Finals) receives $5,000 cash. High Point Roper of the Finals roping alone wins $5,000 cash. The VIP roping at the Finals is a #11 that is handicapped up to a #13 and down to a #8. $15,000 cash is paid in the Average. Guaranteed $5,000 and saddles to VIP Average Winners. Saddles to the High Point #4 & Under, #5, #6 and #7 & above. So, for a $45 membership you are eligible to compete against other VIP members in a handicapped roping where $25,000 cash is guaranteed and 6 trophy saddles are awarded. I hope this clears up any questions ropers might have regarding the VIP membership. It’s time once again to start planning your trip to the NTRL National Finals. There are a few important items to remember when getting ready to rope at the biggest and greatest roping east of the Mississippi.

Thanks to our Sponsors:

• Be sure to update your Health and Coggins papers for your horses. It is MANDATORY to have this paperwork in order to enter the state of Florida. • Stall reservations are NOT required. However, those who do reserve stalls and get their money into the office by January 17 will be in the stalls closest to the arena. • RV reservations are made by calling the arena directly at 904-573-4895. • RV spots usually fill up so get your reservations in to guarantee you a spot. • Host Hotels: Please be sure to let the hotel know you are in town because of the NTRL National Finals of Team Roping. This will give you a better rate and it also helps us track how many rooms were used by ropers during the Finals and how much money we brought into the Jacksonville area. • Watch for a postcard in the mail telling you how many Shoot-Outs you have earned over the year. • Remember, even if you do not have any Shoot-Outs, you CAN still rope at the NTRL Finals. • This year every roper gets 2 (two) Shoot-Outs for showing up. • You can rope in all the Preliminary Ropings • You can rope in the Shoot-Out Ropings if your partner has a Shoot-Out. • You can rope in all the Specialty Ropings: Century, All Girl, #7, and the VIP Roping. (You can purchase a VIP card at the Finals) • If you are in the top 10% in the Preliminary Roping you earn a spot in the Shoot-Out. • Be prepared to win a lot of Cash and Prizes. • Remember to thank our sponsors and support them whenever you can. (They are the reason we are able to have this caliber of a roping). • Most importantly, HAVE FUN! If you have any questions at all, please call me at 970-897-3111. Mandy Wolfe, NTRL Secretary NTRL VIP POINTS Includes Mar 12 Campbell, NY; Mar 26 Friendship, NY; Apr 9 Campbell, NY; May 7 Campbell, NY; June 4 Campbell, NY; June 18 Friendship, NY; July 16 Campbell, NY; July 7 Green Cove Spgs, FL; July 30 Friendship, NY; Aug 5 Bridgeport, WV; Aug 13 Campbell, NY; Aug 20 Green Cove Spgs, FL; Sept 17 Campbell, NY; Sept 17 Green Cove Spgs, FL; Oct 1-2 Miami, FL; Oct 7-8 Perry, GA; Oct 15 Campbell, NY

2011 NTRL Schedule A = Affiliate; Q = Qualifier; R = Regionals

DECEMBER A

Harness Racing Facility

Todd Harris

10, 2011 Campbell, NY

3, 2011 Lizella, GA

Osburn Arena

Will & Kathie Osburn

17, 2011 Friendship, NY

GN Ranch Arena

Gene & Nora Carnes

2012 NTRL Schedule JANUARY 7, 2012 Yeehaw Junction, FL 26-29, 2012 Jacksonville, FL

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A NTRL FINALS

Capital R Arena

Ray and Tish Luke

Jacksonville Equesterian Center

NTRL

NTRL OFFICE 970/897-3111 • Fax 970/897-2921 E-mail: ntrlroper@yahoo.com NTRL Website: www.ntrlinc.com

Carnes, Gene............88 Farrelly, Joe ...............55 Madden, James .........52 Waltz, Steve..............37 Seeley, Doozer..........35 Osburn, Will .............33 Graden, Guy.............20 Ticconi, Joseph .........20 Galbreath, Chris .......15 King, Brad.................15 Lorow, Don...............15 Davis, Scott...............14 Graden, Greg............13 Short, Steven.............13 Snyder, Marvin..........11 Johnson, Tucker.........10 Snyder, David ...........10 Wilson, Matt ...............9 Young, Drew...............9 Charles, Jim.................8 Coppock, Bob.............8

Thomas, Franklin ........8 Tous, Jorge ..................7 Margeit, Tom...............7 Hartfield, Jeff...............6 Stewart, Nat ................6 Van Cleef, Chris..........6 Yost, Duane.................6 Crumbley, Charles ......5 Oakes, Jason ...............5 King, Kelly ..................4 Ham, Chance .............3 Ham, Zane..................3 Seeley, Theron.............3 Smith, Chuck ..............3 Stewart, Holly .............3 Brown, Kenny .............2 Moore, Clint ...............2 Rea, Buster..................2 Snyder, Jennifer ...........2 Gonzalez, Ricky .........2 Carpenter, Bo..............1

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Rockin Circle H Saddle Series FINALS, December 3, 2011 Rockin Circle H Arena - Lizella, GA

Books open 8:00 a.m.-Close at 9:30 a.m.-Rope at 10:00 a.m. SADDLE SERIES February 19, March 26, April 9, May 14, June 18, July 2, September 24, October 22, November 12, December 3 4 Trophy Saddles for Series High Point 3 & below, 4 & 5, 6 & above (must attend 4 ropings in series) High Point Roper on December 3 (no minimum requirements for this saddle) Can only win one saddle.

Round Robin Capped at 5 Elite. 1 head, $75/roper. #13 Handicap Pick or Draw, $25/roper, Enter 5x, 4 head, progressive after one. #11 Slide HC, Pick 1, Draw 1 for $50/roper. Enter 5x for a total of 10 runs. 4 hd, PA1. #8 Slide HC, Pick 1, Draw 1 for $50/roper. Enter 5x for a total of 10 runs. 3 hd, PA1. #7 Slide HC, Pick 1, Draw 1 for $50/roper. Enter 5x for a total of 10 runs. 3 hd, PA1. #10 Ten Header Capped at Elite #6 Header and Elite #5 Heeler. $75/roper, Limit to 10 teams only, may enter 2x. Can call to reserve spot. Saddles will be awarded at Finals December 3, 2011 NTRL Shoot-Outs to 1st in Average of #13, #11, & #8, #7, 10 Head and Round Robin Rockin Circle H Arena, 4950 Marshall Mill Road, Lizella, GA 31052

Call before you haul. If weather is questionable, will move to indoor arena in Hawkinsville, GA For More Info Call Rockin Circle H: Todd Harris at 478/447-5310 Credit cards accepted with additional 3% charge

2011 or 2012 USTRC Membership Required

TRIAD numbers only

Osburn Arena NTRL Series Campbell, NY Books open at 10:00 a.m. Rope at 11:00 a.m. sharp! March 12 April 9 May 7 (Qualifier) June 4 July 16

OPEN #8 #12 #9 #11 #10 #12 VIP

August 13 September 17 October 15 November 12 December 10 (Arena Finals)

4 HD - $25/Roper 3 HD - $25/Roper (Capped at #4 Elite) 4 HD - $25/Roper 3 HD - $25/Roper 4 HD - $25/Roper 3 HD - $25/Roper 4 HD - $25/Roper- Enter 2x 2011 or 2012 USTRC Membership Required. *Must have attended 5 out of the 9 regular ropings in the series to attend Finals.

Info and Directions Call: Will Osburn 607/527-8640 email: osburnarena@aol.com TRIAD numbers only

UPCOMING EVENTS GN Ranch Arena Friendship, NY December 17 March 26, April 23, June 18, July 30, September 24, October 22, November 19, December 17 INDOOR ARENA

Books Open at 11 a.m. Rope at Noon #12 Handicap 4 head - $25/Roper (#12 & #11 Straight Time, #10- 1 Second Off, #9 – 2 Seconds Off, #8 – 2.5 Seconds Off, #7 & Below – 3 Seconds Off)

#11 4 head - $25/Roper #10 4 head - $25/Roper #9 3 head - $25/Roper #8 3 head - $25/Roper (Capped at #4 Elite) VIP #12/#10 4 head - $25/Roper – Enter 2x All Girl 3 head - $25/Roper All Ropings except the VIP are unlimited entries NTRL Shootouts to All Average Winners

Directions: 5856 Friendship Hill Rd, Friendship, NY 12739 (2 miles from Interstate) From the North: Follow Rt 19 South through Belfast. Crossover I-86. Follow Rt 19 toward Belmont. Turn right on Tuckers Corner Road. Go 8/10 mile. Arena on right. From East or West: I-86 exit 30. Exit toward Belmont then follow above directions. For More Info: Gene and Nora Carnes 585/268-5652 or 607/968-1120 (Cell) 2011 or 2012 USTRC Membership Required

TRIAD numbers only

Capital R Arena January 7, 2012 Yeehaw Junction, FL Books open at 8:00 a.m. Rope at 9:00 a.m.

Last Chance to Earn Shoot-Outs for NTRL Finals! 5 NTRL Shoot-Outs in EACH Roping!

#15, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9, #8 All ropings are 4 head for $40/roper. Enter up to 6 times.

VIP #12/#10 4 head for $40/roper. Enter 2 times. Books close at end of 1st round in each roping. Drawpot option in all ropings. High Money Buckle of the Day and other prizes to be announced. 2012 USTRC Membership Required. Info and Directions Call: Tish Luke 772/473-6945 TRIAD numbers only

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NTRL Wrangler 2012 National Finals Presented by Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville Equestrian Center January 26-29, 2012 THURSDAY • JANUARY 26, 2012 Books open at 6:30 a.m. • Rope at 8:30 a.m. Sponsor-VIP-Producer Roping Open • Enter 3x, $200/roper, 80% PAYBACK #15 Handicap • 5-hd, enter 3x, $200/roper, 80% PAYBACK #13 Preliminary • Drawpot Option, 4-hd, enter 5x, $100/roper #12 Preliminary • Drawpot Option, 4-hd, enter 5x, $100/roper #11 Century w/#9 Inc. • Both ends must be 50 & over 4-hd, enter 2x, pick 1/draw1 for $150/roper

ALL USTRC Members Welcome to Rope. All ropers who attend receive 2 Extra Shoot-Outs! No Shoot-Outs Required to enter All Preliminaries, Open, #15, Century, VIP, All Girl and #7 Ropings.

FRIDAY • JANUARY 27, 2012 Books open at 6:30 a.m. • Rope at 8:30 a.m. #13 Shoot-Out • 4-hd, enter 4x, $150/roper VIP Roping - #11 Handicap up to #13 down to #8• 4-hd, enter 5x, pick 1/draw1 for $200/roper #12 Shoot-Out • 4-hd, enter 4x, $150/roper #11 Preliminary• Drawpot Option, 4-hd, enter 5x, $100/roper

SATURDAY • JANUARY 28, 2012 Books open at 6:30 a.m. • Rope at 8:30 a.m.. #11 Shoot-Out • 4-hd, enter 4x, $150/roper #10 Preliminary • Capped at #6 Elite • Drawpot Option, 4-hd, enter 5x, $100/roper All Girl Roping • #10 with #8 Inc. • 4-hd, enter 5x, $100/roper #10 Shoot-Out • Capped at #6 Elite • 4-hd, enter 4x, $150/roper #9 Preliminary • Capped at #5 Elite • Drawpot Option, 4-hd, enter 5x, $100/roper

SUNDAY • JANUARY 29, 2012 Books open at 6:30 a.m. • Rope at 8:30 a.m. #8 Preliminary • Capped at #4 Elite • Drawpot Option, 4-hd, enter 5x, $100/roper #9 Shoot-Out • Capped at #5 Elite • 4-hd, enter 4x, $150/roper #8 Shoot-Out • Capped at #4 Elite • 4-hd, enter 4x, $150/roper #7 • Capped at #4 • 3-hd, enter 2x, pick 1/draw1 or draw both for $150/roper

All preliminary ropings will move the top 10% over to the Shoot-Out with 1st having their fees paid! TRIAD numbers only. You MUST have a 2012 USTRC card to rope. Cards may be purchased at the roping. Any roper with a 2012 USTRC card is eligible to rope. Books will close 30 minutes prior to the roping starting in the morning and at the end of the 1st round of the roping prior throughout the day. Must have a 2011 VIP card to rope in the VIP Roping. VIP cards may be purchased at this event. Arena is located at 13611 Normanday Blvd., Jacksonville, Florida 32221 for directions visit: www.jaxevents.com

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FMI: NTRL Office 970/897-3111

over

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in cash & prize s paid out in last year’s Fi nals!! USTRC National Shoot-Outs awarded to NTRL Shoot-Out Average winners USTRC Regional Shoot-Outs awarded to NTRL Preliminary Average winners

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NTRL PRIZES Get Away to Sunny Florida! & STALL RESERVATIONS MUST have current Coggins & Health Papers to get into state of Florida

Heel-O-Matic Practice - January 26-29 (weather permitting) $10,000 Guaranteed to Shoot-Out winners in the #13, #12, #11, #10, #9 & #8

PRIZES

$5,000 Guaranteed to All Girl winners

Open Roping 80% payback #15 Roping 80% payback 20 Reinsman & Running P Saddles, Maynard Buckles, Carroll Original Wear Attire & Furniture Classic Equine Pads, Luggage, Classic Ropes + Products Guaranteed $5,000 & Running P Saddles to All Girls Average winners Guaranteed $10,000 & 12 Reinsman Saddles to #13, #12, #11, #10, #9 & #8 Shoot-Out winners Carroll Original Wear Furniture to Average winners of the #13, #12, #11, #10, #9 & #8 Preliminary ropings Maynard Buckles to Average winners of Century Roping and the new #7 Roping Reinsman Breast Collars to 2nd and Incentive Winners of the Century Ropings VIP Roping #11, Handicap up to a #13 & down to a #8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $15,000 cash paid in Average!

HOST HOTELS

Guaranteed $5,000 & Saddles to VIP Average winners. Saddles to High Point #4 & under, #5, #6 & #7 & above in the VIP Roping. $5,000 bonus to High Point VIP Roper of the Year & $5,000 bonus to High Point Roper of the VIP Roping at the Finals. Open to the World Dummy Roping - $50/roper - Sponsored by 5 Strand Spydr Ropes by Classic Qualification rounds start after the Open

HOSPITALITY INN 1-800-772-8929 $49/night ask for code #62145 COMFORT SUITES 904/224-5500 $59/night QUALITY INN 904/781-6000 $69/night COUNTRY INN & SUITES 904/786-0388 $69.95/night BEST WESTERN PLUS - CECIL FIELD 904/265-7759 $69/night BEST WESTERN - SOUTHSIDE 904/264-4466 $65/night

Please fill form out completely and legibly! THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETED AND MAILED WITH PAYMENT! Your Name: _______________________________________________________ ID Number: ______________________ Address: _______________________________ City: __________________________ State: _____________ Zip: _______ Phone: _____________________________ Cell Phone: ______________________ Stalls: $20/night per stall. Please mark number of stalls and dates you will be staying

Tues. Jan 24____ Wed. Jan 25____ Thur. Jan 26____ Fri. Jan 27____ Sat. Jan 28____ Sun. Jan 29____ Number of nights______X $20 X # of horses______= Number of stalls______X $16/stall shavings fee______= + Please make checks or money order payable to NTRL Combined Total Enclosed

$______ (Total for stalls) $______ (Total for shavings) $______

Mail to: NTRL PO Box 61, Wellington, CO 80549. If you have any questions call: 970/897-3111

Plenty of stalls available, but if making stall reservations, they must be taken care of by mail and be postmarked by January 17, 2012. All reserved stalls must be PRE-PAID. Shavings are $8.00 per bag. Minimum of 2 bags ($16) required for each stall. Barns closest to arena will be used for reserved stalls. RV hookup or generator reservations call 904/573-4895.

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S&S Ropings

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Chisholm Trail Pavilion • Enid, Oklahoma 10:00 a.m.

#13/#12 Inc. Roping Books open at 8:00 a.m. Close at 9:30 a.m. SHARP! 4 for $30/roper • Enter 8x (4 more as an Inc. or any combination of Inc. for a total of 12 runs)

4-head, Progressive on one Incentive paid on 3 head Plus

Fancy Teskey Saddles to the Average Winners of the Super #10 Roping! Sweatshirts to the Average Winners of the #13 & the Incentive Winners! plus All-Girl Bonus in the Super #10!

12:00 noon

S & S SUPER #10 Pick/Draw Roping With #9 & #8 Inc. MUST BE ENTERED BY 11:30 a.m. SHARP! NO LATE ENTRIES!

Capped at an Elite #6 $150/roper 4-head, Progressive on one Incentive paid on 3 head Enter 1x with partner - draw 4 = 5 Enter 2x with partner - draw 8 = 10 Enter 3x with partner - draw 12 = 15

Everyone Welcome

Enter 1x without a partner - draw 5

or Enter 2x without a partner - draw 10 Enter 3x without a partner - draw 15

TRIAD Numbers Only FUN! FAIR! FAST! FRIENDLY! AND AFFORDABLE! S&S Ropings Cindy & Brandon Smith 620/422-3632 • 620/664-8711 146 / DECEMBER 2011

Chisholm Trail Pavilion is located on the Garfield County Fairgrounds at 111 West Purdue, Enid, Oklahoma.

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Carthage, MO December 17 & 18, 2011 SATURDAY DECEMBER 17

SUNDAY DECEMBER 18

$1,000 Bonus to High Money Winner of Day (Must rope in 2 of the ropings) 30% Stock Charge Enter at 8:00 a.m. Rope at 9:00 a.m.

Rope For The Cash

Open

Pick 1/Draw 1 for $100 4 Head Progressive on 1 May Enter 2 Times Floor 6 Header / 8 Heeler

#15 Handicap

Pick 1/Draw 1 for $100 4 Head Progressive on 1 May Enter 2 Times Floor 5 Header / 7 Heeler

#14 Team 1 Sec. Off #13 & Under Team 2 Sec. Off

Books open 8:00-9:30 a.m. Rope at 10:00 a.m. 30% Stock Charge 10 pt Pick & Draw May enter draw 4 times 4 Head Progressive on 1 Capped at #6 with 8 pt Incentive Incentive Pays on 3 Head Pick 1/Draw 2 or Draw all 3 for $150 • Buckles to Incentive Winners • Leather Rope Bags to Average Winners • $2,000 Bonus to High Point Roper • $1,000 Bonus to 2nd Place High Point Roper • Points given to top 20 in Average

#13 $100/Team May Enter 4 Times 4 Head Progressive on 1

#12 $100/Team May Enter 4 Times 4 Head Progressive on 1

#8 Warm Up Roping

Roping will not start before 5:00 p.m. 8 pt Pick & Draw Capped at #4 Pick 1/Draw 2 or Draw all 3 for $100 May Enter 2 Times 3 Head Progressive on 1 • Buckles to the Average Winners

Stalls and RV hookups are available. TRIAD Numbers Only Must have current USTRC card. Produced by Matt Freeman/Lucky J Arena 417/437-7041

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Saturday, December 17, 2011 Albuquerque, NM NM State Fairgrounds Horseman’s Arena

#11 Warm-Up Saddle Roping Handicapped Pick 1/Draw 1 or Draw 2 $100/roper 4 head • Enter 3x

Saddle to High Point Roper Buckles to Average Winners Breast Collars to 2nd in Average Cash Paid in Average

#10 Trailer Roping

Capped at #6 • Handicapped Pick 1/Draw 2 or Draw all 3 $150/roper • 4 head • Enter 4x for a total of 12 partners

High Point Winner will receive a fancy 3-Horse Slant Gooseneck Trailer All Prizes Guaranteed TRIAD Numbers Only For More Information: Oren Mathews 505/617-0627 Chris Francis 505/429-0164 www.bigdaddyteamroping.com

Average 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

$3,000 $2,000 $1,000 $750 $500

Thank you to the Mathews Land & Cattle Sponsors

T&T Trailer Sales Belen, NM 148 / DECEMBER 2011

+ Saddles + Buckles + Breast Collars + Vests + Vests

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NO BULL TRAILER ROPING December 17 & 18, 2011 Andrews, Texas • Ace Arena SATURDAY • December 17

Clim Contr ate ol Arenaled

SUNDAY • December 18

Books open 9:00 a.m.-Rope at 10:00 a.m.

Books open 10:00 a.m.-Rope at 11:00 a.m.

#10 Warm Up Handicap Saddle Roping

Open

Pick 1, draw 1 or draw 2 for $100/roper • Enter 3x

CASH ONLY

Saddles to High Point Roper Buckles to Average Winners Breast Collars to 2nd in Average Cash Also Paid in Average #9 Trailer Roping

4 head for $50/roper

#15 4 head for $50/roper

#13 4 head for $50/roper

#12 4 head for $50/roper

All ropings are enter 6x 33% Stock Charge

Pick 1, draw 2 or draw all 3 for $150/roper Enter 4x for a total of 12 partners 3 head progressive on 1

High Point Winner will receive a Fancy 3-Horse Slant Gooseneck Trailer Average 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

$3,000 $2,000 $1,000 $750 $500

+ Saddles + Buckles + Breast Collars + Vests + Vests

Payout & Prizes Are Guaranteed!

TRIAD Numbers Only For More Information: Oren Mathews 505/617-0627 Chris Francis 505/429-0164 www.bigdaddyteamroping.com

Thank you to the Mathews Land & Cattle Sponsors

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Zermeno’s, Inc. SUPER SPONSOR SERIES January 28-29, 2012 Circle T Arena located 4 miles west of Hamilton on Highway 36

SATURDAY January 28 Books open at 10:00 a.m. Rope at 11:00 a.m. PA 1 • Top 20 teams to short round

#12 #11 #10

January Special Series Sponsor

ZERMENO’S, INC.

SUNDAY January 29 Books open at 8:00 a.m. Rope at 9:00 a.m. PA 1 • Top 20 teams to short round

#9 Pick/Draw capped at an Elite #5

#8 Pick/Draw

All ropings are 4-head for $50/roper • Enter 5 times

One Classic Rope awarded to each person that makes the short-go.

capped at an Elite #4

#7 Pick/Draw capped at a #4 Pick or draw any combination, maximum of 5 entries

Fun for the Whole Family

Swimming • Volleyball • Basketball • Horseshoes Cash or credit cards only except for Gold Plus members. All ropings are progressive after one. Stall reservations will be accepted from Gold Plus members only. 230 stalls and 50 RV hookups available. 2012 USTRC membership required before you rope and may be purchased at this roping. USTRC rules apply in all ropings. TRIAD numbers only.

NEW SUPER SPONSOR SERIES

November 2011 Through September 2012 Finals CIRCLE T IS THE HOME OF Crossfire Saddlery and Crossfire Cafe

Qualify by attending 3 or more ropings OR make the short round of any roping!

For information 254/386-3559

HOST HOTEL The Inn at Circle T 4021 W. Hwy 36 (254) 386-3209

First State Bank

Central Texas

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Zermeno’s, Inc.

FIREWORKS AT 40+ “Come Celebrate the New Year and the Kickoff of the 40 Plus Roping Season at Circle T Arena

December 31 - January 1, 2012 Circle T Arena located 4 miles west of Hamilton on Highway 36

SATURDAY December 31

SUNDAY January 1

Books open at 9:00 a.m. • Rope at 10:00 a.m.

#11 Slide 12 p.m.

Specialty Roping

ZERMENO’S, INC.

Books open at 9:00 a.m. Rope at 10:00 a.m. PA 1 • Top 20 teams to short round

#10 • $150/roper (New Year’s Dinner for Two Included & Live Band)

#9 #8

Pre-entry must be postmarked by Dec. 15 or you can enter at the Finals at the arena. Roping will be capped at 200 teams. Enter 2 times • 3 full rounds

#11 Slide, #10, #9 & #8

$50/roper • Enter 6 times • Drawing options in all 4 ropings Up-coming Winter Series Dates : February 4-5, March 24-25, April 14-15, 2012 USTRC and 40 Plus Affiliated

Fun for the Whole Family Swimming • Volleyball • Basketball • Horseshoes

CIRCLE T IS THE HOME OF Crossfire Saddlery and Crossfire Cafe

Cash or credit cards only except for Gold Plus members. All ropings are progressive after one. Stall reservations will be accepted from Gold Plus members only. 230 stalls and 50 RV hookups available. 2011 or 2012 USTRC membership required before you rope and may be purchased at this roping. USTRC rules apply in all ropings. TRIAD numbers only.

For information 254/386-3559

HOST HOTEL The Inn at Circle T 4021 W. Hwy 36 (254) 386-3209

First State Bank

Central Texas

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Mesquite, Nevada

December 29, 2011 – January 1, 2012 Mesquite City Fairgrounds Arena & Load 'em In The Dark Cattle Co. present

Free Load ‘em Truck Fee to everyone who enters roping 9 times in $5,000 Bonus Ropings 14 Saddles Guaranteed

Annual New Years Roping

$75,000 in Cash & Prizes Awarded Last Year $5,000 to High Point Roper of the #10 and #4 & Under Free Load ‘em Truck fee to everyone who enters max in #10 and #4

Thursday, December 29 • 12 noon

#14 Over Under Handicap Roping

1 second per number over/under a #14 team Pick or draw for $40/roper, enter 6 times #5 and Under Handicap Saddle Roping Pick 1, draw 2 or draw 3 for $100/roper Enter 2 times for 6 runs

Friday, December 30 • 10 a.m.

Open Roping 80% Payback

$75/roper, enter 4 times #15 - 1 second off; #14 - 2 seconds off; #13 - 4 seconds off #10 Roping 80% Payback $75/roper, enter 4 times #15 - 1 second off; #14 - 2 seconds off; #13 - 4 seconds off Youth, Senior or Girl Saddle Roping Pick 1, Draw 2 or Draw 3 for $100 Enter 2 times for 6 runs Have to be 16 or under, a girl or over 60 to enter #4 and Under $5,000 Bonus Roping Pick 1, draw 2 or draw 3 for $120/roper Enter 3 times for 9 runs Handicap: #7 - 1 second off; #6 - 3 seconds off

Saturday, December 31 • 10 a.m.

#15 Roping 80% Payback #14 - 1 second off; #13 - 2 seconds off #3 and Under Saddle Roping

Pick 1, draw 2 or draw 3 for $100/roper Enter 2 times for 6 runs #12 Roping 80% Payback #11 - 1 second off; #10 - 3 seconds off #10 $5,000 Bonus Roping Pick 1, draw 2 or draw 3 for $150/roper Enter 3 times for 9 runs Handicap: #9 - 2 seconds off; #8 - 4 seconds off; #7 - 5 seconds off

Sunday, January 1 • 10 a.m.

#13 Roping 80% Payback

$75/roper, enter 4 times #12 - 1 second off; #11 - 3 seconds off #9 Saddle Roping Pick 1, draw 2 for $100/roper Enter 3 times for 9 runs #12 Roping 80% Payback #11 - 2 seconds off; #10 - 4 seconds off

152 / DECEMBER 2011

Payoff #4 & Under and #10 Ropings 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Trophy Saddles, 6 Load ‘em Truck Roping Entries & $1,000 Load 'em Coats, 3 Load ‘em Truck Roping Entries & $800 Classic Rope Bags, 3 Load ‘em Truck Roping Entries & $600 Classic Rope Bags, 3 Load ‘em Truck Roping Entries & $400 Load ‘em Truck Roping Entries, Load 'em Sweatshirts & $200 Load ‘em Truck Roping Entries, Load 'em Sweatshirts & $100

Load 'ems payouts average over 70% is payout is based on 300 teams and will change with team count.

#5 and Under/Youth, Senior or Girl #9 Saddle Roping 1st Running P Saddles, 6 Load ‘em Truck Roping Entries 2nd 3 Load ‘em Truck Roping Entries 3rd 3 Load ‘em Truck Roping Entries $250 to High Money Header and Heeler of the 80% Payback Ropings of the Weekend

Classic Challenge

9:00 a.m.daily Payback 5 times your

INFORMATION

All 80% payback ropings are 4-steer average All other ropings are 3-steer average TRIAD numbers will be used. Prizes are non transferable. Saddles may be traded for $1,000. Load 'em may cancel or change any roping due to extreme adverse weather. Truck roping fees can be used at any Load ‘em truck roping and cannot be transferred to any other roper.

money – 6 times if you pre-enter online at www.rodeogenius.com Entry fee $20-$40 per roper

www.rodeogenius.com your online and event information source

STALLS:

Plenty of stalls. No RSVP needed.

PRODUCED BY:

Load’em In e Dark Cattle Co. For more info: Loadem.net. Pace Freed 480/398-0384

HOST HOTEL

800.346.7721

Thanks to Our Sponsors hampion’s hoice Buckles

2012 Dates Jan. 28-29 Queen Creek, AZ Feb. 10-13 Mesquite, NV March 16-17 South Jordan, UT April 7 Pocatello, ID May 11-13 Salina, UT June 1-2 South Jordan, UT

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RODEO RIG FOR SALE

2001 Freightliner with Detroit 60 Series Engine with 614,000 miles, 10-speed Auto Smart Shift Transmission, excellent tires, flat bed with tool box on each side, single axle dually, bunk beds in sleeper, tv, satellite radio, air ride seats and dual 100 gallon fuel tanks. Portable panels for four 12'x12' pens on bed behind cab and still enough room to haul a 4-wheeler. 2002 Bloomer 4-Horse 8' wide 7'6" tall, 17 ft. short wall, furnace, air conditioner, central vac., roll out BBQ, Onan 4000 micro quiet gen. with 1,362 hrs. and a new carburetor located in side compartment, hydraulic dual jacks, 4 drop windows with bars on head, 4 drop windows on tail, stud stall in front stall, mangers in all 4 stalls, lots of storage under mangers, 4 tier saddle rack compartment in rear, large hay pod with 50-gallon water tank, 17.5 rims & great tires, oak cabinets/lots of storage, sleeper sofa, dinette, micro., fridge/freezer, stove, 2 tv’s with satellite, stereo inside & out, 2 water storage tanks. No CDL required, is registered as an RV. Very well taken care of, very clean and has had no pets or smokers in it. If you are looking for a turn key rig this is it, all you have to do is load your horses. More photos available on horsetrailerworld.com #353901 and #16546

$85,000 • John 505-239-7617 • Belen New Mexico SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 153

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17 th Annual December 30, 2011 - January 1, 2012 Andrews, TX • Ace Arena FRIDAY December 30

SATURDAY December 31

SUNDAY January 1

Books open at 5:00 p.m. Close at 5:45 p.m. Church at 6:00 p.m. Rope at 7:00 p.m.

Books open at 8:00 a.m. Rope at 9:30 a.m.

#12

CHURCH ROPING

$50/roper • 4 steer Buckles to Average Winners

#10

#13 Slide

$50/roper • 4 steer Buckles to Average Winners

#11

#13

#50/roper • 4 steer Buckles to Average Winners

Entry Fee - FREE $20 stock charge

#11 Slide Drawpot Enter 1/Draw 2 or Enter Open Draw 3 • Must be at church to rope • 11 team even time • 1 second off each number down • 1 second added each number up

$2,000 Added Buckles to Average Winners Sponsors: OCO Pressure Control Kirk Pearson 154 / DECEMBER 2011

Trailer to the High Point Roper over both Saturday and Sunday Sponsored by Rolling M Trailers, Jarrell, Texas Cash Only TRIAD Numbers Only ACE Arena 432/524-5730

For more information: Corey Ross 512/515-0246 214/632-2036

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ZD ZDCattle CattleCompany Company

16th Annual New Year’s Roping December 30 - January 2, 2012 Legacy Center F Farmington, Utah PBAI G G E S T s Present

YO EVE UT R 1 T

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30 Sign up 9:00 a.m. / rope at 10:00 a.m. Ladies Breakaway

F 3 head F $50/roper F Enter 2 times

Ladies Goat Tying

F 3 head F $50 F Enter 2 times

R AI L 12 Sad ER dle 10 s $50 Buc ,00 0 C kles ash /Pri z

All Ladies Events take place on Friday Morning

All Girl

F Pick 1, draw 2 or draw all 3 for $100 F Enter 2 times Open Roping F Books close at 2 p.m. Rope at 3 p.m. F Pick 1, draw 2 or draw all 3 for $150 F Enter 3 times F 4-steer Average F 80% Payback F No roper below a #5 can enter Open Timed Event Championships To pre-enter 801/656-5847 F Head 2, Heel 2, Calf Rope 2 F $150/roper F Limited to 20 ropers

Western attire dress code all weekend. $2,500 Added Money to the High point of the Weekend: F Cowboy - $1,000 May Only Win One F Cowgirl - $1,000 High Money Prize F 15 & Under - $500

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31 Sign up 9 a.m. / rope at 10:00 a.m. #10

F Pick 1, draw 2 or draw all 3 for $100 F Enter 2 times #4 and Under Saddle Blowout Books close 11:00 a.m. F Pick 1, draw 2 or draw all 3 for $100 F Enter 4 times for a total of 12 partners 10 F Payout: 1st Saddles + $2,000 Saddle Award s • 2nd Saddles + $1,000 • 3rd Saddles + $800 ed Averag in • 4th Saddles + $600 • 5th Saddles + $400 e Payout based on 300 teams and may be increased depending on final number of teams.

Payout for Saturday T railer Roping High Point Roper:

3-horse Slant Gooseneck 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

SUNDAY, JANUARY 1 Sign up 9 a.m. / rope at 10:00 a.m. #10

F Pick 1, draw 2 or draw all 3 for $100 F Enter 2 times

#13

F Pick 1, draw 2 or draw all 3 for $100 F Enter 2 times

MONDAY, JANUARY 2 Sign up 9:00 a.m. / rope at 10:00 a.m. Jr. Roping - 15 & Under

Extra Fancy Saddles & $3,000 Buckles & $2,500 Buckles & $1,800 Buckles & $1,400 Jackets & $800 Jackets & $500

Points in each go round in each rotation and top 20 in Average. Payout based on 400 teams and may be increased depending on final number of teams.

F Pick 1, draw 3 or draw all 4 for $100/roper F Enter 2 time

#11 HANDICAP MAVERICK GOOSENECK TRAILER ROPING

F Pick 1, draw 3 or draw all 4 for $150 F Enter 3 times for a total of 12 entries F Capped at an Elite #6

Any tie will be roped off! All ropings cash or credit card only. USTRC TRIAD numbers and rules apply. Management reserves the right to refuse any entry and may adjust any number as needed.

For More Information: Zane Dansie 801/599-1238 www.zdroping.com

Host Ho tel Comfort Inn • 801.544.5577 Roper rate $69.99 plus tax 877 N. 400 W. Layton, Utah 84041 SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 155

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

Superbowl Warm-Up Ropings Lazy E Arena • Guthrie, Oklahoma December 30, 2011 Friday, December 30 9:00 a.m.

#13 / #12 Inc.

ATTENTION ROPERS! If any roper does not like a steer during the WARM-UP ROPINGS, that steer will be removed before the SUPERBOWL ROPINGS!

HOST HOTEL: SLEEP INN Guthrie, OK 405/260-1400 Reserve Early!

11:00 a.m.

#11 / #10 Inc. 3:00 p.m.

#9 / #8 Inc. Books open at 7:00 a.m. and close 30 minutes before the start of each roping. $50/roper • 4-Head - Progressive on 1 Enter up to 8 times or computer can draw any or all. (Inc. paid on 3 head)

USTRC TRIAD numbers and rules will be in effect. Current USTRC membership required and may be purchased at this roping. For more information Jeff Smith 620/921-5903 SPONSORS:

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SUPERBOWLS

Lazy E Arena • Guthrie, Oklahoma December 31, 2011 thru January 1, 2012 BOOKS CLOSE 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE START OF EACH ROPING Saturday, December 31 • 9 a.m.

#13 Superbowl with #12 Incentive followed by

Excellent Steers & Short Scores! 80% Payback!

#11 Superbowl with #10 Incentive Capped at TRIAD Elite #6

Sunday, January 1 • 9 a.m.

#10 Century Superbowl with #9 Incentive Both ends must be 50 years old. followed by

#9 Superbowl with #8 Incentive Capped at TRIAD Elite #5

All ropings are $100/roper • Enter up to 5 times with partner or computer can draw any or all. All ropings are on-site entries. USTRC TRIAD #s and rules will be in effect. Current USTRC membership required and may be purchased at this roping. For more information contact Jeff Smith 620/921-5903

Over 1,500 Teams in 2010 & Over $350,000 in Cash Paid Out Last Year! Top 50 Teams Back to the Super Short-Go! Fancy Sad Avera dles to ge a Incen tive A nd ve Winne rs of t rage Super he #9 bowl

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