Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
The final rodeo is set for Aug. 17-18
Kelly Cordill eyes a goat to tie up while getting off a horse during the 12-16 year-old goat tying competition at the Rosalia Rodeo on Saturday, July 20, in Rosalia.
Cavan Brash ties a goat during the 8-11 year-old goat tying competition at the Rosalia Rodeo on Saturday, July 20, in Rosalia.
Addilynn McKay ropes a calf during the 12-16 year-old breakaway roping competition at the Rosalia Rodeo on Saturday, July 20, in Rosalia.
Dave Rajewski competes in breakaway roping during the July 20 Rolling Hills Rodeo in Rosalia. For more photos and results of the rodeo, see Page 8.
ROSALIA - The town of Rosalia was host to the Rolling Hills Rodeo Association's second rodeo of the year on Saturday, July 20.
The event was originally going to take place both Saturday and Sunday, but the Sunday events were canceled due to high heat. The rodeo featured competitions in barrel racing, goat tying, breakaway roping, steer daubing, dummy roping and more.
The preliminary times and placings are in, but results are not official until a final audit. The final results will be posted to the website at rhrodeo.com.
Ezrah Riggers of Lewiston, Idaho, won the most events in her age group. She won Poles 8-11 with a time of 21.571 seconds, Barrels 8-11 at 16.444, Goat Tying 8-11 at 14.519 and Calf Tracking with an average time of 2.58.
Kelly Cordill, of Cheney, won two events: Goat Tying 12-16 with a time of 12.79 seconds and Breakaway Roping at 2.97. Crew Lawrence, also of Cheney, won Barrels 7-and-under at 19.203 seconds and won Dummy Roping 7-and-under with 16 catch points. Casey Lawrence won Breakaway Roping 40-plus with a time of 3.29 and also won Open Team Roping with teammate Jeremiah Reilly, of Spokane, at 10.06 seconds.
Bailey Nachtigal, of Davenport, Wash., won Goat Tying 17-39 at 12.866 seconds and Breakaway Roping 17-39 at 3.65 seconds. Payton Nachtigal won Poles 17-39 at 23.059 seconds and Barrels 17-39 at 17.268 seconds.
Banner Byrd, of Cheney, won Cal Stake leadline with a time of 21.946 and Barrels leadline at 37.733. Beckley Byrd won Goat Flanking 7-and-under at 11.876 seconds.
Ailika Yen, of Cheney, won Goat Undecorating leadline with a time of 10.76 seconds. Bryn Rajewski, of Medical Lake, won Poles 12-16 at 22.675 seconds. Cat Salois, of Pullman, won Goat Tying 40+ at 11.648.
Cavan Brash, of Cheney, won Steer Daubing 12-16 at 1.18. Claire Porter, also of Cheney, won Cal State 7-and-under at 8.356.
Heidi Stout, of Fairfield, Wash., won Barrels 12-16 with a time of 16.762 seconds. Hank Jones, of Athol, Idaho, Cavan Brash and Gracie Pfaff, of Garfield, all competed in Breakaway Roping 8-11, but noone completed a time.
Tatum Lawrence, of Cheney, won Dummy Roping 8-11 with nine catch points and Tonda Lawrence, of White Swan, Wash., won Barrels 40+ with a time of 16.682 seconds. Rebecca Fouts, of Deer Park, Wash., won Poles 40+ at 22.8 seconds.
This year, Shredfast Mobile Data Destruction Inc. was a Platinum sponsor, donating $750-plus to the rodeo. Gold sponsors ($500-plus) include: E&H Enterprise, Hefty Seed Co., Stimson Contracting Inc., ATF - All Terrain Fence and R&M Exterminators Inc. Silver sponsors ($250-plus) were Petek Trucking; Poe Asphalt Paving Inc .; Perkins Construction; McGuire, Dewulf, Kragt & Johnson, P.S; Buckskin Outfitters/Dough and Kathy Bruce; and Roamin' Chariot Pizza.
The Rolling Hills Rodeo Association is seeking additional sponsors in all categories as well as buckle sponsors, which are $100 per buckle. Those interested in sponsoring the rodeo can email at rhrodeo@gmail.com or visit the website at rhrodeo.com/sponsor-info.
Reader Comments(0)