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Show 9{.S. School'9{ezvs April 22, 2005 The Summit County Bee Page B3 NSHS Rodeo Team News BY ADVISOR TRKSSA STOKES no slack in both ropes and the hors- because she gets her thrills circling es are facing each other. cans with 1.200 pounds of horse Last week, the team ropers were Team roping takes practice, hard power. Nothing beats that! featured and their event explained. work, dedication, teamwork and On an average day at the High Tor those who missed seeing it, the luck. Members taking part in this •School Rodeo, you will (Ind around event is a timed event that relics on event are: Chase Black, Justin Judd 170 barrel racers and pole benders. the cooperation and skill of the cow- and Ben Carlin. Barrel racing is a timed rodeo boys and their horses. This week, we get to talk about event, where the fastest lime is whal The first cowTSoy out is known as Barrel racing, an event for the cow- matters most. Cowgirls compete in the header and ropes the head of the girl who has the "need for speed." the arena against each other and (he cattle. The second cowboy, known You will never sec a young cowgirl clock. The event requires cooperaas the heeler, ropes the heels or legs. out in the parking lot trying to do tion and communication, between The clock is stopped when there is doughnuts wilh her car, that's the horse and rider. During the barrel racing competition, the arena is cleared and three barrels arc set up in a clover-leaf pattern. The rider then enters the arena at full speed, quickly rounding each barrel and then exiting where they entered. The riders rein their horses as close as they can to the barrels. Leaving the barrels standing while ripping through the course is every barrel racers goal. I:oi each barrel they knock over (which happens sometimes) a 5 sec- ond penalty is assessed to their total time. A stopwatch or electric eye is used registering down to a hundredth of a second. Speed is what it is all about in this event. Rodeo team barrel racers arc: Stephenie Stokes, Samantha Hortin, Kristin Jones and Vanessa Ballard (photo unavailable). If you would like to sponsor this event or member in the North Summit High School Rodeo, May 27 and 28, please contact Tressa Stokes, NSHS Rodeo Advisor, at (435)513-0191 or (435) 336-1121. Team members need support from the community to make this a positive event. Thanks for your help. 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The On April 9. the Braves traveled to final score was 5-4 for Grand. Wendover to play in the annual This week, the Braves play at Juan Wendover Tournament. They played Diego for the final region game. If Wendover High School both times the Braves win, they will be in secand won both games. ond place in region, but if they lose, Last week, the Braves played they could fall as low as fourth Grand in a double header down in place. Moab. The Braves played really Second place means that they will well in the first game and shutout play a lower seed in the regional Grand with the score of 3-0. The playoff, and fourth place means that next game was close, as well, but the they will have to play a higher seed. Braves committed a lot of errors, so So the game this week is very that enabled Grand to get some runs important. thaj they shouldn't have scored. 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