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Show Head 'em up, Move 'em Out in the W. i 100 years ago as a necessity for the working cowboy. He used it WEST BOUNTIFUL Cattle to restrain cattle for branding bawl, dogs bark and through the and medication. Today, alsettling dust of evening a rider though still used on ranches acslaps his thigh with the tight coil ross the country, the skill of of a braided rope. More riders team roping has developed into whistle to the slow rrjoving cat- one of the nations most popular By TERRI CHRISTENSEN Review Correspondent tle, herding them, moving them to their destination. More cattle bunch! together, horns toss in the gathering dusk, and a horse lets a shake roll down his back as ,his rider temporarily dismounts'. A scene out of a Western rodeo sports. During the day these men and women provide for their homes and famine's. But three nights a week, from early May until late in the fall they become members of the countrys lost breed of heroes roping cowboys. Dont misunderstand; these men and women are true horsemen. Many have raised from birth the horses that they ride and have done most, if not all, of their own training. Their love of horses and their love of roping are full time affairs, yet three times a week they bring them together for a night of fun and helping. The first cow bawls as it into the chute. The gates rattle and then bang shut. Two men on horseback prepare to ride into the open boxes on either side of the chute. One horse spins and rears in his excitement. He knows what is coming. The rider waits for him to come back down and again tries to ride him into the box. novel? Or maybe a scene straight from the vast ranching lands of Southern Utah?No, this scene is neither fictional nor a lifetime away. This scene takes place in West Bountiful.! The sputter of lights coming on overhead pushes the gathering darkness away. Laughter joins the noise of the evening and here, in West Bountiful the men work the cattle because they enjoy it. But is it really work? The gathering of children, wives and friends looks more like family night. Here, three nights a week, family and friends gather to laugh and joke. They come to relax and to socialize, yet niore important, they come here to rope. Team roping started almost 1 This time the horse goes willingly. With the horses powerful hindquarters pressed against the iron box, the riders shake out their ropes. They look at each other and then turn their concentration on the steer. With a nod of the riders head, 300 pounds of Mexican steer burst from the chute and 2,000 pounds of man and horse explode after him. The object of team roping is Bountiful Roundup in place. The header then turns his horse hard to the left turning the steer with him. The second horse and rider, running just to the right of the steer now comes into position to throw the final loop. The second rider, called the heeler, must do just what the name implies. He must rope the heels, or the hind feet of the steer. To do this he must stand up in his stirrups and drop the loop of his rope beneath the steers belly and in front of his hind legs. Timing is important for the steer must now step into the waiting loop before the catch can be complete. This is all done in less than 200 feet and at speeds of up to 30 miles an hour. Once the steer steps into the loop, the rope is pulled taunt, secured to the saddle with a dally and the horse stops. The simple; the accomplishment of header, who has been watching that objective is not. It takes a the steer and his partner over skilled roper, a top horseman his shoulder, immediately stops and a lot of concentration to and spins his horse to face the rope and then secure the hard steer. This signals the flagger, or judge that the catch is now running steer. The rider to the left of the complete. With both horses facsteer is called the header. It is ing the steer, the flag is dropped he who must throw the first and the timers stopped. Whoops rope. The object of this first go up from the waiting ropers as rope is to catch the steers neck the time is announced. Harold Mann, 1982 president or horns. A quick wrap of the rope around the saddle horn, of the West Bountiful Roping called a dally, secures the rope Club said the club has been in existance for about four years. It was started as a fun between friends and has evolved into the competitive group of ropers that now assembles. Roping skills and competition has improved, and so has the friendship. Starting with the arrival of about 25 head of cattle at the Neil Christensen arena on 1600 North in West Bountiful, the ropers begin a summer of fun and competition. They hold jackpot ropings once a week with larger competitions four times each summer. The jackpots are held each Thursday at the arena with an open format. The larger ropings, often called buckle ropings because of the buckles awarded to the best ropers, are held once in the spring, summer and fall with a year-encompetition and award. Because of these men and the other talented men and women who rope at the Neil Christensen arena, the West Bountiful Roping Club is fast gaining recognition as a competitive, tight group of ropers, who train and tune all year round. Even now, during the cold of winter they are working to prepare for the upcoming season, which they hope will be the best one yet. d Page IB South Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, March 2, 1983 First Round of Tournament Sees Braves Rip Titans and Oympus looked like it was where one team gets a big lead, simply a case of the Braves going to have all the excitement the other team gets together outclassing Olympus in every i of overcooked (Editor's Note: Duo to deadlines, the spaghetti as the and puts on a big drive. I knew it catagory on their way to the view Sports staff regrets that the Woods win. Braves ran the score up to 1 was coming. Cross game which was played last night, mid-wa- y will not be reported on. Ine paper was Good balance was the key to And it did come, soon. The the first quarthrough printed even before the game started. A full some to in a on a Titans win. ter tricks our their maggame, Hall said. We got way put report of Woodi Cross and Bountiful's tourBut the menu and the flavor of ic bag and made a mad dash to into a little bit a foul trouble but nament play will be in next week's paper.) close the gap. By the end of the I was tickled in the third was to SALT LAKE CITY Usually, theAsgame Mike change. Coach Hall of Bounti- first quarter the score was quarter. a person expects to get prime for the Braves and the game, The Braves did get a little rib basketball as the main ful watched his team go to an rush, and then continue it on to which started to look like the sloppy in the fourth quarter. course in the state 4A basketball he knew it wouldnt last. Titans shouldnt have the opporThey already had the game but tournament, but Monday meet to bad passes and a few forced in been Ive Bountiful, picked tunity game (Every nights game between Bountiful shots kept giving the already up the tempo and the excitment. dead Titans fuel to keep trying. They were a little tight, Hall said of Olympus after the Hall didnt like his teams style game, and we were ready to in the closing minutes and callplay. But they finally settled ed a timeout with only 2:40 left down to play and closed the in the game and when they were gap. up by 12. I called it (the timeNot only did Olympus close out) so we wouldnt throw the the gap but they even took a ball away five times. We lead in the second wouldnt try and stall the game but we were throwing it away. quarter at But still, all the excitment Halls concerns werent really wasnt there. It was still as- with the game on hand. Rather, sumed that the Braves would he was looking forward to to- -' gain control of the game and days game when he meets overcome the temporary hot at 2:40 p.m. The Huskies defeated Sky View prior to the shooting of the Titans. Bountiful-Olympu- s game, And, actually, that And it will be back to prime lead was Olympus only chance in the whole game to feel like rib for basketball fans when the winners. From there, Bountiful two teams meet. The Hillcrest-BountifBy DAN CARLSRUH ! Review Sports Editor 1 Re- 71-5- 9 17-- 71-5- 9 19-1- 0 11-- 0 17-- 0, one-poi- nt 20-1- 9. Hill-cre- one-poi- st 68-5- 2. nt COACH MIKE HALL of Bountiful tells his players to call timeout on the floor. Hali was concerned in the closing minutes of the game against Olympus that the Braves were throwing away too many shots. ul went on to take a 6 half time lead and the rest was strawberry cake for Halls team and old - spaghetti for the Titans. It was 38-2- game has some inherent excitement. It was Bountiful who stopped Hillcrest last year in the state tournament in a very close game. Thats surely something which the Huskies havent forgotten. When Hall was taking his team out to the court for warmups Monday night he met the Huskies coaching staff. We came down through the tunnel and they said, See you there. We have our work cut out, added Hall. Hillcrest is a control team and we will have to be sharp. I dont know if we can press them. Its not that were slow, but were big and we have a tendency to get into foul trouble. The game definitely wont be the same caliber matchup which the Bountiful low-lev- el and Olympus game was, and Hall knows it. The first round for the Braves was a fine tune-unow they enter the race at full throttle. But Halls confidence continues. Hopefully, one of our forte will be our experience in the tournament. But thats what the Hillcrest coach is also saying. For the Braves in the Olympus game it was Gary Seljaas, who perfected the science of the alley-oofor the tournament, with 21 points. Steve Hibbert has 13 and Dave Burnett got 12, and Blake Izatt hit for 11. If Woods Cross won last night against Cyprus they will meet the winner of the game on Thursday at 2:40 p.m. p, p A BOUNTIFUL CHEERLEADER watches his lead early in the first team lose a period as the Titans become hot in their shooting. The tenseness was only tempotary MATT THORNLEY puts in a layup in Monday night's game against Olympus. The Titans had little chance against 16-poi- Bountiful, regardless of an early game push. The Braves now move on to the second round against Hillcrest today. nt and the Braves came back and controlled the game for the next two and a half quarters. Layton-Brigh-to- n Girl Teams Reddy for Their State Tournament Next Week By SHEREUN ROWLEY Review Correspondent The boys have already begun their state tournament, but the girls wait in the wings for their spotlight when they put on their own state tournament at Westminster College in Salt Lake City next week. For region four, Highland gets in the first spot for the final standings. The Lady Rams have a perfect record in region 10-- play and must be one of the nt favorites. They placed sixth in the tournament last year and since that time have only lost one player. The Rams $tart four juniors and one sophojnore and the first two off the beijch are freshmen. Their front lifie measures six feet and they! have two very team, other squads find they cant doubleteam any one girl because they can all shoot well. Second place in the region is Davis. The Darts also return basically the same team they - last year. The difference in the Darts from last year to this is the determination which they play quick guards. Cari Maxwell follows the Maxwell tradition of fine basketball players as she leads the team in scoring as well as in steals and assists. Since they hive a balanced had . with. These girls have played together for four years and that time shows in their style. They have a knack of knowing where their other teammates are without looking. But even though they have an unselfish attitude on the court and will pass off the ball to one who has a better shot, the Darts still have one big drawback, their height. The tallest girl on the floor is But even with that, their jumping ability lets 5-- 9. them get their share of re- bounds. Davis should finish in the final four of the tournament. Bountiful is the real surprise team of the season. Last year the Braves were able to win only two games. But this year they find themselves with the opportunity to play in the tour- nament. Bountiful has only one senior on the team which gives them a big backbone to build on next year. The Braves are paced by Julie Rampton and Shauna Knudsen. Viewmont sits in fourth place in region but sports a strong club with only two seniors. Many times the Lady Vikes have four sophomores on the floor. Injuries have slowed Viewmont, but a good bench has kept them in contention. The Vikings are getting great play from Jenny Miller and good leadership from Jill Barlow. With all they have, the Vikings could be playing for the consolation championship. Region four should place all four of its teams in the tournament on the final day of play. |
