Rice Wins Goat Tying at Frank Phillips College

The NMJC T-bird rodeo team travelled to the Frank Philips College rodeo, held in Canadian, Texas this past weekend, where our local Lea County athletes led the charge.

Maddy Rice of Lovington pulled off the win in the goat tying. She was 7.5 seconds on her first goat which was good enough for a 5-8^th place finish in the round. She then added a smoking 6.8 second short round winning run to her first round placing and came out on top in the average. The win netted her 127.5 regional points. This led to a 4^th place for the women's team at the FPC rodeo.

Hobbs resident Colton Able led the charge for the men's team in the tie down roping. His 9.4 second run was good enough for 2^nd place in the first round. He then followed that up with a 12.5 second run in the short round, good enough for 6th in the round and 3^rd in the average. This gave Colton 100 tie-down points and which helped the men's team finish in 7^th place.

Kaila Helms had a 3.0 second run in the long round of the breakaway roping. This brought her back to the short round splitting 9/10^th. She followed that up with a 3.2 second run splitting 4^th in the short round and winning 5^th in the overall average.

Caden Beatty made the short round in the team roping. His 7.5 second run in the first round with partner Trace Foust was 4^th in the round. They finished the short round with a 12 second run for 6^th place in the round and 5^th in the average.

The T-birds have a couple of weekends off then finish the fall season Oct. 31-Nov. 2^nd at the Texas Tech rodeo in Lubbock.