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Wednesday, July 3, 2019
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Photos by Ellen Morris Bishop
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Tami Bechtel of Intermountain Livestock takes aim in the team branding competition. Bronc rider Drew Johnson makes good on his fi rst ride. The 5 S Ranch
team stops the wrong steer from bolting through the gate in Team sorting. A pasture roping contestant makes a catch. Katie Thompson of Morgan Cattle Company aims at the heels of a calf
in pasture roping.
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to include a fourth person
from another ranch’s team.
That person could only work
the ground—helping with
moving ropes on the roped
calf, or brand the calf. The
“branding” was done with
a tennis ball dipped into
water-soluble yellow paint.
In the team events,
5 S Ranch won fi rst in
points for all events, Smil-
ing M Ranch came in sec-
ond, Quail Run Ranch took
third, and Sliding M Ranch,
with buckaroo wunderkind
Hadley Miller and bronc
buster Rylie Warnock slid
into fourth place.
The horses for the buck-
ing horse competition were
supplied by Kurtis Koeppen
of Challis Idaho. He brought
some good horses that
seemed to bide their time
— for a second or two out
of the chute — perhaps to
give their rider a false sense
of security — before cut-
ting loose with some truly
rank moves. Each of the
seven bronc riders had the
chance to rid two go rounds
for a combined score. First
prize went to Vade Arnzen
who hales from the Cotton-
wood, Idaho area. Arnzen
scored an 80 point ride on
his fi rst bronc and a 76 on
his second to take the top
check of around $400. Rob-
bie DeVore from LaGrande
took second and Drew John-
son claimed third.
Rodeo participants vote
for the top hand and best
cowgirl. This year Erik
Steen of 5 S Ranch got the
nod—and the engraved
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AND THEY’RE OFF! Brandon D. Marshall, in blue shirt, gets off to a slow but contemplative
start in the 2-4 year-old stick horse race at the Kickoff the Chief Joseph Days Ranch Rodeo. The
stick horse race is a very popular event in this family-run and family-oriented rodeo.
12TH ANNUAL RANCH RODEO RESULTS
Team Branding
1. 5 S Ranch
2. Quail Run Ranch
Team Doctoring
1. Smiling M Ranch
2. 5 S Ranch
2. Probert Ranch
4. Sliding M Ranch
Team Roping
Bronc Riding
1. Smiling M Ranch
1. Vade Arnzen
2. Quail Run Ranch
2. Robbie DeVore
Awards for points
3. Drew Johnson
1. 5 S Ranch
Team Sorting
2. Smiling M Ranch
1. Sliding M Ranch
3. Quail Run Ranch
spurs — for Top Hand,
while Megan Cobb rode off
with the spurs and plaudits
for Best Cowgirl.
Perhaps the real winners
of the afternoon were the
scholarship recipients”
Emma Hite of Joseph,
Deidre Schreiber of Enter-
prise, and Rylee Goller
Biological Impacts Series
Top Hand: Erik Steen
Best Cowgirl: Megan Cobb
of Wallowa. Scholarship
awards are one of the major
goals of this rodeo. This year
they went to a stellar group
of young women.
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