The Team Roping Journal

The Team Roping Journal magazine educates and entertains readers who actively participate in the sport. We help you to obtain the best results with step-by-step instruction in how to perform at a higher level and win more often. After all, we all know that while the heart is in the land and on the ranch, the ego is alive and well when it comes to besting your friends in the arena.

Dear Roper

The Team Roping Journal

THAT'S TWO • Colby Lovell got his second major American Rope Horse Futurity Association win of the year at the Oil Can Classic July 9 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He won $5,560 for a score of 911.95 on four head aboard NRR Playboy Cole, by NRR Cat King Cole out of I Have to Play, owned by eight-time World Champion Joe Beaver. Lovell also picked up $2,000 for winning the first and second rounds, thanks to the help of Dakota Kirchenschlager on the heel side.

GOOD SPIN, POPS • Father-son duo of Casey and Talan Cummins won the #10.5 Megabucks July 4 at the NTR's Cowboy Christmas in Rapid City, South Dakota, roping four steers in 39.28 to win $6,200. Talan also heeled for Witt Crowser, winning third with a time of 40.28 seconds on four head for another $3,280.

VAN AKEN & DUNNING PAIR UP FOR FIRST-EVER WSTR AMERICAN RODEO QUALIFIER WIN

FAY RANCHES BECOMES OFFICIAL REAL ESTATE SPONSOR OF ARIAT WSTR

Calgary Stampede Crowns First Team Roping Champs

Hirdes and Pearce are NFR Open's National Champs

At the Barrier new products

(At Home With) • The word is getting out on James Arviso. The young-gun team roping phenom, who just turned 19 on August 29 and hails from Seba Dalkai, Arizona, is already making headlines. In 2022, Arviso and Landen Glenn won both the Hooey Jr BFI Open and Jr Patriot Young Guns Open. Arviso, who also was the reserve champ at this year's BFI heading for Josh Patton and roping against the big dogs, is the son of Jon and Jamie Arviso, who's Derrick Begay's big sister. In July, James and Cashton Weidenbener were crowned the National High School Rodeo Association team roping titlists.

CHANGING TIMES ON THE SCORING FRONT

SO LONG AND THANK YOU, COTTON ROSSER

SHE-WOLF • For Tammy West-White, the PRCA's winningest female team roper, there was never a glass ceiling—only the love of the sport.

TOUR DE FORCE • Lt. Col. Bill Force (ret.) was military first, then law enforcement. Since sinking his teeth into team roping, he's putting all of his networks to work doing immeasurable good.

WESTON BAUCOM MAKES RESISTOL JR. TOP 5 • While the No. 1 and No. 2 heading spots remain in place, North Carolina's Weston Baucom became a Top 5 contender with his June successes.

HEADER SHAWNEE MURPHY & HEELERS SALLY BALL & TAYLOR PROESCH BECOMES TOP 5 CINCH LADIES • The USTRC Cinch Ladies standings show Iowa's Shawnee Murphy picking her place among the Top 5, while Virginia heeler Sally Ball claims the No. 2 spot and Iowa's Taylor Proesch enters a three-way tie for third.

5 FLAT with Kaleb Driggers & Junior Nogueira

HEADERS: HOW TO FINISH A RUN WHEN THE ROPING IS FLAGGED ON THE HEELS

Freeze Frame

INNER STRENGTH with JD Yates

LUCKY BUCKY LIVES UP TO HIS NAME

WHAT MAKES A WINNER? • In the lower divisions, what specific skills separate the consistent winners from the rest of the pack? We surveyed the industry's leaders and top producers for their seasoned perspectives.

When team roping was team tying • For decades across the country (except in California), your rope was tied on hard and fast at both ends. Here's an inside look at the era that lasted until the mid-1970s.

NO WOLVES ALLOWED • Roping futurities are paying BIG money to recreational ropers of all levels, but too many lower-numbered ropers who stand to win BIG aren't in the...