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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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Koontz & Rogers Win 20th
Annual Sandhills Invitational

RogersKoontzBlanketAwdKory Koontz (second from left) and Erich Rogers (right) are awarded for their win of the
Open at the 20th annual Sandhills Invitational held in January. Presenting
are Gary Don McCain and Nancy McCain. (Dudley Barker photo)

By Kent Lynch
Special To Ropers Sports News

      Twenty years is a milestone in anything.  When you’re talking about a roping event that has just gotten better over that time period, it’s a real milestone. But, that’s exactly what the Sandhills Invitational has done...gotten better.

     The event, dubbed Super Tuesday, began in 1993 in conjunction with the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo.  The day consists of an Open Team Roping, Match Team Roping, Match Tie-Down Roping and for the past 16 years, a Pro-Am Team Roping...everything a fan would want.
     Over the years, the January event has wrestled with Mother Nature on several occasions, fighting ice storms and blizzards, but the ropers brave the elements to get there.  This year’s roping featured over a foot of snow in the Odessa area, and the show went on.
     The Sandhills Invitational has been affiliated by the USTRC for several years, but this year featured an added bonus for the Open ropers.  With the USTRC’s new Tour Program, points were awarded to the top 10 teams toward the US Open Tour, which awards a huge cash bonus in October and crowns the US Open Tour Champion header and heeler.

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MaryJoCarmera Fairlea
Futurity average winner Mary Jo
Camera on "Fairlea Lucky Gun"

Mary Jo Camera
Takes Top Prize In
Greg Olson Memorial

The 13th Annual Greg Olson Memorial Barrel Futurity/Derby took place at the Buckeye Equestrian Center in Buckeye, Ariz. Jan. 12th-15th. With $10,000 added to the Futurity, $5,000 to the Derby, plus additional added money to the other races also being held, barrel racers took a shot at the $21,500 in total added money for the weekend.

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OPEN sqz
Open winners at the Lasso Del Sol
were Brady Minor and Erich Rogers

Rogers & Minor
Win 2011 USTRC
Lasso Del Sol
Open Roping

By Ben Clements
Special To Ropers Sports News

 Team roping in the winter in Arizona is a big deal. Ropers and horse enthusiasts from all over converge on the state and the Greater Phoenix area to bask in the sunshine and warm weather and to fellowship with friends and other ropers. The USTRC rolled into town for the Lasso Del Sol at the Westworld Equestrian Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. The event took place December 29-31, 2011 and was the perfect event to end 2011 and to start the 2012 team roping season.

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