McNeese comes through in Golden Anniversary rodeo Tom Watson
The Cowboys
weren’t totally gracious hosts during their home rodeo in the Ag Arena of the
Burton Coliseum complex October 21-23.The
men’s team amassed 295 points and staked claim on another championship in as
many weeks. The win highlighted the occasion of the college’s celebration of
its fiftieth anniversary of National
Intercollegiate Rodeo Association competition.
Junior Ryan
Stutes,
Sulphur
, anchored the team effort with an outstanding 82 point ride on his second horse
for his third consecutive victory in bareback riding during the 2004-05 season.Senior Aaron Reeves of Reeves nailed down his second steer
wrestling championship in a row with a stellar aggregate score of 9.0 seconds on
two steers.Cody Smith,
a junior from Palmer, Texas, finished second in saddle bronc riding for the
Cowboys, while his fellow Texan, senior Lee Cherry of Buna, placed fourth
in bareback riding.Freshman Mateo
Martin,
Sulphur
, came in fourth in steer wrestling, and fellow townsman Ross Beasley, a
sophomore, lassoed a fourth in tie down roping.
After three rodeos
McNeese holds the lead in the men’s team standings among the fourteen-school
Southern Region of the NIRA.The
Cowboys will be on the road November 4-6 competing in the season’s fourth
rodeo slated for
Sam
Houston
State
University
in
Huntsville
,
Texas
.
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