The two-day event in Buffalo kicked off the 2011 National All Amateurs Tour and featured the NAA’s signature ropings — a #10 and #8 roping guaranteed to pay $5,000 for first and eight trophy saddles, respectively.

The wind didn’t faze Mike Schmitz and Matt Schieck, who won the #9 Roping on Sunday, nor Todd Rothleutner and Mike Peterson, who claimed bragging rights in the #10 Roping by catching three steers in 22.31 seconds. That roping paid eight places, and Rothleutner was the high-point man of the day, pocketing $3,925 for his efforts.

On Labor Day, the cool weather didn’t deter #4 and under ropers, either, with Shane Joseph and Johnson County’s own Kenny Knudson winning the No Wolves Allowed Roping in 27.84 seconds on three head to take home $2,000 and trophy saddles. Other saddle winners were Chris Knudson and Tod Vineyard; Roy Jarrard and Paulette Moss; and Don Camino and Ben Hilderman. Plus, ropers down to eighth place earned cash, as well as fully tooled breast collars or leather bronc halters.

Congratulations to all the winners in Wyoming, and remember, the NAA Tour heads to Arizona next month, so watch championshipteamroping.com for the fall schedule!

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#5 Header:  John Jensen
#5 Heeler: Jess Harris
#4 Header: Dave Deruiter
#4 Heeler: Ron Shober
#3 & Below Header: Devin Miller
#3 & Below Heeler: Jason Duncan

The top following 5 in each division will each receive trophy jackets.

And the following top 10 in each division will each receive a $100 free entry certificate to use in the Match of Champions during the Northern Regional Finals.

#5 Headers
John Jensen – Jacket
Don Hockett – Jacket
Keka Baeza – Jacket
Dan Vanek – Jacket
Mark Mooreland – Jacket
Kirk Kooiker
Tom Olson
Monte Sandvick
Rusty Roush
Trae Seebaum

#5 Heelers
Jess Harris – Jacket
Toby Larson – Jacket
Louis Brown – Jacket
Frank Fisher – Jacket
Alex Thomas – Jacket (tie for 5th)
Jimmy Mattson – Jacket (tie for 5th)
Doug Sorge
Court Will
Coley Nicholls
Kyle Callaway

#4 Headers
Dave Deruiter – Jacket
Malik Hegge – Jacket
Denny Hoff – Jacket
Sarah Coleman – Jacket
Angie Thomas – Jacket
Ty Farella
Clinton Foster
Elke Edwards
Jerry Morrison
Cash Merritt

#4 Heelers
Ron Shober – Jacket
Dusty Herren – Jacket
Jack Marton – Jacket
Larry Carlisle – Jacket
Tom Teague – Jacket
Joe Stricklin
Dick Rumph
Darren Barton
John Deeney
Travis Elings

#3 Headers
Devin Miller – Jacket
Carolyn Fraser – Jacket
Greg Childs – Jacket
Roxanne Garavent – Jacket
Roger Young – Jacket  (tie for 5th)
Jason Sylling – Jacket  (tie for 5th)
Tessa Damuth – Jacket (tie for 5th)
Wendy Wiseman
Tiffany Moore
Jackie Barton

#3 Heelers
Jason Duncan – Jacket
Katie Welch – Jacket
Devon Mitchell – Jacket
Sam Ohanesian – Jacket
David Gronlie – Jacket
Chris Fuller
Clay Fordyce
Klay Duran
Ashlee Jaeger
Bill Fisher (tie for 10th)
Riggin Mortenson (tie for 10th)

Colton Small (tie for 10th)

Ethan Cahill (tie for 10th)

There will be two Match of Champions ropings during the 2010 Northern Regional Championships held in Billings, Montana — a #10 and #8 Match of Champions. Each of these ropings is guaranteed to pay $5,000 for 1^st in the Average! Plus, the top 20 teams in each roping advance to the next day’s roping with their fees paid.

The #10 Match of Champions will be held Friday night. The top 100 #5 headers and heelers and the top 50 #4 headers and heelers are qualified to enter this roping.

The #8 Match of Champions will be held Saturday night. The top 100 #4 headers and heelers and the top 100 #3 headers and heelers are qualified to enter this roping.

Both of these roping are 2/3 ropers payback, pick 1 draw 1, or draw 2 for $100 per man, enter 2 times for a total of 4 runs – and first in the average is guaranteed to pay $5,000 regardless of the number of teams.

Congratulations to all you ropers that qualified. The points from the Flagstaff, Arizona roping did not count in this Northern Region, but rather those points will count for the Southern Region and the Match of Champions at the Finals in March of 2011.



Our inaugural trip into Colorado was a huge success, drawing teams from even the Western Slope and Wyoming to try things out inside the beautiful arena at The Ranch. The appeal of the National All Amateurs format is spreading!

On Saturday, Harris won the #10 Roping with Jesus Terrazas in a time of 22.74 seconds on three steers to earn $5,260, and then teamed with Hardy White to win Colt Bruegeman’s Big Daddy 500 for another $6,700. Also on Saturday, Cash Merritt and Gerald Watson won the #9 Roping for $1,700.

Century Roping winners Socorro Gutierrez and Joe Stricklin, with a time of 29.99 seconds on three head, earned $1,180 and Gist trophy buckles on Sunday, so congratulations to them!

And in the #8 “No Wolves Allowed” Roping, Wendy Wiseman and Jack Lambert were the big winners with a 29.37 on three to split $2,000 and won two of the eight saddles awarded. Together, the #8 and #10 Ropings paid out more than $36,730 in cash and prizes!

More than 1,400 teams celebrated America’s birthday over the two-day Fourth of July weekend by roping in the backdrop of Mount Rushmore – a monument to our country’s greatest leaders.

Rapid City also kicked off our three-week run in as many states, and I’m happy to report that ropers are embracing our events that feature low fees, big payouts and great Mexican cattle, as opposed to high entry fees or getting beat by the cattle or by dominant ropers.

Besting 223 teams in the #9 Roping in Rapid were Kirk Kooiker and Mark Woods with a great time of 25.67 seconds on three, so congratulations to them. And on Sunday, the Century Roping championship – along with Gist trophy buckles – went to Tom Christinick and Louis Brown, with a 28.28 on three.

We wrapped up the fireworks with a phenomenal #8 Roping, in which we paid 20 places in the average and awarded 10 trophy saddles through fifth place. Kudos to Kevin Kosel and Dick Wilkerson, who won the roping with a 23.68 on three. With $14,000 added to the payoff, the #8 ropers played for more than $35,000 in total cash and prizes.

We’re rolling right along, so don’t miss our next two events on July 10-11 in Billings, Mont., and on July 17-18 in Loveland, Colo. Hope to see you there!