Hannah Holland of Bucyrus and her horse seem to own Allen County Fair Rodeo’s arena. For the third straight year, Holland won the girls’ barrel racing event in the Lyle Dreher Memorial Rough Riders Arena.
Holland made the top run in barrel racing Saturday in 17.210 seconds.
Contestants and rodeo fans had to deal with the heat and dust for both Friday and Saturday performances. There was no respite from the excessive heat. Despite efforts to wet the arena grounds for Saturday night’s event, the dry and dust persisted.
Attendance for the two-night rodeo was better than a year ago, with 1,843 fans this year to last year’s 1,555.
Rodeo livestock made it rough on cowboys and cowgirls in eight of the nine events contested each night. There were only three qualified rides in the two bronc riding events for the two-night rodeo and two qualified eight-second rides in the bull riding, both coming Saturday.
Most of the top runs in the roping events came in the slack competitions each night. The calves got the better of contestants in calf roping, team roping and breakaway roping. There were three catches made in the steer wrestling.
Girls’ Barrel Racing
1. Hannah Holland, Bucyrus, 17.210 seconds; 2. Annie Smith, Fort Scott, 17.312; 3. Jesse Alsup, Fair Grove, Mo., 17.313; 4. Betsy Hastie-Frazier, Cleveland, Mo., 17.321; 5. Christi Durfey, Amity, Mo., 17.332; 6. Sierra Braun, St. Louis, Mo., 17.335.
Calf Roping
1. Jeff Miller, Blue Mound, 9.2 seconds; 2. Dustin Raupe, Douglass, 9.4; 3. Will Morris, Holden, Mo., 9.6; 4. Tim Kraus, Pacific, Mo., 10.0; 5. Cooper Martin, Alma, 10.1.
Over 40 Calf Roping
1. Dustin Raupe, Douglass, 10.8 seconds; 2. Monty Dyer, Ottawa, 11.1; 3. Bill Huber, Abilene, 12.4; 4. Greg Gentry, Pleasanton, 13.3; 5. Harry Hall, Newburg, Mo., 13.6
Team Roping
1, Seth Kueffer, California, Mo., and Sam Kueffer, Clever, Mo., 5.4 seconds; 2. David Kenyon, California, Mo., and Danny Smith, Huntsville, Mo., 6.0; 3. Kevin Hebenstriet, Edgerton, and Jeff Butler, Cosby, Mo., 6.3; 4. Brandon Duff and Brad Abernathy, Amsterdam, Mo., 6.7; 5. Jesse Hinkle and Luke Norris, Powersville, Mo., 7.1; 6. Steve Younger, Paola, and Matt Wansing, Garden City, Mo., 7.6.
Breakaway Roping
