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.

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The Team Roping Journal

CLO • Fresh off the ProRodeo trail, Clay Smith and Junior Nogueira won the Clay Logan Open with a 27.52 on five head for $70,000 Oct. 5. Smith also won fourth and fifth for another $18,500, bringing his daily total to $53,500 just one week after winning his share of $92,000 in the Riata Championships Pro Futurity.

CINCH NTRL FINALS RETURN TO JACKSONVILLE WITH RECORD PAYOUTS, EXPANDED BREAKAWAY EVENTS

KALEB DRIGGERS, JUNIOR NOGUEIRA WIN REGULAR SEASON AND GOVERNOR'S CUP IN 2025 SEASON COMEBACK • Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira closed a hard 2025 ProRodeo regular season with the $32,000 Governor’s Cup win and the regular season title.

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(At Home With) • Luke Brown will carry the South Carolina flag into the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas for the 16th time this month, and at 51 will be the elder statesman of this year’s NFR contestant pack. The end of the 2025 regular season was a wild one for Luke, who now makes his home in Lipan, Texas, with his wife, Lacy, and their 11-year-old daughter, Libby. Brown will head for Trey Yates at NFR 2025.

TIME TO HIT THE TEAM ROPING JACKPOT IN VEGAS

MASTERING THE INNER PSYCHE OF TEAM ROPING

AIR FORCE TO EQUIBRAND • Senior Master Sergeant Shane White worked hard for this roping life.

TIGHT AT THE TOP: LEVI BAKER SITS SECOND IN THE RESISTOL JR. HEELING STANDINGS BY 14 POINTS • The Tennessee teen has been cashing in across the East and is sitting second on the Resistol Jr. heeling leaderboard.

GEORGIA ON TOP: HOLLY CHILDERS HOLDS COMMANDING LEAD ON CINCH LADIES HEADING • Holly Childers might have started in the western performance horse world, but now she has found her home in the team roping pen.

HEELERS' LEFT HAND • The difference is in the details.

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ONLY COLTER: TODD TAKES A CHANCE ON THE YOUNG ONE • The 5-Year-Old Rodeo Rookie They Call Evelyn Steps Up to the Plate

RIATA'S $5.5 MILLION MOMENT

Chasing 8 • From Jake and Clay to Speed and Rich, team roping’s greatest dynasties remain untouched two decades later.

SUPER BOWL OF RODEO • Celebrates 40 Years in Vegas with Record Payoff

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