"Hanging on for dear life....but what a ride!"

 

UPRA Spring Rodeo "Winds Down"
With Climactic Saturday Night Performance

 

by: Bobby McDonald

 

 

 

Mutton Bustin'

 

Maybe not intentionally, but the Saturday night performance of the UPRA Spring Rodeo in Sulphur Springs, quickly became the "rowdiest" and best performance of the three-day run of the schedule, as rough stock, outstanding rides, and competitive action, took center stage. It was also the time for the crowning of the new Hopkins County UPRA Queen and her court, as well as a number of active participation events for the youth of Hopkins County, such as mutton bustin', a calf scramble, and a boot scramble.

 

 

The Grand Entry....

 

 

 

The night's events began with the Mutton Bustin' Contest for the little kids and soon, had the Grand Entry filling the arena with a parade of top horses and their riders, who would be competing throughout the night!

 

 

Bareback Bronc Riding

 

 

 

 

 

From the opening ride, as the saddle bronc burst out of the chute, until one of the pick-up men, loosened this girth and closed the curtain on the performance, it was a non-stop, action-filled, night in the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center, with some of the best scores of the event, being turned-in, by the cowboys and cowgirls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UPRA Rodeo will be returning to Sulphur Springs and the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center, in November, when the UPRA will conduct their Rodeo Finals, in the same venue.

 

 

 

Steer Wrestling

 

 

 

Enjoy these photos from Saturday night's performance, in the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center:

 

 

Ladies' Breakaway Roping

 

 

 

 

 

Saddle Bronc Riding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tie-Down Calf Roping

 

 

 

 

Calf Scramble

 

 

 

 

 

Team Roping

 

 

 

Chuckwagon Races

 

 

 

 

A Clown's Stunt.....gone bad!!!

 

Really BAD!!!!!

 

 

 

 

Ladies' Barrel Racing

 

 

 

 

Youth Steer Scramble

 

Mike Laegeschar Como-Pickton winner!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, the ever popular Bull Riding!!!!

 

 

Dakota Hrabal - Miller Grove.

 

 

 

 

And, the pickup man, Bobby Bamby, of Durant, OK, dismounted and loosened his cinch as the
curtain was closed on the 2010 UPRA Springs Rodeo in Sulphur Springs.

 

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