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

BEST OF THE BEST • Jordan Allyn made his mark on the TX Best Rope Horse Futurity, winning the 4 & Under Intermediate Heading, 4 & Under Open Heeling and 4 & Under Intermediate Heeling for a total of $12,775. Allyn and East Texas Nights won the 4 & Under Intermediate Heading with a 673.13.

RARE AIR • Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira won their second-straight Bob Feist Invitational championship March 29, for $154,000 after roping six steers in 41.48 seconds. The win marked the second-fastest BFI aggregate time in history, and they’re only the third team ever to win back-to-back titles at the Feist.

SAN ANGELO SUCCESS • Kolton Schmidt and Will Woodfin came from second callback to win the San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo April 18, for $8,287 a man. Schmidt and Woodfin roped three steers in 14.0 seconds and each pocketed $9,720 on their way to the title.

USTRC ANNOUNCES PROGRAM CHANGES ON THE HEELS OF THE CINCH NFTR

MARCUS THERIOT & WYATT COX GET MUCH-NEEDED WIN AT RODEO AUSTIN • The road to the 2025 Rodeo Austin win was not for the faint of heart.

$354K IN TWO WEEKS TURNS AROUND DRIGGERS & NOGUEIRA’S ‘SLOW WINTER’ WITH 2025 AMERICAN RODEO WIN • Kaleb Driggers has won more American Rodeo titles than any competitor in the event’s 12-year history.

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(At Home With) • Barry Berg lives and breathes the cowboy life every day. The longtime Cactus Ropes general manager has worked for this booming business for over 30 years, since about a year after Cactus first opened its doors. When not in the shop building the next best thing for his roping superstar and recreational roper friends, you’ll find Berg out in the practice pen or entered up somewhere. Barry and his wife, Susan, who have two sons, Brett, 22, and Tyler, 20, live in Hale Center, Texas.

WHICH KIND OF COWBOY ARE YOU?

THE SWING BONE’S CONNECTED TO THE DELIVERY BONE

MOTES’ BIG BREAK: A LAST-MINUTE TRIP & A $50,000 DAY • Ryan Motes left the 1998 Lariat Bowl with momentum that would launch his career.

Competitive Edge • practice pen | Trevor Brazile | freeze frame | horsepower

WHY I LOVED THE PRACTICE PEN MORE THAN THE RODEO • The daily work isn’t the grind; it’s the reward.

Freeze Frame

BUILT FOR SPEED • Brenten Hall Buys Sister-in-Law Brooke Howell’s B1

Team Roping Without a Trust Fund • Statistics say most legends are not forged from silver spoons.

CINCH NATIONAL FINALS 36TH 20 USTRC 25

Cinch Ladies 2025 YEAR-END CHAMPIONS • 1 YEAR OF CINCH CLOTHING AND $2,000

TOTAL FEEDS NATIONAL BREAKAWAY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025

THE SCORE