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.

Dear Roper

The Team Roping Journal

TIE BALLGAME • The win at Cheyenne Frontier Days came down to a double tiebreaker to determine who would take the victory lap, and it was world champions Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira who set it all in motion. Although they didn’t survive the tiebreakers, their 7.6-second run in the finals, combined with their long round and semifinals placings, put $12,600 apiece in their pockets.

FOR THE TRAILER • At the Mathews Land & Cattle Stanton Special Ariat World Series Qualifier in Stanton, Texas, the high-point roper of the weekend took home a brand-new bumper pull trailer. The man driving home with that trailer hooked on was Stefan Ramone with 29 points. Ramone placed in the Open, #14.5 and #13.5, all on the head side.

GET A GRIPP • Clay Tryan and Will Woodfin won the 2026 Spicer Gripp Memorial Open in Hereford, Texas, after roping six head in 44.91 seconds to pocket $50,000.

TAKE A LAP BOYS • Nelson Wyatt and Jonathan Torres were crowned champions of the Caldwell Night Rodeo after winning Round 1 with a 4.6 for $4,604 a man, winning second in the finals from the high callback position with a 5.4, good for $984 each, and finishing with a 15.4 on three head in the average for $6,907 a man.

CALIFORNIA KID • 2026 Resistol Rookie Heeler of the Year contender Trey White, of Los Osos, California, heeled one behind NFR header Spencer Mitchell to win the Farm-City Pro Rodeo in Hermiston, Oregon, with a time of 17.0 seconds on three head, moving him into the rookie conversation toward the end of the season.

BEST BUDS WIN IN WASHINGTON • Slade Wood and Logan Moore took the Horse Heaven Roundup win in Kennewick, Washington, after winning Round 1, placing in the finals and going 15.3 on three head for $8,902 from the weekend.

FINALE ENTRY DEADLINES

TYLER TRYAN AND NICKY NORTHCOTT WIN CHEYENNE AFTER DOUBLE TIEBREAKER • Tyler Tryan and Nicky Northcott matched Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira with a 7.6-second run in the Cheyenne Frontier Days finals.

RIDE WITH LONDYN BENEFIT ROPING RAISES $324,618 FOR LONDYN GONZALES’ CANCER FIGHT

WYATT AND TORRES TURN CALDWELL AND $19,433 WEEK INTO LATE AUGUST PUSH • Nelson Wyatt and Jonathan Torres won $19,433 apiece Aug. 18-22, led by a $12,495-per-man win at Caldwell Night Rodeo that pushed Wyatt to No. 14 in the PRCA world standings and Torres to No. 18.

(At Home With) • Hall of Famer Joe Beaver is an eight-time World Champion Cowboy who’s won five world titles in the tie-down roping (1985, ’87-88, ’92 and ’93) and three world all-around championships. Team roping was his second event when he won that ultimate cowboy crown in 1995, ’96 and 2000. This lifelong Texan, who’ll turn 61 this month on Oct. 13, has been heading at the California Circuit rodeos this year.

THE NFR-BOUND YOUNG GUNS HAVE ARRIVED

EVALUATING EVERY DETAIL TO BUILD A GAME PLAN

ROPING DAD IS ALL IN • Gauge Fleming carries her father’s toughness into team roping and beyond.

BIG BREAK: J.D. Yates’ DT Air Jordan EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK

SWITCH-ENDER DELUXE: GREGORY MITCHELL SITS WITHIN TOP 10 ON BOTH SIDES OF RESISTOL JUNIOR USTRC LEADERBOARD • The Georgia roper leads the 2026 USTRC junior heeling standings with 65 points while also sitting sixth on the head side with 24.

IN HER BLOOD: TYANN CLEMENTS TAKES ADVANTAGE OF HOMETOWN USTRC QUALIFIERS TO SIT SECOND IN CINCH LADIES HEADING RACE...