The 2019 Frank Phillips College Rodeo-Canadian, TX 

Sophomore Bareback rider Brazos Winters from Texline, TX finished #2 in the long round.

Freshman Goat-Tyer Keni Labrum from Vernal, UT won 3rd in the long round, short round, & average. 

Freshman Bareback rider Bubba Holcomb  from Cedar City, UT made the top 10 Short Round finishing 6th! 

Freshman Tie-Down roper Beau Dean from Platte, SD made the top 10 Short Round finishing at #8 out of 93 ropers.

Freshman Calf-roper Blase Steffen from Gregory, SD finished behind teammate Beau Dean to claim the #9 spot out of 93 Calf-ropers.’

Shoutout to FPC alumni & Goat-Tyer Ricky Rodriguez (WTAMU) for finishing 4th in the long, round, short round, & average.

FPC had several additional athletes who fell just shy of the Top 10; including Freshman Goat-Tyer Caitlin Kreider from Danville, KY finishing #12, Freshman Team Rowdy Norwood from Amarillo,TX & Houston Sheets Rhome, TX finishing in the top 20 of the team-roping, & Freshman Steer-wrestler Beau Dean from Platte, SD finishing in the top 20. 

FPC Rodeo will finish the Fall Semester at Texas Tech October 30-November 1. 

Thank you to everyone who braved the chilly Fall air to come out & cheer on our Plainsmen! 

FPC Rodeo ended their Fall Season at the Texas Tech College Rodeo in Lubbock, TX this past weekend.

 

FPC was well represented in the Bullriding event with Sophomores Nate Hoey of Montrose Colorado scoring a 71 point ride & Tommy Patrick of Loveland, CO scoring a 72. Patrick finished 5th in the long round & average. Hoey finished 6th in the long round & average

 

Freshman Bareback-rider Bubba Holcomb scored a 65 point ride in the Long Round earning his spot among the Top 10. Holcomb then finished scored a 74 point ride in a the Short Round to win 3rd in the round & 8th in the average.

 

Several FPC athletes made great runs but fell short of the Top 10 Short Round. FPC Freshman Beau Dean of Platte, SD turned in a time of 4.7 in the Steer-wrestling placing 11th out of 59 Contestant Entries. Dean also made a great run in the Tie-Down roping placing 14th out of 97 contestant entries. FPC Freshman Rachel Norris from Tipp City, OH turned in a time of 7.4 in the goat-tying narrowly missing the cut off time of 7.2 to get into the Top 10 Short Round. FPC Rodeo will kick off their Spring 2020 Season February 8-9 for the San Antonio College Showdown!

 

 

FPC Rodeo at Vernon College 

FPC Rodeo at Vernon College had a great weekend at the Vernon College Rodeo with 3 athletes making the Top 10 Final Round.

FPC Freshman Keni Labrum from Vernal, UT finished #2 in the ladies event of Goat-Tying, tying a 6. 7 second run in the Long-round & a 6.6 second run in the Short-round. Sophomore Goat-Tyer Rocky Rodriguez from Chino Valley-AZ made a great run as well, turning in a time of 7.4 placing her 11^th in the long-round.

For the 2^nd weekend in a row  FPC had 2 Bareback-Riders qualify for the Top-10 Short Round. Sophomore Brazos winters from Texline, TX finished 5^th & Freshman Bubba Holcomb from Cedar City, UT finished 8^th!

FPC kicks of the 2019 Frank Phillips College Rodeo in Canadian, TX this Thursday October 10-12, please join us in cheering on our Plainsmen! The Performance each night-Thursday, Friday, & Saturday will begin at 6:00 PM. If you cannot make a performance we would enjoy having you in attendance for morning Slack Friday 9:00 AM & Saturday 9:00 AM. To checkout when each Plainsmen athlete will compete please check out www.southwestregionrodeo.com/draw.html. Friday night following the rodeo, from 9:00 PM-12:00 PM Canadian, TX has brought in the Texas Country Band Slim Pickens to perform with tickets at only $5 to attend!

 

Sophomore Breakaway Roper Baylee Paul from Arcadia, FL laid down a smoking run on a hard running calf to place in the Top 20 out of 150 contestant entries. 

 

FPC rodeo has high expectations for their practice during the additional weeks of preparation before the Spring Rodeos. Go Plainsmen!

FPC Rodeo is proud to add Chris Bechthold from Booker, TX to the coaching staff. Chris is a graduate of West Texas A&M University majoring in Agricultural Media & Communication. Chris will be a great addition to our program, as he is accomplished in not only the Roughstock end of the arena but also the Timed Event. In High-School & College Chris competed in Steer-wrestling, Calfroping, Teamroping, & Bullriding. Head Rodeo Coach Kaylee Moyer. Chris has been a highly qualified athlete both in the High School & College ranks, Bechtold is currently rodeoing professionally & sits in the Top 20 of the PRCA Prarie Circuit. Here are some of his accomplishments: 2013 Top 9 Bullriding Champion 2014 4th place NHSFR Steer-Wrestling 2017: NIRA Southwest Region 5th Bullriding 2017: Battle of the Chiefs Bull Riding Champion 2017: PRCA Prairie Circuit Finals Bullriding Qualifier https://fpctx.edu/Athletics/RodeoHome.htm

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FPC Rodeo took home two championship titles from the HCC College Rodeo hosted in Big Spring, TX! Featured in the picture above is Sophomore Kassidy Martin from Sublette, KS winning the Breakaway & Freshman Brazos Winters from Texline, TX winning the Bareback Championships! Sophomore Baylee Paul from Arcadia, FL also made the championship Short Round in the Goat-Tying placing 4th in the long round, 9th in the average, & 9th in the short round; Baylee also had an outstanding breakaway run placing 12th out of 140 contestant entries. Additionally, Freshman Mary Risse from Martin, SD roped sharp with a 3.3 second run in the Breakaway placing 17th out of the 140 entries. FPC Rodeo heads to Stephenville, TX next weekend April 19-21 for the Tarleton College Rodeo! Fight the Fight!

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This weekend, FPC Rodeo competed at the WTXC College Rodeo hosted in Snyder, TX. Freshman, Wyatt Hart from Cape Coral, FL placed 6th in the long round of the Bullriding with a 77 point ride. Sophomore Cordell Davenport from Magnolia, TX ran down a strong steer to place 8th in the long round of the Steer-wrestling. Davenport made a great run in the Short Round throwing his steer in 4.7; but unfortunately broke the barrier causing a 10 second penalty. Sophomore Team-ropers Kassidy Martin from Sublette, KS & Shelby Morgan from Piggot, AR came back to Saturday nights Championship Round 9th. FPC Rodeo goat-tyers narrowly missed the short round make of 7.9 with Mary Risse from Martin, SD making a 8.1 second run & Baylee Paul from Arcadia, FL making a 8.3 second run.

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FPC Rodeo had 3 cowboys representing us In the top 10 championship round at the Ranger College Rodeo hosted in Sweetwater, TX. Freshman Bareback rider Brazos Winters from Texline, TX, took home a top place finish scoring the highest ride of the weekend and earning himself the championship buckle. Freshman Wyatt Hart covered his long round bull for a 6th place finish in the Long round and Average. Sophomore Bryce Batterton from Eads, CO came back 8th in the long round, with a little tough luck in the short round. FPC Rodeos Men’s team placed 6th out of the 17 competing Southwest Region Colleges. Our FPC Rodeo women’s team struggled with many strong runs just falling short of the top 10. Sophomore Baylee Paul & Freshman Risse both placed 1 hole out of the goat-tying; tying their goats in 8.0 second run while a 7.9 second run was the cut off for making it into the championship Round. Sophomore Kassidy Martin made a great run in the breakaway along with teammate Freshman Mary Risse placing them both in the top 20 out of 139 contestant entries. FPC Rodeo will be heading to Snyder, TX April 5-7 for their next College Rodeo. Fight the Fight!

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A short update on our rodeo athletes. Last nights championship round was a wet muddy mess in Portales, NM, but out Plainsmen persevered! Sophomore Bryce Batterton drew a hard running steer to place 6th in the Short round and 6th in the average of the Steer-Wrestling. Freshman Koryn Smedley scored sharp and roped a 3.0 for 3rd in the Short round and 4th in the average in Breakaway out of 151 contestant entries-she also placed 8th in the short round and 8th in the average for Goat-Tying. Freshman Mary Risse blazed through the mud for a 5th place short round and average finish for the event of Goat-Tying. Freshman Brazos Winters covered his short round horse in the Bareback Riding for an 7th place finish in the short round and 8th in the average. Many other athletes placed within the top 20 in their events, but just fell short of the top 10. The women's team overall placed 6th out of the 17 Southwest Region competing colleges. The Plainsmen will compete next In Vernon, TX September 28-30. Go Plainsmen!!

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As rodeo athletes we are pushed to create our own best. Especially in rodeo, the athlete has to choose how hard they are going to work in order to become the best they can be. At Frank Phillips College in Borger, Texas, student athletes are pushed to define their own best and set goals for themselves. Located in the Texas panhandle, Borger is the largest city in Hutchinson County and is conveniently located 50 miles northeast of Amarillo. The FPC Rodeo program is continually improving under the three year coach Kaylee Moyer. Moyer is a Colorado native who has multiple College National Finals Rodeo qualifications and various titles including Central Plains Region champion in multiple events, 2012 CNFR Reserve All Around Champion, and the 2015 Spicer Gripp Women’s Breakaway Champion. As a coach, Moyer focuses on building a team that is talented but also strong in character. “While I do want to win in the arena, it’s my upmost priority that we outshine in the area of character.” At FPC, Moyer encourages athletes to make goals that will help drive them to where they want to go. One unique thing about FPC is how both timed events as well as rough stock events are represented through the coaches. Coach Josh Griggs, an FPC alumni and 2012 and 2015 CNFR contestant, is a major asset with bull riding, bareback riding, and saddle bronc riding. Coach Griggs is currently competing in professional rodeos as well as the PBR. The practice schedule at FPC allows the ropers to rope everyday with either fresh jersey and beef calves for calf ropers and corriente steers for the team ropers. Bulldoggers can practice 2 to more times a week with various outside coaching as well as steers at the school. Roughstock riders are able to buck out bulls 2-3 times a week where saddle bronc and bareback riders are able to spur out horses at least once a week. FPC has various training machines that are always available to the athletes include a Mighty Bucky/Broncy, drop barrel, Time Machine, Heel-O-Matic, Tuf-Calf and a UTV used for pulling roping dummies. Goat tyers practice every day varying between groundwork and horse work while having access to the goat pen whenever. FPC rodeo has goat tying jackpots weekly and attends various jackpots in Texas and Oklahoma throughout the semester. When hauling to jackpots and rodeos, FPC school rig will haul athletes while paying for the fuel. Following the motto of FPC start here go anywhere, it is rather cost effective to attend Frank Phillips. For an out of state student taking 12 credit hours the cost is $1634.00 in tuition. Academic Scholarships are available and everyone is encouraged to apply! The Foundation Scholarship deadline is April 15th and is as easy as going to our website (www.fpctx.edu) and clicking on “Apply for Scholarship option. As far as a rodeo scholarship, it is requested for each athlete to send Coach Moyer or Coach Griggs a rodeo resume, a 2-3 minute highlight video, and a short statement as to why the athlete wants to become a part of the FPC Rodeo Program. Returning sophomore Erica Henderson from Hyannis, Nebraska, returned to Frank Phillips because of the amount of structured practice and the motivational environment that is still pushing her to be the best athlete in and outside of the arena.

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FPC Rodeo at Eastern New Mexico State University Long drives, wet weather, and inescapable mud couldn't keep the winning attitude and overall winning of the Frank Phillips Rodeo team. The rodeo season started off in Portales, New Mexico hosted by ENMU September 15, 16, 17. A great start to a promising season, the team hit the ground running with three to make it back to the short round with lots of room to improve. The two sophomore girls, Ricky Rodriguez and Erica Henderson, and one freshman boy, Zach Hanko. Rodriguez was 6th in the goat tying in the long round out of 77 girls and 8th in the short round and the average. Henderson was 8th in breakaway in the long round out of 147 girls. She came into the short round and had some tough luck, she finished 8th in the average. Henderson was also 18th in the barrel racing out of the 147 girls even after she drew up on the muddiest day of the rodeo, Thursday night. Hanko finished 8th in the long round for bareback and came back in the short round to end up 6th in the average and the short round. Other highlights from ENMU was Freshman Sierra Smith who finished 25th out of 147 in breakaway, Freshman Laramie Mahan 33rd out of 147 in breakaway, and Freshman Amber Willey 45th out of 147 in breakaway. Frank Phillips women’s team finished 9th out of 17 teams. Written by: FPC Rodeo Athlete Bobbi York

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FPC Rodeo Athlete Wins Big at Sul Ross State University The following weekend of September 22nd the team traveled to Alpine, Texas for a rodeo hosted by Sul Ross University. Rodriguez takes her performance from ENMU and only improves to go on and win the goat tying at the 2016 Sul Ross rodeo. Garrett Jones placed 4th in the Championship round of bull riding out of 43. Freshman team of Baylee Paul and Trent Vernon made it to the short round of top 10 out of 119 teams in the team roping. The women's team placed 4th out of 17 teams in the Southwest region including 5 universities while competing against other junior, senior, and graduate students. Other highlights from the weekend included Freshman Kassidy Martin who finished 11th out of 148 breakaway ropers and Baylee Paul who finished 24th out of 148 breakaway ropers. Paul also finished 20th out of 76 goat tyers alongside Freshman Sierra Smith who also finished 20th in goat tying. Freshman Jamie Haney finished 15th out of 99 calf ropers. Overall the Frank Phillips rodeo team is off to a strong start that will only keep improving. Written by: FPC Rodeo Athlete Bobbi York

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Rodeo Athlete Wins Big at Texas Tech... FPC Rodeo placed 4th out of the 17 colleges in the Southwest Region for the Men's Team at the Texas Tech College Rodeo. FPC Rodeo Freshman kicked some tail with Bryce Batterton from Eads, CO winning the Steer Wrestling at the Texas Tech College Rodeo. Bryce aka "Pistol Pete" placed second in the long round tying with team-mate Jamie Haney with a 4.9 second run. In the short round Batterton was a 5.2 to again place second. His combined total in the aggregate won him the championship buckle out of 62 contestant entry's. Freshman Jamie Haney from Odessa, FL also had a great weekend tying with Team-mate Bryce Batterton for 2nd in the Long Round and placing 4th in the Short Round and 4th in the average. The Freshman were on fire this weekend with 2 more Freshman Plainsmen qualifying for Saturday nights Short Round. Freshman Zach Hanko from Oakdale, CA in the Bareback riding placed 7th in the long round, 6th in the short round, and 6th in the average. Freshman Plainswoman Sierra Smith from Winterset, IA also made the championship round in the goat tying placing 10th out of 78 in the long round, 7th in the short round, and 7th in the average. Many other FPC Rodeo athletes had successful runs, but just fell short of the top 10 Short Round. Over 500 athletes were entered at the Texas Tech college rodeo, competing within various events. Go Plainsmen!

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FPC Athletics has a friendly competition each semester, competing for team highest GPA. FPC Rodeo has been 2nd every semester from the start of Coach Moyers coaching and seeking the most coveted position of first. However, this year was an exceptional academic year for FPC Rodeo with three Sophomores graduating and six athletes moving onto various Universities. Each year every professor at FPC gets the opportunity to nominate 1 Sophomore student as their choice for outstanding student of the year. Of the 3 graduating FPC Rodeo athletes we took home 8 "Outstanding Student" awards and were in the running for the most prized award of Academic Plainsmen of the year-word on the street is we were runner up! Shane Knerr was in the running for Academic Plainsmen of the year & took home "Outstanding Student" in the areas of: University Physics, Calculus II, and Technical Business Writing. Zane Stephenson took home "Outstanding Student" of the year in: Wildlife Management, Wildlife Conservation, and Environmental Biology. Josh Griggs took home "Outstanding Student" in Feeds & Feeding, & AG Economics. Multiple FPC athletes were on the President and/or Deans honor role! "This speaks volumes to our athletes as they do not just perform in the arena, but also the classroom! I'm so incredible proud of all our FPC Rodeo athletes! GO PLAINSMEN!!" Coach Moyer

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The Southwest Region has designed a new website to help keep coaches, athletes, parents, and fans updated and informed about results and upcoming events. On the new website viewers can find the upcoming rodeo schedule, quickest rodeo results, rodeo information: stalls, hookups, ground rules etc., and weekly draw. Very convenient tool setup by new Southwest Region Rodeo secretary Tibba Smith. You can find the new website at: http://www.southwestregionrodeo.com

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