ELBOW - It's summertime, meaning people have the lake on their minds and a cold drink in their hands, but as far as land activities go, the rodeo is typically a hot ticket in any town or village across the province.
That was certainly the case in the village of Elbow over July 18 & 19 as the community hosted its yearly Lakeshore Stampede rodeo events.
Each night featured events such as ladies barrel racing, junior barrel racing, bareback riding, both novice and standard saddle bronc riding, tie down roping, ladies break away roping, junior steer riding, steer wrestling, novice bull riding, team roping, and bull riding.
Locals kept an eye on all the events, but kept a closer one on the local talent that took to the arena, such as the following:
Hannah McCannell of Delisle (Ladies barrel racing)
Glen Hamilton of Dundurn (Tie down roping)
Jody Traynor of Delisle (Ladies break away roping)
Cohen Larson of Macrorie (Saddle bronc)
Emmett Hildebrand of Hanley (Junior steer riding)
Rylin Traynor of Delisle (Team roping)
Vincent Traynor of Delisle (Team roping)
Tyler Getz of Lucky Lake (Team roping, Tie down roping)
Lora-Lee Wick of Strongfield (Ladies barrel racing)
Jodie Griffin of Delisle (Ladies barrel racing)
Jayne Loeppky of Central Butte (Ladies barrel racing)
Allee Kapeller of Beechy (Junior barrel racing)
Kelley Byrne of Beechy (Ladies barrel racing)
Megan Reiner of Wiseton (Ladies barrel racing)
Rylee Erickson of Birsay (Ladies break away roping)
Paige Mizu of Conquest (Ladies break away roping)
Sheridan Lillyman of Lucky Lake (Ladies break away roping)
Isaiah Anslow of Delisle (Team roping)
Brian McPhee of Hanley (Steer wrestling)
TJ Loeppky of Central Butte (Steer wrestling)
Chase Holbrook of Hanley (Team roping)
AJ Jackson of Delisle (Team roping)
Dawson Jackson of Delisle (Team roping)
Tuckey Ayers of Loreburn (Team roping)
Travis Griffin of Elbow (Team roping)
When the bronco-busting and steer wrestling was wrapped for the nights, entertainment provided by musical group Cooper Tropeau & The Broken Bones followed by DJ Brocky B was on tap.
For local rodeo fans, there's still more action to come this summer, as the Riverbank Rodeo Committee in Outlook gets ready to host their own two-night event at the new rodeo grounds just behind the Jim Kook Rec Plex, taking place Friday & Saturday night over August 8 & 9.
