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RCAN hosts Ranch Rodeo Scramble event

Th The Rural Communities and Agricultural Neighbors or RCAN held its first Ranch Rodeo Scramble Finals Qualifier of the year this past Saturday, February 27 at the Milk River Pavilion in Malta, MT.

The ranch rodeo scramble consists of a four person team competition. Teams have up to eight minutes to complete all five events. These events are more of the basic, day to day things that will happen on the ranch. These five events consist of; getting one steer in a trailer with the door shut, getting one in a pen with the door latched, one roped and on its side for "branding". They don't really brand it, just go through the motions. One roped and on its side for doctoring, and one roped and then three legs tied. The events can be done in any order and simultaneously. Once the last event is done, all team members, their horses, ropes and hats must be back across the finish line before the tied steer can stand up for the time to stop. With all team members chasing steers around the arena at the same time, there is always something going on.

One of the team members was asked if there is a game plan going into the competition. He said "Yeah, you try to go in with a game plan, and then you cross the start line and the steers usually have a different plan all together so then you just end up doing the best you can."

When asked her thoughts on how the day went, RCAN President Katie Brown said, "It was our first scramble finals qualifier of 2021. We weren't sure on how the turnout would be because we just had our big finals in January and we are either nearing calving season or some people are already calving. But taking all of that into consideration, we still had 19 teams and a fairly successful turnout for the crowd. We ended up with new contestants this time, so that's really exciting when we get new people involved."

Results for the adult division are as follows:

First Place - ZN Ranch, with a combined time of 4 minutes and 36 seconds. Members are Jim Robinson, Clinton Cox, Tucker Hould, and Jett Anderson. Second Place – Anderson Ranch, with a time of 4 minutes and 57 seconds. Members are Jett Anderson, Ken Salveson, Curtis Bruckner, and Tucker Hould. Third Place – The team of Guy Simanton, Ken Salveson, Jesse Benson, and Ted Brown. Their combined time was 5 minutes and 17 seconds. Fourth Place – Robinson Ranch, with a time of 5 minutes 48 seconds. Members include Tucker Hould, Curtis Bruckner, Jim Robinson and Jesse Benson. Fifth Place – Salveson Ranch, with a time of 7 minutes 6 seconds. Members are Ken Salveson, Jim Robinson, Ted Brown, and Curtis Bruckner.

For the first time ever, RCAN held a youth scramble in which there were four kids ages 14 and under along with one adult. They did the same format with only three events that had to be completed. The penning, trailer, and the branding. There were five teams going for the win in the youth competition.

Results for the Youth Division are as follows: First Place – Stampede Queens, with a time of 1 minute 50 seconds. Members are Blake Ozark, Anna Brown, Jessa Erickson, and Madison Harris. Second Place – Brendt Ranch, with a time of 2 minutes 8 seconds. Members are Stetson Brendt, Skylar Brendt, Hallie Bruckner, and Lela Domire. Third Place – LR Simpson Construction, with a time of 6 minutes 28 seconds. Members are Laynee Simpson, Maddy McEwen, Morgan McEwen, and Flint McEwen. Fourth Place – North Country Cowboys, with a time of 7 minutes 12 seconds. Members include Keenan Labrie, Shelby Labrie, Sam Simonson, and Ryett Anderson. Fifth Place – Lil Salveson Ranch, with a time of 8 minutes 13 seconds. Members are Kesi Salveson, Riya Salveson, Finn Witmer, and Mackenzie Witmer.

When asked about the youth scramble, Brown said, "The best thing from the entire day was our very first youth ranch rodeo scramble. I will be honest, I was a little hesitant when we first started planning the youth scramble because it added more work and we did it short notice, but we have such an amazing rodeo committee and it went amazing."

When asked if there might be any changes to the event, she said, "There might be one or two things that we change, but we wouldn't even have to. RCAN is all about the next generation. So being able to get those kids involved and watching them compete and succeed out there was inspiring and heartwarming, and it reassured me that we are on the right track and that we are doing the right thing."

"Now I'll be honest and tell you that I had tears the entire youth section, she continued. "I am so proud and we are definitely on the right track."

 

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