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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HOME TEAM HEROES • George Aroz and Dennis Gatz picked up $23,700 for the #10.5 Legends win at the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Title Fights Feb. 11-14. The Arizona team was 33.28 seconds on four head in Wickenburg, Arizona.

HAMILTON HUSTLE • Texas men Billy Hines and Jaydon Patterson won the #8.5 at the Ariat World Series of Team Roping qualifier in Hamilton, Texas, Feb. 14. Hines and Patterson roped four steers in 39.12 seconds to pocket $24,740.

UNDERDOGS • Corben Culley and Trent Vaught put their names on the map Feb. 7, winning the 2026 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. Culley and Vaught roped their steer in the clean-slate finals in 5.4 seconds to pocket $24,900 a man in Fort Worth.

LONE STAR FAREWELL • Tyler Tryan and Jake Long are the final Lone Star Shootout champs, winning the 2026 edition Feb. 14, with a 12.14 on three head. Tryan and Long took home $70,000 and two brand new Stephenville Trailers from the Abilene, Texas, roping,

CLO • Jr. Dees and Ross Ashford took home $40,000 for the Clay Logan Open win Feb. 8. Dees and Ashford roped five head in 31.45 seconds at the Stephenville, Texas, roping.

ARIAT WORLD SERIES OF TEAM ROPING UPDATES • Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale adds additional day.

TANNER TOMLINSON AND COLEBY PAYNE STRIKE EARLY WITH $13K DENVER WIN • Tanner Tomlinson and Coleby Payne raked in $12,629 a man in Denver, giving them early momentum heading into the 2026 ProRodeo season. —Taylor Vollin

ARE GLOBAL HANDICAPS BROKEN?

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(At Home With) • Mary Ann Miller is a fourth-generation world champion roper. Her great grandfather Ben Johnson Sr. was a world champion steer roper in the 1920s. Her great uncle Ben Johnson Jr. was the 1953 world champion team roper. Mary Ann's dad, John Miller, was the 1970-71 world champion team roper, and her mom, Barbara, is an NFR barrel racer. Like her parents, Mary Ann calls Cave Creek, Arizona home.

CHANGING SEASONS AND TIMES

MASTERING HEELING'S BIG FOUR

BALTIMORE FIRST RESPONDER LEARNS TO ROPE • After decades of duty, Steve Duley finds a new type of brotherhood.

BIG BREAK: FORT WORTH'S FIRST OFFICIAL PRCA TEAM ROPING

THE RESISTOL JUNIOR USTRC ROPERS HAVE BEEN HARD AT IT THIS SEASON, SNAGGING WINS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY • The young guns are heading to the Cinch National Finals of Team Roping, set for April 19-26, 2026, in Fort Worth.

CINCH LADIES ROPERS CAP OFF STANDOUT SEASON AHEAD OF 2026 NATIONAL FINALS • The Cinch National Finals of Team Roping, held in Fort Worth, Texas, April 19-26, 2026, is the place to be for the ladies of the USTRC.

FINER POINTS: ON THE CHASE

Next Level with Jake Smith • It's Everything: Breaking Down the Left Hand When Scoring and Delivering Your Rope with Switch-Ender Jake Smith.

Freeze Frame

The Bits That Won the World: Andrew Ward and Jake Long

BINGE-WATCH: Cinch Timed Event Championship on Roping.com

JC FLAKE IS HEAVY ON THE HORSEPOWER • And he's now four deep in first-stringers.

‘I JUST WANT TO ROPE’ • Travis Browne spent a decade in the UFC, but now he's found his adrenaline rush in a very different arena.

FLAGGERS Are Human, Too • Living Legends Weigh in on Handling Close Calls

Put Your (Horse's) Name Down • Inside the National Rope Horse...