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Shelton-Mason County Journal NPRA rodeo on Friday and Saturday By EMILY HANSON ernily@,.~nasoneoun~y.com. For the first time in Mason County, a Mexi- can Rodeo will be held during the Mason Area Fair. At 2 p.m. on Sunday, Tacos el Rey and Ran- cho San Juan will present the Mexican Rodeo, which will be overseen by events coordinator Jesse Torres. "The Mexican Rodeo is something for the Spanish community here," Torres said. "We want not only the Mexican community there but the American community, too. We want everybody to have fun with these shows." The Mexican Rodeo will feature a sheep riding competition, bull soccer and a competi- tion between the Mexican and the American • Girls' rugby to play for jockeys, free. state title 'The Mexican Rodeo literally has bull soc- Prior to the Mexican Rodeo, the annual cer where people from the crowd, four per NPRA rodeo will take place at the fairgrounds team, play soccer with a small bull," Torres at 7 p.m. tomorrowand at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Pl vi said. "You have to get the bull to chase you in This rodeo will feature the traditional U] 6 boys ng tothe opponent's goal." events of barrel racing, saddle bronc riding, for third place He said the Mexican and American jockeys team roping, calf roping, bareback riding, will be competing to see who is best at the ro- steer wrestling, bull riding, break away rop- deo events. Points will be determined by the ing and wild cow milking. By EMILY HANSON time they finish, what the judges think and "The crowd favorite is the businessmen's emily@nlasoncoun~y,corn the crowd's applause, wild cow milking," rodeo director Julie Gray Rachel Hansen, the co-owner of Northwest said. "It is hilarious. A three-person team gets Event Organizers which plans the Mason Area a business sponsor and then they get a cow The rugby 7s season is Fair, said the Mexican Rodeo is definitely dif- out of the shoot, milk it and get their bottle to drawing to a close, with the ferent from Northwest Professional Rodeo As- the judges. They're all in the area at the same final tournament this week- sociation (NPRA) rodeos, time." end. "The Mexican Rodeo is very popular with The rodeo has been part of the Mason Area From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., on the people in the Pacific Northwest," Hansen Fair since 2001. Due to the popularlity of the Saturday, the Shelton girls' said. "It's never been done at the fair before." rodeo, slack will be done at 8 a.m. on Satur- team and the U16 boys' Froilan Rodriguez, a former Shelton resi- day to give cowboys a chance to compete who team will compete at the .dent, will be providing all of the cattle for the didn't make it into the evening shows. Portman Avenue Field in Mexican Rodeo. "There are three other rodeos this weekend, Tacoma. Tickets are $15 per person, but children Head coach Josh Duch- 10-years-old and younger will be admitted one said the girls will be See Rodeo on page C-3 competing for the state championship while the boys are going for third Journal DnOlO D) Emil) Hanson Manuel Nicaio, ll, chases after the ball with Willie Ruiz, 13, hot on his heels. Playing for the Deer Creek Landscape Supply and Wembley Soccer Shop teams, respectively, Nicaio and Ruiz were pulled into a U16 game on July 19 when neither team had enough players show up for the evening's game. The last soccer games for the South Mason Youth Soccer Club's summer season begin at 6 p.m. tonight at South Mason Soccer Park. place. "I think the girls will do as well as they have been," Duchene said. "I think the boys' win last weekend will help them elevate this weekend." Two weekends ago, the girls' team travled to Oregon where it won its first game 45-0. The team lost its next three games with scores of 30-5, 30-0 and 30-0. Duchene said the team struggled with the high temperatures, which were 90 degrees, and the sched- ule of the tournament. "We were smaller than a lot of teams down there but it started getting better as the weekend went on," he said. While the girls were in Oregon, the U16 boys com- peted in Ferndale where they lost to the Seattle Vi- kings and the Eastside Li- ons. , "The boys still have a lack of numbers and experi- ence," Duchene said. Last weekend, both teams traveled to Central Washington University in Ellensburg for another tour- nament. "The girls won both their games," Duchene said. "They defeated Prairie Crush 40-5 and the Seattle Vikings 35-0." Duchene said both these teams are new to the girls' division and have a lack of experience. "Multiple Shelton girls scored which is what we want to see out there," he said. The boys team lost to Se- attle 25-5 but came back to defeat the Eastside Lions 45-5. This was the first vic- tory for the U16 boys this summer. See Rugby on page C-3 By EMILY HANSON Auseth for the bonus nine-hole skins emily@masoncounty.com contest, but they did not win any skins. Emma Hanley from Forest Grove. Ore., won the Open Womens division, A full field of disc-golfers competed throwing a 204. against each other during the sec- Kenny Benjamin from Port Or- ond annual Showdown at the Shelton chard won the Amateur Mens division, Springs Disc Golf Course last weekend, throwing a 179 while Katie Schnieder "It went great," Mason County Disc from Yelm won the Amateur Womens Golf Association President Morgan Ro- division, throwing a 232. throck said. "We've gotten really great Todd Bates from Tacoma won the feedback and I'm happy with it." Amateur Masters division, throwing a The 72 disc-golfers competed dur- 179. ing two days at the course in six divi- On the nine-hole skins bonus con- sions: Open Mens, Open Masters and test, Kyle Crabtree combined with Tim Open Womens for the professionals and Baugher for six skins worth $600. Scan Amateur Mens, Amateur Masters and Phillips combined with Ray Rothrock Amateur Womens. for two skins worth $200 and Brandon Daniel Lilley from Spanaway wonParsons combined with Bart Yanoch the Open Masters division, throwing a for one skin worth $100. 174. Lilley also hit two hole-in-ones on Bailey Bilyeu hit a hole-in-one on Rod No. 13. Black No. 1. John Anderson from Puyallup wonThe professional distance champion the Open Mens division, throwing a was Chandler Fry from Olympia at 522- 166. Anderson combined with Melody feet while the amateur distance chum- pion was Morgan Rothrock at 470-feet. "The tournament wen~ smoother than last year," Rothrock said. "It's still a learning curve for us. We're trying to make it as smooth and professional as possible. We want to make everybody's experience high quality." Rothrock said the disc-golfers in Shelton are a young group, experience- wise, with most playing for a short time. "That's one of the reasons we hold the tournament," he said. "We want to help people realize there's a bigger disc golfing community out there." Winners of the professsional divi- stuns received cash payouts while win- ners of the amateur divisions received gift certificates. Title sponsor Olympic Discs handled all of the prizes, Rothrock said. "Everybody had a really great time and we put on a great tournament," he said. "That is almost exclusively due to the local business support we received." Shelton-Mason Journal photo by Ermly Hanson Shelton's Jeremy "Bear" Barringer throws a birdie on hole No. 7 on Saturday at the Shelton Springs Disc Golf Course during the second annual Showdown. County Journal - Thursday, July 26, 2012 - Page C-1