2002

~ rlast CentralMen's Rodeo Team ,laces Fourth at Warrior Showdown

fourth-place finish capped a suc– ul weekend of competition for the Central Community College's > rodeo team at the annual Warrior rdown Rodeo held October 31- ·mber I at the Neshoba County .eum in Philadelphia. oaniel Moore led the Warrion. by ng among the top fimshers in sev– ueas ofcompeut10n. he :-lanih Waaya High School prod– led for fourth in team roping with amate Jacob Breland of !delphia, finished se..,enth in saddle c riding and placed third in the ·~ all-around competition with 70 rs. ~rew Walters of Syhaa Bay ademy also won honors by placing -d in bull rid.Jng.

The University of Tennesee-Martin captured the men's competiuon with 390 points. Other top finishers included the University of West Alabama (375), Missouri Valley College (205), ECCC ( 180), Troy State University (105), Southern Arkansas Uruversity (85). Faulkner State Community College (80), Michigan State Universit) (60), Southwest Missouri Sl3te University (55) and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Jamae Andrews of Florence led the ECCC women by placing third in breakaway roping. Missouri Valley College won the women's competition with 225 points. Other top finishers V,.ere Northwest Mississippi Community College (115), Troy State University (85), Abraham

Baldwin Agricultural College (80), Murray State University (65), Southwest Missouri Sl3te University (.50), University of Tennessee-Martin (40) and Massissippi State University (30). Followmg its l>Uccessful finish in the Warrior Showdown, the East Central men's team is ued for fifth with Southern Arkansas Umversity in the Ozark Region following competition in four rodeos. Both teams have accumulated 335 points, compared to first-place University of West Alabama, which has l ,465 point~. The Lady Warriors are in ninth place with 60 pomts. The women's group is led by Massouri Valley College with 940 points.

ECCC team members who are ranked in region competition as of November 4 include Daniel Moore of Nanih Waiya, ninth, saddle bronc riding and third, team roping heeler; Chance Smart of Vardaman, fourth, and Drew Walters of Sylvia Bay Academy, ninth, bull riding; Billy Mack Kinard of West Lauderdale, fifth, and Jacob Breland of Philadelphia, fifteenth, team roping header; Jamie Andrews of Florence, ninth, breakaway roping and thtrteenth, goat tying; and Lacey Sanborn of Noxapater, tenth, breakaway roping. Larry Dial serves as coach of the ECCC Rodeo Team, which concludes 2002 competition at Murray State in Kentucky November 21-23. Action resumes at Mississippi State University February 20-23, 2003.

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