Highmore teen roper and runner to compete in NJHFR
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HIGHMORE — Tate Hoffman is a good roper. Dale Lee Forman is a fast runner. So it’s only fitting that the two paired up for a run at the National Junior High Rodeo Finals June 24-30 in Huron.
Hoffman, 13, will compete in tie-down roping on his own and ribbon roping with Forman. The 2018 event marks the second straight year Hoffman will compete at the Junior High Finals, having competed in team roping a year ago.
Hoffman, from Highmore, thinks he and Forman might have a shot at a high place in the ribbon roping competition.
Ribbon roping is an event with one roper and one runner. The roper, on horseback, ropes the calf and brings it to a stop, while the runner, on foot, grabs the ribbon from the tail of the calf and runs back across the finish line.
The faster the roper can get the calf roped and stopped, the shorter the distance for the runner.
“She’s fast and I’m a good roper,” Hoffman said of Forman. “It works out.”
PHOTO BY JOHN DAVIS/AMERICAN NEWS
Highmore teen roper Tate Hoffman settles a loop about the head of a calf, during a rodeo event earlier this summer. Hoffman will compete in the National Junior High Finals Rodeo in Huron.