Association hosts team

roping at Box Elder arena

Chris Peterson

Havre Daily News

cpeterson@havredailynews.com

After a hard-fought day of

competing at the Chippewa

Cree Rodeo Association team

roping competition, Cameron

Billy and Marty Watson, both

of Box Elder, were the top

money winners and took

home trophy saddles. Coming

in second place in money winnings

were Keith Billy and Eric Watson.

At the Sybil Sangrey

Colliflower Memorial Arena

near Box Elder, teams competed

in six different roping events.

Cameron Billy had a spectacular

outing, coming in first place three times.

The competition opened

with roping No. 9, which saw

Billy and Watson take first

and the team of Eric and

Darrel Watson finish second.

In roping No. 8, Jay and

Joe Doney took first. Eric

and Marty Watson finished second.

Roping No. 7 saw Eric and

Darrel Watson take home

first place and Eric and

Marty Watson coming in second place.

Eric and Darrel Watson

capped off a solid competition

with a first place finish in the

No. 6 roping competition.

Cameron Billy took first in

roping No. 5 with Marty

Watson, and won roping No. 4 with Jo Jo Billy.

Keith Billy and Eric

Watson continued their solid

competition with a second

place finish in roping event

No. 5. Kenny and Marty

Watson took home second

place in roping No. 4.

The Chippewa Cree Rodeo

Association is hosting several

team ropings and open rodeos

this summer, along with jackpot team ropings every

Wednesday evening at the

Sybil Sangrey Colliflower

arena, 1 miles east of Box Elder.

A Fourth of July celebration

will include saddle team

roping on July 3 and open

rodeo on July 4.

Complete Results:

#9 Roping

First Cameron Billy, Marty

Watson;

Second Eric Watson, Darrel

Watson.

#8 Roping

First Jay Doney, Joe Doney;

Second Eric Paul Watson, Marty

Watson.

#7 Roping

First Eric Watson, Darrel Watson;

Second Cameron Billy, Marty

Watson.

#6 Roping

First Eric Watson, Darrel Watson;

Second J. Monteau, Billy Lamere;

Third Brandi Beecher, Curtis

Monteau.

#5 Roping

First Cameron Billy, Marty

Watson; Second Eric Watson,

Keith Billy; Third Melvin Morsette

Jr., Marty Watson.

#4 Roping

First Cameron Billy, Jo Jo Billy;

Second Kenny Watson, Marty;

Watson

Third Marty Watson, Ervin

Watson.