MONTE VISTA – The San Luis Valley local rodeo took place on Saturday morning at the newly-named Charlie Burd Arena.

There were three events – team roping, tie-down roping and barrel racing. The top performers in each event came back to perform in the regular rodeo on Saturday and Sunday.

The team ropers who came back for the rodeo included Chase Francis and Fernando Gonzales with a 7.6-second run, Tate Huffaker and Monte Huffaker in 13 seconds, Ty Canty and Brett Canty in 13.7, Baylon Canty and Mitch Canty in 14.1, Bailey Danylo and Taten Koenig in 16.9, Gavin Claunch and Albert Claunch in 17.1, Greg Howard and Frog Black in 17.5, and Jared Sinclair and Scott Honeycutt in 19.1.

There were only six successful tie-down ropers. Kelton Gartrell had a time of 14.3 seconds, Trent Koenig had a run of 14.7, Tate Huffaker had a time of 21.0, Ty Canty and Travis Canty both had times of 22.1, and Kayson Johnson had a time of 24.8.

The eight finalists in barrel racing included Gracie Wilson and Haylee Bond both in 16.87, Jaycee Francis in 16.90, Taylor Valdez in 17.01, Hadee Canty in 17.13, Raelynn Bouet in 17.22, Danylo in 17.25, and Lucy Brittain in 17.35.

The winners of the events included Francis and Gonzales in 7.9 in team roping, Travis Canty in tie-down roping in 14.2, and Wilson in barrel racing in 16.59. All the times occurred on Sunday.