By Pat KopeckiWilson County News

STOCKDALE — Ethan Crouch gave it his all June 15 to win the bareback riding contest during the 69th an-nual Stockdale Watermelon Jubilee Rodeo, held June 14-15. Former high school rodeo con-testants competed against local cow-boys/cowgirls and others to gain points on the rodeo circuit. Senisa Blandford won fi rst in the breakaway competition, while Kelby Crow placed third in the calf roping. See “Watermelon Jubilee Rodeo re-sults” for a list of winners. The Jubilee was dedicated to Rickey Neill, an agriculture teacher for 25 years, who is battling cancer. Also during the opening ceremo-nies, Laken Snyder was crowned Miss Rodeo Stockdale; Sydney Dockery, Miss Rodeo Princess; Careum Lambeck, Little Miss Rodeo; and Brayden Dillingham, Little Mr. Rodeo. More royalty was crowned, this time Chris Oltmann of Nixon, who earned the title of Watermelon Jubilee King for his watermelon

weighing 64.4 pounds. Last year’s king Jimmy Hernandez Jr. of Pandora came in second with his 44-pound watermelon. During the scholar-ship auction, the cham-pion melons brought in $1,500 and $1,000, re-spectively. pkopecki@wcn-

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PAT KOPECKI/Reprints at wilsoncountynews.comAnd we have liftoff … A bronc rider gives all he has to hold on during his ride. See wilsoncountynews.com for video from the Lester Meier Rodeo production.

PAT KOPECKI/Reprints at wilsoncountynews.comA cowboy quickly ties up a calf during the calf-roping contest during the Stockdale Watermelon Jubilee Rodeo.

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He’s not heavy! A cowboy quickly lifts a calf for the tiedown.

Cowgirls compete during the breakaway contest. PAT KOPECKI/Reprints at wilsoncountynews.com

PAT KOPECKI/Reprints at wilsoncountynews.comA rodeo would not be complete without the ever-popular calf scramble.

SONYA PRUSKI/Contributor2013 Stockdale Watermelon Jubilee dedi-cation recipient Rickey Neill waves to the crowd during the June 15 parade.

Cold watermelons + rodeo = Texas fun for all

Watermelon Jubilee

Rodeo results(Held June 14-15 in Stockdale)

Bareback — Ethan Crouch, fi rst (76); and Tony

Tharp, second Calf Roping — Ricky Peoples, fi rst (8.80); Hudson

Wallace, second (9.89); Kelby Crow, third (10.53); and

Wayne Clemons, fourth (10.62)

Breakaway — Senisa Blanford, fi rst (2.51); Jody

Henderson, second (3.69); Jena Calderola, third (3.90);

and Kacey Graham, fourth (4.03)

Team Roping — Keet Cyphers and Kyle Cyphers,

fi rst (4.33); Joel Galvan and Cuatro Hines, second (4.83);

Josh DeBord and Scott Brown, third (5.01); Devin Hayes

and Ricky Joe Lee, fourth (5.58); Shane Brown and

Scott Brown, fi fth (5.62); and Josh DeBord and Tooter

Flack, sixth (5.85)

Barrels (June 14) — Danielle Powers, fi rst; Ruby

Lingo, second; Cheyenne Hagland, third; Rachel Guidry,

fourth; and Jill Patterson, fi fth

Barrels (June 15) — Kassidy Smart, fi rst; Kristen

Williams, second; Rozlyn Reeves, third; and Rachel

Guidry, fourth Bull Riding — Tony Smart, fi rst (88.5); Ralph

Benson, second (88); Jake Littlefi eld, third (85); Matt

Hernandez, fourth (84); and Dakota Mills, fi fth (80).

Source: Lester Meier Rodeo Co.

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PAT KOPECKI/Reprints at wilsoncountynews.comSold! Jimmy Hernandez Jr. shows off his water-melon entry during the scholarship auction as Watermelon Jubilee King Chris Oltmann, Miss Rodeo Stockdale Laken Snyder, and Queen Melone LXIX Emily Ploch encourage the bidders.