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Jackets win 8 events, team title at Springtown

SPRINGTOWN – The Stephenville Yellow Jackets won eight events – including three gold medals by Tristian Gentry and two by Jacoby Tooley – and claimed the team championship at the Brad Legan Friends & Family Invitational hosted by Springtown ISD on March 6. The Yellow Jackets scored 128 points while host Springtown finished second with 109 points and Everman was third with 91 points in the 12-team boys’ field.

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Tarleton rodeo teams open spring season with wins

STEPHENVILLE— Bare back rider Roedy Farrell, saddle bronc rider Coleman Shallbetter and goat tyer Tori Brower each captured first place as Tarleton State University’s men’s and women’s rodeo teams swept top honors at the Odessa College National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) spring season opener over the weekend. Farrell, who scored a 168.5 on rides of 86.5 and 82 points, and Shallbetter, who posted a two-head 167.5, including a finals-best 84, led Tarleton State to a 585-point first-place outburst.

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