The 52nd Windy Ryon Memorial Roping Continues Its Legacy With a Strong Showing

The first Windy Ryon Memorial Roping took place in 1973 to honor an incredible cowboy and businessman. Every year for more than half a century the best in the best gather for a full weekend of roping in Saginaw, Texas. 

The ladies started the weekend off with the breakaway roping and it was Cheyanne McCartney who was the major winner. She took home just shy of $17,000 after winning the average, a round and placing in another. She ousted Martha Angelone by almost a full 1.5 seconds in the average. 

The first team roping of the weekend was the Open division. National Finals Rodeo qualifiers Luke Brown and Trey Yates shined and took home the average win (plus nearly $5,100) after five clean runs. 

Day two of roping focused on tie-down and double mugging. The main event of the weekend was the match roping between two world champions: Shad Mayfield and Riley Webb. 

Apparently eight runs would not be enough as the two remained tied after eight. It took an additional four runs to deem a winner and it was Riley Webb who earned bragging rights and a $10,000 check. This makes him back-to-back champions of the match roping at Windy Ryon. 

Mayfield was all business in the invitational tie-down roping. He won the average by more than five seconds and took home over $7,000 for his efforts. Blane Cox boasted the fastest time of the roping as he was the only tie-down roper to be under nine seconds. 

The 19U tie-down roping showcased a ton of talent for the up-and-comers of the event. Kyan Wilhite made runs that would have placed him in the invitational roping which was incredibly impressive with the amount of talent and world champions that were there competing. 

The #11.5 team roping and steer roping closed off the weekend. Jeff Daugherty and Quint Westcott took home over $10,000 for just over 29 seconds worth of work. They beat out the second place team by more than three seconds. 

Windy Ryon was smiling down watching this weekend of events. All proceeds go to scholarships for students all over the state of Texas. As the event continues to grow so do the proceeds and what an impact those are making in the lives of young competitors. 

Photo Courtesy of the Windy Ryon Memorial Facebook