The Team Roping Journal

How JR Dees and Lane Siggins won the Bob Feist Invitational

Vital Stats

DEES

AGE: 21

CAREER EARNINGS: $281,663.66

ROPE: Pearl Snap XS by Top Hand

HOME: Aurora, South Dakota

SIGGINS

AGE: 26

CAREER EARNINGS: $108,613.53

ROPE: Pearl Snap MS by Top Hand

HOME: Coolidge, Arizona

ROUND 1: 8.43 SECONDS

Dees: We both missed the start a little bit. At that point, we were just going to get by that steer. We weren’t trying to rush or speed anything up. I was trying to let my horse work. Lane just got to the inside and heeled two feet.

I missed the haze, and I was a little bit behind. They talk about the first steer at the BFI, and it’s such a critical

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