The Panola College Rodeo Men’s Team still sit on top of the leaderboard after traveling to Mount Pleasant, Texas on October 16^th and 17^th to compete at the Northeast Texas Community College Rodeo.  With the second place finish behind Hill College, Panola continues to lead the race for the College National Finals with a 192 point spread between Panola and Hill for the top spot. 

Seth Rustin, a sophomore from Nacogdoches, won the bullriding at NTCC with a 77 point ride and moved him into second place in the regional standings. 

 

Kincaide Henry won the Men’s All-Around for the NTCC Rodeo.  He took third in the calf roping, and he and his teammate Brady Blanchard, of Beaumont, TX, took 4^th in the team roping.  Henry, a freshman from Mt. Pleasant, is dominating the calf roping and extending his lead in the region as the number one man by 139 points.  Brady and Kincaide moved up to 8^th place in the region in the team roping. 

 

Kolt Dement, remained on top of the bareback competition with a second place finish at NTCC. Dement, a freshman from Rusk, TX, won the first two rodeos in the Southern Region at Panola and Southwest Texas.  Teammate Gauge McBride is right behind Kolt in second place in the standings by only 97 points.

 

In the calf roping at NTCC, freshman Thomas Wallace, of Cushing, TX, was 2^nd moving him to 5^th in the season standings. Macon Murphy, the 2019 CNFR Tie-Down Calf Roping Freshman of the Year and a member of the Panola College 2019 National Championship Team, took 5^th at NTCC and moved up to the 10^th spot for the season. 

 

On the Women’s Team, Josey Murphy continues to lead the way for the Fillies as she placed 6^th in the goat tying at NTCC.  Currently for the season Josey, a freshman from Keatchie, LA, is sitting third in the breakaway and 7^th in the goat tying.  The Panola Fillies are sitting in 7^th place in the Region Standings after 3 rodeos.

 

The Panola Rodeo Team will finish out the fall Southern Region circuit at the Sam Houston State University Rodeo in Conroe on November 13-14.   

 

STANDINGS AS OF OCT 19, 2020

Men's Team

Place     College / Contestant                                Total Points

1.            Panola College                                       1,450.50

2.            Hill College                                            1,258.50

3.            McNeese State University                          858.32

4.            Trinity Valley Community College               740.00

5.            Wharton County Junior College                  728.66

6.            Sam Houston State University                    647.00

7.            Texas A&M University                                553.66

8.            Southwest Texas Junior College                  547.50

9.            Texas A&M University - Commerce              468.50

10.          Northeast Texas Community College           138.00

 

Women's Team

Place     College / Contestant                                  Total Points

1.            McNeese State University                           737.50

2.            Southwest Texas Junior College                  510.50

3.            Wharton County Junior College                   506.16

4.            Hill College                                               448.50

5.            Sam Houston State University                    410.66

6.            Texas A&M University                                382.00

7.            Panola College                                          332.16

8.            Texas A&M University - Commerce             287.50

9.            Trinity Valley Community College                 60.00

10.          Northeast Texas Community College            10.00