Jack Koehl, 13, attempts to rope a goat on Friday night at the Victoria Community Center. An evening of goat roping brought young and old participants together in the Victoria Community Center arena ...

The men and women twirl their lassos and stare out from under their hat brims into the fierce eyes of the animal in the chute. The beast charges out of the gate, kicks up dust and squeals as one rope ...

The setting sun reddened the surroundings at the goat roping pen on a hot Thursday evening at the Lincoln County Fair. Participants were given three chances to rope a goat around the neck and then a ...

Every spring there comes a bright day on the ranch when the straw-boss decrees a goat-roping should take place. What really happens is the veteran cowboys arm the greenhorns with some lariats late in ...

WAPT's Cecil Hannibal is a man of many talents. Goat roping is not one of them.The 16 WAPT News morning anchor put forth a valiant effort Wednesday at the Mississippi State Fair's Frontier Village.

ROCKSPRINGS — Where else but here, the once state-proclaimed Angora Goat Capital of the World, would one expect to find an annual Fourth of July celebration with both a competitive goat barbecue and a ...

Kenlee Hodge wants to be around friends and family. She can't find a bigger group of family and friends than when she competes at one of the rodeos in the Arkansas River Valley area or n Oklahoma.

When you walk into a tack shop, the sight of the colorful ropes on the wall can be overwhelming. However, it's important to know that ropes vary in length, lay, material, diameter, and strand count ...

Owner of Exotics Suspension Inc. Joel Alvarez stands next to a 2012 Dodge Challenger that features a custom Venom paint job and widebody at Fiesta West Texas Friday at the Ector County Coliseum. Jamie ...

The dusty parking lot in San Angelo, Texas, was jammed with out-of-state cars from as far away as Pennsylvania, and the stands that were built to handle 1,400 spectators had to make do for 3,500.

Newly-minted lame-duck Gov. Bill Ritter will get ready for Wednesday’s opening of the General Assembly by roping a few goats, his office said in a news release. “Gov. Ritter will take part in a team ...