Past: Three Rivers College Championship Rodeo

Three Rivers College and the Sikeston Jaycees will hold the Sterling Pharmacy Championship College Rodeo October 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 with a TRC ID, $5 for children ages 4-12, and free for ages 3 and younger.

The rodeo will include bull riding, bareback bronc riding, barrel racing, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, goat tying, and various roping competitions. In conjunction with the College Rodeo, there will be a Slack competition following the rodeo on Oct. 11 and again at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12. This will be free.

The event is National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association-sanctioned and will feature top competitors from 13 college rodeo teams in the Association’s Ozark Region. Participating colleges include East Mississippi Community College, Michigan State University, Mississippi State University, Missouri Valley College, Murray State University, Northwest Mississippi Community College, Pearl River Community College, Southern Arkansas University, University of Arkansas-Monticello, University of Kentucky, University of West Alabama, and the University of Tennessee at Martin, as well as Three Rivers College. The teams will be competing for top honors at the rodeo, regional ranking, and points to qualify for the College National Finals Rodeo later in the year.

Championship College Rodeo tickets may be purchased at the Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce, Sikeston Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Three Rivers College’s Office of Student Accounts in Poplar Bluff beginning October 1. They will be available at 6:30 p.m. each night of the rodeo at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo grounds, 1308 N. Ingram Road in Sikeston.

For more information on the Championship College Rodeo and on sponsorship opportunities, contact Chad Phipps at 573-840-9611 ext. 3630 or cphipps@trcc.edu.