Last week, over the weekend of July 14, 15 and 16, Hudson and Ramsey Fouberg competed in 4-H rodeo. On Friday, July 14, Hudson brought home sixth place in the goat tying event at the Winner 4-H Rodeo competition. On Saturday, July 15, Ramsey competed in the Heartland 4-H Rodeo in Huron. She won the flag race, placed third in the poles and took fifth place in goat tying. She tied with Charleigh Brewer from Wessington for All-Around Junior Girl for that day’s performance. On Sunday, Ramsey claimed first in goat tying and fifth in the barrels.  

Ledoux Bracha also competed in the Heartland 4-H Rodeo in Huron over the weekend of July 15 and 16. He placed first in cattle riding on Saturday and second in the same event on Sunday. He earned a buckle for his championship ride on Saturday. 

Over the recent weekend, July 22 and 23, the place to ride was in Clark for the two-day 4-H rodeo there, where Sanborn County swept livestock riding events. Bracha claimed another first place finish in cattle riding on Saturday, and Tanner Christian earned first place riding bulls on Saturday. Christian earned a buckle for his first-place ride. Christian also earned second in the bull-riding event on Sunday. They have both qualified to ride at the State 4-H Rodeo Finals in Fort Pierre August 18-20.

The Foubergs also competed in Clark over the weekend, and Ramsey won the goat tying again. Hudson earned third place in goats and earned her spot to join the others at the State Rodeo 4-H Finals in August.

Ramsey and Hudson Fouberg are the daughters of Denny and Jen Fouberg of Letcher. Ledoux Bracha is the son of Luke and Becky Bracha of Forestburg. Tanner Christian is the son of Kristi Weber and Stuart Christian of Woonsocket.

…See a picture in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

On Monday, July 17, the SDVFW 16U Letcher Hawks traveled to Canistota to take a tough hit losing to the Canistota/Freeman Sticks 0-16. Wyatt Anderson started the game pitching for the Hawks. He gave up five hits and four runs over three innings, striking out two and walking no one. Offensively, the Hawks were led by Bryce Larson and Payton Uecker who each had one hit in the loss. 

The following night, the Hawks bounced back and dominated the field when they traveled to Chamberlain for a doubleheader and added two wins to their record. In the first game, Oscar Anderson and Payton Uecker led the Hawks at the plate with two hits each. Bryce Larson, Oscar Anderson, Grant Edwards, Wyatt Anderson, Clay Moody, Parker Ettswold and McCoy Schulz each drove in one run for the Letcher win. The Hawks ran wild on the base paths, accumulating seven stolen bases for the 8-2 win over Chamberlain. 

For the Hawks’ defense, Larson started the game on the mound. He allowed four hits and one run (zero earned) over five innings, striking out four and walking four. His teammates helped out with turning a double play, and they were sure handed in the field with no errors in the game.

…Read on and see pictures of the games in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!