Family rodeo returns to Rosalia

Garth Meyer, Whitman County Gazette | Jul 22, 20210

Garth Meyer I The Gazette count

A young competitor shows off a ribbon at the Rolling Hills Rodeo.

ROSALIA - The Rolling Hills Rodeo took place in Rosalia on July 17-18.

With rodeos in June, July, and August, the Rolling Hills Rodeo Association (RHRA) is only inviting members to compete this year due to starting the season under COVID-19 restrictions.

Running only timed events, the schedule includes barrels, poles, goat-tying, breakaway roping, team roping, and calf tracking. The event includes steer daubing, a precursor to steer wrestling, and California stake, which is when a horse and rider exit the gate and race to a pole, round it, and come back.

"We've had three generations competing...