https://www.emccathletics.com en-us https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20260621r2hjjc The third time proved to be the charm for East Mississippi Community College team roping header Sanders McElroy and his brother, Scout, as the tandem posted a winning time of 4.3 seconds to tie for third-round team roping honors during the College National Finals Rodeo held this past week at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper. Sun, 21 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20260621r2hjjc https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20260612l9oz9k Ozark Region steer wrestling champion Carson Powell and reserve champion team roping header Sanders McElroy of East Mississippi Community College are set to compete in next week’s prestigious College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Wyoming. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20260612l9oz9k https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20260512k5boso East Mississippi Community College has qualified three student-athletes for the upcoming College National Finals Rodeo. Based on year-ending Ozark Region standings, steer wrestling champion Carson Powell, reserve champion team roping header Sanders McElroy, and additional team roping header qualifier Ryder Griffith are all scheduled to participate in next month’s (June 14-20) prestigious CNFR to be held at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper, Wyoming. Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20260512k5boso https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20260413rdl8xr East Mississippi Community College’s Carson Powell claimed his second straight steer wrestling event win with his third first-place finish of the season coming this past weekend at the 58th Annual UT Martin Rodeo. Hosted by the University of Tennessee at Martin, the three-day Ozark Region event concluded this past Saturday at the Ned McWherter Agricultural Complex. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20260413rdl8xr https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20260323osk4h8 East Mississippi Community College’s Carson Powell maintained his first-place lead among the Ozark Region’s steer wrestling standings by claiming his second event win of the 2025-26 rodeo season this past weekend at the Pearl River Community College Rodeo. The three-day event concluded with Saturday’s championship round held at the Pearl River County Fairgrounds. Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20260323osk4h8 https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20260309okj0as Exciting collegiate rodeo action returns to the Lauderdale County Agri-Center this week, as East Mississippi Community College's 14th Annual Intercollegiate Rodeo kicks off Thursday (March 12) in Meridian. The three-day event will conclude with Saturday night’s (March 14) championship finals. Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20260309okj0as https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20251021hotoew East Mississippi Community College had seven rodeo team members advance to Saturday’s championship round of the UAM Weevil Stampede, hosted by the University of Arkansas at Monticello, this past weekend. The three-day NIRA Ozark Region rodeo event was held at the UAM Truck Driving Academy. Tue, 21 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20251021hotoew https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20251002nn4yxj The East Mississippi Community College women’s rodeo team placed third at last weekend’s UWA Rodeo Showdown hosted annually by the University of West Alabama. The three-day NIRA Ozark Region event concluded with Saturday’s championship round at UWA’s Hines-Spree Rodeo Complex. Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20251002nn4yxj https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20250922o8qcok Carson Powell’s event wins in steer wrestling and tie-down roping helped lead the East Mississippi Community College men’s rodeo team to a runner-up finish in the annual MVC Viking Stampede Rodeo held this past weekend at the Saline County Fairgrounds. The three-day, season-opening NIRA Ozark Region rodeo, hosted by Missouri Valley College, concluded Saturday evening in Marshall, Missouri. Mon, 22 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2025-26/releases/20250922o8qcok https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2024-25/releases/20250422gjru8o The Lions of East Mississippi Community College matched their highest men’s team rodeo finish of the season with a third-place showing at the 57th Annual UT Martin Rodeo hosted this past weekend by the University of Tennessee at Martin. The three-day Ozark Region rodeo event concluded Saturday at the Ned McWherter Agricultural Complex. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2024-25/releases/20250422gjru8o https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2024-25/releases/20250315hikbzx East Mississippi Community College’s rodeo teams bounced back from their spring season opener to post a third-place men’s finish and a fourth-place women’s showing at the weather-shortened 13th Annual EMCC Intercollegiate Rodeo held this week at Meridian’s Lauderdale County Agri-Center. EMCC’s scheduled three-day rodeo event concluded a day early on Friday afternoon due to impending severe weather expected to arrive later in the evening and continue into Saturday. Sat, 15 Mar 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2024-25/releases/20250315hikbzx https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2024-25/releases/20250309rymje1 Exciting collegiate rodeo action returns to the Lauderdale County Agri-Center this week, as East Mississippi Community C­olleg­e’s 13th Annual Intercollegiate Rodeo kicks off Thursday (March 13) in Meridian. The three-day event will conclude with Saturday night’s (March 15) championship finals. Sun, 09 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2024-25/releases/20250309rymje1 https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2024-25/releases/20241014o2agej East Mississippi Community College had seven team ropers advance to Saturday’s championship round of the Annual Southern Arkansas University Intercollegiate Rodeo. The three-day NIRA Ozark Region event took place this past weekend at SAU’s Story Arena. Mon, 14 Oct 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2024-25/releases/20241014o2agej https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2024-25/releases/20241007n12r1z The East Mississippi Community College rodeo teams posted season-best finishes in both men’s and women’s team competition this past weekend at the Weevil Stampede/UAM Collegiate Rodeo. Hosted by the University of Arkansas at Monticello, the three-day NIRA Ozark Region event concluded Saturday at the UAM Truck Driving Academy. Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2024-25/releases/20241007n12r1z https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2024-25/releases/20240930q331g8 East Mississippi Community College’s Dylan Delmas claimed team roping honors at the UWA Rodeo Showdown held this past weekend on the University of West Alabama campus. The three-day NIRA Ozark Region event concluded with Saturday’s championship round contested at UWA’s Hines-Spree Rodeo Complex. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2024-25/releases/20240930q331g8 https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20240616jeuuzn East Mississippi Community College team roper Tanner Brown paired with Laine Moore of Northwest Mississippi to win Saturday night’s short round in 5.2 seconds and earn a fourth-place national finish at this past week’s College National Finals Rodeo held at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper. Sun, 16 Jun 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20240616jeuuzn https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20240513m3y79f East Mississippi Community College’s continuous streak of having student-athletes qualify for the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) has reached 14 consecutive years. In addition, Tanner Brown has become the Lions’ fifth rodeo student-athlete to qualify for three CNFRs since the inception of EMCC’s rodeo program in 2010. Mon, 13 May 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20240513m3y79f https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20240422rrnc35 The East Mississippi Community College men’s rodeo team registered its third second-place finish of the 2023-24 season by claiming runner-up team honors at last week’s Weevil Stampede hosted by the University of Arkansas at Monticello. The three-day rodeo concluded Saturday evening at the UAM Diesel Training Academy. Mon, 22 Apr 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20240422rrnc35 https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20240416mzkmzr East Mississippi Community College had four team ropers earn top-four individual finishes during last week’s 56th Annual UT Martin Rodeo held at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The three-day event concluded this past Saturday at the Ned McWherter Agricultural Complex. Tue, 16 Apr 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20240416mzkmzr https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20240326eqgl30 The East Mississippi Community College men’s and women’s rodeo teams both featured first-place individual winners along with earning runner-up team honors during this past weekend’s Ozark Region rodeo event hosted by Pearl River Community College. The three-day event concluded Saturday evening at the Pearl River County Fairgrounds. Tue, 26 Mar 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20240326eqgl30 https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20240318pdldzs Dylan Delmas’ first-place effort in the steer wrestling event helped pace the East Mississippi Community College rodeo team to a fourth-place men’s finish this past weekend in EMCC’s 12th Annual Intercollegiate Rodeo. The three-day, spring-opening Ozark Region rodeo concluded Saturday evening at the Lauderdale County Agri-Center. Mon, 18 Mar 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20240318pdldzs https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20240309jq5g9k Exciting collegiate rodeo action returns to the Lauderdale County Agri-Center this coming week, as East Mississippi Community College’s 12th Annual Intercollegiate Rodeo kicks off Thursday (March 14) in Meridian. The three-day event will conclude with Saturday night’s championship round. Sat, 09 Mar 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20240309jq5g9k https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20231121r76f9m Claiming the top two spots in the tie-down roping event, the East Mississippi Community College men’s rodeo team closed out the Ozark Region’s fall schedule with a fourth-place finish in the 48th Annual Racer Roundup College Rodeo this past weekend. Hosted by Murray State University, the three-day event concluded Saturday night at the William “Bill’ Cherry Expo Center. Tue, 21 Nov 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20231121r76f9m https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20231106npj3ia East Mississippi Community College’s Carson Powell claimed steer wrestling honors this past weekend at Southern Arkansas University’s Annual Intercollegiate Rodeo. The three-day event concluded with Saturday’s championship round held at Story Arena. Mon, 06 Nov 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20231106npj3ia https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20231009no4br0 The East Mississippi Community College men’s rodeo team earned a fourth-place finish at the Three Rivers Championship College Rodeo this past weekend. The three-day Ozark Region event concluded Saturday on the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo grounds at the Art Saunders Arena. Mon, 09 Oct 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20231009no4br0 https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20231002r4tist East Mississippi Community College’s team ropers combined for 580 total points to help lead the Lions to men’s team runner-up honors at the UWA Rodeo Showdown held this past weekend on the University of West Alabama campus. The three-day NIRA Ozark Region event concluded with Saturday’s championship round contested at UWA’s Hines-Spree Rodeo Complex. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20231002r4tist https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20230925rq8sqf East Mississippi Community College opened the 2023-24 rodeo season with a sixth-place men’s team finish this past weekend at the Viking Stampede Rodeo hosted by Missouri Valley College. The fall-opening, three-day event concluded with Saturday’s championship round held at the Saline County Fairgrounds. Mon, 25 Sep 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2023-24/releases/20230925rq8sqf https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2022-23/releases/20230610gmlaz7 East Mississippi Community College will be represented by a pair of team roping tandems at this week’s College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming. The week-long collegiate rodeo championships will begin Sunday (June 11) and continue through Saturday (June 17) at the Ford Wyoming Center. Sat, 10 Jun 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2022-23/releases/20230610gmlaz7 https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2022-23/releases/20230501pvqpnb Highlighted by two individual wins, a pair of runner-up finishes and a third-place effort, the East Mississippi Community College men’s rodeo team totaled an all-time program-record 985 team points in claiming first-place honors at Northwest Mississippi Community College’s annual Ranger Rodeo held this past weekend. The EMCC women posted a spring-best fourth-place team finish at the three-day event that concluded Saturday at the Northwest Multipurpose Arena. Mon, 01 May 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2022-23/releases/20230501pvqpnb https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2022-23/releases/20230417oaw2cb East Mississippi Community College’s team roping brothers Cooper Cowan and Cade Cowan claimed their fourth event title of the season to help lead the EMCC men’s rodeo team to a fourth-place finish at this past weekend’s 55th annual University of Tennessee at Martin Spring College Rodeo. The three-day event concluded Saturday night at the Ned McWherter Agricultural Pavilion. Mon, 17 Apr 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/rodeo/2022-23/releases/20230417oaw2cb