TAMUC hosts first home Southern Region rodeo

Panola College sophomore Daylon Swearingen hangs on for dear life atop a bucking bronco during the Bareback Bronc Riding competition Friday night at the Southern Region collegiate rodeo in the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. He scored a 74.

Northeast Texas Community College freshman Garrett Fields wrangles and ties a calf during the Tiedown Roping competition Friday night at the Southern Region collegiate rodeo in the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. Fields’ time was 12.7 seconds.

Texas A&M University-Commerce cowgirl Julie Donovan pursues and loops a calf during the Breakaway Roping competition at the Southern Region collegiate rodeo in the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center Friday night. Her time was 3.5 seconds, which was fourth place.

Texas A&M University cowboy Carson Neal and his bronco are released from the gate in the Saddle Bronc Riding competition during the Southern Region collegiate rodeo in Hopkins County Regional Civic Center Friday night. Neal could not hang on and joined three others with a no score.

Dust whips into the air as Wharton County Junior College cowboy Brett Garza attempts to stay on a raging bull during the Bull Riding competition at the Southern Region collegiate rodeo in the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center Friday night. He, like many other bull riders that night, received a no score.