A gray horse and a rope

Mitch McAdow of Conifer, Colo., tosses a loop at a calf during the tie-down roping at the fifth annual Wayne Boyer Memorial Timed Events Showdown Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Kiplinger Arena on the Red Willow County fairgrounds in McCook, Nebraska. McAdow roped and tied his calf in 9.7 seconds during second go-round action Saturday morning. More information will be released by organizer Garrett Nokes of McCook, who hosts the event in memory of the uncle who helped his professional rodeo career. (Connie Jo Discoe/McCook Daily Gazette)