Opheim Rodeo Scatters $9,670.41 In Prize Money To Competitors

The Opheim Rodeo conducted its annual last-Saturday-in-June event on the 26th with a big crowd enjoying a hot and beautiful Sunday afternoon.

The annual event was held in memory of Herb Brandt and Dewayne Ozark.

A total of $9,670.41 was paid out to 26 competitors, with six of them earning a payday in two events in a total field of 125.

The largest amount of prize money in a single event departing Opheim was earned by tie-down roper Ben Ayre of Glendive, who pocketed $629.80; next was Glasgow’s Bailey Billingsley in Ladies Breakaway worth $601.60.

Competitors showed up in Opheim from all four corners of Big Sky Country, rolling in and then out from Anaconda, Avon, Box Elder, Broadus,...