Woodward, Burress win at Sioux Empire Rodeo

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Winning the Ranch Rodeo at the Faith Stock Show & Rodeo last weekend was the team of (l-r) Alex Lawrence, Roy Veit, Lucas Curley and Jackson Harrison.
Winning the Ranch Rodeo at the Faith Stock Show & Rodeo last weekend was the team of (l-r) Alex Lawrence, Roy Veit, Lucas Curley and Jackson Harrison.

Minda Woodward of Dupree and Patty Jo Burress of Isabel were among the event winners at the annual Sioux Empire Rodeo held Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 10-11, in Sioux Falls.

Woodward won the barrel racing competition with a time of 14.36 seconds while Burress nailed down the ladies breakaway title with a lightning-fast 2.0 second run.

Local cowgirls filled four of the top five spots in the event, with…