Colorado High School Rodeo Association comes to Cortez

Students from all over Colorado practice at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds for a Colorado High School Rodeo Association competition. Over Labor Day weekend, a total of 108 high school students and 40 junior high students competed at the fairgrounds.

Goats wait in a pen at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds Indoor Arena before being roped in the Colorado High School Rodeo Association goat-tying competition on Saturday.

Students practice in the Outdoor Arena at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds before competing in the Indoor Arena on Saturday. The Colorado chapter of the National High School Rodeo Association held competitions at the fairgrounds Saturday through Monday in one of the first rodeo events of the fall season.