Aztec's Huntington wins, dang goat loses

The story thus far today has been the excellence of Team New Mexico, and the evening's performance offered more of the same. Aztec's very own Sorrel Huntington won her pole bending performance. Huntington's 20.132 gives her an excellent chance to make the Saturday night finals -- the top 20 from two go-rounds advance. As of Monday night, Huntington resides in third place.

We'll pass along more scores from tonight's third performance as they come in.

By the way, Darren said a goat got loose tonight. It finally was captured when it got stuck trying to sneak under the fence. Dang goats. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.

That's a bizarre paragraph.

And just a quick note on Tuesdays paper. I had a chance to sit down and chat with two bull riders and two bull fighters today, and those are some wacky individuals. Wacky in a good way, of course. I'll freely admit they're tougher than me. If I was to get in a fight with one of them, I likely would kick their shins and use my 5-flat 40-yard dash speed to race away. That's just how I roll.

Wait, the point? Oh yeah, it's a pretty cool feature, and I'll now ice my arm from patting myself on the back. Bottom line: read the story. A quick sample: when asked if bull riders had to be just a little bit crazy, Ohio's Dylan Richard responded, "Yeah, probably. Yeah, I'd say you do."