They know the ropes

Local team donates nearly half a million meals

“We never set out to do anything like this. We had no experience, no prior plan. It was one of those things that just kind of hit us.”

The “we” is Noel McAlexander and Dave Sissler, two local cattlemen with a passion for team roping. In this sport, a team of two riders (a header and a heeler) work together to rope a steer, with the header catching the steer's head and the heeler catching its hind legs.