Winter Rodeo Report: Clay Smith and Jake Long, Andrew Ward and Buddy Hawkins
The Score was at the NWSS and the FWSSR to catch up with the winners, Clay Smith and Jake Long and Andrew Ward and Buddy Hawkins.
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Andrew Ward and Buddy Hawkins celebrate their win at Fort Worth with the Cowboy Channel's Katy Lucas. | James Phifer Photo

The Team Roping Journal was at the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo and the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo to catch up with the winners, Clay Smith and Jake Long and Andrew Ward and Buddy Hawkins.

In this bonus episode of ‘The Score,’ Chelsea Shaffer talks to Smith and Long immediately following their NWSS victory lap, while guest host (and host of The Breakdown podcast) Casey Allen caught up with Andrew Ward and Buddy Hawkins after their world-standings-rocking win at Fort Worth.

This episode is presented by Roping.com, where Score listeners can use promo code THESCORE15 to save on their memberships to the most jam-packed streaming video site in all of team roping. This year, Roping.com will stream the Lone Star Shootout Feb. 24-26, the Cinch Timed Event Championship, the Danny Dietz Memorial, the Platinum Medal Futurity and the Riata Buckle! Plus, watch thousands of training videos with Trevor Brazile, Miles Baker, Patrick Smith, Clay O’Brien Cooper, Jake Barnes and more!

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