Agribition 2024: Youngest roping duo looking for repeat performance [Video]

Kavis Drake, 18, and Denim Ross, 20, won the average in last year’s Maple Leaf Finals Rodeo team roping event at Agribition. The two were the youngest competitors in 2023 and are once again in their event this year.

The two both fell in love with roping at a young age.

“It’s all I ever wanted to do. My mom has pictures from when I was six months old dragging the rope behind me, crawling, couldn’t even walk yet,” Drake shared.

“My dad was a roper, my mom was a barrel racer. So I grew up around rodeo and roping. So right from a little guy, I’ve been a roper,” Ross added.

Drake hails from Moose Jaw but Ross is from Stettler, Alta. The two actually met one another at Agribition about a decade ago.

“My first memory of Denim was here actually, dummy roping. We were roping against each …