2017 Roundup Parade Winners Announced
The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Posse has announced the winners of the various categories judged during last Saturday’s Roundup Parade.
Over 160 entries took part in the traditional event on Mother’s Day weekend. Click here to view an earlier story with multiple photos and video.
The parade results are below as provided by the Sheriff’s Posse:
The Tuolumne County Cup
1st Kountry Kids Preschool
The Mother Lode Round-Up Sweepstakes
1st Connie Hawkins and Pogonip
Class 1 – Commercial Floats
1st OnStage Dance Studio
2nd Conifer Communications
3rd Rockin Bar B
Class 2 – Service Club Floats
1st Columbia College Forestry & Natural Resources Club
2nd E Clampus Vitus Matuca Chapter 1849 (Float)
3rd Sonora Emblem Club #124
Class 3 – Service Club Floats, Junior
1st Summerville FFA
2nd Girl Scouts Golden Timbers
Class 4 – Service Clubs, Walking
1st E Clampus Vitus Matuca Chapter 1849 (Flag)
Class 5 – Special or Comic Floats
1st Kountry Kids Preschool
2nd E Clampus Vitus Matuca Chapter 1849 (Bar)
Class 6 – Color Guards, Walking
1st Vietnam Veterans of America
Class 7 – Best Individual Character or Characters, Walking
1st The R & R’s (Retired Rebels)
Class 8 – Specialty or Novelty Acts, Senior
1st Sonora Geezers
Class 9 – Specialty or Novelty Acts, Junior (to age 18)
1st American Sports Acro & Gymnastics
2nd Mother Lode Dance Academy
3rd Sierra Xplosion
Class 10 – Best Pooper-Scooper Entry
1st St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church group 1
2nd St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church group 2
Class 12 – Church/Religious Organizations
1st St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
2nd Sonora Christian Life Center
3rd Christian Heights Church
Class 13 – Family Entry
1st Pedroni Racing
Class 15 – Non-Profit Organization Entry
1st tie: Tuolumne County Public Health and E Clampus Vitus Matuca Chapter 1849 (Hawkers)
2nd Tuolumne County Association of Realtors
3rd tie: Friends of the Mother Lode Fairgrounds; Tuolumne County Special Olympics; and Tuolumne City Memorial Museum
Class 17 – Best Military, Group or Individual
1st VFW Post 3154
2nd Sonora Vets Helping Vets
Class 18 – Fire Department Entry
1st CAL-FIRE, Tuolumne County Fire, and
US Forest Service
2nd Engine Company #1, Columbia VFD
Class 19 – Horseless Carriage, Antique or Classic Auto
1st Sonora A’s
2nd Mother Lode Region Antique Automobile Club
3rd Joe Hallett
Class 20 – Car Clubs
1st Northern California Dodge Brothers & Sisters & Others
2nd Mother Lode Corvettes
Class 21 – Motorcycle Clubs
1st Christian Motorcyclists Association
2nd Azusa Street Riders
Class 24 – Color Guards, Mounted
1st Sierra Cowgirls
Class 25 – Mounted Groups, Junior
1st Future Cowgirls
Class 26 – Mounted Groups, Senior
1st Mid Valley Cowbelles
2nd Twain Harte Horsemen, Inc.
3rd Calaveras/Tuolumne Cattlewomen
Class 27 – Novice Mounted Group (open)
1st The Future of Rodeo
Class 29 – Individual Rider (open)
1st Ella Njirich
Class 30 – Sheriff’s Posse (open)
1st Monterey County Sheriff’s Posse
Class 31 – Silver Mounted (open)
1st Laurette Locke
Class 33 – Novelty-Fiesta Mounted Group (multiple riders)
1st Backcountry Horsemen of California Mid-Valley Unit
Class 35 – Matched Pairs (2 riders)
1st Leslie Cowboys
Class 38 – Future Horseman (ages 1 – 8)
1st tie: Paige Njirich and Ryan Lawson
Class 39 – Horse-Drawn Vehicles
1st Country Doctor Davey “Doc” Wiser
Class 40 – Miniature Drawn (open)
1st Connie Hawkins and Pogonip
