Spicer Gripp Memorial Youth Foundation moving annual roping event to May

  • The Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping is one of the biggest annual events in Hereford and in the Texas Panhandle. (BRAND photo)
    The Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping is one of the biggest annual events in Hereford and in the Texas Panhandle. (BRAND photo)

    The Spicer Gripp Committee is excited to announce that beginning in 2027, the annual Spicer Gripp Memorial will be held the first full weekend in May, marking the start of a new chapter for one of the Panhandle’s premier western events.

    For more than three decades, the Spicer Gripp Memorial Youth Foundation has been a celebration of competition, agriculture, and community, bringing together contest…