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story by Jet Toberer Second-generation team roper, Eli Woodyard, of small town Max Meadows, Virginia, has been roping since he was 8 years old, and […]
above: Anna Digh - Courtesy of the family
story by Kyle Eustice
Hailing from the town of Denver, North Carolina, 13-year-old Anna Digh is an 8th grader at North Lincoln Middle School, where she’s immersed in the typical classes like English, Math, and Science. After school and on the weekends, however, she taps into her inner cowgirl and practices her rodeo events, which include goat tying, pole bending, and barrel racing. Anna joined the JRSRA a year ago, but has been riding horses for over six years.
“I found a local barn and just started riding,” explained Anna. “My parents, Rob and Hope, were surprised because it’s not really the typical sport. My mom loves it and likes riding horses with me.”
Her grandparents, Martha and Harvey Cherry, built Anna a barn, so she has a place to keep her horses. Before joining the JRSRA, she was competing in her local association, the NBHA, but she wanted to do more. She initially started rodeoing with a friend and was welcomed in with open arms.
“People are really nice,” said Anna. “I always try to support everyone, too. You have to try your best and be helpful when people need you.”
Anna has a couple of different horses that she uses, although she says Sugar Daddy is her favorite. “Sugar Daddy is a quarter horse, a Palamino,” explained Anna. “He’s really well behaved and he’s just an angel. I’ve had him for about three or four years already.”
Admittedly, she says her other horse, Prince “works better.” Another quarter horse, Prince is more of a chestnut color. “Prince can flex better than Sugar,” said Anna.
Anna’s biggest accomplishment so far is placing third in the pole bending event a couple of JRSRA rodeos ago.
“I won some money,” said Anna. “That was pretty cool.”
In the future, Anna wants to be a professional horse trainer and one day make it to the world championship. She would love to win a trailer and see all of her hard work pay off.
In the meantime, Anna is extremely involved in her middle school cross country team. It’s another sport she’s very passionate about and has been doing since the 4th grade, although she didn’t join a team until her 6th grade year.
“It just feels really good,” said Anna. “I like to run long distances. It’s really fun. The longest I’ve ever run is six miles. We do meets every two weeks and practice a lot.”
In many ways, rodeo and cross country require some of the same characteristics. As Anna explained, they both take a lot of preparation, dedication, and focus. Every morning, Anna wakes up at 5 a.m. to start her day.
“You have to be ready at all times,” said Anna. “And practice is so important.”
When she’s not busy with homework, riding practice, rodeos, or running, she likes to unwind watching Netfilx, and relaxing with her two dogs, Charlie and Douglas. “They’re the best,” said Anna. “It’s nice to do nothing at the end of the day.”
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November 17, 2017
Muttin Bustin
1 Levi Spainhour $696.58
2 Griffin Johnson $486.68
3 Addison Overman $416.85
4 Josie Cheek $105.30
5 Huntley Jennings $54.00
PeeWee Goat Tying
1 Addison Overman $1,142.00
2 Blakely Line $593.47
3 Rena Kate Livengood $308.90
4 Josie Cheek $212.42
5 Griffin Johnson $161.29
6 Faith Toberer $152.50
7 Gabbie Metta $86.40
PeeWee Barrels
1 Blakeley Line $931.88
2 Addison Overman $827.71
3 Josie Cheek $546.09
4 Gabbie Metta $207.92
5 Rena Kate Livengood $100.80
6 Etta Merritt $28.80
PeeWee Poles
1 Addison Overman $670.92
2 Josie Cheek $532.44
3 Gabbie Metta $454.48
4 Blakeley Line $345.60
5 Rena Kate Livengood $151.02
6 Griffin Johnson $73.53
7 Emma Foust $43.00
PeeWee All Around
1 Addison Overman $3,057.48
2 Blakely Line $1,870.95
3 Josie Cheek $1,396.25
4 Gabbie Metta $748.80
5 Griffin Johnson $721.50
6 Rena Kate Livengood $560.72
7 Emma Faust $111.40
Jr. Calf Riding
1 Elijah Jennings $968.75
2 Gage Bass $269.42
3 Bryson Robinson $172.22
4 Coby Epps $120.60
5 Bryson Anderson $90.00
Jr. Boys Steer Riding
1 Cynch Whitesell $691.06
2 Colt Bass $571.09
3 Kaleb Welborn $487.95
4 Jacob Brannock $68.89
5 Brody Robinson $36.00
Jr. Boys Breakaway
1 Cynch Whitesell $569.25
2 JT Williams $552.10
3 Caden Ussery $486.00
4 Colt Bass $440.81
5 Zane Overman $233.67
6 Connor Sanders $162.00
7 Trevor Kirkman $161.18
8 Wess Hawkins $138.60
9 Colby Epps $43.20
Jr. Boys Goat Tying
1 Cynch Whitesell $1,176.22
2 Caden Ussery $608.42
3 Colt Bass $526.11
4 Wess Hawkins $453.74
5 Connor Sanders $76.84
6 Dylan Walker $66.67
Jr. Girls Goat Tying
1 Emma Sanders 696.47
2 Sienna Ricciardi 648.89
3 Gracie Toberer 622.75
4 Ella Kate Philips 609.96
5 Montana Bass 489.23
6 Annie Grace Roach 277.2
7 Cadee Carroll 213.29
8 Laci Murray 100.8
Jr. Barrels
1 Wess Hawkins $1,052.36
2 Emma Sanders $909.76
3 Ella Kate Philips $807.12
4 Laci Murray $358.38
5 Lexi Sewell $300.87
6 Annie Grace Roach $257.40
7 Sienna Ricciardi $248.58
8 Katelyn Welborn $149.67
9 Courtney Hash $131.40
10 Aspyn Crockett $130.00
Jr. Poles
1 Wess Hawkins $1,094.87
2 Laci Murray $704.63
3 Ella Kate Philips $699.92
4 Emma Sanders $490.23
5 Sienna Ricciardi $455.89
6 Montana Bass $336.29
7 Lexi Sewell $313.60
8 Courtney Hash $154.80
9 Cadee Carroll $109.80
10 Aspyn Crockett $25.20
Jr. Girls Breakaway
1 Emma Sanders $445.85
2 Montana Bass $431.91
3 Laci Murray $279.32
4 Gracie Toberer $233.80
5 Sienna Ricciardi $129.60
6 Cadee Carroll $94.44
Jr. Girls All Around
1 Emma Sanders $2,623.98
2 Ella Kate Philips $2,117.00
3 Sienna Ricciardi $1,482.96
4 Laci Murray $1,443.13
5 Montana Bass $1,419.43
6 Gracie Toberer $856.55
7 Lexi Sewell $614.47
8 Annie Grace Roach $534.60
9 Cadee Carroll $446.42
10 Courtney Hash $286.20
Jr. Boys All Around
1 Wess Hawkins $2,739.57
2 Cynch Whitesell $2,436.53
3 Colt Bass $1,876.63
4 Caden Ussery $1,094.42
5 JT Williams $1,043.72
6 Connor Sanders $320.51
7 Colby Epps $163.80
Sr. Girls Breakaway
1 Bailey Kuntz $575.36
2 Elly Whitesell $529.96
3 Sally Poteat $411.43
4 Reagan Humphries $381.87
5 Reagan Fogleman $344.29
6 Rhiannon Snow $331.74
7 Madison Dodd $316.98
8 Kayla Earnhardt $197.60
9 Tabby Tomlinson $160.20
10 Sarah Sholar $129.60
Sr. Girls Goat Tying
1 Kayla Earnhardt $1,489.43
2 Tabby Tomlinson $938.87
3 Elly Whitesell $607.14
4 Bailey Kuntz $407.16
5 Morgan Cone $278.23
6 Madison Dodd $197.60
7 Reagan Humphries $142.49
8 Sally Poteat $99.13
9 Reagan Fogleman $82.89
10 Lacey White $82.80
Sr. Girls Barrels
1 Tabby Tomlinson $1,038.28
2 Elly Whitesell $857.97
3 Reagan Humphries $748.08
4 Reagan Fogleman $733.68
5 Rhiannon Snow $596.52
6 Kayla Earnhardt $576.81
7 Riley Bryant $356.22
8 Bailey Kuntz $319.81
9 Megan Yankee $271.17
10 Megan Cole Edwards $216.27
Sr. Girls Poles
1 Reagan Fogleman $881.32
2 Anna Digh $718.46
3 Kayla Earnhardt $637.70
4 Reagan Humphries $619.04
5 Tabby Tomlinson $511.92
6 Kendall Hamm $370.89
7 Megan Yankee $314.55
8 Elly Whitesell $299.00
9 Bailey Kuntz $198.52
10 Grace Huneycutt $181.49
Sr. Girls All Around
1 Kayla Earnhardt $2,901.54
2 Reagan Humphries $2,799.08
3 Tabby Tomlinson $2,649.27
4 Elly Whitesell $2,294.07
5 Reagan Fogleman $2,081.82
6 Bailey Kuntz $1,705.51
7 Rhiannon Snow $1,075.86
8 Anna Digh $738.26
9 Megan Yankee $612.72
10 Sally Poteat $510.56
Sr. Boys Bull Riding
1 Nick Morris $744.24
2 Kade Stokes $721.38
3 Jet Toberer $368.62
4 Billy Warlick $320.20
5 Seth Robinson $178.89
6 Trey Mills $93.60
7 Austin White $90.00
8 Kolt King $74.34
9 Zeke Benge $38.34
Sr. Boys Calf Roping
1 Clay Livengood $830.82
2 Jacob McGinn $690.06
3 Hunter White $450.34
4 Jackson Rhymer $319.82
5 Jet Toberer $273.76
6 Billy Warlick $270.00
7 Frog Bass $142.20
8 Bryson Murray $93.60
9 Levi Fogleman $59.40
10 Justin Tomlinson $36.00
Sr. Boys Team Roping – Header
1 Clay Livengood $1,326.16
2 Reagan Humphries $975.61
3 Jake Williams $716.84
4 Adam Panchynsyn $621.25
5 Colt Bass $338.62
6 Hunter White $243.05
7 Sydney Ball $185.84
8 Bailey Kuntz $126.90
9 Reagan Fogleman $97.42
10 Emma Sanders $81.67
Sr. Boys Team Roping – Heeler
1 Jet Toberer $1,729.84
2 Frog Bass $752.66
3 JT Williams $576.22
4 Billy Warlick $481.01
5 Bryson Murray $383.29
6 Logan Bunn $253.90
7 Sally Ball $158.84
8 Montana Bass $144.00
9 Levi Fogleman $140.62
10 Taylor Kuntz $126.90
Sr. Boys Chute Dogging
1 Logan King $822.68
2 Austin White $809.51
3 Logan Bunn $703.33
4 Chandler Norris $338.94
5 Clay Livengood $205.64
6 Levi Fogleman $188.09
7 Lance Hall $86.40
8 Justin Tomlinson $36.00
Sr. Boys All Around
1 Jet Toberer $2,349.18
2 Clay Livengood $2,278.02
3 Billy Warlick $1,071.21
4 Logan Bunn $1,061.63
5 Frog Bass $799.46
6 Austin White $708.95
7 Hunter White $693.39
8 Bryson Murray $476.89
9 Levi Fogleman $388.11
10 Justin Tomlinson $72.00
Call in is the Monday before each rodeo 7-9 pm 704-875-2815. Call in for finals is different. No late call in’s will be accepted
February 10-11 @1pm
Lone Hickory Arena
1950 Bethel Ch Rd
Yadkinville NC
Call in February 5
February 24-25 @1pm
Cross Creek Arena
1916 Mcintyer Rd
Wingate NC
Call in February 19
March 17-18 @1pm
Lone Hickory Arena
1950 Bethel Ch Rd
Yadkinville NC Call in March 5
Short List:
April 7-8 Easley SC
April 27-28 York SC
May 18-19 Hiddenite NC
June 8-9 Charlotte NC
June 10 Charlotte NC
July 27-28 Love Valley NC
August 10-11 Charlotte NC
August 24-25 Granit Falls NC
September 14-15 Asheboro NC
September 21-22 Rural Retreat VA
Jr. SRA Finals
October 26-28 Lone Hickory Arena