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Meet the Member Dillon Micheel

story by Ruth Nicolaus

Dillon Micheel is the reigning Nebraska High School Rodeo Bull Riding champion. The eighteen year old cowboy grew up with rodeo running through his veins. When he was a young kid, his granddad, Bernie Micheel, who was a stock contractor from Newell, S.D., would load a calf in the chutes right before the bull riding. Then Dillon would ride out on the calf to the cheers of the crowd. His uncle, Stan Micheel, was a bull rider, and his dad, Stacey Micheel, fought bulls.
Dillon, who lives on the outskirts of Ainsworth, Neb., loves everything about riding bulls and rodeo, even though it can be frightening. “If I told you I wasn’t scared (when he gets on a bull), I’d be lying. But the adrenaline rush is always there,” he said. He also loves the people he meets and the places he gets to go to.
As a senior at Ainsworth High School, the best part of the year is that his toughest classes are out of the way. Now his biggest job is to decide where to go to college. He’s leaning towards schools in Texas, but he’s unsure yet. He plans on riding bulls in college, and he’d like to work towards a doctor of veterinary medicine title.
Dillon has been on the honor roll throughout school and has excelled as a wrestler as well. He was state runner up in Class D in the 120 lb. division his sophomore year, and has qualified for state all three years of high school. He also golfs, and made it to state two years ago. He is a member of FFA.
The bull rider is competing beyond the high school ranks. He is in his second year of competition in the Mid-States Rodeo Association, where he is ranked fourth. In the Nebraska State Rodeo Association, he’s ranked fifth in the standings.
When he and his buddies hang out, they love to cruise the streets of Ainsworth. Sometimes Dillon heads to Ord, where his traveling partner Clayton Miller lives.
He has qualified for state finals all three years, and has gone on to the National High School Finals Rodeo his sophomore and junior years. His sophomore year, he finished sixth in the nation.
Dillon has two younger sisters: Trista (15) and Dakota (nine), and a younger brother, T.C., who is four. If T.C. travels with Dillon when he’s rodeoing, he makes sure to get in on the sheep riding.
He is the son of Stacey and Char Micheel.

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September 20, 2020
Girls All Around
1 Madison Mills 3176.75
2 Brooke Mccully 2248.35
3 Elle Ravenscroft 2232.8
4 Wacey Day 2219.93
5 Clancy Jo Brown (R) 2068.18
6 Jessica Stevens 2060.55
7 Mekenna Fisher 1996.93
8 Faith Storer 1756.85
9 Emma Ohm 1720.71
10 Abigail Lawton 1577.7
Boys All Around
1 Cooper Bass 2348.35
2 Rhett Witt 2238.35
3 Zane Kreikemeier 1579.85
4 Cody Miller 1548.61
5 Sage Schrunk 1521.75
6 Tanner Drueke 1520.7
7 Jate Saults 1379.6
8 Coy Johnston 1225.65
9 Cole Kerner 1079.25
10 Sid Miller 1076.6
Bareback Riding
1 Tanner Drueke 73
2 Tate Miller 63
3 Cole Kerner 47
4 Spencer Denaeyer 46
Barrel Racing
1 Elle Ravenscroft 87
2 Taci Flinn 57
3 Brooke Mccully 57
4 Madison Mills 56
5 Jenae Whitaker 35
6 Bailey Bell 32
7 Ashlyn Henderson 30
8 Ashlyn Jensen 30
9 Mekenna Fisher 28
10 Morgan Rosander 28
Boys Cutting
1 Cooper Bass 81
2 Cody Miller 73.5
3 Tatum Olson 66
4 Hayden Jennings 63.5
5 Bo Bushhousen 60.5
6 Frazier Kaelin 56
7 Matt Symonds 54.5
8 Trey Vance 45
9 Devin Konicek 41.5
10 Hayden Stump 32.5
Breakaway Roping
1 Emma Ohm 49
2 Summer Richardson 38
3 Tehya From 38
4 Ali Vaughn 38
5 Wacey Day 37
6 Jaya Nelson 34
7 Jessica Stevens 27
8 Jace Hurlburt 24.5
9 Shayda Vaughn 24
10 Whitney Jennings 24
Bull Riding
1 Jett Sjeklocha 28
2 Cole Kerner 27.5
3 Dalton Garey 20
4 Tanner Drueke 19
5 Drew Farrell 10
6 Hunter Boydston 9.5
7 Brady Painter 9
8 Cooper Kursave 8
Girls Cutting
1 Faith Storer 112
2 Mekenna Fisher 99
3 Emma Pearson 74.5
4 Peyton Fisher 68
5 Gracyn Hicks 64
6 Whitney Jennings 62
7 Jenna Rutar 36.5
8 Jordan Downing 11
Goat Tying
1 Jessica Stevens 77
2 Wacey Day 68.5
3 Emma Ohm 56
4 Abigail Lawton 49
5 Kaci Wickersham 49
6 Ally Micheel 43.5
7 Ashlyn Henderson 43
8 Emma Warren 42
9 Kinley Greenough 39
10 Clancy Jo Brown 29.5
Pole Bending
1 Madison Mills 100
2 Clancy Jo Brown 65
3 Abigail Lawton 58
4 Jenae Whitaker 53
5 Emma Pearson 44
6 Lauren Lehl 34
7 Ashlyn Jensen 29
8 Brooke Mccully 28
9 Jordan Peterson 27
10 Elle Ravenscroft 24.5
Saddle Bronc
1 Brody Mcabee 60
2 Monte Bailey 30
3 Leif Meidell 19
4 Dean Schroder 9
Steer Wrestling
1 Rhett Witt 60
2 Dane Pokorny 50
3 Tucker Ravenscroft 46
4 Sage Schrunk 42
5 Coy Johnston 40
6 Thayne Kimbrough 39
7 Dalton Kunkee 35
8 Cody Miller 33
9 Gage Davis 33
10 Kaden Wooters 33
Team Roping
1 Jate Saults 58
2 Brent Charlton 52
3 Cooper Bass 43
4 Zack Bradley 43
5 Jasper Neal 38
6 Sage Dieter 38
7 Zane Kreikemeier 33
8 Coy Johnston 33
9 Ryan Shepherd 30
10 Carter Anderson 30
11 Sage Schrunk 30
12 Hayse Wetzel 30
13 Cinch Painter 28
14 Roper Wetzel 25
15 Chance Symons 23
Tie Down Roping
1 Rhett Witt 62
2 Zane Kreikemeier 56
3 Matthew Miller 50
4 Sid Miller 47
5 Tate Talkington 46
6 Layne Wallinger 43
7 Jate Saults 31
8 Sage Schrunk 30
9 Trace Travnicek 28
10 Carter Anderson 25

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