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story by Lily Weinacht Wes Bray clinched his goal for his final season of high school rodeo, finishing in the top 20 in the nation […]
by Lily Weinacht
Jerren Johnson comes from a heritage abounding in the ranching and rodeo lifestyle, but the 18 year old from Casper, Wyoming, knows his success is rooted just as much in his own hard work.
The sixth generation of his family to work their ranch outside of Casper, Jerren, his brother, and their three cousins have grown up working and practicing together. Jerren competes in the WHSRA in tie-down roping and team roping, heeling for Wheaton Williams. Jerren’s dad, Justin Johnson, pro rodeoed for a number of years, while his uncle, Jett Johnson, won the World in 2011 team roping with Turtle Powell at the WNFR. Jerren was watching from the stands when his uncle secured the gold buckle. “I love rodeo, and I have a goal to compete at the pro level and make the finals consistently. That drives me to practice and get better so maybe someday I can accomplish my goal of making the WNFR,” Jerren explains.
“My dad and uncle have been our teachers – they’ve taught us everything. We all live right there on the ranch, plus we have an indoor barn to ride in. My cousin Kellen will head for me, and my dad is a horse trainer, so he’s usually riding horses for his clients.” Jerren, his parents, Justin and Jodene, and his brother, Jayden, live on the ranch, along with his great-grandmother, his grandparents, and his aunt, uncle, and cousins. “Everybody in my family except my cousins have names that start with a J. Our family does pretty good with keeping names straight, but other people have a hard time,” says Jerren.
Jayden is rodeoing for Laramie County Community College, and Jerren also plans to college rodeo on a scholarship. “I’ve talked to several colleges, but I haven’t decided yet. I like math, and I want to get a degree in engineering.” Currently, Jerren is a senior at Natrona County High School, where he’s been studying trigonometry and math analysis. Up until his senior year, he also played basketball and wrestled, but decided to focus solely on rodeo this year.
In addition to high school rodeo, Jerren competes in USTRC, George Strait, and Spicer Gripp ropings. He and header Guy Hall competed in the SDRA last summer, along with qualifying for the NRCA finals. One of Jerren’s favorite accomplishments was qualifying for the Wrangler Team Roping Championship Finals in Billings, Montana, last fall. “Guy and I will probably amateur rodeo again this summer. It works out pretty well, because right at the start of the summer, the high school finals are done.” Jerren went twice to the NJHFR and qualified twice in team roping for the NHSFR, with hopes of qualifying in both his events this summer.
He rides several horses in his events, but his main rope horse is Itchy. “I have a new horse out of Oklahoma that we’ve been referring to as the bald-faced horse. I’m waiting to name him until I know if he’s a good horse or not,” Jerren explains. He’s also an all-around ranch hand, helping his family run 500 head of cattle on their ranch. Any free time is spent with his cousins, while Jerren recently started building and selling headstalls. “I braid them with nylon, and I have different colors depending on what the customer wants. Just this year I’ve made fifteen or twenty.”
Following high school graduation, Jerren plans to fill his PRCA permit. “I’d also like to get a master’s degree in engineering to fall back on if rodeo doesn’t work out. But my goal is to make the WNFR, and someday win the World.”
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May 12, 2019
Bareback Riding
1 Donny Proffit 120
2 Riggen Myers 71.5
3 Derrick Robinson 10
4 Dimaggio Hamilton 9
5 Denton Pavlenko 9
6 Drake Amundson 9
7 Cameron Henson 8
Barrel Racing
1 Shelby Petersen 109
2 Shay Hough 102
3 Maddie Fantaskey 91
4 Taylor Nichols 89
5 Ellie Bard 83
6 Haiden Thompson 78.5
7 Cedar Kohr 75
8 Isabelle Camino 51
9 Baily Coombs 37
10 Halle Hladky 32
Boys Cutting
1 Wes Bray 111
2 Hunter Hayden 100
3 Preston Schwartzkopf 92
4 Joseph Hayden 91.5
5 Kasen York 91
6 Broc Schwartzkopf 15
7 Kall Mayfield 11.5
Reakaway Roping
1 Ellie Bard 67
2 Ellie Anderson 59
3 Jordyn Mcnamee 56
4 Rayne Grant 56
5 Kaydin Davis 49
6 Hadley Furnival 45
7 Shaylee Terry 42
8 Haiden Thompson 40
9 Hailey Hardeman 36
10 Kyra Corson 35
Bull Riding
1 Brody Hasenack 90
2 Dalton Mccaslin 84
3 Zain Fitzgerald 82
4 Wyatt Phelps 74
5 Donny Proffit 43.5
6 Matthew Fenton 41.5
7 Cjay Firnekas 41.5
8 Landen Brownlee 34
9 Tipton Wilson 28
10 Derek Grant 18
Girls Cutting
1 Ayanah Winsor 115.5
2 Emme Norsworthy 100
3 Taylor Gibson 92
4 Aniya Teppo 88.5
5 Maddie Fantaskey 34
Goat Tying
1 Tavy Leno 118
2 Haiden Thompson 109
3 Brooke Worman 92.5
4 Shaylee Terry 79
5 Karissa Phillips 76
6 Mckenna Clingman 56
7 Ellie Bard 49
8 Rayne Grant 47
9 Baylee Delbridge 41
10 Lanna Jordan 38
Light Rifle
1 Colter Nunn 30
2 Stratton Kohr 27
3 Tipton Wilson 23
4 Cody Caldwell 20
5 Peityn Manor 19
6 Alexis Wilson 14
7 Kennedy Sheehan 10
Pole Bending
1 Shay Hough 118
2 Halle Hladky 99
3 Shelby Petersen 73
4 Rayne Grant 66.5
5 Ellie Bard 64.5
6 Madison Wolff 61
7 Jordyn Mcnamee 45
8 Hailey Hardeman 44
9 Haiden Thompson 42
10 Amber Salazar 42
Reined Cow Horse
1 Clay Kinnison 38
2 Preston Schwartzkopf 32
3 Kasen York 30.5
4 Maddie Fantaskey 27
5 Tierney George 23
6 Peyton Kottwitz 21.5
7 Ayanah Winsor 19
8 Morgan Vaughan 12.5
9 Scotlyn Flitner 11.5
10 Hanna Griemsman 3
Saddle Bronc
1 Jase Longwell 63
2 Kayson Dory 49
3 Donny Proffit 38
4 Cian Ahern 20
5 Parker Manor 18
6 Wyatt Phelps 10
7 Guston Lozier 10
8 Cody Acord 8
Steer Wrestling
1 Winsten Mcgraw 98
2 Kaden Berger 78
3 Kagen King 73
4 Skyler Lubkeman 69
5 Jake Deveraux 63
6 Chase Stricklin 60
7 Danny Goold 52
8 Derrick Robinson 37
9 Chance Sorenson 33
10 Donald Quick 19
Team Roping
1 Jade Espenscheid 95
2 Coy Johnson 95
3 Kolby Bradley 62.5
4 Arye Espenscheid 62.5
5 Blake Afdahl 61
6 Clay Reiner 61
7 Carson Johnson 53
8 Teegan Leno 51
9 Bryan Lemmon 51
10 Jared Lemmon 51
11 Jase Longwell 48
12 Winsten Mcgraw 44
13 Lane Anderson 44
14 Cooper Deveraux 40.5
15 Jake Deveraux 40.5
16 Tanner Handy 40
17 Cameron Klatt 40
18 Bryton Scheller 37
19 Teagan Bentley 36
20 Dawson Mccuin 36
Tie Down Calf Roping
1 Jake Deveraux 83
2 Preston Schwartzkopf 77
3 Cooper Deveraux 69
4 Colter Ellis 67
5 Clay Reiner 63
6 Teagan Bentley 46
7 Cody Caldwell 45
8 Teegan Leno 45
9 Coy Thar 44
10 Weston Mills 43
Trap Shooting
1 Colter Ellis 28
2 Bryson Bartholomew 27
3 Carsten Hughes 25.5
4 Kolton Miller 17
5 Dawson Mccuin 12.5
6 Quincy Reynolds 12
7 Brodee Barkhurst 11.5
8 Alexis Wilson 10.5
9 Kagen King 8.5
10 Clay Reiner 7.5