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Kaprina Jones at the WHSRA rodeo in Riverton, WY - Jennifer Bohn Photography

Meet the Member Kaprina Jones

story by Lily Weinacht

“Some of my best friends rodeo, and if it weren’t for rodeo, I wouldn’t have met those people,” says 17-year-old Kaprina Jones. “It teaches you more about life than anything, and I think it’s so fun getting to go every weekend and see friends. So much goes into rodeo, and it’s completely worth it.”
Kaprina, who hails from Newcastle, Wyoming, competes in breakaway roping, and team roping with heeler Blake LeClair, but breakaway is first on her list of favorites. “I like that you don’t have to rely on anybody but yourself, and if you mess up, it’s your fault. And it’s more of an adrenaline rush than anything!” She’s been rodeoing for much of her life, introduced to the sport by her parents, Tim and Stacey Jones, who both rodeoed. “My mom was pretty successful in high school, and my dad still team ropes and rides saddle broncs. They haul me and my brother everywhere and coach us, and help with buying horses and steers. I also look up to Ty and Lonnie Farella,” Kaprina adds. “They’ve helped me a lot since I started rodeoing and are like a second set of parents.”
Another part of Kaprina’s family are her horses, Kenny and Speedy G. “They were both head horses when I bought them, and I trained them for breakaway. They give me their all, and they’re my best friends. I also train outside horses, but right now I’m working on one for myself, Titan. He’s coming along really good, and I’ll probably take him to college with me.” The Jones family has numerous horses, roping steers, cows, dogs, and a cat on their ranch outside of Newcastle. Kaprina and her 13-year-old brother, Kacy, pitch in with all the ranch work, though Kaprina admits fixing fence isn’t a favorite, especially when the ground is hard.
Following chores, Kaprina and her family practice every night, spending time together and having roping competitions. Kacy competes in the WHSRA Junior High Division in breakaway roping, team roping, bull riding, and bareback steer riding, which he won state in. He’ll be competing in the NJHFR for the first time. “Kacy and I team rope together – I head and he heels – and Dad will practice with us too. We have automatic chutes, and Mom videos our runs. We live right at the base of the Black Hills, and the scenery is beautiful. We’re like one big family with our neighbors, and we’ve gotten to know a lot of good people here. My basketball coaches taught us so much more about life and being a good person,” says Kaprina, who played basketball with the Newcastle Dogies for four years. “My junior year, our team got super close, and we made it to state. I like being able to have those friends.” Kaprina was also involved in FBLA, National Honor Society, Newcastle Rodeo Club, and FFA, where she did horse judging, and most recently, employment skills.
She graduated from Newcastle High School in May, and this fall, Kaprina is attending Weatherford College in Texas on a rodeo scholarship and studying communications. “I’ve had a lot of success with the Wrangler ropings and their finals, and I’d like to keep competing up there,” she says. “I definitely want to graduate college and make the CNFR, and I’d like to make the NHSFR this summer.”

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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

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TENTATIVE SPRING RODEOS
May 25 Sheridan (Held in Buffalo)
May 26-27 Buffalo

FINALS
June 3-8 WY HS State Finals – Gillette
July 14-20 NHSFR – Rock Springs, WY

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