Meet the Member Shylene Drumm
story by Ruth Nicolaus Shylene Drumm is a five-time Colorado Junior High School Rodeo champion. This year, she won the pole bending, breakaway roping, goat […]
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Rodeo has been a Fischer family tradition for four generations, and goat tying is the event of choice for three sisters from Eagle, Colorado, including 13-year-old Mackinzee Dermody. She finished tenth in the nation’s Rookie of the Year standings, qualifying for ribbon roping, goat tying, and breakaway roping her first trip to the NJHFR. “There’s more competition in junior high, and you have to work for your spot to go to Nationals,” says Mackinzee. She and ribbon roper Reece Wadhams finished 12th in the nation in ribbon roping, while she was just out of the top 20 in the goat tying.
“Mackinzee is a very passionate goat tier,” says Dele Hobbs, Mackinzee’s mom. “I have her and her sisters get off different horses every day to keep their competition up. My oldest, Mariah, has been very successful in goats, and Mackinzee and Makaylee are following in her footsteps. I think that’s where the passion comes from.” Mackinzee additionally competes in pole bending, barrel racing and team roping, heeling for Cactus Barnes. They enter NLBRA rodeos together, where Mackinzee also competes in trail course. She qualified for the NLBFR in barrel racing, goat tying, breakaway roping, trail course, and ribbon roping. When her breakaway horse wouldn’t back into the box at the NJHFR, Mariah (19) sent her best college rodeo horse for Mackinzee to ride in the Little Britches finals. “Mariah was injured and had to red shirt for college rodeo this year, so her decision to send her horse down for Mackinzee to use was a huge deal for us,” says Dele.
“I look up to my big sister, Mariah. She’s helped me through my rodeo career and taught me most of things I know about rodeo,” Mackinzee explains. “She’s helped me with my horses when they aren’t cooperating, and she’s going to college in La Junta on a full ride rodeo scholarship.” Mackinzee rides her mare, Dolly, in the goat tying, her favorite event. “I like how fast I can get off and get my goat down and tied. I also use Dolly for barrels, so I can’t practice on her too much.” Dunny, formerly Mackinzee’s breakaway horse, is now her main barrel horse, while she’s roping on Mariah’s horse, Mia, and training her colt, Sis, for roping as well. Mackinzee and her 11-year-old sister, Makaylee, practice daily with the help of their mom and Mariah. Makaylee is entering her first year of junior high rodeo, competing in barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, team roping, and ribbon roping. The sisters also compete in 4 Eagle Ranch rodeos and Beaver Creek rodeos, hauled by their mom and step-dad, Brian.
Along with their 11 horses, which Mackinzee and Mariah are in charge of riding, the Dermody family has roping calves, steers, and goats. “I tie the goats, and we’re also breeding them so I have more to tie next year, and we sell some of them,” says Mackinzee. She and Makaylee are members of 4-H, and both the sisters’ steers won their weight classes at the county fair this summer. “Our family steer won grand champion, Makaylee’s steer was reserve champion, and mine took third. I’m going to sell my extra steer I brought home and give the money to a cancer society, Crawling For A Cure.”
An eighth grader at Eagle Valley Middle School, Mackinzee enjoys gym class, and her basketball team, The Eagle Valley Pirates, took home the girls basketball trophy for the 2015 season. She enjoys a variety of other sports, such as water skiing, wakeboarding, downhill skiing, and snowboarding. Rodeo is a chief favorite, however. “I’d like to win my first saddle,” she finishes, “and win first at state in one of my events to qualify for Nationals.”
story by Ruth Nicolaus Shylene Drumm is a five-time Colorado Junior High School Rodeo champion. This year, she won the pole bending, breakaway roping, goat […]
story by Ruth Nicolaus When Tally Harthun isn’t rodeoing, she’s reading. Or baking. Or showing 4-H steers. Or running with her dad. Or playing basketball. […]
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September 27, 2020
BARREL RACING
1 Cassidy Evans 81.00
2 Jolene Rhyne 52.00
3 Savanah Roberts 48.00
4 Aspen Autry 47.00
5 Jaycee Yonkers 44.00
6 Adalie Hansen 42.00
7 Ashley Anstead 39.00
8 Brylee Brehm 34.00
9 Shaylee Spaid 29.00
10 Rivers Hill 22.00
BOY’S BREAKAWAY
1 Traven Sharon 69.00
2 Chance Knez 33.00
3 Stran Lechman 33.00
4 Wesley Lammers 29.00
5 Mason Neese 23.00
6 Brayden Betsworth 17.00
7 Tucker Canty 17.00
8 Nolan Reardon 14.00
9 Hogan Kelley 8.00
10 Travis Canty 8.00
BOY’S GOAT TYING
1 Traven Sharon 89.00
2 Nathan Lammers 65.00
3 Cash Evans 64.00
4 Wesley Lammers 63.00
5 Cactus Barnes 50.00
6 Brayden Betsworth 42.00
7 Chance Knez 33.00
8 Nolan Reardon 16.00
9 Tucker Canty 16.00
10 Foster Krempin 12.00
BULL RIDING
1 Logan Durham 50.00
2 Tucker Jacobson 28.00
3 Benjamin Sittler 28.00
CHUTE DOGGING
1 Cash Evans 82.00
2 Nathan Lammers 75.00
3 Cactus Barnes 67.00
4 Jack Pankey 26.00
5 Ryan Pankey 21.00
6 Coltyr Goss 20.00
7 Nolan Reardon 16.00
8 Foster Krempin 15.00
9 Logan Stillings 5.00
GIRL’S BREAKAWAY
1 Cassidy Evans 56.00
2 Roan Spencer 34.00
3 Luci Bruchez 23.00
4 Aspen Autry 23.00
5 Brylee Brehm 19.00
6 Shylene Drumm 18.00
7 Adalie Hansen 17.00
8 Shaylee Spaid 16.00
9 Jolene Rhyne 10.00
10 Savanah Roberts 8.00
GIRL’S GOAT TYING
1 Blake Coors 72.00
2 Cassidy Evans 63.00
3 Shylene Drumm 62.00
4 Jolene Rhyne 50.00
5 Brylee Brehm 49.00
6 Shaylee Spaid 46.00
7 Jaycee Runner 35.00
8 Aspen Autry 29.00
9 Ava Dole 19.00
10 Roan Spencer 15.50
POLE BENDING
1 Cassidy Evans 64.00
2 Jolene Rhyne 55.00
3 Savanah Roberts 45.00
4 Roan Spencer 45.00
5 Ashley Anstead 43.00
6 Aspen Autry 43.00
7 Olivia Betsworth 32.00
8 Brylee Brehm 29.00
9 Grace Landwehr 28.00
10 Merica Van Pelt 25.00
RIBBON ROPING
1 Nathan Lammers 61.00
2 Jolene Rhyne 61.00
3 Cactus Barnes 60.00
4 Cash Evans 60.00
5 Cassidy Evans 60.00
6 Jaycee Yonkers 60.00
7 Blake Coors 57.00
8 Hogan Kelley 57.00
9 Traven Sharon 28.00
10 Josey Mcclain 28.00
RIFLE SHOOT
1 Dalton Groom 81.00
2 Wesley Lammers 74.00
3 Jack Pankey 64.00
4 Logan Stillings 49.00
5 Ryan Pankey 48.50
6 Foster Krempin 30.00
7 Nolan Reardon 11.50
SADDLE BRONC-STEER
1 Cash Evans 67.00
2 Traven Sharon 29.00
3 Wyatt Bartel 17.00
TEAM ROPING
1 Nathan Lammers 40.00
2 Wesley Lammers 40.00
3 Cash Evans 39.00
4 Cassidy Evans 39.00
5 Traven Sharon 20.00
6 Hogan Kelley 20.00
7 Cactus Barnes 9.00
8 Jack Pankey 9.00
9 Ryan Pankey 9.00
10 Stran Lechman 9.00
TIE DOWN ROPING
1 Nathan Lammers 68.00
2 Cash Evans 60.00
3 Cactus Barnes 53.00
4 Coltyr Goss 31.00
5 Foster Krempin 23.00
6 Hogan Kelley 16.00