Meet the Member Sean Arellano
story by Ruth Nicolaus Sean Arellano loves riding bulls. When he started his Colorado Junior High School Rodeo Association competition a year ago, he said, […]
Ava Dole - Julia MacDonell
story by Ruth Nicolaus
They say animals take on the characteristics of their owners, and for Ava Dole, that’s true.
The Colorado Junior High School Rodeo Association member is kind, easy to get along with, isn’t lazy, and gives her all when she attempts something, just like her bay mare, Christine.
She rides Christine for all her events: goat tying, barrel racing, pole bending, breakaway roping, and team roping (heeling for Ryan Pankey).
Christine is even the same age as Ava: 13, and was bred for cutting. The family got the bay a year ago, and she is “super good at all that she does,” her rider reported. “She always tries her hardest and she’ll give you the best she can. She won’t act lazy, and she’s really calm in the alley and in the box.”
Ava has a second horse, an eighteen-year-old bay roan named ATM. He’s an older rope horse who she used last spring for breakaway. But he got a puncture wound over the summer and is on the injury list this fall. He’s as sweet as Christine, and even though she’s calm in the box, he’s “super, super, super duper calm,” Ava said. “And he always gets you right there, every time, no matter how bad the calf is.”
Ava, who is in the eighth grade, is homeschooled. She loves reading, with her favorite genre being mysteries. She’s read several of the Nancy Drew books and is currently reading The Scarlet Pimpernel, a story about the French Revolution.
Living on a ranch near Mesa, Colo., she likes to hunt, and last year was a big year for her: she got a mule deer, elk and an antelope. She enjoys hunting in the family’s “secret spot” in the Rocky Mountains where they found Ava’s elk.
Ava has participated in 4-H for the past four years. She’s shown her dog, Casey, and horses. This year, she rode Christine for the trail course, western pleasure, reining, ranch riding, cow work, and the mare even did a bit of English jumping, which took some practice. The jumping surprised the mare, Ava said. “When we started to lope and go over the log, Christine was like, ‘what are we doing?’ She was confused, but she learned it really fast.” Ava earned a reserve champion ribbon in the horse show at this year’s county fair.
Along with her sisters, Ava does her share of the ranch and housework. She drives the pickup while her mom forks off hay in the winter; her dad works at the fire department. She helps with meals, too, preparing two breakfasts and two dinners per week.
The older kids in the Dole household take turns preparing weekly meals; that night’s cook decides what they’re making, makes sure the ingredients are on hand, prepares the meal, and cleans up.
As the family lives 45 minutes from the nearest grocery store, Ava has to choose her meals carefully, depending on what’s in the pantry. If they are missing an ingredient, “we have to make do with what we have, which is also a life skill,” her mom said.
Ava’s go-to meals are crock-pot meals and casseroles. She likes making chili and soup.
When she grows up, she’d like to be a rancher and a horse trainer.
Her mom says Ava “has a real heart for being kind and compassionate to other people, and being helpful to the family. She has so much energy and is a really fun kid.”
She has an older sister, Madison, who is a college student, and two younger sisters: Ellie, who is nine years old, and Hazel, who is six.
They are the daughters of Burton and Sarah Dole.
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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