Meet the Member Teige Whetham
story by Ruth Nicolaus Teige Whetham is a busy man during football and rodeo seasons. The Nebraska High School Rodeo Association member plays ball for […]
story by Ruth Nicolaus
Lucas Troyer is in his final year of competition in the Nebraska High School Rodeo Association.
The 18-year-old cowboy competes in the boys cutting and rides a 10-year-old red roan named Tony, whose registered name is DMAC Spoons Airride. Tony, who is owned by his dad’s cousin Paul Troyer, is ornery, Lucas says. He likes to kick at his bucket, dump the water out, and bang on his stall door when it’s feeding time.
Lucas, who lives in Beemer, Neb., is a senior at Wisner-Pilger High School. He enjoys school, especially study hall, where there isn’t much studying going on but lots of relaxing and socializing instead. His second favorite class is anatomy and physiology, in part because he’d like to be a doctor and will need to know those subjects. Calculus is the toughest class he has this year. “I’m starting to get the hang of it,” he says, “but it’s calculus. It’s really hard.”
He is involved in several extracurricular activities, including football, basketball, track, One-Acts, band (he plays the baritone saxophone), academic team, and St. Joseph’s Catholic Youth Group. He is on his school’s honor roll.
This fall, he hopes to play football, either at Doane College (Crete, Neb.), the University of South Dakota (Vermillion), or the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He will get his undergraduate degree, then apply to medical school.
In his spare time, Lucas loves to ride, hang out with friends, go to the movies, or help his dad manage feedlots. “It’s always fun,” he says of feedlot work. His dad “likes to show me what to do, and how to do it, and how to do things right.”
Lucas has competed at state finals all three years, and has gone on to the National High School Finals Rodeo in 2014 and 2015.
He has five brothers and sisters and seven nephews and five nieces. His niece Ashton Troyer has just started high school rodeo, and he predicts that his nephew Conner Troyer, a third grader, will also rodeo. “He likes to get out and get dirty and do anything with a horse. He loves to come out and help dad.”
Lucas is the son of Rick and Vickie Troyer.
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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