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Meet the Member Titus Adams
story by Siri Stevens Titus Adams, from Greeley, Colorado, rides bulls in the CPRA and plans to continue riding in that association. He’s been a member for four years and loves the association. “The CPRA is a great opportunity to get used to high caliber stock and teaches me how to book my trips. It’s great for local people who can’t travel fulltime,” said the 23 year old, who loves to ride bulls. “It’s hard…
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Meet the Member Hadley Jackson
story by Siri Stevens Hadley Jackson has been competing in the Colorado Pro Rodeo Association for 13 years and is the current Vice President. “It’s a great association,” he said. “Both my wife, Samantha, and I compete.” He competes in steer wrestling and she does barrels, team roping, and breakaway roping. He learned his event from Jace Honey, and started in high school. “I won CSHSRA Finals my senior year, in 2007.” He went on…
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Meet the Members Atkinson Family
story by Siri Stevens Julie Atkinson, her husband, Dale, and 19-year-old Chase make their home in Elizabeth, Colorado. The family ropes together, and made the decision this year to join the CPRA…again. Dale joined the CPRA the year it started - 1974. “It was called the CSRA then – I was 13 and it was awesome.” He was a member for almost 20 years. “I won the team roping in 1975 at the age of…
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Meet the Member Heidi Geesen
story by Siri Stevens Heidi Geesen is the new secretary for the CPRA. She will take over her duties February 1. One thing is for certain, Heidi is not new to rodeo. She has been competing since she was five, working her way through the Wyoming High School Rodeo Association (1994 Wyoming state high school goat tying champion), then moving to college at Casper where she was a three time Central Rocky Mountain region goat…
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Meet the Member Jenna Pruitt
story by Siri Stevens Jenna has competed in the CPRA for 7 years, winning Rookie of the Year in 2011 and average in the barrel racing at this year’s Finals. The stay-at-home mom to 10-month-old Chloe Rose spends her time traveling with her PRCA tie-down roping husband, Riley, or home on the ranch near Gering, Nebraska. Her sister, Nicole Waggoner, talked her into getting back into chasing cans in the CPRA this year very late…
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Meet the Member Jase Staudt
story by Siri Stevens Jase Staudt is leading the All Around for the CPRA. “The CPRA is a great association – I like the rodeos, they have great stock and a great board of directors to put the best rodeos on. I can work and still go to the rodeos – usually three a weekend. They have great added money and the rodeos are very competitive – there’s a lot of talent at them.” The…
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Meet the Committee Montrose County Fair & Rodeo
story by Siri Stevens Montrose County Fair & Rodeo is celebrating 132 years, more than 15 of those being a CPRA sanctioned event. Held the last week of July, the rodeo is usually a two-day event, but this year the fair was shortened by a few days and the weekend will be packed with not only a rodeo, but the livestock sale will happen after the morning slack. Then there will be fiddle contest before…
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Meet the Committee Cowboy Up in Kiowa
story by Siri Stevens Cowboy Up in Kiowa began in 1995 after starting as the Elbert County Rodeo for the first two years. This award-winning rodeo has grown over the years, winning the CPRA’s Super Purse rodeo four times in a row now along with 20 other awards over its history. According to board president, Angelique Dieker, the formula for success is pretty simple: “We believe in taking care of the contestants, our volunteers and…
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Meet the Member Nicole Waggoner
story by Lily Weinacht Nicole Waggoner didn’t expect to be the CPRA Barrel Racing Champion last year. The 22 year old from Pueblo West, Colorado, went into the finals sitting second, aiming to win the average, but she climbed to first place in the year-end standings after winning the first round. Her horse pulled a shoe, but she was able to finish out on her bay mare, who was just coming back after a summer…
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Meet the Member Sharon Mowry
story by Jodie Calhoun Sharon Mowry owner of Diamond S Rodeo Productions in Evergreen, Colorado has joined the Colorado Pro Rodeo Association to handle sponsorships, advertising and marketing for the upcoming 2018 season. Prior to joining the CPRA, Sharon worked with the Mile High Rodeo Association, the host committee for the CPRA Finals, during the 2016, 2017 Finals Rodeo. Although not a great rider and definitely not a competitor, Sharon’s love for the sport of…
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Meet the Member Zach Devol
story by Lily Weinacht “I love the whole aspect of being around rodeo and being a part of it, and I love fighting bulls,” says Zach Devol. The 24-year-old bullfighter from Elbert, Colorado, started out as a competitor, entering both roughstock and timed events in the NLBRA. He went on to rodeo for Otero Junior College and found instead that his niche was face to face with the bovine athletes. “At our college practices, we…
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Meet the Member Branden Edwards
story by Lily Weinacht Branden Edwards wears several hats in the rodeo world, from CPRA vice president, to team roper and rodeo announcer. Yet before his voice carried over the sod and grass of rodeos and fairgrounds, it was serenading audiences in Seattle, where Branden worked as an actor, performer, and singer for several years after college. “I have a degree in vocal music with an emphasis in opera and vocal performance,” says the 32-year-old…
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