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Meet the Member: Tegan Nevarez
November 1, 2021
Story by Ruth Nicolaus Tegan Nevarez is a three-time Idaho Cowboys Association ranch bronc riding champion. The Winnemucca, Nev. cowboy has been an ICA member for the past ten years. He was raised in Rupert, Idaho, and competed in the saddle bronc riding and team roping in high school. After a year in college in New Mexico, he began cowboying for a living and has worked at various ranches. He lived in the O’Neil basin…
Read MoreMeet the Member Whitley Sharp
September 23, 2021
story by Ruth Nicolaus A phone call in December 2020 changed Whitley Sharp and her husband’s lives. The Idaho Cowboys Association barrel racer called the Rice family in Texas about breeding to their stud, Chiquita Cat. One phone conversation later, Whitley and her husband, Jared, owned the stud. So the horse came to Idaho, and the Sharps became part owners of Outback Stallion Station this year. But Whitley’s story starts as a youngster in Boardman,…
Read MoreMeet the Member Anjie Powell
June 24, 2021
story by Ruth Nicolaus Anjie Powell is blessed and she knows it. She has a wonderful family and a special horse. The Idaho Cowboys Association member, who lives in Marsing, Idaho, is married to Ryan Powell and has two kids: a boy named Kreece, age twelve, and a girl, Lettie, who is seven. She competes as a barrel racer on a roan mare named Reba. Reba doesn’t have big-time barrel racing in her background, but…
Read MoreMeet the Member Heather Paradis
May 20, 2021
story by Ruth Nicolaus Attention to detail, structure, and staying out of the spotlight are traits of Heather Paradis, whether it’s in her regular job or as a volunteer with the Idaho Cowboys Association. The Council, Idaho woman serves as a committee director on the ICA board and is a rodeo secretary as well. Her career job is working as a biomedical engineer for a dialysis provider. She did not grow up around rodeo, but…
Read MoreMeet the Member Gena Maxfield
April 22, 2021
story by Ruth Nicolaus There’s a new face shuffling papers for the Idaho Cowboys Association. Gena Maxfield is the new secretary for the association. The Nampa, Idaho resident grew up in the Burley and Rupert area, riding horses. The youngest of six children, she didn’t compete in rodeo and wasn’t involved in 4-H and FFA but she loved being horseback. She and her husband Troy have four children: daughters Ainsley, 17, and Presley, 11, and…
Read MoreMeet the Member Leo Baptiste
February 25, 2021
story by Ruth Nicolaus Leo Baptiste realizes he has to “adult” and can’t just team rope forever. But that’s ok with the Hawaiian-born Idaho resident. Growing up on the Big Island, he’s been riding since age three and began competing at age seven. Like many other Hawaii rodeo cowboys, he came to the contiguous U.S. for college, graduating from the University of Idaho in 2005 with a major in physical education and minors in health…
Read MoreMeet the Member Candida Eldridge
January 28, 2021
story by Ruth Nicolaus The Idaho Cowboy Association roots run deep in Candida Eldridge’s family. The breakaway roper is the third generation to be involved with the ICA. Her grandparents, Tom and Betty Eddy, were part of the organization, her grandpa as a tie-down roper and team roper, and her grandma as a barrel racer, and her parents, Marlow and Audrey Eldridge, were also involved as contestants. In fact, when she was born, an ICA…
Read MoreMeet the Member Matt Nauman
November 19, 2020
story by Ruth Nicolaus Matt Nauman has been a part of the Idaho Cowboys Association for two-thirds of his life. The New Plymouth, Idaho man who is 34 years old, became a member at age twelve, and has been a member nearly every year since then. He ropes calves and serves as the director for that event. He occasionally team ropes and used to steer wrestle. He has also competed in the NPRA, Pro West,…
Read MoreMeet the Member Hauston Roth
September 24, 2020
story by Siri Stevens Hauston Roth has been a member of the ICA since 2015. His dad, Matt – rode bulls in the ICA in the late 90s and early 2000s. The 25 year old started with ranch broncs and switched to bareback riding. “I made about three rodeos in ranch broncs and I got stomped pretty good – collapsed my lung, bruised my liver, three broken ribs – I spent three days in ICU.”…
Read MoreMeet the Member Katie & Jared Thompson
August 20, 2020
story by Siri Stevens Katie Thompson runs the Facebook page for the ICA, designing the content, and keeping the members up to date on news and events. Katie’s business, Lariat Productions, does everything from video, photography, websites, and runs social media for around 30 clients. “I pretty much do a little of everything,” said the 31 year old transplant from Phoenix to New Plymouth, Idaho. “I came up here to rodeo one summer and met…
Read MoreMeet the Member Danyelle Williams
July 23, 2020
story by Ruth Nicolaus Danyelle Williams has a very special horse, a “gift,” she says. Sonny, a sorrel with white socks, was purchased by the Williams family when he was four years old and Danyelle was nine. The grade gelding was “barely halter broke,” she said, and “he has honestly been the majority of my success.” The Vale, Oregon, cowgirl, a member of the Idaho Cowboys Association, rides Sonny for both of her events, the…
Read MoreMeet the Member Rylee Potter
June 18, 2020
story by Kendra Eller Twenty-seven-year-old, Rylee Potter, from Weiser, Idaho, grew up on a large cow/calf operation and the majority of her life has been spent working alongside her step-father (Dan Swain) and mother (Darcy Swain) on the family ranch that has been in the name forever. Rylee has also been supported by her father (Troy Potter) and step-mother (Debbie Potter) in all her endeavors. When Rylee was a young girl, her local town hosted…
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