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Email: khsrarodeo@gmail.com
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Meet the Member Rylan Wildeman
May 18, 2023
story by Linsday Humphrey Making the decision to commit to rodeo as a high school sophomore has forever changed Rylan Wildeman’s life for the better. “It’s probably one of the biggest and most time altering decisions I’ve made in my life so far,” said the 18-year-old from Norton, Kansas. “I would go back and make the decision ten times over if I could. I’d even start when I was in sixth grade because I think…
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Meet the Member Emma Krase
May 2, 2023
story by Lindsay Humphrey “If I’m having fun, I’m already winning so I don’t care where I end up placing,” said 17-year-old Emma Krase who’s a senior at Moundridge High School. “When things get hard, I always remind myself that I’m a lot further along than where I first started.” These wise words come from a girl who was born obsessed with horses into a family that had zero experience with them before her. That…
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Meet the Member Emma Thompson
March 1, 2023
story by Lindsay Humphrey “I got a really late start in rodeo, I was 13 or 14 when I started going to jackpots and junior rodeos,” said Emma Thompson who’s now 18 and in her final season with the KHSRA. “I’m the only one in my family involved in it [rodeo]. I had horses for a while and I’d always been interested in barrel racing, but it’s a lot different getting into it when your…
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Meet the Member Colter Snook
January 19, 2023
story by Lindsay Humphrey “To me, there’s nothing better than pulling back on two feet; it’s almost euphoric,” said Colter Snook who’s only been heeling for the last two years. “I’m a much better header because I’ve done it most of my life. I just started high school rodeo last year [2021]. Someone asked me to heel for them and I said yes.” Heeling may have been a happy accident for Colter, but his continued…
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Meet the Member Blake Huffman
September 23, 2022
story by Lindsay Humphrey All it took was one ride on a live bull and Blake Huffman was hooked on rodeo. Previously he was a star pitcher for the Derby High School baseball team, but the 17-year-old has decided he’s going to focus on rodeo for his senior year. “I’ve played baseball since I was probably 4 years old,” said the roughstock rider from Wichita, Kansas. “I started riding bulls last September just to see…
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Meet the Member Baylee Barker
August 18, 2022
story by Lindsay Humphrey Although Baylee Barker has many talents, one thing she’s proven most recently is that she can rope three calves very consistently. She went into the KHSRA finals sitting second in the breakaway roping and held onto that spot to punch her ticket to high school nationals for the very first time. “Junior high nationals last summer was really good, but this year was even better,” said the sophomore from Atlanta, Kansas,…
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Meet the Member Carlee Potter
July 21, 2022
story by Lindsay Humphrey A one-trick pony has never been good enough for Carlee Potter of Latham, Kansas. She’s more interested in the versatile horses. That’s what she learned growing up the daughter of a cattleman. “When we were making the transition from ranch rodeo to regular rodeo, Carlee spent several weeks researching an event put on by the Christian Youth Rodeo Association,” Carlee’s mom, Amy, explained. “She did all the research and was willing…
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Meet the Member
April 25, 2022
story by Lindsay Humphrey “Every bull I’ve gotten on my dad has pulled my rope for me,” said Kyle Campbell. “I like him being behind the chutes with me because it makes me less nervous and it’s just what we do at every rodeo.” Kyle only started riding bulls three years ago and he’s the first generation in his family to try the toughest sport on dirt. Neither of his parents – David and Jessica…
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Meet the Member Natalie Kinderknecht
March 17, 2022
story by Lindsay Humphrey Even though 18-year-old Natalie Kinderknecht drives to KHSRA events by herself, she’s never really alone. “My favorite part about competing in the KHSRA is the atmosphere,” said the high school senior from WaKeeney, Kansas. “Everyone is so supportive and I’m always meeting new people who always turn into family. My siblings and I grew up rodeoing and that’s how I met my best friend, Bella. She moved to Oklahoma to college…
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Meet the Member: Jentry Jenkins
November 1, 2021
Story by Lindsay Humphrey “Rodeo is something that I love, and I don’t think that I’ll ever stop doing it,” said Jentry Jenkins from McCook, Nebraska, who’s a fourth generation rodeo competitor. “I’d like to college rodeo and then get into the PRCA and go as far as I can with that. Eventually I want to have little kids and get them into it. Rodeo is something I wouldn’t trade for anything, and I want…
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Meet the Member Bryce Eck
September 23, 2021
story by Lindsay Humphrey “I just like getting on buckin’ horses and that’s what I crave to do,” said Bryce Eck who’s both a bareback and saddlebronc rider in the KHSRA. “I know that I have to work hard all week to make sure I’ve got my skills down and have confidence in those to get on during the weekend.” Following in the footsteps of his dad, Andy, who was a bareback rider, Bryce was…
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Meet the Member Shayla Dees
July 22, 2021
story by Lindsay Humphrey Following in the footsteps of her brothers, Tyler, 30, and Brylen, 19, Shayla Dees became a roughstock rider. But it was actually her parents, Preston and Ruth, who got the family behind the chutes originally. “We’ve always had cattle at our house, and we got into rodeo when my mom became a stock contractor,” said the 17-year-old from Paola, Kansas. “She started taking bulls to the Homestead Rodeo School, which was…
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