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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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Meet the Member Vanessa Steven
February 25, 2021
story by Lindsay Humphrey Born with tennis racket in hand, Vanessa Steven could be considered the black sheep of the family after finding her way to rodeo as a freshman in high school. “We’re a big tennis family, everybody in my entire family plays. I played until sophomore year after my team won state,” said the Wichita, Kansas, barrel racer and pole bender. Vanessa rode for the first time when she was 10 years old…
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Meet the Member Robert Walter
January 28, 2021
story by Lindsay Humphrey In his first, and subsequently final, year competing in the KHSRA, bareback rider Robert Walter is sitting in second place heading into the spring season. At 18 years old, he’s the youngest of the four Walter siblings – Ashley, 31, Jacob, 25, and Kimberlee, 28. Although everyone has rodeoed at some point or another, Robert is the only one who’s still hard at it. It was passed down from his late…
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Meet the Member Logan Mullin
November 19, 2020
story by Lindsay Humphrey A torn ACL and meniscus kept Logan Mullin from competing at the final KHSRA event of the fall season, but he won’t let it keep him out of the spring rodeos. “I was running the ball [in football] and someone tackled one leg. I got twisted and tore things up,” said the Clay Center High School senior. “It’s never a good time to get hurt, but if I had to pick…
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Meet the Member Katie Farney
October 22, 2020
story by Lindsay Humphrey Short in stature but mighty in mind and spirit is Katie Farney and her main rodeo mount, Badger. The duo is living proof that you don’t need an expensive horse to do well, champions are cut from all sorts of cloth but the common denominators are dedication and work ethic. “I know some people don’t rodeo because they think it’s too late to start or their horse isn’t good enough. I…
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