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Kansas Junior High School Rodeo (KJHSRA)

Phone: 785-238-7192
Fax: (800)672-4501

Mailing Address: 14405 S. Halstead Rd., Hutchinson, KS 67504

Email: khsrarodeo@gmail.com

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Meet the Member Josh Meyer

story by Lily Weinacht This is Josh Meyer’s second season in the KJHSRA and rodeoing competitively, but he’s been riding and roping since he was knee high. His older brothers and sisters all rodeoed, and today, the 13-year-old from St. John, Kansas, is forging his own rodeo trail, competing in team roping with Mason Gibson, tie-down roping, and ribbon roping with Haddison Hatcher. Along with junior high rodeos, he has competed in Young Guns, the…

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Meet the Member Annsley Vernon

story by Lily Weinacht Annsley Vernon of York, Nebraska, is the KJHSRA student vice president and barrel racing director, while also competing in every girls event except pole bending. The 14-year-old’s many events keep her on her toes each rodeo, particularly after a barrel run, where she puts her horse away before hustling back to write down the rest of the barrel times. Annsley admits that barrel racing isn’t a top favorite, but she’s enjoyed…

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Meet the Member Taylor Raupe

story by Lily Weinacht Taylor Raupe is the 2018 KJHSRA Breakaway Roping Champion, a title she had no idea was within her grasp until her name was announced as the event leader going into the third round. She also won the 2018 year-end breakaway roping title in the KJRA, where she’s won the all-around in 2016 and 2017, and she’s starting out the 2019 rodeo season leading the breakaway roping in the KJHSRA. The 14-year-old…

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Meet the Member Tally Wikum

story by Lily Weinacht “I feel like it’s just my passion—it’s what makes me happy. I put all other sports aside and just focused on rodeo, and it’s all worth it in the end,” says Tally Wikum. Since focusing on rodeo as her sole sport, the 14-year-old feels her competition has noticeably improved. She’s currently leading the goat tying in the KJHSRA, and also competes in pole bending, barrel racing, breakaway roping, and ribbon roping…

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Meet the Director Jim Boy Hash

story by Lily Weinacht Jim Boy Hash of Kendall, Kansas, is the new KJHSRA National Director. The father of two competing in the KJHSRA and KHSRA, and the head rodeo coach at Garden City Community College since 2003, Jim Boy has helped the next generation of rodeo athletes for many years. Until recently, he was the faculty director for the Central Plains Region rodeos at GCCC for five-and-a-half years, but he chose to take on…

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Meet the Member Konner Barnett

story by Lily Weinacht Konner Barnett of Oakley, Kansas, is leading the chute dogging in the KJHSRA standings. This is the 14-year-old’s third season competing in rodeo, following after his older siblings, who introduced rodeo and cutting into the family. “Rodeo is fun, and it gives me something to do,” says Konner. “I do team roping—I’m the heeler and I rope with Blake Stutzman. This is our first year roping together. We live a couple…

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Meet the Member Mady Swayze

story by Lily Weinacht Mady Swayze started off her rookie season in the KJHSRA by winning the average in the pole bending in Canton, putting her in the lead in her favorite event. The 13-year-old from Freedom, Oklahoma, is also sitting in the top five in her other events of breakaway roping and barrel racing. “Rodeo is just really fun and I enjoy it,” says Mady. “My cousin Kayla used to do high school rodeo…

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Meet the Member Montana Heller

story by Lily Weinacht Montana Heller from Meridan, Kansas, is leading the goat tying in the KJHSRA. The 13-year-old rookie is new to the KJHSRA but no stranger to the rodeo world, which she started competing in five years ago. Her dad rode bulls, and many of her cousins have rodeoed, inspiring Montana to do the same. “You get to do what you love, and meet new people,” she says. Montana also competes in the…

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Meet the Member Lane Meairs

story by Lily Weinacht Lane Meairs stepped into the rodeo world several years ago and punched his ticket for his first NJHFR this summer in the bull riding. “I was pretty confident about state finals, but I was a little nervous,” says Lane, 13. He finished fourth in the state, and while Nationals didn’t go as well as he hoped, the cowboy from Manter, Kansas, says he learned from the experience. “Next year, I want…

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Meet the Member Grace Gardiner

story by Lily Weinacht Grace Gardiner from Ashland, Kansas, makes a goal chart each season, and this year she checked off every goal—academic and rodeo—including competing at an American qualifier and going to the NJHFR in barrel racing and pole bending. “Nationals was a great experience—I was overjoyed with it,” says the 13-year-old. “I knew I had the horse to do it. Ranger is an awesome horse, but we had just gotten him and that…

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Meet the Member Addie Weil

story by Lily Weinacht “I can’t imagine my life without rodeo. I love rodeo and everything about it, and I love the people. Even if you don’t win, yet get something out of it,” says Addie Weil. But win she did when the 14-year-old from Edna, Kansas, was crowned 2018 KJHSRA Rookie of the Year and qualified for the NJHFR in three of her five events. “I knew I had a chance to qualify, and…

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Meet the Member McKayla Miller

story by Lily Weinacht McKayla Miller put her town of St. John, Kansas, on the map at the 2018 NJHFR, winning Reserve All-Around Champion Cowgirl and finishing in the top ten in the nation in three of her events. The 13-year-old represented Kansas at the 2017 NJHFR as well but truly found her stride this year, returning home with a Slone Saddle, six buckles, and other prizes such as a therapy sheet for her horse,…

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April 14, 2019
BAREBACK RIDING
1 Kacen Smith 106.00
2 Rhett Robbins 85.50
3 Gabe Davidson 26.50
4 Jacob Hager 25.00
BARREL RACING
1 Mckayla Miller 89.00
2 Lily Henderson 68.50
3 Grace Gardiner 68.00
4 Shylar Whiting 61.00
5 Makayla Matile 48.00
6 Parker Penny 44.00
7 Emilee Carroll 43.00
8 Mady Swayze 43.00
9 Taylor Gustafson 42.00
10 Tally Wikum 29.00
BOYS BREAKAWAY
1 Rydan White 85.00
2 Jhett Vanderhamm 82.00
3 Holden Wilils 61.00
4 Garrett Novotny 60.00
5 Jaytyn Hash 49.00
6 Bryce Teut 49.00
7 Dex Hoelting 31.00
8 Koy Smith 29.00
9 Tagg Bond 28.00
10 Eli Penrod 27.00
BOYS GOAT TYING
1 Mason Stueve 108.00
2 Brayden Kunz 93.00
3 Rydan White 75.00
4 Lane Mcmannis 66.00
5 Rhett Robbins 57.00
6 Kacen Smith 53.00
7 Tagg Bond 51.00
8 Eli Penrod 46.00
9 Garrett Novotny 31.00
10 Josh Meyer 21.00
BULL RIDING
1 Rhett Robbins 94.00
2 Gabe Davidson 53.00
3 Curt Shannon 37.00
4 Jacob Hager 23.00
5 Kent Berkenmeier 19.00
6 Kutler Barnett 10.00
CALF ROPING
1 Mason Stueve 100.00
2 Pax Vogal 81.00
3 Brayden Kunz 52.00
4 Josh Meyer 47.00
5 Rhett Robbins 34.00
6 Wyatt Scales 32.00
7 Lane Mcmannis 25.00
8 Dawson Tullis 25.00
9 Kent Berkenmeier 21.00
10 Mason Gibson 18.00
CHUTE DOGGING
1 Mason Gibson 95.00
2 Kacen Smith 92.00
3 Konner Barnett 75.00
4 Kent Berkenmeier 61.00
5 Blake Stutzman 34.00
6 Wyatt Scales 29.00
7 Jaytyn Hash 19.00
8 Jhett Vanderhamm 13.00
9 Eli Penrod 4.00
GIRLS BREAKAWAY
1 Taylor Raupe 89.00
2 Lily Henderson 71.00
3 Tally Wikum 58.50
4 Mckayla Miller 51.00
5 Shylar Whiting 36.00
6 Annsley Vernon 34.00
7 Chloe White 32.00
8 Mady Swayze 27.00
9 Emma Arndt 21.00
10 Piper Vogel 19.00
GIRLS GOAT TYING
1 Tally Wikum 93.00
2 Montana Heller 74.00
3 Mckayla Miller 73.00
4 Annsley Vernon 68.00
5 Sage Toews 60.00
6 Katy Prieb 56.00
7 Emma Arndt 56.00
8 Kassidy Rambat 48.00
9 Shylar Whiting 42.00
10 Lily Henderson 39.00
POLE BENDING
1 Lily Henderson 88.00
2 Shylar Whiting 79.00
3 Makayla Matile 70.00
4 Emilee Carroll 67.00
5 Grace Gardiner 59.00
6 Tally Wikum 44.00
7 Mady Swayze 37.00
8 Emma Arndt 36.00
9 Kassidy Rambat 30.00
10 Parker Penny 29.00
RIBBON ROPING
1 Mckayla Miller 64.00
2 Jhett Vanderhamm 64.00
3 Pax Vogal 62.00
4 Piper Vogel 62.00
5 Mason Stueve 61.00
6 Grace Gardiner 61.00
7 Kent Berkenmeier 59.00
8 Lily Henderson 59.00
9 Dawson Tullis 53.00
10 Baylee Barker 53.00
SADDLE BRONC
1 Tagg Bond 30.00
2 Rhett Robbins 10.00
3 Jacob Hager 10.00
TEAM ROPING
1 Mason Stueve 65.00
2 Kacen Smith 65.00
3 Kent Berkenmeier 57.00
4 Lily Henderson 57.00
5 Jhett Vanderhamm 52.00
6 Dex Hoelting 52.00
7 Eli Penrod 44.00
8 Dawson Tullis 44.00
9 Garrett Novotny 44.00
10 Bryce Teut 44.00
11 Payton Blank 42.00
12 Brayden Kunz 42.00
13 Rydan White 31.00
14 Chloe White 31.00
15 Rhett Robbins 30.00
16 Annsley Vernon 30.00
17 Taylor Raupe 27.00
18 Pax Vogal 27.00
19 Jaytyn Hash 20.00
20 Colter Snook 20.00

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SPRING 2019
May 4-5 Lakin
May 16-19 – JH Finals
Celebration Center Lyons, KS

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