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Meet the Member Mason Stueve
July 18, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht Mason Stueve of Newton, Kansas, is the 2019 NJHFR Tie-Down Roping Champion. The 14-year-old went into Nationals as the KJHSRA state champion in both tie-down roping and goat tying, and also qualified in the ribbon roping with Grace Gardiner and team roping with Kacen Smith. “My first calf roping run didn’t shake out the best because I ran him through it and caught a back leg, and I tried to bounce…
Read MoreMeet the Member Mason Gibson
July 3, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht Mason Gibson from Reading, Kansas, finished his rookie season in the KJHSRA with a qualification to the NJHFR in Huron, South Dakota. The 14-year-old took 4th in the chute dogging and 6th in the ribbon roping with Makayla Matile at state, while he also competed in tie-down roping, and team roping with Josh Meyer. “I was feeling pretty good going into it about my horses and all the events. I practiced…
Read MoreMeet the Member Josh Meyer
April 18, 2019
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…
Read MoreMeet the Member Annsley Vernon
March 21, 2019
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…
Read MoreMeet the Member Taylor Raupe
February 14, 2019
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…
Read MoreMeet the Member Tally Wikum
January 17, 2019
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…
Read MoreMeet the Director Jim Boy Hash
November 18, 2018
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…
Read MoreMeet the Member Konner Barnett
October 18, 2018
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…
Read MoreMeet the Member Mady Swayze
September 20, 2018
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…
Read MoreMeet the Member Montana Heller
September 6, 2018
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…
Read MoreMeet the Member Lane Meairs
August 23, 2018
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…
Read MoreMeet the Member Grace Gardiner
August 9, 2018
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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