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Hutchinson, KS 67501
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Meet the Member Logan Vander Hamm
August 18, 2022
story by Lindsay Humphrey Going into the KJHSRA finals, Logan Vander Hamm wasn’t optimistic about his chances of making it to nationals in team roping. Logan and his partner, Steele Smith, just didn’t have the season they were hoping for. “Going into state, we were in 11th place,” said the 13-year-old from Ingalls, Kansas. “I think the nerves might have gotten to us a bit since it was our first season in junior high. For…
Read MoreMeet the Member Wyatt Henry
July 21, 2022
story by Lindsay Humphrey When Wyatt Henry and his family moved to rural Cantan, Kansas, 9 years ago, they jumped into the country life with both feet. They started raising hens for eggs, Jersey cows for milk and bought a few horses just for fun. “My little sister (Jovey, now 9) wanted horses and then my parents got us into riding lessons and that person suggested we start doing rodeo,” said the 14-year-old. “That was…
Read MoreMeet the Member: Madilynn Burt
November 2, 2021
Story by Lindsay Humphrey The first horses Madilynn Burt ever rode lived with her grandparents, Shorty and Cindy Tubbs. “My grandma wanted horses all her life and she finally got some when I was younger. That’s how I got introduced to them and it eventually shifted to rodeo,” said the 14-year-old from Salina, Kansas. “I started out just riding, not really thinking about doing anything competitive with it.” Madilynn first started riding consistently about five…
Read MoreMeet the Member Emma Arndt
November 21, 2019
story by Michele Toberer Emma Arndt’s number one goal is to make it to national finals next summer, when the top 4 rodeo athletes in every event will represent Kansas at the National Junior High Finals in Des Moines, Iowa. As an 8th grader, this will be Emma’s third year in the junior high division, and she is determined to make that goal a reality. “I broke my ankle tying goats last year, and it…
Read MoreMeet the Member Lily Henderson
May 16, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht Lily Henderson of Meriden, Kansas, is leading the KJHSRA girls all-around standings by more than 800 points as state finals approaches. The 14-year-old is sitting in the top 5 in all of the girls events, including team roping and ribbon roping with Kent Berkenmeier. The friends qualified for the 2018 NJHFR in team roping and finished 10th in the nation, while Lily also competed there in the barrel racing. She also…
Read MoreMeet the Member Garrett Brehm
March 21, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht “I really love it (high school rodeo), and I love the people there and the opportunities it’s brought me and the places I get to go. It’s been a really fun time,” says Garrett Brehm. The 18-year-old team roper from Clay Center, Kansas, is sitting sixth in the KHSRA with header TW Carson. The partners roped together last year as well, only on opposite ends. “We figured he should head this…
Read MoreMeet the Member Tallie Rambat
May 19, 2017
story by By Lily Weinacht Rodeo is running through its third generation of the Rambat family, and eight-year-old Tallie Rambat is making her own bootprints in the family sport. Introduced to rodeo by her parents, Jace and Kendra, and 12-year-old sister, Kassidy, Tallie has been competing for four summers, and she’s entering her second year in the KJRA. “I like it!” says the cowgirl from Medicine Lodge, Kansas. “I like spending the night at…
Read MoreMeet the Member Laynee and Rein Roberts
April 10, 2017
story by Lindsay King Siblings Laynee and Rein Roberts of Douglass, Kansas, both might compete in barrel racing and pole bending but Rein probably will not admit to competing in the same events as his sister. Both siblings are members of the Kansas Junior Rodeo Association. Laynee is a spunky eight-year-old who likes to ride her horse Chavez fast in the barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying and breakaway roping. Chavez is a 19-year-old buckskin.…
Read MoreMeet the Member: The Henry Family
November 18, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht The KJHSRA ranked fourth in the nation at the 2016 NJHFR held in Lebanon, Tennessee, and Tim Henry, a rodeo dad, team roper, and sponsor of the KJHSRA, attributes that to strong competitiveness – and strong rodeo family ties. “One of the biggest things about the association is that it’s very family oriented,” he explains. “It’s very strong in competitiveness, and you really have to be on your game, but everybody…
Read MoreMeet the Member Brock Baumgartel
July 1, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht Brock Baumgartel of Severy, Kan., saddles up several times a week to practice, his favorite Hooey rope in hand and his parents awaiting the nod of his hat as they run the chutes and coach. It was Brock’s mom, Amber Batson, a barrel racer and breakaway roper, who urged him into rodeo three years ago. He’s in the middle of his second season with the KJRA, competing in the goat tying,…
Read MoreMeet the Member: Haydan Walters
June 3, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht Haydan Walters of Pomona, Kan., won her first buckle when she was five and her first saddle when she was six, the beginning of her lifelong passion for rodeo. Competing in the KJRA, NLBRA, and Eastern Kansas Timed Event Circuit, the nine-year-old cowgirl is driven by her sisters, who also rodeo, and her own enthusiasm for the sport. “I love my horses, having all my friends there, and seeing what times…
Read MoreMeet the Member: Tymerie Steinhauer
May 20, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht Tymerie Steinhauer calls Sutton, Neb., her home, but she crosses the state line into Kansas throughout the rodeo season to compete in the KJRA. It’s the 14-year-old’s second year with the association, but her fourth year competing in her favorite sport. “My cousin Kim Schulze is a professional barrel racer from Colorado, and I used to go watch her compete in Phillipsburg, Kansas, where my mom’s side of the family lives,”…
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