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Meet the Member Claire Vincent

story by Michele Toberer For a first-time trip to Rock Springs, Wyoming, Claire Vincent will be packing more than your average girl. She and her parents, Carrie Hollingsworth and Joe Dekeyzer, will be lugging suitcases full of multiple wardrobe changes with all the matching accessories, as she prepares to compete in the 2019 National High School Rodeo Association Queen contest in July, representing her home state of Louisiana. She has come along way from the…

Meet the Member Kaylee Kinney

story by Michele Toberer The Louisiana High School Rodeo Association has been a big part of the Kinney family for generations. Kaylee Kinney, a sophomore member of LHSRA has already spent three junior high years with the association before moving up to the high school division last year. She is honored to compete in the same association that her parents, Lee and Tressie Kinney once did. Tressie, a respiratory therapist, ran barrels, poles, and tied…

Meet the Member Cory Constance

story by Michele Toberer The Louisiana High School Rodeo Association has played a big part in the life of 17-year-old Cory Constance of Sulphur, Louisiana. He’s been a member since he was in sixth grade and has competed in multiple events over the years. As an eighth-grader, Cory represented the Louisiana Junior High Rodeo Association at the national junior high finals in Des Moines, Iowa in ribbon roping, goat tying, saddlebronc steer riding, and bareback…

Meet the Member Abigail James

story by Michele Toberer Rosepine High School senior, Abigail James will be saying farewell to the Louisiana High School Rodeo Association at the end of the 2019 season, after competing with them since she was a sixth-grader. Abigail competes in breakaway roping, barrel racing and team roping, heading for partner Coy Baxter. Having the LHSRA as such a big part of her youth has been a blessing that she is grateful for. “I like to…

Meet the Member Will Boudreaux

story by Michele Toberer “Try to rope fast, or be last,” is the attitude Will Boudreaux maintains when it comes to his rodeo performance. Although the 14-year-old, South Cameron High School freshman has only been competing in rodeos for the past 4 years, his determination to master his events and chase his rodeo dreams has given him success from the beginning. “Will was actually tricked into entering his first rodeo when he was 10. He…

Meet the Member Dre Swain

by Michele Toberer Louisiana High School Rodeo Association was the perfect place for Dre Swain to get his start in rodeo. Growing up in Lake Charles, Louisiana with his parents Carolyn and Ronald Swain, Dre remembers a black Thoroughbred gelding simply called “Black” as his first horse when he was two-years-old, but until he was 14, and had moved to LeBleu Settlement, Louisiana, rodeo was not part of his life. His parents built a house…

Meet the Member Cole Ford

story by Michele Toberer With four generations of cowboys behind him, it was no surprise that Cole Ford of Sulphur, Louisiana, would find himself in the rodeo arena. However, despite the family history steeped in rank rodeo runs, it wasn’t until Cole was watching the WNFR on television as a sixth-grader, that Shane Hanchey’s fast calf tying hands, got the rodeo blood pumping in his 10-year-old body. Until then, he had heard plenty of rodeo…

Meet the Member Payton Floyed

by Michele Toberer Payton Floyed’s interest in rodeo may have come on the heels of her sister Mackenzie’s rodeo involvement, but this Louisiana cowgirl is completely loving the rodeo life. The 16-year-old junior is starting her 4th year of not just rodeo, but also experience with horses. “It was definitely challenging learning to rodeo at the same time I was learning to ride horses. While I was trying to learn how to swing my rope,…

Meet the Members Jillian Carter

story by Michele Toberer From the moment Jillian Carter threw her leg over a western saddle, she never looked back to her English riding beginnings, knowing rodeo was where she belonged. The accomplished English riding 13-year-old had no interest in using the western riding lesson gift certificate given to her by her grandmother for nearly two years before deciding to give it a try. Living in Benton, Louisiana with her parents, Donna who is a…

Meet the Members Rivers and Stoney Raymond

story by Michele Toberer Rivers and Stoney Raymond are the two oldest of the four Raymond daughters that all spend much of their time in the rodeo arena. At 16, Rivers is the oldest of Tracy and Brad Raymond’s daughters, followed by Stoney, 14, Meadow, 13, and Sage, 11. The four girls were born and are being raised in Oak Grove, Louisiana near their dad’s family. Tracy is from nearby Lake Providence, Louisiana where she…

Meet the Member Gavin Soileau

story by Michele Toberer Gavin Soileau, of Bunkie, Louisiana is no stranger to what it takes to win a national title. Gavin’s older brother Gabe was the 2015 National High School Rodeo Association Steer Wrestling Champion. Gavin has competed in the LHSRA since he was in 8th grade, and just finished his senior year as the 2018 Champion LHSRA Steer Wrestler, and 2018 Champion LHSRA All-Around Cowboy. Although he didn’t qualify for nationals in team…

Meet the Member Kylie Conner

story by Michele Toberer High school rodeo has been a family affair for the Conners, as both parents Andree and Kyle Conner and their daughters, Kylie, 15, and Allie, 17, have been Louisiana High School rodeo members. These long-standing LHSRA ties made it even more rewarding for the family when Kylie won the LHSRA 2018 Champion All-Around Rookie Cowgirl buckle as well as the LHSRA 2018 Champion All-Around Cowgirl title and awards. “Now that finals…