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Meet the Member Liz Michael
story by Michele Toberer When you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life, and for Mid-State Rodeo Association member, Liz Michael, she couldn’t be happier about how she spends her days. “I’m able to live my dream, training barrel horses and making my living doing what I love.” She didn’t come from a rodeo background, but as a horse crazy young girl, she pestered her parents enough to put her…
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Meet the Member Randi McCoy
story by Michele Toberer Randi McCoy’s future with the Mid-States Rodeo Association started long before she was born; her grandfather, Don Coffell was the MSRA Tie-Down Roping champion in 1974, and her mom, Toni, competed as a breakaway roper and barrel racer while she was pregnant with her. Randi didn’t realize when she was a flag girl at a Canton, Ohio MSRA rodeo in the late 90’s when she was just 12 that her future…
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Meet the Member Kyle Peterman
story by Michele Toberer Born and raised in Ohio, Kyle Peterman feels like he is pointed in the direction of all his dreams, and gives much of the credit to bull riding, and the fact that it led him to a closer relationship with God. “I didn’t grow up in a really strict, religious household. But, going to rodeos and seeing the bull riders all praying together in the back before the rodeo caught my…
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Meet the Member Clay Milhollin
story by Michele Toberer Rodeo is an intrinsic part of Clay Milhollin’s DNA, as the third-generation cowboy has steer wrestlers and calf ropers on both sides of his family tree for the past three generations. Not only did both of his grandfathers, Jim Bohlander and Jack Milhollin compete, but the family participation in rodeo also stretched to aunts, uncles, cousins, and both of his parents, Rick and Rebecca Milhollin. Clay’s mom competed as a barrel…
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Meet the Members Butzer Family
story by Michele Toberer The Butzer family of Orrville, Ohio, is living the rodeo life. Dawn and Brant Butzer met on a blind date in high school and have spent the past 21 years building their life, including adding three daughters; Britney, 12, Brooklyn, 10, and Brystol, 7. Dawn completed schooling for early childhood education after high school; but after children and growing responsibilities in the family cattle business, she chose to focus on her…
Read MoreMeet the Members Cami & Isabel Cumper
story by Michele Toberer Fast has been the speed that Cami Cumper, and her daughter Isabel Cumper, have been surrounded by their entire lives. Cami grew up in central Michigan, where her parents, Jay and Lu Hall, raised race-bred Quarter Horses, and she was immersed in the world of racing fast horses on tracks as well as at barrel races. She entered her first barrel race at just 4-years-old, and jockeyed ponies in pony races…
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Meet the Member Tim Taylor
story by Michele Toberer In his rookie year with the Mid States Rodeo Association-East, Tim Taylor couldn’t be more thrilled with his standings in the association. He finished at the top of the leaderboard at the MSRA-E season finals as the number one rookie bull rider. The 18-year-old, Eastbrook High School senior hails from Marion, Indiana and has had bull riding on his mind since his mom, Nikki Burkholder, took him to his first rodeo…
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Meet the Member Nick Wahl
story by Michele Toberer Rodeo is an inherent trait of the Wahl family from Ottawa Lake, Michigan, and the essential nature of rodeo has been a part of the family for generations. Nick Wahl followed in his parents’ footsteps as a member of the Mid States Rodeo Association, where his father, Richard, once competed as a calf roper and steer wrestler and his mom, Sheilah competed as a barrel racer during their long rodeo careers.…
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Meet the Member Nikki Walcutt
story by Michele Toberer Racing has always been in her blood. Nikki Walcutt’s dad, Harris Diehl, constantly challenged her to foot races as she grew up, but it’s racing on horses that has consumed most of her life. “My dad would always say, ‘you want to race?’ and I believe you have to have that mentality, to push yourself and run if you can, I still challenge my kids to sprint to the mailbox; if…
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Meet the Member Rachel Stickler
story by Michele Toberer Like the energy building to a smoldering intensity in a dramatic scene of a movie, experiences and lessons learned have been building the necessary components for Rachel Stickler to achieve great success in rodeo. Rachel started out riding fairly green horses at Michigan High School rodeos, thanks to a great neighbor Cassie Bettis and her dad, Skipper, who were more than willing to haul her along with them to NBHA shows…
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Meet the Member Wade Pickerill
story by Michele Toberer Wade Pickerill graduated from Missouri Valley College in 2008, with a bachelor’s degree in history. He spent 5 years competing on the Missouri Valley College rodeo team while getting his education. Wade competed as an all-around cowboy for the college, entering saddlebronc riding, team roping, calf roping, and steer wrestling. He qualified for the national college rodeo finals in team roping twice. Although his degree was intended to put him on…
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Meet the Member Megan & Jason Young
story by Michele Toberer Faith, family, friends and rodeo, are at the heart of Megan and Jason Young’s life. The couple shares a love of horses and they’re happy to spend their days working with prospects and client horses, as Young Performance Horses LLC., preparing them for careers in calf roping, team roping, barrel racing and dressage. The couple found their farm in Grass Lake, Michigan 9 years ago, and they spend many hours in…
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